The Spirit at work in our lives
We have established that the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives through the power of God’s Word to transform our thinking and behaviour.
We have learned that we can’t separate God from His Spirit. It is simply Him at work, breathing out of Him, developing …
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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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This article is an amended version of a paper the AACE requested the authors to prepare for possible distribution to ecclesias. The authors acknowledge with thanks the input of others who were consulted in the process of preparing this version for publication.
The Genesis record of creation
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By grace are ye saved through faith
Understanding the contextual framework of the times should also deepen our appreciation of the powerful concepts that Paul is speaking about in the following reference: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift o…
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In Part 1 of this article we highlighted the erroneous view of Evolutionary Creationism (EC) relating to the subject of death. We noted that in the OT the Hebrew word for death (muwth) occurs around 800 times and always refers to the ordinary idea of death – the cessation of mortal existence –…
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From a Scriptural perspective the death affecting mankind is an enemy; something that needs to be defeated and removed. This is plain from the apostle Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 15 where we are told that “the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (v26), and that ultimately death w…
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