The Holy Spirit Gave us the Word- Part Two
From the previous study we learned that the Christian is to fill himself up with the Spirit, or Breath, of God, which is his Holy Word to us, the Bible. We understand that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of God. We understand that we fill ourselves with Him by filling ourselves with the Word of God. This part will look further into what dwells in each Christian.
There are many passages that express what dwells in each Christian. We already considered that the Holy Spirit dwells in the Christian representatively by the word of God. John states in 1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Again John states in 1 John 1:10 “If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” We can trick ourselves and not have the “truth” in us, which is his “word”. Again, remember 1 John 5:6 “And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” And John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” Therefore we see that the “Spirit” is the “Word” which is the “Truth”. It is this that dwells in each Christian.
This can be expressed in logical form as follows:
A is B.
C is B.
A is C.
When we supply the terms this becomes very clear.
The “Spirit” is “Truth”.
The “Word” is “Truth”.
The “Spirit” is the “Word”.
The Holy Spirit delivered the Word of God, which is truth, and we fill ourselves up with Him by filling ourselves with the Word of God!
Looking further we find what else dwells in the Christian. For example, the Apostle Paul states the following about Christians: Ephesians 3:17 “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love...” The idea expressed here is that Jesus himself dwells in each Christian by the faith we have in him. Interesting to note is what Paul says about faith in Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Faith comes from “hearing” the “word of Christ”. In other words, Christ dwells in each Christian by the words of Faith that he or she has heard, the Bible!
Paul also states in Romans 8:10 “But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” If Christ dwells in us by Faith, and Faith comes from hearing God’s word, then “Christ is in you” by our obedience to him because of our faith. Notice the amazing power of God’s word as expressed in Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” What is God’s power? What makes Christ dwell in us? What is the “Breath” of God? The Gospel! The Bible is of utmost importance, without it, we are without all these blessings.
There are many passages that express what dwells in each Christian. We already considered that the Holy Spirit dwells in the Christian representatively by the word of God. John states in 1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Again John states in 1 John 1:10 “If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” We can trick ourselves and not have the “truth” in us, which is his “word”. Again, remember 1 John 5:6 “And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” And John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” Therefore we see that the “Spirit” is the “Word” which is the “Truth”. It is this that dwells in each Christian.
This can be expressed in logical form as follows:
A is B.
C is B.
A is C.
When we supply the terms this becomes very clear.
The “Spirit” is “Truth”.
The “Word” is “Truth”.
The “Spirit” is the “Word”.
The Holy Spirit delivered the Word of God, which is truth, and we fill ourselves up with Him by filling ourselves with the Word of God!
Looking further we find what else dwells in the Christian. For example, the Apostle Paul states the following about Christians: Ephesians 3:17 “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love...” The idea expressed here is that Jesus himself dwells in each Christian by the faith we have in him. Interesting to note is what Paul says about faith in Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Faith comes from “hearing” the “word of Christ”. In other words, Christ dwells in each Christian by the words of Faith that he or she has heard, the Bible!
Paul also states in Romans 8:10 “But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” If Christ dwells in us by Faith, and Faith comes from hearing God’s word, then “Christ is in you” by our obedience to him because of our faith. Notice the amazing power of God’s word as expressed in Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” What is God’s power? What makes Christ dwell in us? What is the “Breath” of God? The Gospel! The Bible is of utmost importance, without it, we are without all these blessings.
John states this amazing fact in 1 John 4:4 “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” We can overcome the followers of Satan because of Jesus “who is in” us, and he is in us by the Word that he delivered. The Bible overcomes everything! The Bible is truth! Notice the importance Jesus puts on the Words that he spoke: John 12:48 “The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.” The person that refuses Jesus’ words is in trouble, and therefore he cannot have Jesus dwelling in him, for the Words Jesus spoke, that which causes him to dwell in us, will judge us in the Last Day.
posted by Joshua Haley at Wednesday, July 19, 2006
2 Comments:
While I might agree with your general sentiment, I have to disagree with at least one part of your post.
All A is B.
C is B.
A is C.
This is wrong. For example:
All sinners are human.
Jesus is human.
Sinners are Jesus. (Or worse, Jesus is a sinner.)
This argument makes no sense because it isn't in a proper form. I had a logic course in college and they gave us a table of possible forms. I don't think that this is one of them.
http://www.roninabox.com/venndiagram.html
You should study up your logic and rethink this position that the Spirit is the Word. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a thing. You might study John 15:26-27 to see what John meant when he said that the Spirit gave witness to these first century Christians (I John 5:6-7).
July 28, 2006 6:52 AM
Thank you for your comment. In my post I stated:
"We understand that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of God. We understand that we fill ourselves with Him by filling ourselves with the Word of God."
And also:
"We already considered that the Holy Spirit dwells in the Christian representatively by the word of God."
I'll study up on my logic.
August 02, 2006 7:00 PM
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