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    Why is he called the HOLY Spirit?

    What I was thinking is when is the first use of "holy" when referring to God Spirit as "the Holy Spirit"?
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    Unforgiveable sin.

    Holy has a few meanings in English one of which is "good" - as in morally good almost inexpressibly good from a moral perspective - I haven't checked how "holy" is used in Hebrew and Greek and Aramaic - the language that Jesus and the apostles would have spoken most of the time - but I wonder if...
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    Why is he called the HOLY Spirit?

    I can't help but think that there are many fathers in this world, I had one, I bet you did too. And I am one of many sons in this world, It looks like you are one too. So while there are many Spirits in creation there are also many father and many sons too. I was wondering where is the first...
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    Why is he called the HOLY Spirit?

    It seems obvious why the Father is called father and why the Son is called son but why is the Spirit of God called the Holy Spirit? Surely the Father is holy and the Son is holy yet The Father is not often called the Holy Father nor is the Son often called the Holy Son. It may be significant...
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    Unforgiveable sin.

    While I agree with most of what you wrote I am left wondering how you answer the question why is it blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? Any ideas? In the context of Matthew 12.
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    Unforgiveable sin.

    I've never tried mayonnaise on hot roast beef. The thing that is interesting about the passage in Matthew 12 is that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit appears to be what the Pharisees were engaging in when they said Jesus cast Satan out by the power of Satan - which seems to suggest that they...
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    Unforgiveable sin.

    Psalms 91 mentioned a phrase used by Jesus "the kingdom of God is upon you". It appears to be part of a discussion that revolves upon the degrees of sin and the existence of unforgiveable sin. Matthew 12:22 Then some people brought to him a possessed man, who was blind and mute. Jesus healed...
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    For what purpose do denominations build icons and statues

    In the tabernacle there were images of angels that were in the holy place and in the most holy place (on the curtain that separated the holy from the most holy). And when the temple was built the molten sea was supported by twelve bronze bulls.
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    I am the light of the world.

    Jesus said that the Spirit of God would be in Christians and that both he and his Father would come and dwell with/in faithful people. Is it possible that the light of Christ shines in the world through Christians?
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    You are the salt of the Earth.

    So what Christians cause you to think "there goes a person who is salt for this world and light for it too."?
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    Calling.

    Jesus did say that the Kingdom of God was "among you." are you thinking of another passage?
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    Calling.

    Jesus said these things about it • Matthew 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum, a town by the lake of Galilee, at the border of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 In this way, the word of the prophet Isaiah was...
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    Why are some Christians so consumed with their denomination?

    Why are some Christians so happy in their church? It may be because they take what Jesus Christ said about the church seriously and do not see themselves as members of a loose group of like minded men and women with their families associated in a voluntary group being free to leave at their...
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    I am the light of the world.

    This thread is connected to what is being discussed in another thread called "You are the salt of the Earth". Jesus spoke of himself as the light of the world - a light that gives light to all men. Christ is the Light of nations. Because this is so, the Holy Spirit stirs up Christians to...
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    Temptation

    I wonder what "tempted as we are yet without sin" means for the feelings Jesus experienced with respect to temptation. It is noticeable that living a life where exposure to enticements to do or think wickedly [is minimised] can reduce the depth and frequency of temptation felt. That is not to...
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    You are the salt of the Earth.

    That is likely true, influence declines when the influencers are no longer trusted. A loss of trust may also explain some of the loss of numbers that churches have experienced. Yet some religious groups - such a Pentecostal churches - see growth in numbers and maybe even increases in influence...
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    Calling.

    It is the same thing but what thing is it?
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    You are the salt of the Earth.

    I do not think of Jehovah's witnesses as exemplary Christians yet they live a life that is distinctive in its own way and they see that as being testimony to the teaching of Jesus Christ. And if you look at my current signature which says Pope Gregory I was well known for his alms to the poor...
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    You are the salt of the Earth.

    In the sermon on the mount Jesus said to the disciples "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. " I sometimes wonder how salt can lose its...
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    Calling.

    Perhaps I ought to have typed Jews in Jesus day, and many Jews today also, do not speak God's name (YHWH) nor utter words like God and The Lord in conversation choosing rather to use circumlocutions such as heaven, The Power, or The Glory. It appears that this passage in the gospel according to...
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