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All disciples of Jesus Christ are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. The first disciples on the Day of Pentecost received the Holy Spirit at that time. The Holy Spirit has a manifold ministry pertaining to Christians. Comforter, teacher, empowerer, convictor, witness, helper etc. etc. The Holy Spirit is the same to Christians today as Jesus was to the disciples when He was on earth except the Holy Spirit is not visible and for most Christians a difficult Holy Person to understand because of the "conversation" between The Spirit and our spirit. There are many things the disciples of Christ could not do without the Holy Spirit.
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Do Jehovah Witnesses believe that the Holy Spirit is God?
Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus is God's son and the Holy Spirit is God's active force
What is the difference between being baptized with the holy spirit and filled with the holy spirit?
Nothing more than christianic doctrine ideologies and christianic theories. You'll always need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
How the holy spirit enters the human body and how to pray for the holy spirit?
The Trinity consists of the Father(God), the Son(Jesus Christ), & the Holy Spirit.All three make up one Godhead.If you are saved, Jesus Christ lives in your heart, God answers your prayers and the Holy Spirit convicts you much like your conscience, but with much more power.When you, a child of God, submit to God and ask for His power to guide you and help you, realizing you can't help yourself on your own, He sends the Holy Spirit into your soul to help and comfort you in your time of need; the more Spirit-filled you are, the more power you have to overcome weakness, temptation and struggles, and if you are already living in unconfessed sin, God will convict you with the Holy Spirit.
How did Jesus' determination to do the will of the Father affect His disciples?
When it became clear to them that doing the will of his Father meant his trial and death, they all ran away, (Matthew 26.56). And we all are no better. That is why we all need the Holy Spirit to transform us.
What are some Old Testament prophecies about Jesus' teaching about the Holy Spirit?
AnswerThere are actually no Old Testament prophecies about Jesus teaching about the Holy Ghost. However, Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) does offer a way of finding the prophecies you need. There is a trick that seems to come naturally when studying the Bible and which Mack sees happen all the time, in the classrooms of the School of Theology at Claremont. At first the study of a text may not seem to support a traditional Christian conviction, or the answer one hopes to find in the Bible. But with a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right. If the first answer does not appear to be helpful, one can look for another answer to the same question, until the right answer appears.The Old Testament is full of just the right prophecies if you know how to do this.
Do Jehovah's Witnesses believe that they need to be baptised in Jesus' name and be filled with the holy ghost as commanded?
Yes, but the ghost part is not actually a ghost its called the Holy spirit and its a power that God uses to create life and miracles in the past.
Why should you pray to the holy spirit in your daily lives?
In the Bible no one is ever instructed to pray to the Holy Spirit. We pray to the Father by the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. "For through him (Jesus) we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." - Ephesians 2:18If you are a believer, you have become a child of God and all of God's children need His power to live the new, spiritual life "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father" - Galatians 4:6
What is the new birth in the New Testament?
This is a matter about which many denominations give different answers. And I suspect that is simply because the NT is not clear on the subject. However, from sources received in recent years, it would appear that the new birth is caused by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can be discerned when you have a sense of "the peace that knows no understanding". While many people have had that experience, very few are able to experience it on demand. Another description of the ingress of the Holy Spirit is contained in Luke 24:32 where the disciples express amazement at the burning they feel within their hearts. But the key point is that one needs to have this experience over a long period of time to complete the process of the new birth, and to do that you need to train your soul to open itself to the inflowing of God's Love which the Holy Spirit will deliver. The Holy Spirit does this every time you open yourself to God, in love. But its a response to your love, not your intellect.
What is the wind of the Holy Spirit in the Bible?
AnswerThe New Testament was written for an audience that needed some sort of proof, even if that proof need only be unsophisticated by today's standards. So, the Holy Spirit never worked silently and invisibly, as presumably he could have, but descended as a dove (the baptism of Jesus) or as a wind or as tongues of flame (pentecost). It is the necessary evidence that the Holy Spirit was really there in person.
What is the 7th Day Pentecostal Church?
They believe in the whole council of God. Believing we are to follow in the foot steps of Christ and observe, worship on, and celebrate on the day that Jesus did. He is our example and as for Pentecostal if you don't enter into the baptism of the holy ghost you are without Power. That is why Peter has so much boldness after he received the HG on the Day of Pentecost. He Received Power To Be A Witness. We are to worship in spirit and truth. We Need the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit plus we need to walk in obedience. That is why the Israelites stayed in the wilderness for 40 years they didn't like to be obedient.
Why is the holy spirit important in pentecostal worship?
A:The New Testament is replete with references to the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost), for example, 1 Thessalonians 4:8 : "He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit."To disbelieve in the Holy Spirit would therefore mean seeing the New Testament as theologically unreliable, which is a difficult position for a Christian to take. On the other hand, belief in the Holy Trinity is somewhat less fundamental to Christian faith.
Why do you need the Holy Spirit as your counselor?
I suppose that's indirect. The Holy Spirit is what enters you upon salvation. It acts as your conscience (there is a reference for that, I dont particularly know it though.) and your guilt and what not. So indirectly, your conscience leads your actions and what you do that you deem right or wrong. So the Holy Spirit is your counselor to every single action you do already anyways.
