`` And Jesus, when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him ''.

he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove to alight upon him '' ; ;

For discouragement, or the temptation to abandon our efforts, `` would show that one placed excessive trust in purely human means without thinking of the omnipotence of God, the irresistible efficacy of prayer, the action of Christ or the power of the Divine Spirit ''.

There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished, so most notably in the statement: `` If the ( Holy ) Spirit is absent from the soul, such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; ;

and, being left carnal, he will be an imperfect being, possessing the image ( of God ) in his formation, but not receiving the similitude ( of God ) through the Spirit ''.

To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible.

Again, as faith reveals God my Father and Christ my Saviour, I follow without question where He leads me daily by His Spirit of love, wisdom, power and prayer.

Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water ( symbol of the Word of God, see Ephesians 26 ) and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

`` Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

AD 250 – 336 ), a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the persons of the Trinity (' God the Father ', ' God the Son ' ( Jesus of Nazareth ), and ' God the Holy Spirit ') and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father.

It is all that subsists by itself and which has not its being in another, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit all being uncreated.

In connection with this Jehovah's Witnesses also believe the Holy Spirit is not an actual person but rather is God ’ s divine breath, God's power in action.

# unaided by the Holy Spirit, no person is able to respond to God ’ s will ;

Through the sacrament a gift of the Holy Spirit is given, that renews confidence and faith in God and strengthens against temptations to discouragement, despair and anguish at the thought of death and the struggle of death ; it prevents from losing Christian hope in God's justice, truth and salvation.

The Latin reads: " The Father is God, The Son is God, The Holy Spirit is God ; God is the Father, God is the Son, God is the Holy Spirit ; The Father is not the Son, The Son is not the Father, The Father is not the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit is not the Father, The Son is not the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit is not the Son.

Cyril fills his writings with great lines of the healing power of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit like “ The Spirit comes gently and makes himself known by his fragrance.

The Spirit comes with the tenderness of a true friend to save, to heal, to teach, to counsel, to strengthen and to console ”.

Opposition to Jesus comes to a head with accusations that his deeds are done through the power of Satan ; Jesus in turn accuses his opponents of blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

Jesus declares his unity with the Father, promises to send the Paraclete, describes himself as the " real vine ," explains that he must leave ( die ) before the Holy Spirit comes, and prays that his followers be one.

Pentecostals define it as a definite experience occurring after salvation whereby the Holy Spirit comes upon the believer to anoint and empower him or her for special service.

He states the importance of forgiving others, and God ’ s new agreement that comes from the Spirit of the living God ( 2 Cor.

** The Holy Spirit comes and indwells the apostles and other Christian believers.

' [...] The Tradition here in question comes from the apostles and hands on what they received from Jesus ' teaching and example and what they learned from the Holy Spirit.

Although practice in this regard varies, in general, if a convert comes to Orthodoxy from another Christian confession and has previously undergone a rite of baptism in the Trinitarian Formula (" in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit "), he or she may be received into the Orthodox Church through the sacrament of chrismation, after which receiving the Holy Eucharist.

Paraclete comes from the Greek word meaning " one who consoles " and is found in the Gospel of John ( 16: 7 ) as a name for the Holy Spirit.

The term " mortification of the flesh " comes from Saint Paul in this quote: " For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live .".

Christians believe that the Paraclete who comes in place of Christ is the Holy Spirit, who was manifested on the day of Pentecost.

With this divine childship comes the indwelling of the Holy Spirit ( who is the divine personification of the bond of love between God the Father and God the Son, Jesus Christ ).

* Dispensational Antinomianism … denies that biblical law is God ’ s direct command and affirms that the Bible ’ s imperative statements trigger the Word of the Spirit, which when it comes may or may not correspond exactly to what is written.

This grace comes from Christ ; it is the result of his sacrifice and is communicated by the Holy Spirit ; it has a relationship with the Church, which, according to the plan of the Father, has her origin in the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit.

In all seven cases the admonition is included, " He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ", although sometimes this comes before the promise and sometimes after.

All who have faith in Him must be sorry for their sins, be baptised in the Holy Spirit of God, live the rules of love and share the bread together in love, to announce the Good News to others until Jesus comes again.

Its name, which means " Mountain of the Spirit ", comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning " intellect " or " soul ".

The third section of the Institutes describes the work of the Holy Spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, and who comes from the Father and the Son to affect a union in the Church through faith in Jesus Christ, with God, forever.

It is understood that elders are appointed by the Holy Spirit ( Acts 20: 28 ) and are recognised as meeting the qualifications by the assembly and by previously existing elders, whereas in the time of the establishment of the first New Testament assemblies it was either an apostle's duty or his directly appointed delegate's responsibility who ordained elders ( for example, Timothy or Titus ), this original order being consistent with the Christian concept that authority comes from above and does not arise from men.

It is the result of a new nature that comes from being born again or regenerated by the Holy Spirit preceding faith.

Pentecostals traditionally held that the baptism of the Holy Spirit usually comes after prolonged " tarrying " or waiting for the Spirit.

He often discussed Platonic philosophy, the illumination of the mind and soul by direct communion with Spirit ; upon the spiritual and poetic monitions of external nature ; and upon the benefit to man of a serene mood and a simple way of life.

In the New Testament, his prophecy of the outpouring of God ′ s Holy Spirit upon all people was notably quoted by the apostle Peter in his Pentecost sermon ().

" So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David.

: " O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it ; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath * given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them.

* Acts 19: 6, when a group of approximately a dozen men spoke in tongues in Ephesus as they received the Holy Spirit while the apostle Paul laid his hands upon them.

In the earliest times, " the Holy Ghost fell upon them that believed: and they spake with tongues ", which they had not learned, " as the Spirit gave them utterance ".

John Roche, a contemporary critic, claimed that the Moravians " commonly broke into some disconnected Jargon, which they often passed upon the vulgar, ' as the exuberant and resistless Evacuations of the Spirit '".

John baptizes Jesus, and the Holy Spirit descends upon him.

It is usually used to describe the descent of the Spirit of God upon the messengers / prophets of God, which are known as Manifestations of God, and include among others Jesus, Muhammad and Bahá ' u ' lláh.

The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and ( most clearly ) Luke relate that Jesus came from Galilee to John in Judea and was baptized by him, whereupon the Spirit descended upon Jesus and a voice from Heaven told him he was God's Son.

:" And then, when Jesus had come to the river Jordan where John was baptizing, and when Jesus came down into the water, a fire was even kindled in the Jordan, and when He was rising up from the water, the Holy Spirit fluttered down upon Him in the form of a dove, as the < U > apostles have written </ U > about this very Christ of ours.

:" And when Jesus came to the Jordan, and being supposed to be the son of Joseph the carpenter ..., the Holy Spirit, and for man's sake, as I said before, fluttered down upon Him, and a voice came at the time out of the heavens-which was spoken also by David, when he said, impersonating Christ, what the Father was going to say to Him-' You are My Son, this day I have begotten you '.

In those days, many members of England's established church feared that new doctrines promulgated by the Methodists, such as the necessity of a new birth for salvation, of justification by faith, and of the constant and sustained action of the Holy Spirit upon the believer's soul, would produce ill effects upon weak minds.

In 1833, there was a reported outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon a number of Molokans in the Transcaucasus region.

* Women's: The State League-played annually between six teams based upon the first-class associations: Northern Spirit, Auckland Hearts, Central Hinds, Wellington Blaze, Canterbury Magicians, Otago Sparks.

For Christians, this event commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus Christ, as described in the second chapter of the Book of Acts.

The Spirit's " filling ", " falling upon ", " coming upon ", or being " poured out upon " believers is called the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

I, Ulfila, bishop and confessor, have always so believed, and in this, the one true faith, I make the journey to my Lord ; I believe in one God the Father, the only unbegotten and invisible, and in his only-begotten son, our Lord and God, the designer and maker of all creation, having none other like him ( so that one alone among all beings is God the Father, who is also the God of our God ); and in one Holy Spirit, the illuminating and sanctifying power, as Christ said after his resurrection to his apostles: " And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be clothed with power from on high " ( Luke 24: 49 ) and again " But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you " ( Acts 1: 8 ); being neither God ( the Father ) nor our God ( Christ ), but the minister of Christ ... subject and obedient in all things to the Son ; and the Son, subject and obedient in all things to God who is his Father ... ( whom ) he ordained in the Holy Spirit through his Christ.