tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post114527264765323511..comments2024-02-10T21:04:22.822-05:00Comments on The Familyhood Church: Romans 8:4 - My answersKevin Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1145379640569683992006-04-18T13:00:00.000-04:002006-04-18T13:00:00.000-04:00Yeah. I was thinking in the same vein about the Sp...Yeah. I was thinking in the same vein about the Spirit. <BR/><BR/>I'm trying to remember where everyone got the group-think that the Spirit wants to be invisible. I know there's a verse that everyone quotes, but it sure ain't in the last half of John. <BR/><BR/>Amen about Love.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20104292.post-1145368001875631342006-04-18T09:46:00.000-04:002006-04-18T09:46:00.000-04:00Codepoke:You said:I think it is key that we live b...Codepoke:<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/><I>I think it is key that we live by the Spirit, as opposed to thinking the Spirit turns us into puppets</I><BR/><BR/>Amen to that. The Spirit quickens and convicts us. It is still our choice to walk by faith or sight. <BR/><BR/>You also quoted John earlier and said that he talks circles around itself. <BR/><BR/>I think that John, through quoting Jesus, is making a much bigger point here. At the core of God's commandments is love. More specifically: love for us. <BR/><BR/>Recall what Jesus identified as the two greatest commandments: Love The Lord, your God; Love your neighbor as yourself. In keeping these two commandments, you keep the whole of the law. I look at John 15:9-13 as a restatement of this idea.<BR/><BR/>For me, the crimson cord here is that we don't seem to look at the Holy Spirit as an sentient entity. We are much more inclined to think more of it as tool used by God. I've never heard a pastor refere to the Holy Spirit as, caring, loving, or compasionate, yet we often hear God and Jesus reffered to with these adjectives. <BR/><BR/>The Holy Spirit is fully God, and thus acts with the same loving veracity that Jesus operated with.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I rambled enough.<BR/><BR/>God Bless,<BR/>-DougDougALughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335959723414264767noreply@blogger.com