Truth versus Church teaching
Our series has established that the spirit of God works in diverse ways. These have their common origin in God, being “breathed” out of Him. The spirit power of God enabled people to do supernatural things at particular times in history to accomplish God’s will…
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The Holy Spirit working in us
So how does the Holy Spirit work in our lives today? The Holy Spirit works in us, not as a physical power, but as a moral force within the believer’s mind. This moral power results in a changed way of thinking that comes through the power of God’s Word and not a…
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Believing that the Holy Spirit works actively in our lives is an important component of our faith. However, understanding how the Holy Spirit works in our lives, and how it does not, separates the Truth from the wrong teaching of the churches. Our understanding of this has significant imp…
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The wonderful subject of the spirit of God[1] helps us understand how God works with us as His children. His spirit keeps us alive, and as His values and character develop in us, so the spirit of God dwells in us, and we are led by His spirit.
In the previous article, we examined the way in…
Scripture is clear that God’s spirit will dwell in us if we are His children, and we will then be “in the spirit”, led by the spirit of God (Rom 8:9,14). A biblical understanding of the subject helps us to understand the wonderful tools God has provided to help change our natural thinking and reassures us of the certainty of God’s work with us, thus providing real confidence that “we are his workmanship”.
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Whilst music has always had some part to play in the lives of people and their communities, there has never been a period in history where exposure to music has been greater than at present. In ancient times, music was only heard on special occasions when skilled players, instruments and audience we…
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Our title is taken from Amos 6:5 incorporating the marginal rendering. The same prophet records, “Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols” (ch 5:25). There is a spirit in our society, described by Paul as “the course of this world … the prince…
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The record of the thieves on Calvary, and the discussion which took place as they hung on the cross, is extraordinary. Despite the enormity of his crimes and the extremity of his circumstances, one of the thieves on the cross was guaranteed a place in the kingdom, the fruit of a changed heart and a …
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Recorded in Matthew 14 is the story of the storm on the lake, an event straightforward in its simplicity, interesting in its drama, and powerful in its exhortation value. There can be no more frightening experience than to be in a tiny boat afloat on the vastness of a great deep, utterly at …
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