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- So, bottom line, the Holy Spirit’s witness is, one, his work in us to create evidences that we are his children by producing the fruits of the Spirit and, two, his awakening heartfelt cry in us: “Daddy, Father, I need you,” and, “Jesus, you are my Lord; you are my guide; you are my treasure.”
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The truth is, there is no true witnessing without the work of the Holy Spirit. We must have the Holy Spirit’s help as we testify. However, the good news is that Jesus said, “He [the Holy Spirit] shall testify of me.” You see, the Holy Spirit loves to testify of Jesus.
Sep 26, 2024 · When Paul says, “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God children” (Romans 8:16), he is pointing to an intimate interaction between the Holy Spirit and our inner being. The Greek word translated as “testifies” here means “bears witness, confirms, or affirms truth.”
- Why Is The Spirit of Truth significant?
- The Spirit of Truth Is Revealed to Us
- What Does This Mean?
The Bible is so much more than just words written on a page. It is more than what the words seem to mean in whatever language or translation version we happen to be reading. It is far more than a list of do’s and don’ts, rules and regulations, or rites and rituals. Yet so many of us have failed at some point to move to the next level of understandi...
In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul referred to these two levels of understanding: mind vs. heart; human understanding vs. spiritual understanding; born of the flesh vs. taught by the Spirit of God. 1. God’s wisdom — a mystery (v. 7). 2. Which none of the rulers of this age understood (v. 8). 3. Wisdom “no eye has seen or ears has heard, and no ...
Will we have all the answers? Of course not. But the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, enables this understanding within us, so that we can begin to comprehend and appreciate things beyond the physical world we see, know, and understand the Truth. And the Truth will set us free (John 8:32). For further reading: What Does it Mean to Worship the Lord...
What does the Holy Spirit do whereby he presents evidence to our conscience and to our community that we are of God? And there are two answers in this book to that question of what kind of evidence the Holy Spirit lays on the court table, whereby the judge can say, “This person is of God.”
- The testimony of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer expresses itself in two ways.1. Causing Us to Love Last week Tom talked about one of the...
- Let's read 4:1–3.Verse 2 says, "By this you know the Spirit of God." In other words John is giving a test by which you can know if someone is being...
- But this creates a problem for us. We know that there are people who can say true things about Jesus who are not in fact born of God or indwelt by...
- Verse 6 points us in this same direction. It answers the same question as verse 2: How can we recognize the spirit of error and the spirit of truth...
- But the same question arises here that arose in verse 2: Does mere listening prove anything about a person's spiritual condition? No. No more than...
- The point of 4:1–6 is not merely to give us a doctrinal test for discerning false prophets. If it were, then verse 2 would not say, "By this we kno...
- There is one place in our text where this great assumption comes up from beneath the surface. In verse 4 it shows itself in clear view for all to s...
- There is a lesson in this for believers and unbelievers.For Believers For believers the lesson is twofold. 1. Do not take credit for your listening...
Apr 12, 2023 · With the understanding that the Spirit is a Person, not a force, we learn that the Spirit helps us testify to the world about Jesus, and the Spirit convicts the world of its sin, the coming judgment, and its need for a Savior.
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Apr 26, 2022 · 1. The Holy Spirit confirms our relationship with God. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children, – Romans 8:16. 2. The Holy Spirit reveals truth. But when he, the...
