of the God-fearing people of the land can unite. I believe that there is only one God and this God is manifested in three persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit (trinity). He is the creator of the universe and of all life, the sustainer of all things, who is infinite in glory, wisdom, holiness, justice, power and love. God is love and thus is a personal God establishing a personal relationship with those who are called His people. I believe man was created in the image and likeness of God. However
and doctrinal teachings that acknowledge the power of the Holy Spirit, however, they do not ascribe his actions and the power to an individual essence but rather to mere influence. I do believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, in-fact the Third Person of the Trinity who is equal with the Father and the Son in essence. When it comes to the individual acts of the Holy Spirit as recorded in scripture, Elmer Town says it best “the Holy Spirit does a number of things only a person can do; and it is
The Holy Spirit: In the writings of the apologists, there were no distinguish a third person for God’s nature. They gave impression to identify the Spirit as simply the Spirit of the Father. At other times they seemed to identify the Spirit as the Logos, the second person. As Justin stated that; The Logos inspired the prophets of the Old Testament but also said the Spirit inspired the prophets. A few passages seem to identify the Spirit as a third person, some sort of created being inferior to
The atoning work of Jesus is a difficult concept to wrap your head around. On the one hand, we see that, because he is one hundred percent God, he has full knowledge that he will ‘on the third day ascend into heaven’ and will be seated at the right of the God the Father Almighty. Yet, at the same time, Jesus the 30ish year old man is faced with his own gruesome death, and separation from the Father. As difficult as it is to grasp how hard it was for Jesus during this time, it is even harder to fully
The Bible should undergird every aspect of Christian life. The Bible is where God has chosen to reveal his character, express his desires and to unveil his plan of redemption for humanity. The Bible holds the information that aids to solidify the believer’s faith, relays history, offers wisdom, comforts the hurting and communicates the foundational instructions for living a transformed Christ-like life. Therefore, this thesis will begin its research from a Biblical perspective, to establish a
The Holy Spirit is another Comforter, Teacher, and Reminder. Before Christ went back to Heaven He said that He would not leave us without another Comforter, of which is the Holy Ghost. God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and God the Son are a Trinity, in Heaven and on this earth. The Comforter indwells us and we are in God and in Jesus. We are in the Trinity. Talk about eternal security, how much more can one be secure than this? Being the Holy Spirit is our Teacher, and the Word of God says
“Salvation is the work of the Father, Son, and Spirit on our behalf. The Father knew those who would be saved even before He made the world. He sent the Son to become one of us, to give His life to pay the penalty for our sins, and to be raised from the dead to give us assurance of eternal life. Believers receive the Holy Spirit as a deposit, a down payment, a seal, and as the firstfruits of our inheritance (Romans. 8:23). The Spirit is not our inheritance; He is the beginning of an indescribable
of human depravity based upon the Reformed perception of sin, and the requirement of divine grace for salvation. He distinguished himself from the activists and brought out the doctrine of prevenient grace into his construction of the doctrine of redemption. Wesley abandoned the theory of election, electing the concept of conditional election. Consequently, he fused the teaching of the total sinfulness of a person and the importance of grace with the emphasis on human liberation, giving birth to his
the integrity of heart and life. It is a Spirit led journey towards wholeness in Christ. It is being like Jesus in a person’s separation from the world, in purity, in love, and in the fullness of the Spirit for the purpose of God. In his view, Brengle defines holiness as a state in which God is trusted with a ‘perfect heart’ and Christian perfection is being and doing what God requires. He describes holiness as ‘perfect love’, ‘pure love’ and ‘Christ in you.’ According to Brengle, Holiness is
of the Holy Spirit ‘because the Holy Spirit resides in the body which is the Church, in her Head and in her members” (no.159). Experiencing the Holy Spirit in one’s life may be difficult to comprehend if one has no concept of the Spirit’s existence, purpose and function. Therefore, it is important for one to gain a basic knowledge of the Holy Spirit and to understand the source from which the Holy Spirit comes. But who is this Holy Spirit? The Spirit is God the re-creator. The Holy Spirit is God