The Gift of The Holy Spirit

The Gift of the Holy Spirit or Gift of the Holy Ghost after baptism is a personal spirit made holy by the blood of Christ at the time and place of baptism where our sins are remitted. A clear conscience makes one a co-perceiver because we have the Holy Spirit which is the Mind of Christ (1 Cor 2).

You should understand that the Bible draws an identity between the SPIRIT of man and the MIND of man.

Clement Stromata 5

To inquire, then, respecting God, if it tend not to strife, but to discovery, is salutary. For it is written in David, "The poor eat, and shall be filled; and they shall praise the Lord that seek Him. Your heart shall live for ever." For they who seek Him after the true search, praising the Lord,

shall be filled with the gift that comes from God, that is, knowledge.
And their soul shall live; for the soul is figuratively termed the heart,
which ministers life:
........... for by the Son is the Father known.

"Howbeit we speak wisdom among those that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought. But we speak the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery; which none of the princes of this world knew. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."

The philosophers did not exert themselves in contemning the appearance of the Lord. It therefore follows that it is the opinion of the wise among the Jews which the apostle inveighs against it. Wherefore he adds,

"But we preach, as it is written, what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and hath not entered into the heart of man, what God hath prepared for them that love Him.

For God hath revealed it to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God."

For he recognises the spiritual man and the Gnostic as the disciple of

the Holy Spirit dispensed by God,
which is the mind of Christ.

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Jesus said that without being born AGAIN of Water and Spirit or Water and the Word you CANNOT, SHALL NOT enter into His kingdom or rule which is the Ekklesia or Christian synagogue or school of the Bible. The seven "spirits" of Isaiah 11:1-4 which would rest on the BRANCH are all related to forms of spiritual knowledge. Jesus said "My Words are Spirit and Life." Therefore, you might join a venue for Rock and Roll peddled as "worship" but Jesus Christ WILL NOT be your free-of-charge Teacher until He washes your spirit or mind. Only then do you have access to the seven spirits represented by the Menorah or Candlestick which gave LIGHT to the Holy Place along with the table of bread and the incense altar. Each Christian "priest" must look into the Most Holy Place with their own prayers. Then, you can enter into the Most Holy Place to meet God. Jesus said that the ONLY new PLACE is the human spirit as it gives heed to the Spirit of Truth through the Word. Don't believe the lie that "musical teams" lead you into the presence of God: that makes them claim to be God standing in the Holy Place. Not in the vilest pagan temple could singers and musicians enter into the holy precincts on the penalty of death. Don't follow people making "Christianity" viler than paganism. If you are part of the 5 out of 13,000 congregations then you have become a laughing stock just like the musical idolatrs at Mount Sinai which forfeited and continues to forfeit the Covenant of Grace.

People who refute this have a "spirit" which intends to hurt you real bad

Aeschylus, Agamemnon

Chorus

But an old Hubris tends to bring forth [765] in evil men, sooner or later, at the fated hour of birth, a young Hubris and that irresistible, unconquerable, unholy spirit, Recklessness, [770] and for the household black Curses, which resemble their parents.

Chorus

But Righteousness shines in smoke-begrimed dwellings [775] and esteems the virtuous man. From gilded mansions, where men's hands are foul, she departs with averted eyes and makes her way to pure homes; she does not worship the power [780] of wealth stamped counterfeit by the praise of men, and she guides all things to their proper end.

The gift of a Holy Spirit is promised only to those who have been baptized in water. Based on a clear reading of the clear Word of God, baptism is the Christ-ordained time and place where God gives us a clear conscience. Our baptism is our request to Him for sanctification of the spirit which is the meaning of A Holy Spirit.

The other alternative is that the third person of the Godhead -- a separated person named The Holy Spirit -- literally lives in the believer. There is no historical or Biblical evidence that believers are second Incarnates.

The underlying urge for the literal presence of God in the human body is older than dirt:

"Advocates of the mystery cults believed their "sacraments" had the power to give the individual the benefits of immortality in a mechanical or magical way, without his or her undergoing any moral or spiritual transformation. (Ronald Nash, Was the NT influenced by pagan religions). The Pagan Baptism had much in common with some modern views of believer's baptism.

Peter said that the Spirit in the prophets was "the Spirit of Christ." Therefore, to be nenewed in the spirit of our mind Peter said:

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
........until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19

That is why Paul's oft-stated, direct commandment was that we SPEAK the Word of Christ or Spirit one to another and meditate on it or make melody in the heart. This is not a legalistic act of doing worship by making music; it is the way that Christ stransforms His Mind which is the Holy Spirit into our mind or spirit.

Walter Scott, an evangelist wrote:

Again--Some will say, What does the expression Holy Spirit mean? Well, in scripture

it stands first for God the Holy Spirit,

and secondly for the holy mind or spirit of a believer--

for illustration, take Peter's words to Ananias, "Why has Satan tempted you to lie to the Holy Spirit; you have not lied to men, but to God," (the Holy Spirit.)

And the Saviour says, How much more will your heavenly Father give a holy spirit (as it should be translated) to those that ask him. Again--Praying in a holy spirit.

Again--Paul says he approved himself God's servant "by knowledge, by long sufferings, by kindness, by a holy spirit'"

i. e. by a mind innocent of the love of gain, or commerce, or sensuality.

Now then the expression stands for both God the Holy Spirit, and for a believer's spirit made holy by him.

I shall now answer, from scripture, the following questions.--

When do we know that we are born of the Spirit? I answer, when we know that our spirits are holy.

But it will be asked again, when do we know this? I reply, when we behold our minds producing the fruits of a holy spirit.

Just up the coast from Corinth Aeschylus "Agamemnon" 765 defines a holy spirit by defining an unholy spirit:

A thousand ships from Argive land

Put forth to bear the martial band,

That with a spirit stern and strong

Went out to right the kingdom's wrong-

Pealed, as they went, the battle-song,
Wild as the vultures' cry;

When o'er the eyrie, soaring high,
In wild bereaved agony,
Around, around, in airy rings,
They wheel with oarage of their wings,
But not the eyas-brood behold,
That called them to the nest of old;

But let Apollo from the sky,
Or Pan, or Zeus, but hear the cry,

Yet none the less in me

The inner spirit sings a boding song,

Self-prompted, sings the Furies' strain-
And seeks, and seeks in vain,

To hope and to be strong!

In First Corinthians chapters 2 and 3 Paul explains why he preached just Christ and Him crucified. Until people grasped that Christianity is beyond the reach of the country-club mentality, and is joining a "sect" which can get you killed as you join the bandof Christ-ians, there is no point in further teaching. If you are willing to undergo baptism, which in the ancient world could get you killed or disinherited, then Christ sprinkles your heart and gives it "co-perception" or a clear conscience.

Thereafter, the Words of Christ hitherto hidden from blind eyes and deaf ears springs into life and one can see what no advanced degree can give. See our comments here.

New Testament spiritual blessings are prefigured in Old Testament events. The gift of the holy spirit of God in building the Tabernacle is defined in Exodus:

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship Exodus 31:3

Bezaleel had a human spirit or mind created with the power of a "new man" who could work in gold, silver and brass and other skills "that they may make all that I have commanded thee." The SPIRITS of God are seven in number and all relate to forms of DISCERNING the invisible God typified in the Menorah.

AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11: 2

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11: 3

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. Isaiah 11: 4

In the Apocrypha

Because of him his messenger finds the way, and by his word all things hold together. Ecclesiasticus 43:26.

Though we speak much we cannot reach the end,
........ and the sum of our words is: "He is the all." Ecclesiasticus 43: 27.

Where shall we find strength to praise him?
........ For he is greater than all his works. Ecclesiasticus 43: 28.

Terrible is the Lord and very great, and marvelous is his power. Ecclesiasticus 43:29.

When you praise the Lord, exalt him as much as you can;

for he will surpass even that. When you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and do not grow weary, for you cannot praise him enough. Ecclesiasticus 43: 30.

Who has seen him and can describe him? Or who can extol him as he is? Ecclesiasticus 43: 31.

Many things greater than these lie hidden, for we have seen but few of his works. Ecclesiasticus 43: 32.

For the Lord has made all things, and to the godly he has granted wisdom. Ecclesiasticus 43: 33. See Thomas Aquinas

The gift of God's Spirit in a spiritual sense is the regenerating of the old human spirit to make it fit for God's use. Just as Bezaleel was "born again" as a skilled craftsman, the Christian believer has a new spirit or mind able to approach God in the "temple" of the heart.

Before God can permit us to "come boldly before the throne of Grace" we have to be purged of sins and sanctified or "refreshed" with a spirit in tune with God Who is pure or Holy Spirit.

A good place to begin is to back up to the Passover event in Egypt.

The Passover and Red See as Types of Baptism and Gift of the Holy Spirit

A holy or sanctified vessel to be used for holy purposes needs no intrinsic value. By analogy, one does not have to be already "saved" or holy in order for God to purge and cleanse us for His service. However, as humans we need to acknowledge that we are unholy and not fit to come boldly before the throne of Grace. Or, as a naked person with our righteousness like filthy rags, we need to be clothed with "priestly garments" in order to approach God. He provides the garment.

To make a thing holy does not make it "holy" in the modern sense of "personally righteous" or "goody, goody." It means that it is suitable for the use or dwelling of God.

Qodesh (h6944) ko'-desh; from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstr. sanctity: - consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (* most) holy (* day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Holy in Greek is: Hagiazo (g37) hag-ee-ad'-zo; from 40; to make holy, i.e. (cer.) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate: - hallow, be holy,

Holy is not the first name of a separated God named "Holy Spirit."

Christ is our "Passover" but we do not eat His literal flesh; we feed on His words which "are Spirit and Life" (John 6:63). Paul wrote:

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 2 Tim 2:20

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the masters use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Tim 2:21

Purge is: Ekkathairo (g1571) ek-kath-ah'ee-ro; from 1537 and 2508; to cleanse thoroughly: - purge (out).

"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.

For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: 1Co.5:7

The old leaven was that of the Law and of Herod. It was the leaven of paganism. Paul says that this must be purged out and we must become a new lump.

The priest purged the vessels for the temple but the power was in the Mind or Spirit of God.

Paul said that this happens at baptism and John wrote:

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Revelation 19:11

His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Revelation 19:12

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Revelation 19:13

This vesture or himation was the clothing of God Himself in human form. He emptied Himself (Phil 2:7) and was bloodied. Vesture means "to put on." After His ressurection, He put on His majesty and glory again but it carried the merit of the blood of Christ.

When we are baptized, we put off our own old body and "put on Christ" as a garment made bloody by His blood:

WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Romans 6:1

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:2

Of course not! Should we keep on sinning when we don't have to? For sin's power over us was broken when we became Christians and were baptized to become a part of Jesus Christ; through his death the power of your sinful nature was shattered. Rom 6:2-3LIV

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:3

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Romans 6:5

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Romans 6:6

For he that is dead is freed from sin. Romans 6:7

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Cor 5:17

Thomas Campbell: "for" does not mean that we purchase salvation.

Ques. 3d. Would "be baptized because of the. remission of sins," be a fair translation?

That would be as the word "because" is understood.

If it respect the enjoyment of this blissful privilege,
it would mean the same with for, or in order to; but,
if for the possession or procurement of the benefit,
it would then imply something of a mercenary import; such as purchase or interest.

Ques. 4th. Whether is the believer's baptism expressive of his death to sin, or of a death by sin already endured by his representative?

It appears from the connexion of the 2d. and 3d. verses of Rom. vi. with each other, and with the subsequent context, that it is expressive of the latter; and therefore, ought to have been so translated.

Thus:--"How shall we that have died by sin (not to sin) live any longer therein? Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of tile Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should not henceforth serve sin; for he that is dead is freed from sin. Rom. vi. 2-7. And now, believing all this, what do we, in our baptism, but consent to his burial?

That is, to the burial of him who was crucified with Christ; namely, our old man. MILLENNIAL HARBINGER. NEW SERIES. VOL. VII. B E T H A N Y, V A. JUNE, 1843. NO. VI. FIGURATIVE ALLUSIONS TO BAPTISM.

In order to meet God as Spirit in our own heart or spirit, we have to be washed and purged of the old mind or "leaven" and be "renewed in the spirit of your mind" (Eph. 4:23).

This passage defines what happens in the "singing" passage in Ephesians 5:

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph 4:21

that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:22

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Romans 6:5

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Romans 6:6

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4:23

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph 4:24

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Rom 6:8

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; Col 3:9

And have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Col 3:10

Again, look at the nature of the SPIRIT promised to rest on Messiah:

AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11: 2

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11: 3

This is A holy spirit, mind or heart.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Eph 4:25

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom 6:11

In this way we can come boldly before the Throne of Grace:

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Heb. 8:10

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having

our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and our bodies washed (louo: bathe the whole person; plunge) with pure water. Heb.10:22

A true heart is a new man:

Apeleutheros (g558) ap-el-yoo'-ther-os; from 575 and 1658; one freed away, i.e. a freedman: - freeman.

Perhaps there is so much effort of the body to try to manipulate itself into the presence of God through rituals because we do not have the clear conscience which allows us to walk boldly into the "most holy place" which is the mind of the believer renewed by God's Spirit.

Paul saw the conflict between his human body and his human mind or spirit. The problem was that those who are still just old flesh concentrate upon the flesh in worship. However, those with a new spirit or mind obey Jesus and "worship in spirit."

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;

but they that are after the Spirit, [mind] the things of the Spirit. Rom 8:5

Here the contrast is not between our flesh and the Holy Spirit as a person but between our flesh and our own spirit.

God isn't interested in our rituals: not if we could offer Him the cows on a thousand hills because He already owns them all. However, He accepts worship in spirit because that is where He looks:

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Rom 8:27

Peter used different words to show how the sanctified heart happens when our body is washed with water:

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us

(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request for a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 3:21

In baptism we have our own "vessel" washed in pure water and God sanctifies our spirit to make it suitable for His use. That is, God "sprinkles" Christ's "blood" or the merit of His blood on our spirit which is that which serves Him.

Paul also connected the Gift of the Spirit to Baptism and Crossing the Red Sea.

The blood of Christ was shed in type when the lamb was slain.

After the literal "Passover", Paul says of the passage through the Red Sea:

They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 1 Cor 10:2

And they were saved: separated from Egypt as a type of sin. But, then:

> They all ate the same spiritual food 1 Cor 10:3
> and drank the same spiritual drink;
........for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them,
........and that rock was Christ. 1 Cor 10:4

Becoming Co-Perceivers with the Mind of Christ, the Holy Spirit

Any Bible believer knows the spiritual high of having a "clear conscience" promised only by turning to Christ in baptism. This does not mean "preacher-absolved guilt from sin." Rather, it means to be able to understand the Word when we read it and grasp the 'mystery' which Christ was hidden from the foundation of the world in parables. A clear conscience is like a field cleared of obstacles to sight or movement.

I speak the truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit Rom 9:1

Here, the holy spirit is Paul's spirit made holy or set aside by Christ the Spirit.

As Christ told the other apostles that He would guide them, He also told Paul that the "blinders" of his own spirit would be removed. Conscience means:

Suneidesis ((g4893) soon-i'-day-sis; from a prol. form of 4894; co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness; - conscience.

Suneido (g4894) soon-i'-do; from 4862 and 1492; to see completely; used (like its prim.) only in two past tenses, respectively mean. to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of: - consider, know, be privy, be ware of.

Mandaeands Sabians Iraq Christians

"Sabian" is a word derived from the Aramaic-Mandic verb "Saba" which means "baptised" or "dyed", "immersed in water". "dMandaeans" is derived from "menda" which means in the mandiac language "knowledge".

Thus, "Mandaean Sabians" means those who are baptised and who know the religion of God.

If we compare ourselves with ourselves we will get into trouble. Therefore, a lack of a guilt feeling has no value. However, when our witness bears witness with God's Word then we co-perceive. Look at 1 Peter who expands on the meaning of the gift of A holy spirit:

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 1 Peter 3:20

Acts 2:38	Acts 3:19	1 Peter 3:21
Then Peter said unto them, Repent	Repent ye therefore	-
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ	and be converted,	Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you,
for the remission of sins	that your sins may be blotted out	not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ac.2:38	when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; Ac.3:19	as an appeal to God for a clear conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1Pe 3:21

Paul says about the same thing about a clear conscience:

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Romans 2:14

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts,

> their conscience also bearing witness,
> and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Romans 2:15

Logismos (g3053) log-is-mos'; from 3049; computation, i.e. (fig.) reasoning (conscience, conceit): - imagination, thought.

This word also carries the idea of consciousness or awarness:

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity,

not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God,

we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to youward. 2 Cor 1:12

Vine notes that "some regard consciousness as the meaning here."

Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 1 Cor 8:7

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idols temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 1 Cor 8:10

But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 1 Cor 8:12

Vine: "In 1 Pet. 2:19 signifies... perhaps here, a consciousness so controlled by the apprehension of God's presence, that the person realized that griefs are to be born in accordance with His will."

The Corinthians were still identified as carnal and not spiritual. Chapter 10 warns them about turning back to the musical worship of demons which doomed Israel so that they could not "see through the veil." In chapter 13 he identified the booming and clanging of worship to the worship of demons through soothsayers. He said:

AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:1

Pneumatikos (g4152) pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; from 4151; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concr.), or divinely supernatural, regenerate, religious: - spiritual. Comp. 5591.

Because of their ongoing problems the first letter was to show the Corinthians that others were not able to "see through the glass" because the performers in speeches, prayers and songs were standing between them and the possible spiritual person. Therefore, until Corinth got their act together he could tell them:

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12

In the second letter to Corinth, Paul connected "turning" to getting a clear "mirror" into the Mind of Christ:

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail (covering so you cannot see) is upon their heart. 2 Corinthians 3:15

Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 2 Corinthians 3:16 (So you can see the kingdom)

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17

The Book of Jubilees, Chapter One

And they will forget all My law and all My commandments and all My judgments,

and will go Jubilees 1:14
astray as to new moons, and sabbaths, and festivals, and jubilees, and ordinances.

And after this they will turn to Me from amongst the Gentiles with all their heart and with all their soul and with all their strength, and I will gather them from amongst all the Gentiles, and they will seek me, so Jubilees 1:15

that I shall be found of them, when they seek me with all their heart and with all their soul. And I will disclose to them abounding peace with righteousness, and I will remove them the plant of uprightness, with all My heart and with all My soul, and they shall be for a blessing and not for Jubilees 1: 16

a curse, and they shall be the head and not the tail.

And I will build My sanctuary in their midst,
and I will dwell with them, and I will be their God
and they shall be My people in truth and
righteousness. Jubilees 1: 17

And I will not forsake them nor fail them; for I am the Lord their God.'

And Moses fell on his face and prayed and said, 'O Lord my God, do not forsake Thy people and Thy inheritance, so that they should wander in the error of their hearts, and do not deliver them into the hands of their enemies, the Gentiles, lest they should rule over them and cause them to sin against Jubilees 1: 18, 19

Thee. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be lifted up upon Thy people, and create in them an upright spirit, and let not the spirit of Beliar rule over them to accuse them before Thee, and to ensnare them Jubilees 1: 20

from all the paths of righteousness, so that they may perish from before Thy face. But they are Thy people and Thy inheritance, which thou hast delivered with thy great power from the hands of the Egyptians: create in them a clean heart and a holy spirit, and let them not be ensnared in Jubilees 1: 21

their sins from henceforth until eternity.'

And the Lord said unto Moses: 'I know their contrariness and their thoughts and their stiffneckedness, and they will not be obedient till they confess Jubilees 1: 22

their own sin and the sin of their fathers. And after this they will turn to Me in all uprightness and with all (their) heart and with all (their) soul, and

I will circumcise the foreskin of their heart and the foreskin of the heart of their seed,

and I will create in them A holy spirit,

and I will cleanse them so that they shall not turn away from Me from that day unto eternity. Jubilees 1: 23

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psa 51:9

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew A (up)right spirit within me. Psa 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psa 51:10

Bara (g1254) baw-raw'; a prim. root; (absol.) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed as formative processes): - choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).

Chadash (h2318) khaw-dash'; a prim. root; to be new; caus. to rebuild: - renew, repair.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Psa 51:11

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psa 51:12

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psa 51:13

Can anything be clearer than that the Lord is the Spirit. Mystically true, however, after many degrees from college it is still not always possible to read 3:17 and understand it unless one has truly humbled themselves in the sight of the Lord and been baptized without lying to God.

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Jn 6:63

See reference to First Corinthians chapter Two.

"Since being filled with the Spirit and letting the Word of Christ dwell within both produce the same results,

> a spirit-filled Christian is one in whom the Word of Christ dwells.

> A Spirit-filled Christian is a Christ-conscious Christian.

> A Spirit-filled Christian is consumed with learning everything he or she can about Jesus and obeying everything that Jesus said.

> That is what it means to 'let the word of Christ richly dwell within you.' To be filled with the Spirit is to be totally and richly involved in all there is to know about Jesus Christ." (MacArthur, John, Charismatic Chaos, p. 259, Zondervan).

Peter knew that understanding the Words of Christ is that which can cleanse the conscience to chase out the old "demons" so that God can live in the mind or spirit:

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,

until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19

David understood how this happens:

The Spirit of the Lord spake by me,

and his word was in my tongue. 2 Sam 23:2

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 2 Sam 23:3

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 2 Sam 23:4

The Spirit of the Lord	spake by me
his word	was in my tongue
The God of Israel	said
The Rock of Israel	spake to me