Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017 Quotes

“How are Christians to maintain their Christian values? By building on the Word, praying in the Spirit, and focusing on the love and mercy of God. For”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“Abiding is an old English verb that originated more than a thousand years ago and that we don’t use much anymore. It means “to remain,” “to stay,” “to persevere,” “to live,” “to tarry,” and “to endure.” In the context of a branch and a vine the meaning is “to hang on.” Now,”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“Love, then, is joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22, 23).”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“it’s the love of God that will make the difference. Let”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“Willpower does not produce character transformation. The only way to see all the wonderful fruit the Spirit seeks to produce in our lives, in all its glory and richness, is to be open to love.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“we Christians tend to be “leaky vessels”—we need a constant refilling of the Spirit.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“when a person accepts Christ in the heart, that person receives, or is baptized, with the Holy Spirit. This is not a one-time occurrence, of course. Every time we say yes to Jesus, we are saying yes to the Holy Spirit.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“In the early days of the church, the person who was ready for baptism would often make a confession of sin and profession of faith, then he or she would go down to the water and be immersed three times, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. After”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“Baptism is not the equivalent of graduation, as some would seem to believe. It’s a mark of entrance into a new life, much like circumcision was for the Israelites. Those”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“The act of baptism and its meaning make this ceremony one of the most beautiful experiences in the life of many Christians. There”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“The Godhead, then, is a divine fellowship—not a group of Gods—but a union of Three Persons who practice perfect love in perfect humility.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“Today, Seventh-day Adventists clearly acknowledge the divinity of the Holy Spirit, stating that “the Bible reveals that the Holy Spirit is a person, not an impersonal force.”10 Coming to this point was not automatic, but as Merlin Burt has put it, “We must acknowledge that the development of Adventist theology has usually been progressive and corrective. This is clearly illustrated in the doctrine of the Trinity.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“However, this changed when she wrote The Desire of Ages, where she used the pronoun He in reference to the Holy Spirit, and identified Him as “the Third Person of the Godhead.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“As late as 1891, Uriah Smith, longtime editor and General Conference Secretary, described the Holy Spirit as “that divine, mysterious emanation through which they [the Father and the Son] carry forward their great and infinite work,” while earlier he pictured the Spirit as a “divine influence” unlike the Father and the Son. Even Ellen White, quoting the King James Version, kept referring to the Holy Spirit as an it in her writings.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“the Nicaean Creed simply stated that Christians believed in the Holy Spirit, period.”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“God’s Word is really where the power of the Spirit comes from. For”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017

“the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible, and thus, following what the Bible says is following the prompting of the Spirit. “And”
― Ron E. M. Clouzet, Getting to Know the Holy Spirit Bible Book Shelf 1Q 2017