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  1. Jan 14, 2024 · By thoroughly examining every verse in the Old Testament, we find the Spirit of God directly mentioned around 90 times. This includes references to God’s Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord, and My Spirit (God speaking). However, the specific phrase “Holy Spirit” is used only 3 times in the Old Testament, all found in Psalm 51:11 and Isaiah 63 ...

  2. However, many Christian denominations hold that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is identical with conversion, and that all Christians are by definition baptized in the Holy Spirit. The " seven gifts of the Holy Spirit " [ 109 ] are poured out on a believer at baptism , and are traditionally derived from Isaiah 11:1–2, [ 117 ] although the New Testament does not refer to Isaiah 11:1–2 ...

  3. Nov 1, 2022 · Wiki User. ∙ 14y ago. Best Answer. In the New Testament alone there are some 261 passages which refer to the Holy Spirit. He is mentioned fifty-six times in the Gospels, fifty-seven times in the ...

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  5. Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Of the modern English translations of the Bible, it is only the King James Version of the Bible which uses the term “Holy Ghost.”. It occurs 90 times in the KJV. The term “Holy Spirit” occurs 7 times in the KJV. There is no clear reason as to why the KJV translators used Ghost in most places and then Spirit in a few.

  6. It is helpful to associate Paul’s thought here with his figure of the Church as a body (1 Cor 12:12-27). The Holy Spirit is the One who animates the body. By one Spirit “all were baptized into one body and made to drink of one Spirit” (12:13). The gifts of the Spirit are for the edification of the Church (14:12).

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  8. Dec 14, 2005 · In the New Testament the situation is very different, almost reversed. “The Spirit of God/the Lord” occurs only about 25 times, but “(Holy) Spirit” over 150 times. At least on one level it seems most natural that since “the spirit of man” fits his nature as human, similarly, “the Spirit of God” fits God’s nature as divine.

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