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- Although Paul does not have a Spirit christology, he does see Jesus' Spirit-anointing as integral to Jesus' sonship and mes sianic mission, and he sees Jesus in some respects as a pattern for God's people in their experience of the Spirit.
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Sep 10, 2019 · Paul taught that the Holy Spirit was a more effective power for holy living in the Christian’s life than the old Jewish Law had ever been. The Law told people what to do, but it could not provide the will of the power to do it.
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Under the Spirit's teaching, they received the final qualification, and went forth to their life-work. No longer were they ignorant and uncultured. No longer were they a collection of independent units or discordant, conflicting elements.
Nov 6, 2018 · At first sight Paul’s teaching about the Spirit presents no problems. What he writes was not contentious then and is relatively uncontentious now. But the Spirit was so central to Paul’s understanding of his faith that it is worth digging a little deeper.
Paul attributes the effectiveness of his ministry to the Holy Spirit, rather than his own abilities. "Spirit" (Πνεῦμα, Pneuma) refers to the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who empowers believers and authenticates the gospel message.
The Spirit (ruach) always denoted energy, force, vigor, strength to act, to the Hebrew believer. When Elijah was carried away (1 Kings 18:12), and Ezekiel was lifted up with the sound of a tremendous rushing noise (Eze. 3:12), the child of God never doubted but that it was the will of God in action.
Paul acknowledges the Spirit’s work of empowering us for effectiveness in ministry when he attributes everything he accomplished to the power of the Spirit of God (Rom 15:19), who sanctified his missionary work among the Gentiles (Rom 15:16).
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teach quantum physics as part of the “all things.” What Jesus meant was that the Spirit would teach all things the Spirit should teach, all that was needed.
