The Seven Spirits of God
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چکیده
N one of the historic creeds and confessions and none of today’s theologies stress adequately five critical points concerning the Spirit of God: the Spirit who was “not yet” before the Lord Jesus was glorified (John 7:39); the last Adam (the incarnate Christ) becoming a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b); the compound Spirit typified by the anointing ointment (Exo. 30:23-25); the Spirit of life, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, Christ Himself, and the indwelling Spirit as all referring to the compound Spirit who gives life (Rom. 8:2, 9-11; 2 Cor. 3:17-18); and the seven Spirits of God. This inadequacy has serious ramifications for our Christian experience of and participation in the Triune God and His move on earth. If we neglect these aspects, perhaps out of a defective theology, we are, in many respects, neglecting some crucial items of Christian faith and experience.
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