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Holy Spirit Active in the World Today

Originally published in the Polk County Enterprise, April 21 and 28, 1991

Most people are used to hearing the phrase, "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (or Ghost)" at funerals, baptisms, and other church-related events. Some may even grasp the concept of the Trinity or Godhead, the "Three in One." But few grasp the nature, role, and significance of the Holy Spirit in the world today.

Even many who are Christians are like the believers at Ephesus who, when asked, "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?" answered, "We have not so much as heard whether there is any Holy Spirit" (Acts 19:2). So let us all remain like the Jews at Berea, who "received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11).

The remainder of this article is now included in:

Christ in Us: The Exalted Christ and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

How does the Holy Spirit indwell the believer, and why should one seek that experience? In this collection of articles based on over twenty years' personal experience as well as academic study, the author relates Spirit Baptism and spiritual gifts to their source, the exalted Jesus Christ. He describes this Exaltation of Christ and constructs a theory of how the Holy Spirit indwells the believer, drawing from psychology and medical science as well as Scripture. Finally, he proposes a new Theology of Exaltation that sees the whole sweep of church history as the ongoing glorification of Christ and Redemption of the world.

ISBN 978-0-6151-3840-4 paperback, 192 pp., 6 x 9 in., with index and appendices.

God's Trombone Books by Paul Hughes

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