Speaking in tongues is mentioned in several passages in the New Testament: Mark 16:17; Acts 2:1-13; 10:44-46; 19:6; 1 Cor 12-14. It is important to understand that the Greek word for “tongue” was the same word used for “language”, so “speaking in tongues” means “speaking in languages”. The reference in Mark 16:17 is to speaking [...]
Answers about holy spirit
To give a little context which might help answer this question, the person who originally asked the question also said: I want to built a relationship with God but…I do not feel the holy spirit. … How can I feel the Holy Spirit…? There is some good news for the person who asked this question. [...]
Yes. Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far [...]
All the gospels say that the Spirit of God descended “like a dove”. For example, As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. (Matthew 3:16) and the Holy Spirit [...]
No, the Holy Spirit is not a person. These three verses refer to the Holy Spirit speaking. To understand what this means, it is important to see what is involved in the Holy Spirit speaking. In Ezekiel 11:5, Ezekiel records how ‘the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say: [...]
Blasphemy is showing disrespect for God. Under the Law of Moses, anyone who blasphemed was to be executed by stoning (Leviticus 24:16). “Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” is only mentioned in the gospels: Matthew 12:31-32. “Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not [...]
The conventional answer to this question, according to the doctrine of the Trinity, is that the Comforter is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. However that is not the view of the the owners of and contributors to this Bible Answers website, and it is also an answer which comes from [...]
The word ‘spirit’ The word ‘spirit’ in Hebrew is the same word (ruakh) as ‘breath’ or ‘wind’. These are the first two uses in the Bible: Genesis 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering (or blowing) over the [...]
