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Does this look to you like a man who is filled with the Holy Spirit?

By sifilings on Tue, 03/11/14
Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
Holy Spirit

Does This Look Like The Holy Spirit To You?

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NewPrescriptive vs Descriptive and interpretation

Tue, 03/11/14

Descriptive = narrative of what occurred

  • “When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.” (John 2:13-ff)
  • “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:4)
  • “But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?” (Acts 13:8-10)

Prescriptive = how things should be done. Eg I have not been commanded to overturn tables in a public square.

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