Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
“God is a spirit” according to John 4:24, but the Holy Spirit is not God. God’s Holy Spirit belongs to him, originates with him and is used by him to accomplish his will, but the Holy Spirit is not in itself an entity.God is Spirit.
The Bible tells us that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19 KJV
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9 KJV
Where is the lie that you speak of?
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The fact of how the Holy Spirit is used by God throughout the scriptures is proof of that.
Jesus himself did not have the Holy Spirit until his baptism. He alone possessed it until he returned to heaven and promised that his Father would send his spirit to his disciples to comfort and help them.
This took place at Pentecost when those disciples were anointed to use those gifts imparted, to preach to many who had come to Jerusalem for the Festival. They continued to use the gifts until the last of the apostles died. Ability to pass on the Holy Spirit was by the laying on of hands of the apostles. When the apostles died, the gifts died with them. (Acts 1:4-9) These gifts were a demonstration of what will take place on a larger scale in “the new earth” to come. (2 Peter 3:13) Not a new planet but a cleansed earth ruled from heaven by God’s Kingdom. This is when Revelation 21:3-4 will have its fulfilment.
This is a wonderful hope and the theme of the entire Bible.....what we lost in Eden, and how God gets it back for us.