The Fruits Of The Spirit

Charles Ryrie holds a Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PH.D from the University of Edinburgh. Hence, he is quite knowledgeable about theology and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Ryrie’s book is comprised of twenty-two chapters. He includes a section in the book that provides other helpful books the reader might find invaluable to read on the subject of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the book there are two indexes – an index of subjects and an index of select scripture passages.

In “A Divine and Supernatural Light,” Edwards incorporates biblical references to craft a great picture of the glory of God. According to Edwards, the light of God is “obtained wholly natural or of no superior kind” through the daily actions of man (Miller). Edwards brings forth a critical point, throughout the sermon emphasizing that every aspect of nature influences the spirit of God. Additionally, the Holy Spirit functions in the minds of humans and inanimate objects by exerting its nature and living within its natural host (Miller). Throughout the piece, Edwards assures the reader that the divine light can only be obtained from God and not by another natural means. Edwards’ marvelous piece of literature allows the reader to realize that there is no deeper reality and value than the glory of God through his only son Christ. To truly find the salvation of God, man must be able to let go of the unearthly sin that is consistently brought up by Satan himself. By removing society's prejudices, Edwards’ states, that “ the human mind becomes susceptive of the due force of rational judgments for their truth” (Miller 360). The ultimate goal of man is to see and savor the triumphant glory of God to obtain complete salvation. Through the extensive use of imagery, Edwards provides the reader with the opportunity to visually comprehend that spiritual knowledge is acquired in the heart as a feeling of human delight (Trang). Furthermore, in the sermon, Edwards personifies God as the sun because God strives to illuminate objects so that man can be able to perceive the extraordinary miracles and graces of Christ. Edwards also points out that the spiritual light of God is not designed to instill new ideas or doctrines, rather the Holy Spirit is meant to aid man in conveying eternal truths (Miller). Furthermore, through the use of comparison and contrast, Edwards once again assists the reader in understanding that God’s spiritual light is not acquired from heresy and rational understanding; rather, it can develop as a delightful pleasure within our hearts. To achieve a sense of spiritual excellence, man must possess a conviction of truth and reality for the spirit of God to have a dominant presence in the human soul

Wacaster’s book, which is (as the title suggests) centered on Paul’s epistle to the Galatians, is very obviously intended to the common-level, “average” audience. Wacaster does not delve into complex conversations of textual variants, manuscript discrepancies, and disputations of authorship, nor does he use vocabulary or phraseology that is above the understanding of most individuals. Rather, Wacaster is simple, straightforward, and effective in communicating his points on the wonderful book of Galatians. With many commentaries that are written at a graduate and scholarly level, a more basic approach is much appreciated and needed.

The letter to the Colossians was written by the apostle Paul. It is likely that Paul wrote the letter of Colossians in the late AD “50’s or 60’s,” while he was imprisoned. This letter was written to a gentile church plant located in Colossae, a city of Rome. Paul planted churches in Ephesus which is 100 miles west from Colossae. However, it is improbable that Paul is the founder of the church of the Colossians since he was imprisoned at the time. For example, Paul said, “Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you,” (Col. 4:10, ESV) indicating his imprisonment as he mentioned his fellow inmate. The book of Colossians is not the only prison epistle that Paul wrote; The book of Ephesians, the book of Philippians and the book of Philemon are all prison epistles. So, perhaps, it was Epaphras who planted the Colossians’ church. This exegetical study will explore the historical context of the Book of Colossians to understand why Paul exhorted and prayed for the Colossians to be filled with God’s divine will. Colossians 1:9-14 is relevant in today’s time because it proves that the power of intercessory prayer edifies the Church to defend the gospel from false teaching.

Chapter 32 discusses the material and immaterial facets of man’s being. This is referred to by Ryrie as the bipartite unity of man, which refers to his material or bodily existence as well as his immaterial or spiritual existence. However, the trichotomy approach suggests that the body is not only material and immaterial but the immaterial is further split into the soul and the spirit. The theory of trichotomy often sights Hebrews 4:12, Thessalonians 5:23, and Corinthians 15:44 to support the existence of the both the soul and the spirit. The next section discusses the many facets of the human existence by discussing the soul, spirit, heart, conscience, mind flesh, and will.

The author of Colossians has experienced the resurrection of Christ. How can this be since the undisputed letters indicate believers have not experienced the resurrection of Christ. Colossians was written after the resurrection of Christ, therefore Paul did not write it (Ehrman, 444). According to Ehrman, even more scholars are convinced that Ephesians was not written by Paul just as Second Thessalonians and Colossians were not written by Paul. The primary issue with Ephesians is the letter is written to the “Saints in Ephesus” (Eph1:1).

Romans is a book in the New Testament that’s was written by the Apostle Paul, somewhere around the winter 56 57 AD from the city of Corinth. The Christians was

The book of Galatians was written for the simple reason to clear up the truth of the gospel. Shortly after Paul left the church of Galatia, an unknown person or ‘people’ came to the church and led them to believe otherwise. The church of Galatia, being brand new was thrown off by the idea that they were living an immoral life, and immediately changed what they were doing to fit what the people or persons taught this. The thought of having the

Spirit week is a time when Jackets have the opportunity to make a moment at PVHS that continues the legacy. Senior show their spirit to the city by wearing togas on the homecoming parade. In the same way the football game between PV vs Southwest Eagles, gave way to different events during the halftime. First the class floats exhibition, with the Juniors’ float taking the night. Then a suspense was felt along with other emotions, during the lecture of the voting results for the King and Queen of the homecoming game, this time the victory was for Michael Soto “MJ” and Elena Flores. But not only in especial events is when the moments for memories are generated. Also in the classrooms every time that a student get a good grade in an assignment

The Holy Spirit of God is the active force or power in one’s life, which most certainly includes spiritual formation (Pettit, 2008, p. 46). When Jesus was speaking with his disciples he made it clear – by using the analogy of a vine and branches – that apart from him they could do nothing (John 15:5). Only if one is connected to Christ will they have the ability to bear fruit and the way Jesus empowers those connected to him is through the Holy Spirt that that father will send in his name (John 14:26). The fact is that the triune God dwells in the Christian in and through the Holy Spirit. One sees this when they place multiple passages together to gain a full understanding of this concept. For example, Jesus made it clear that he and the father would come and make their home with the disciple (John 14:23). In 1 Corinthians 6:19 Paul reminds the Corinthians that their bodies are the very temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in them which is similar to what Jesus said would happen when he sent the Holy Spirit after his resurrection and ascension (John 14:17, 16:7).

According to history, Paul writes this letter to the Colossians who has embraced the doctrine of Jesus Christ. This letter was written to the Christians of the city of Colossae that Paul never visited. The town is situated in Phrygia (Asia Minor), about a hundred miles east

A significant minority of scholars believe, Paul was the author of Colossians, When Paul wrote the letter, but he had not yet visited the city. Located about 100 miles east of Ephesus, was Colossae a town in Phrygia. Paul’s missionary associate, Epaphras who assisted Paul during one of his four missionary journeys’, founded the church of Colossae a short time before Paul’s writings. Which there is no evidence that Paul visited the church at the time the letters were written. Around the same time as Philemon, Colossians very well could have been written because the subject matter is closely related. Paul does not mention Philemon and has him absent from the letter, but this does not mean he is not the author.

The literary genre of writing the Galatians by letter, was used by Paul to respond to a situational crisis that was a threat to the “Gospel” (1:6). “Although the Galatians had accepted Paul’s preaching, they have lapsed and was accepting a ‘different’ gospel, as false teaching had sprang up. Paul in an emotional and passionate tone responds to his concern of the intrusion of others who had perverted the gospel of Christ (1:7).”

The book of Colossians could have been written by Paul, though it is also possible it was later attributed to him and written by one of his followers. Harris points out that if Paul was the author, it would have been before he had visited the church in Colossae, and would have been written in prison during the time he wrote the letter to Philemon (Harris, 2014). The argument for the work then would be that it covers many of the same topics, as well as lists the same people while reaching out to those within the church, including Luke (Harris, 2014). The church at Colossae is believed to have been founded by an apostle Paul knew, meaning that it is entirely possible, if not likely that he would have known about the church and used his status

The various gifts of the Holy Spirit as listed in Scripture are conveyed according to the will of the Holy Spirit to every man for the eventual purpose of the edification and building up the church body.