Is not this something true followers of Christ pray for?
Consider the following scriptures:
Psalm 51:11
"Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me."
Matthew 28:19
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"
Luke 11:13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Acts 5:32
"And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
Romans 5:5
"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts
by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
Romans 14:17
"for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy
in the Holy Spirit."
Romans 15:13
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound
in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
1 Corinthians 6:19
"Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and you are not your own?"
1 Corinthians 12:3
"Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls
Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit."
Ephesians 1:13
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation;
in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise"
2 Peter 1:21
"for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit." (this is talking about God's prophets speaking by Holy Spirit. All
this is recorded in the Bible which God recorded for each of us individually to study)
Jude 1:20
[ Maintain Your Life with God ] But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy
faith, praying in the Holy Spirit"
After considering these scriptures, how can any true follower of Christ believe Holy Spirit is cannot belong to them?
The Watchtower Org. says only the 144,000 have God's Holy Spirit and it is because of this they along can interpret the scriptures.
Really? Is this in accord with scripture?
What are your thoughts?
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Hi! Thank you for befriending me on Facebook. I am looking forward to using your blog as a Bible Study help. Thanks for posting! May Jah bless you! I am also an inactive JW.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts? Are the same as yours. I think what the Watchtower did was fulfill the scripture
ReplyDelete"Jehovah's Day will come as a thief". I am very happy for you that you stick to Jesus, though alone sometimes you feel. Love!
Nancy
Hello Nancy, I am so sorry I didn't reply to your post as it has been so long that anyone had posted here I pretty much gave up. I am glad we have the same thoughts in regard to the organization we both were involved in for so long, trusting man and not the one who offered up his son, put his words in him and desire that we follow him alone. Hugs. I hope we get together soon.
ReplyDeleteChristian love,
trudy