by admin | May 13, 2012 | Forgiveness, Gospel Proclamations, Holy Spirit, Introduction
Jesus’ disciples waited in Jerusalem as He instructed them. When the Holy Spirit came upon them, a crowd gathered (Acts 2:14-41 NET). Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all1 you who live in Jerusalem, know this...
by admin | Apr 30, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Introduction
Luke recorded the following concerning the promised Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-13 NET): Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all1 together2 in one place. Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled (ἐπλήρωσεν, a form of πληρόω)...
by admin | Apr 30, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Introduction
Luke continued his written account in Acts 1:1-8 (NET): I wrote (ἐποιησάμην, a form of ποιέω) the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do (ποιεῖν, another form of ποιέω) and teach (διδάσκειν, a form of διδάσκω) until the day he was taken up to...
by admin | Apr 15, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Introduction
To leave the giving, receiving and power of the Holy Spirit out of the Gospel is frankly absurd. I doubt that was Paul’s intention in his first letter to the Corinthians. The omission is mine if I limit my view to a specific text. Jesus, after his resurrection,...
by admin | Apr 15, 2012 | Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Introduction, Section One, Section Two
This is my attempt to use the sharpness and precision of Scripture to distinguish the Gospel from what I call the religious mind. Admittedly, the religious mind may be nothing more than a subspecies of the carnal mind (KJV) or the outlook of the flesh (NET),1 but it...