Stir Up The Gift Of God In You
Stir Up The Gift Of God In You - What the Bible says Awaken the Gift of God (From the Forerunner Commentary) Acts 5:3 Trinitarians boldly use Peter's question as "proof" that the Holy Spirit is a divine being. They say, "One cannot sin against a virtue. One cannot lie about something without feeling. Therefore, the Holy Spirit must be a personality within the Godhead." But in their attempt to find "proof" of their theory, they ignored the simple meaning of Peter's words and the many evidences in other scriptures. In writing about the Holy Spirit, the apostles had no qualms about interchangeably using verbs related to things rather than people. For example, Paul told Timothy "to awaken the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear..." (II Timothy 1:6-7). We usually move liquids and mixtures, not people. Many writers use the verb "to pour out" to describe God's use of the Spirit (see Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 32:15; 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28-29; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 2:17-18, 33). A person cannot be poured. On the other hand, many verses indicate that the Holy Spirit "speaks," "speaks," "declares," "convicts," "guides," "hears," etc. By themselves, these verbs do not give us conclusive proof that the Holy Spirit is or is not a divine being. To understand what Peter meant by "lying the Holy Spirit," we need to see if the context explains what he meant. At the end of Acts 5:4, Peter made a similar accusation: "You have not lied to men but to God." "God" is translated from theos, the general Greek word for deity. In the broadest sense, Peter accused Ananias of sinning against God (see Genesis 20:6; 39:9; Leviticus 6:2; Psalm 51:4). When he speaks to Sapphira later in the scene, Peter repeats the accusation in a different way: "How do you agree to be tested [tempted, KJV] by the Spirit of the Lord?" (Acts 5:9). Here, Peter uses "Lord" from the Greek kurios, meaning "master" or "lord." In this verse the Holy Spirit is shown to belong to God. So in these three identical verses, Peter clarified what he meant: Ananias and Sapphira tried to deceive God, who was in them and the apostles through the power of His Spirit. Do they not realize, asked Peter, that through His Spirit God knows not only what they do, but also their hearts? Richard T. Ritenbaugh Lying to the Holy Spirit Related Topics: Ananias and Sapphira | Anthropomorphism | Pictures of Speech | Nature of God | Holy Spirit | Curious | Literary Figures of Speech | Spirit Lies | Personification | Pour out the Spirit of God | Awaken the Gift of God | Theos | Trinity Acts 9:17 Special spiritual gifts are given through the laying on of hands. Usually, the Holy Spirit is given by the laying on of hands by an elder, who confirms the baptism. However, Acts 8:14-17 says that the Samaritans received the Holy Spirit after baptism, while Acts 10:44-48 says that it fell on Cornelius' house before baptism. Sometimes God makes exceptions to carry out His own will and plan. Timothy received special spiritual gifts from the hands of the ancestors, including the gifts of wisdom and teaching. Paul reminded him that the ordination gave such gifts in him and that he must move the Spirit of God to use them. Martin G. Collins Basic Doctrines: The Laying on of Hands Related Topics: Baptism | Baptism of the Holy Spirit | Cornelius, Conversion of | Gift of the Holy Spirit | Gifts | Gifts of God | Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit, Moves the Gift of | Laying on of Hands | Ordination | Spiritual Gifts | Awaken the Gift of God | Awakening Spiritual Gifts | Wisdom 2 Timothy 1:6-7 It takes the Spirit of God to produce true good thinking. This verse also means that, as long as the mind does not have the Spirit of God, it cannot be considered truly healthy. Any mind that lacks the Holy Spirit, like Esau's, is limited in its vision, unstable in one direction, and focused on itself. It may be very sharp about material things, but it will lack the ability to deal with life in a godly way because it will not see things in the right, righteous-or-unrighteous context. Rather, it has a strong tendency to distort situations into a self-centered view. This does not make for a good relationship. John W. Ritenbaugh Food: How Good! (Part Three) Related Topics: Carnal Mind | Carnal Character | Carnal Priorities | Carnal Reasoning | Carnally Minded | Esau | The Temperament of Esau | The Worldliness of Esau | Holy Spirit of God | Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit, Moves the Gift of | materialism | Relationships | Self-centeredness | Good Thoughts | Good Mind, Product of God's Holy Spirit | Good Mind, Spirit of a | Good Thoughts | Spirit of a Good Mind | Spirit of God | Standards of Morality | Standards of Right and Wrong | Awaken the Gift of God | Arousing Spiritual Gifts 2 Timothy 1:6 Remembering that Timothy is a minister of God's church, the gift is the power and authority to fulfill his responsibility within it. Although this book was originally written only to Timothy, it applies to all Christians. Its principles include everyone who has the Spirit of God. Each one has been given gifts by God to fulfill his part in God's work within the body. Salvation is more than the forgiveness of sin. Another part of God's salvation is that He gives gifts—abilities, talents, powers, authority—to do the work within the church. Salvation requires a journey to the end of God's purpose. It is a way of life that leads to a goal. God has given each of us powers to succeed in reaching the end of the journey: gifts of the Spirit given to perform our functions within the body. Just as the apostle Paul used the human body in a similar way, showing that each part of the body has its own function, each part of the human body is given the power to perform that function for the body. The same is the case with God's church: No matter how scattered it is, or how united it is, God gives each Christian the power to do his work within the body. So Paul encouraged Timothy to use those gifts to help the church. There is no indication within the context that Timothy was lacking in any way. It is clear from the verbal forms that Paul uses here that these are the things that Timothy did in the past and continues to do in the present. It could have been written more accurately in English, "keep fanning the flame." He stirred the gift, and Paul said, "Keep stirring it!" Timothy developed the doctrine, the primary means by which one keeps or keeps what is given. John W. Ritenbaugh Watch the Truth! Related Topics: Body Analogy | Gifts | Gifts Strengthen the Church | Gifts of God | Journey as Metaphor | Journey as Symbol | Safety Process | Spiritual Gifts | Spiritual Gifts, Neglect of | Awaken the Gift of God | Awakening Spiritual Gifts Revelation 2:5 Revelation 2:5 teaches us to remember where we fell, to repent, and to do the works we did when we had our first love. We have three commands here: remember, repent, and do. If we fail to follow this, God plainly says, "I will come to you quickly and take your lamp from its place." This is serious! Individually, then, we must compare our present attitudes, efforts, zeal, and love to what they were before we were first converted. We shouldn't have a hard time doing this because, for most of us, our first months or years in the church are still vivid in our minds. Maybe we all have similar experiences. We express our first love by diligently following everything we learn. We try hard to study, fast, pray, and meditate often, giving up precious time that we used to spend for our leisure or entertainment. We stood up for the Sabbath and argued with the school system and our employers on Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. We tithe well, and the holy days, especially the Feast of Tabernacles, are so exciting! We are hungry for the Word of God and can never be satisfied with the Bible and church literature. We have faith in the ministers whom God has sent to us, seeing them as helpers of our happiness. We really try to overcome every little sin we find, not wanting to disappoint God in the smallest thing. We have the utmost faith in God's purpose, for humanity in general and for us as individuals. We are very serious about our calling. We could not have done any of these things before we were called. Our first love is a wonderful thing to behold—true devotion and dedication to God, shown by the zealous bowing of all efforts to conform to His will. We outside love God and trust Him. He is always in our thoughts. Some people in this world have some kind of first love for a political party, a team, or a cause. But our first love came to us because God opened our minds and revealed himself to us, and what we saw we recognized as truly awesome and wonderful. When we learned that such a wonderful Being wanted us to be members of His Family forever, we got the vision! It opens our minds to new thoughts, new ideas, new horizons—and so we are filled with first love. It must have been years ago. The "newness" of God's way is gone. Friends, family, and ministers have failed us. So much has changed in our lives and in the church that those scary days seem impossible to recover from. But God commands us that we must remember what it is and return to them in spirit, in character, and in deeds because God has not failed us nor has His purpose changed. Paul told Timothy to "awaken the gift of God that is in you" (II Timothy 1:6), and in a sense, this is what Christ reminded us to do in His short message to the church in Ephesus. We must move ourselves to rekindle our love for God and the brothers and serve them with humility and kindness. When we regain this godly love, we will probably notice that it is quite different from what we had after conversion. Most of us have many years of experience and growth in the meantime. This will likely produce a more mature, mature "first love," which is exactly what God wants. We can pursue godliness with the zeal of youth and the wisdom of maturity. John O. Reid (1930-2016) Get Your First Love Back! Related Topics: Christmas | Easter | Feast of Tabernacles | First love | Repentance | Spiritual Hunger | Awaken the Gift of God | Motivation Trinitarians boldly use Peter's question as "proof" that the Holy Spirit is a divine being. They say, "One cannot sin against a virtue. One cannot lie about something without feeling. Therefore, the Holy Spirit must be a personality within the Godhead." But in their attempt to find "proof" of their theory, they ignored the simple meaning of Peter's words and the many evidences in other scriptures. In writing about the Holy Spirit, the apostles had no qualms about interchangeably using verbs related to things rather than people. For example, Paul told Timothy "to awaken the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear..." (II Timothy 1:6-7). We usually move liquids and mixtures, not people. Many writers use the verb "to pour out" to describe God's use of the Spirit (see Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 32:15; 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28-29; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 2:17-18, 33). A person cannot be poured. On the other hand, many verses indicate that the Holy Spirit "speaks," "speaks," "declares," "convicts," "guides," "hears," etc. By themselves, these verbs do not give us conclusive proof that the Holy Spirit is or is not a divine being. To understand what Peter meant by "lying the Holy Spirit," we need to see if the context explains what he meant. At the end of Acts 5:4, Peter made a similar accusation: "You have not lied to men but to God." "God" is translated from theos, the general Greek word for deity. In the broadest sense, Peter accused Ananias of sinning against God (see Genesis 20:6; 39:9; Leviticus 6:2; Psalm 51:4). When he speaks to Sapphira later in the scene, Peter repeats the accusation in a different way: "How do you agree to be tested [tempted, KJV] by the Spirit of the Lord?" (Acts 5:9). Here, Peter uses "Lord" from the Greek kurios, meaning "master" or "lord." In this verse the Holy Spirit is shown to belong to God. So in these three identical verses, Peter clarified what he meant: Ananias and Sapphira tried to deceive God, who was in them and the apostles through the power of His Spirit. Do they not realize, asked Peter, that through His Spirit God knows not only what they do, but also their hearts? Special spiritual gifts are given through the laying on of hands. Usually, the Holy Spirit is given by the laying on of hands by an elder, who confirms the baptism. However, Acts 8:14-17 says that the Samaritans received the Holy Spirit after baptism, while Acts 10:44-48 says that it fell on Cornelius' house before baptism. Sometimes God makes exceptions to carry out His own will and plan. Timothy received special spiritual gifts from the hands of the ancestors, including the gifts of wisdom and teaching. Paul reminded him that the ordination gave such gifts in him and that he must move the Spirit of God to use them. It takes the Spirit of God to produce true good thinking. This verse also means that, as long as the mind does not have the Spirit of God, it cannot be considered truly healthy. Any mind that lacks the Holy Spirit, like Esau's, is limited in its vision, unstable in one direction, and focused on itself. It may be very sharp about material things, but it will lack the ability to deal with life in a godly way because it will not see things in the right, righteous-or-unrighteous context. Rather, it has a strong tendency to distort situations into a self-centered view. This does not make for a good relationship. Remembering that Timothy was a minister of God's church, the gift was the power and authority to fulfill his responsibility within it. Although this book was originally written only to Timothy, it applies to all Christians. Its principles include everyone who has the Spirit of God. Each one has been given gifts by God to fulfill his part in God's work within the body. Salvation is more than the forgiveness of sin. Another part of God's salvation is that He gives gifts—abilities, talents, powers, authority—to do the work within the church. Salvation requires a journey to the end of God's purpose. It is a way of life that leads to a goal. God has given each of us powers to succeed in reaching the end of the journey: gifts of the Spirit given to perform our functions within the body. Just as the apostle Paul used the human body in a similar way, showing that each part of the body has its own function, each part of the human body is given the power to perform that function for the body. The same is the case with God's church: No matter how scattered it is, or how united it is, God gives each Christian the power to do his work within the body. So Paul encouraged Timothy to use those gifts to help the church. There is no indication within the context that Timothy was lacking in any way. It is clear from the verbal forms that Paul uses here that these are the things that Timothy did in the past and continues to do in the present. It could have been written more accurately in English, "keep fanning the flame." He stirred the gift, and Paul said, "Keep stirring it!" Timothy developed the doctrine, the primary means by which one keeps or keeps what is given. Revelation 2:5 teaches us to remember where we fell, to repent, and to do the works we did when we had our first love. We have three commands here: remember, repent, and do. If we fail to follow this, God plainly says, "I will come to you quickly and take your lamp from its place." This is serious! Individually, then, we must compare our present attitudes, efforts, zeal, and love to what they were before we were first converted. We shouldn't have a hard time doing this because, for most of us, our first months or years in the church are still vivid in our minds. Maybe we all have similar experiences. We express our first love by diligently following everything we learn. We try hard to study, fast, pray, and meditate often, giving up precious time that we used to spend for our leisure or entertainment. We stood up for the Sabbath and argued with the school system and our employers on Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. We tithe well, and the holy days, especially the Feast of Tabernacles, are so exciting! We are hungry for the Word of God and can never be satisfied with the Bible and church literature. We have faith in the ministers whom God has sent to us, seeing them as helpers of our happiness. We really try to overcome every little sin we find, not wanting to disappoint God in the smallest thing. We have the utmost faith in God's purpose, for humanity in general and for us as individuals. We are very serious about our calling. We could not have done any of these things before we were called. Our first love is a wonderful thing to behold—true devotion and dedication to God, manifested by a zealous bowing in every effort to conform to His will. We outside love God and trust Him. He is always in our thoughts. Some people in this world have some kind of first love for a political party, a team, or a cause. But our first love came to us because God opened our minds and revealed himself to us, and what we saw we recognized as truly awesome and wonderful. When we learned that such a wonderful Being wanted us to be members of His Family forever, we got the vision! It opens our minds to new thoughts, new ideas, new horizons—and so we are filled with first love. It must have been years ago. The "newness" of God's way is gone. Friends, family, and ministers have failed us. So much has changed in our lives and in the church that those scary days seem impossible to recover from. But God commands us that we must remember what it is and return to them in spirit, in character, and in deeds because God has not failed us nor has His purpose changed. Paul told Timothy to "awaken the gift of God that is in you" (II Timothy 1:6), and in a sense, this is what Christ reminded us to do in His short message to the church in Ephesus. We must move ourselves to rekindle our love for God and the brothers and serve them with humility and kindness.
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