Posts Tagged ‘Spirit’
The Spirit’s Prayer and the Father’s Promise in Romans 8:26–30
The Holy Spirit helps us on our way to heaven. He lives within us, empowering us for good and enabling us for service, and He endeavors by praying for us to the Father. Romans 8:26–27 teaches us about the Spirit’s ministry of intercession. Some of what Romans 8:26–27 teaches is fairly clear. Our human weakness…
Read MoreA Living Faith Evidenced in Godly Affections: Part 3 (James 4:1-12)
Click here for previous posts on James 4: part 1 and part 2. James has addressed the manifest problem of quarreling and fighting. Then he pinpointed the source of such a problem. Finally, he reveals the solution to that problem. But before the solution, he discusses the need to be convicted of the problem, driving…
Read MoreFilled with the Spirit
Have you ever wondered how you could be full of wisdom when the world is full of folly? It just never seems to end, does it? Recently, a foolhardy group of artists posed as construction workers to hang a giant banner on a statue of Christ in Arkansas. The banner read, “God Bless Abortions.”1 Talk…
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