Selwyn continues to discuss the point that it is essential for the Holy Spirit to empower Christians – if Pentecost never happened, we would be reading about the Church, in history books – do you agree?
His conclusion is good: “The disciples left everything and followed Him, but after the crucifixion (even though they knew Christ had risen [...]
What Selwyn writes about today is important because so many people in mainline churches think of the Holy Spirit as a member of the Trinity but not as God’s indwelling Spirit; who lives in us so that we may do the things, God has planned in advance, for us to do. In one sense a [...]
I found today’s study to be truely great – inspirational, an excellent summary by Selwyn on the work of God’s Spirit. I think it is important to keep in mind that the Holy Spirit is not just some sort of ‘life force’ but God Himself. He is the God who loves us - who is in us [...]
I think that as time goes on it will become more difficult to follow Jesus without being condemned by a post-’Christian’ western society. Yet, to a certain extent this is not a new situation.
In the Gospel of John, the last part of Chapter 6, we have Jesus teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. Many of [...]
I like two points Selwyn makes in today’s study. First, “the truth is that humankind has been turned out of the Garden of Eden, and there is no way back into it. Instead God has prepared for those who love Him another garden called Paradise, which will have all the blessings and more of the [...]
Today, Selwyn starts his study with an important question: “Since the Holy Spirit’s presence in our hearts is the pledge that God’s promises will be kept and His purposes will be carried through, today we ask: Does this mean that once we are saved we can never be lost?” I think that from God’s side [...]
The final word!
Selwyn finishes his study on the emblems of the Holy Spirit and provides us with a summary of each of the emblems he has been writing about over the past two months.
The bit, I like in today’s study, is this: “But to see the Holy Spirit purely in terms of emblems is not enough. We must know Him, [...]
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