Thursday, 2 July 2009

God-breath

First century Christians live with the Holy Spirit. As Christians can see in the Bible, they often citing passage found in the words of the Apostle Peter, (Acts 5:3-4) And they knew The Bible in Old Testament and New Testament was brought into being by the Holy Spirit, (2 Peter 1:21), and it is said to be the Word of God and the Word is God-breath (2 Timothy 3:16) The earlier Christians could place the Spirit with the Father and the Son in their worship and their praise, and could pronounce as a doxology, (2 Cor 13:14) Considering this, like the early Christianity, Christians should adore Him as giving Him supreme place in their Christian life. There is danger of modalism, Sabelliansism, Patripassionism.

God is Spirit, he is too big to content in this world, and he is omnipresent. However, Christians must give their effort to come to Him.

Is there a word "Bible" in our doxology? Why? is Bible is not important to the first century Christians? Did they worship the Holy Bible?

Since the Bible is God-breath, why they did not worship the Bible?

God and God-breath, what is the difference?

Must we come to Jesus only through KJV, is the KJV is the only door for Christ, there is no salvation under heaven other than KJV?

There is a name given under the heaven, whom we shall be saved, what is that name? Is the name is KJV? Does KJV saves us?

And you say, Only KJV saves? Is this the message? what you are preaching on your pulpit every Sunday? Then St. Paul preached in vain! Are we better than Paul in preaching the sermon and message of Christ's sake!

Did he laid down any rule in copying the manuscripts for the new generations to come? No!

Did Paul and Peter do any mistake in their lives? Did they preached a sinless perfection?

Did Paul said they must copy the scripture using a robotic arms like the Transformer?

Then why you judge people according to the Bible they read?

And then you split the churches due to a few Bible verses, in 2 thousands of years!

And then you split the Body of Christ because of some variants in the manuscrits, even the Scribes and Pharisees did not judge Jesus Christ according to what Bible Jesus read, even that they judge Jesus wrongly! How about us?

Did Paul preach and attack those who used different versions of Old Testament? Or they tackled just the false doctrines, false teachings, false brothers, false prophets, did ever mentioned any false manuscripts? Wasting time in editing manuscripts?

Supposed there were some false manuscripts, did Paul mentioned any of such "cultic Bible?" Did he condemned any Bible versions in his times? Did he not burn them like what he did before in Ephesus?

Acts 19:19, "....they burnt the books!"

The rule is they must burn the false manuscripts!

But then the church handed down so many manuscripts, dare you burn any of them if there is a few mistake!

Martin Luther dared not to burn any manuscripts!
John Calvin dared not to burn any manuscripts!
But you condemned people from study the manuscripts!

How Paul taught his disciples to study the Bible? Approved onto God? Approved by manuscripts?

Are we to be blame if we cannot find that autographs, spared the Apostles and his followers for they did not preserved the Bible for us?

No, God preserved the God-breath Bible for us generations after that!

A few copy mistakes are done, because the church did not invent any robotic arms nor printing machines before Martin Luther, are you blaming God?

Shall we judge a man according to the Bible versions he read in his life time, and one day Jesus will judged us and punished us because we read the CUV, NKJV?

Did He said he will judge us according to our doings?
Or He will judge us according to the Bible versions we read?

Are you saying God only contend in KJV and not contend in NIV? There is no place for CUV in God's hands?

Are you saying God rejected the NKJV!

Are we confused the Bible is God-breath, and not man-breath!

Are you saying NIV is not God-breath! Is this a contempt to the Holy Spirit?

I do not know! You know better than me!

I am trying to ask questions, since I am a student!

Are we tempting the Holy Spirit?

However, there is a danger ahead when Christians ignore Him. Peter said unto Ananias’ wife, “How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.”

Jesus was tempted by Satan, and simultaneously, the Holy Spirit was tempted by human being. They could not escape detection by that omniscient Spirit of whose supernatural presence with the apostles they had had such full evidence. Likewise, Christians are also facing the danger of tempting the Spirit like the first century Christian.

Are we tempting the Holy Spirit, telling lies to the Christians in our churches, and spread those false teachings, and spliting the church due to minor doctrines?

Are we not called to be one in Christ, either the people speak in tongue or those people who do not speak in tongue, we are called to received the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit above every one of us!

Who caused divisions among the churches? What is the differences between you and other?

You tempted the Spirit in spreading the root of bitterness in young people heart? In judging people according to Bible versions!

Your tempting the young Bible lover to fall into sins of hardening of the hearts!

Does the Holy Spirit speak through NKJV, CUV, NIV?

“Wherefore as the Holy Spirit saith, today if ye will hear His voice, harden not their hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness (Heb 3:7-8) The Holy Spirit continue to speak to us today, the verb is indicating. The Holy Spirit is a person who speaks to us in our hearts; and if Christians will, we can hear his heavenly voice and understand what He says. He loves us and grieves for us. The Holy Spirit in our heart pleads with our hearts to come to Jesus. He made the heavens beautiful, studding them with the stars, the planets, and the sun. He made the sidereal spheres, the Milky Way and the great constellations. “By His Spirit he hath garnished the heavens (Job 26:13)

Is the Holy Spirit only speak through KJV?

Before KJV, how did the Holy Spirit speak to mankind?

After KJV, how did the Holy Spirit speak to mankind?

What is the different between both?

Is the Holy Spirit speaks the same messages to mankind?

Individually? Is the message changed from time to time?

Universally? Is the message changed from time to time?

If you says, the perfection of the Bible has already come, does Holy Spirit still speaks to mankind? If yes, how?

Only because of KJV, the Holy Spirit can work in mankind?

Did Holy Spirit says He is only using KJV only as a tool to converse with mankind? Did the Holy Spirit verbally said anything like this to the theologians?

These few questions must be answered clearly before we can jump on to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is silent after the completion of the Bible, and we dare not to judge Holy Spirit in using other Bible versions like CUV, NKJV, ESV...Who are we compared with Holy Spirit?

Shall we teach the Holy Spirit how to use the Bible?

The Holy Spirit Is God.

The Holy Spirit is the great illuminator and teacher of the Bible. The Holy Spirit Speak to their hearts through the Bible. He is the author of the Bible. In addition, the finest teacher through the ages has been the Spirit of God. He teaches the mind of God. He is God himself. He works the miracles of regeneration by convicting sin in their hearts. Although Holy Spirit is God, the Holy Spirit never speaks of Himself, but He always glorifies Christ (John 16:13-14). Actually, it is acceptable that the Christian glorify the Spirit God. Christians are also taught in the Bible that it is the Spirit who baptizes them into the body of Christ. (1 Cor 12:13) He guides them and teaches them. He helps them to pray. Through Him Christians, bear fruit to God. (Gal 5) Christians are the dwelling place of the holy God, the Holy Spirit. It is the same Spirit raises them from the death. (Rom 8:11) All glory to Him forever and ever. Amen.

Ask ourselves a few questions, who is the author of the Bible?
Who are the translators for KJV Bible? Are they God?
Who are the translators for CUV Bible? Are they God?

Why God give us a Bible in the first place?
Are the purposes being achieved in CUV, NIV?

The Deity of the Holy Spirit

The Deity of the Holy Spirit

In the History of the church the doctrine of the Holy Spirit has often been neglected. Some have even called the Holy Spirit the “unknown God.” In the opening verses of the Bible, Christians are introduced to the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God brought life into the world. He is God himself. God is one in essence, power, being, glory and attributes. God the Father is overall, blessed forever. God the Son is their redeeming Savior, Jesus Christ. God the Holy Spirit lives in their life and in their hearts. Christians know God as their Father, as their Savior, and the moving Spirit in their hearts.

If this is true...then I may make a restatement here: The Bible is smaller than the Holy Spirit!

Why I say so? Because The Word of God..is...The Sword of the Spirit. (Ephesians 6:17)

A sword belongs to the Holy Spirit. The Bible belongs to The Holy Spirit. The Bible is a sword, in the Hands of the Mighty God, belong to the Holy Spirit! The Bible is in Holy Spirit's Hands.

Take the Bible from Him, read it and use it.

Disposal

Rene wrote: “Christians have seen that the Holy Spirit is a Person and God. ‘If the Spirit were merely a power coming from above, it would be at my disposal and I could use it at will. However, if the Spirit is a Person, and more than that, if He is God Himself, it is I would should be at His disposal, and love and obey Him in all things. Besides, receiving into their hearts not only a blessing, but also the presence of the Almighty God is to have within them the source of all grace and of all possibility. Let them beware of failing to recognize the true nature of the Holy Spirit."

(Rene Pache)

Personal characteristics

VI. The Spirit has personal characteristics.

He Has the Attributes of a Person1

A. He has a mind.

Paul mentioned "the mind of the Spirit" - Ro 8:27 this suggests thinking on His own. He has His Intellect, 1 Cor. 2:10,11, “For to them God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.” For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

B. He has knowledge

He "knows the things of God" - 1 Co 2:11, Just as the "spirit of man" (a personal being) knows certain things, 1 Corinthians 2:10 -11, For to them God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

C. He possesses affection

Paul speaks of "the love of the Spirit" - Ro 15:30. When have Christians known of an "impersonal force" that could love? , Ephesians 4:30, and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom Christians were sealed for the day of redemption.

D. He has a will

"The same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each, one individually as He wills" - 1 Co 12:11. The Holy Spirit decided what person received which gift. Corinthians 12:11, But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 1 Cor. 12:11, But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

These are the personal characteristics of the Holy Spirit.

Does the CUV Bible tells us so?

Jesus loves me this I kow, for the Bible tell me so..

Does the Chinese Bible tell us so?

Does Jesus Christ still loves me, when I am holding a CUV Bible?

Does Jesus Christ loves me, when I am reading a NIV Bible?
Does Jesus Christ loves me, when i am buying a ESV Bible?
Lord, look for me, I know I am a lost sheep!
CUV Bible says that Jesus Christ is a Good Shepherd.