does the Holy Spirit really exist?
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Yes.  He lives in the heart of every true Christian (those who receive God's free gift of salvation and eternal life, in Jesus Christ).  He inspired 40 authors to write 66 books, over hundreds of years.  The Holy Spirit; He is, The Lord.
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If somebody claims to have presence of Holy Spirit in them, they can purify your heart and soul and spiritually take you to Jesus. They can revive your heart and soul with Eternal Love. They can enlighten your heart and soul. God then manifests His Presence and attributes through them. Miracles appear through them. Incurable diseases go away with their spiritual power.
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The Holy Spirit has self identity, is aware, and is not merely a force because a force doesn't speak, love, grieve, and have a mind.  But the cults tend to ignore these verses and tell us that the Spirit is nothing more than some presence or power.  Sure, the Spirit is a presence and a power, but that is not all He is.  He is the third person in the Trinity.  He is the one who applies the redemptive work of Christ to the believer.  He is the one who convicts the world of sin (John 16:8), who teaches (John 14:26; 15:26), and who anoints (1 John 2:27).\n     But, the Holy Spirit is also humble because He points to Jesus (John 15:26).  Therefore, anyone who is truly indwelt by the Holy Spirit will likewise bear witness of Jesus.\n     Okay, so what is the devotional aspect here?  Simple, the Holy Spirit indwells you and convictions of righteousness and sin.  The Holy Spirit is very active in working in your lives as Christians to bring you into a closer relationship with Jesus.  We should know more about the One who makes so much possible with our Savior.
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Nope, God is eternal, he has always existed. But remember, it is not possible that the Universe is infinite, that would be against scripture.\nI have really seen this answer before man, it's kind of sad.
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No person Have a Holy Spirit this is BullShit
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The words we use can be quite controversial.  "Spirits" for many can be a frightening term.  The reality is real, yes.  But because of the prevelant belief in evil as a power, as an intelligence, many unpleasant things occur.  Belief is power; it is how we make the world that we've been taught to think just "happens" to us.  \n\nBut in truth, only God exists.  No evil, no darkness, just God, and God's Beloved (us).  Everything is Spirit, and Spirit is everything.
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I agree, he does exist.  It says so in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.  And how do I know that that book is correct?  Because the Flying Spaghetti Monster says so.\n\nRAmen!
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The answer to your question is a resounding, yes, and He still does.  He is NOT dead.  He is Resurrected from the dead.  No other human that has ever existed throughout all history can claim this act.  This is what differentiates Jesus as the True Messiah, as truly Divine, while all others are fakes, imposters and mere men.  \n\nAlso, since He now exists, you have the privilege to call upon His Name, and He will audibly answer you.  If you desire in your heart an actual relationship with Christ, He says, "Knock and I will answer," for he is the Door.\n\nIt amazes me how people today are so skeptical and jaded that they are actually preventing themselves from acquiring "wholeness" in Christ.  That was the whole purpose behind His Redemptive Deed upon the Cross, to reconcile us (our fallen sin nature) back to the Father.  He is our Salvation.  His resurrection created a Door through which we may re-attain in us what was lost by the Great Primordial Fall when we became divorced from God (the Great Divorce).  The process of accepting Christ Yeshua (Jesus) as your personal Savior is a “Rebirth” where you are spiritually “rewired” and “reconnected” back to the Godhead of Father, Son and Holy Spirit through Christ’s ultimate act of Love, the giving up of His mortal life for your sins.\n\nFollowing is the proof of Christ’s existence and divinity:\n\nWhy believe in Christianity over all other religions? \n\n         Critics often ask why Christianity is any better than any other religion in the world.  After all, of all the religions that exist how can it be that only Christianity is true?  If God exists, why can't God use different religions?  Don't all paths lead to God? These kinds of questions are asked all the time of Christians and unfortunately the answers aren't always very good ones particularly when dealing with people who have a relativistic truth base and don't believe in absolutes.\n     Therefore, in an attempt to demonstrate why Christianity is true and all other religious systems are false, I've prepared the following list of reasons for Christianity's superiority.    \nThere are such things as absolute truths \n     If truth is relative, then the statement that truth is relative is an absolute truth and would be self defeating statement by proving that truth is not relative.  But, if truth is absolute, then the statement "truth is absolute" is true and not self defeating.  It is true that truth exists.  It is true that truth will not contradict itself as we have just seen.  In fact, it is absolutely true that you are reading this paper.\n     If we can see that there is such a thing as truth in the world, then we could also see that there can be spiritual truth as well.  It is not absurd to believe in spiritual absolutes anymore than physical or logical absolutes.  Even the statement that all religions lead to God is a statement held to be a spiritual absolute by many people.  This simply demonstrates that people do believe in spiritual truth.  Why?  Because truth exists.  However, not all that is believed to be true actually is true.  Therefore, all belief systems cannot be true since they often contradict each other in profound ways. \nReligions contradict each other; therefore, they cannot all be true. \n     Mormonism teaches that there are many gods in existence and that you can become a god.  Christianity teaches that there is only one God and you cannot become a god.  Islam teaches that Jesus is not God in flesh where Christianity does.  Jesus cannot be both God and not God at the same time.  Some religions teach that we reincarnate while others do not.  Some teach there is a hell and others do not. They cannot all be true.  If they cannot all be true, it cannot be true that all religions lead to God.  Furthermore, it means that some religions are, at the very least, false in their claims to reveal the true God (or gods).  Remember, truth does
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Totally agree. although I do believe in the spirit world.\n\nDue to freak weather that can happen in that region there was a sheet of ice on the river that moses parted.  He basically cracked the ice with his staff and it split.\n\nAlso Jesus walking on water was him probably walking on ice.\nOther stories can be explained in a similar manner without the disciples deliberately telling lies or being brainwashed.\n\nJesus in the speak they used during that time to me referred to our sub conscious mind.  Which is obviously a part of evolution and has developed for centuries.  We can probably tap into information that floats around like micro waves radio waves etc we cant see them we just need to try in tune in like mediums do.
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Yes the testimony of the Spirit is more powerful than any physical evidence anyway. When He opens your eyes you see the works of God not only in you but everywhere you look His Name is stamped.\n\n Isaiah 6:3\nAnd one cried to another and said:“ Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”
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It is the Spirit of God.  It is also God himself, since the Holy Spirit has a mind and a will, and is part of the trinity.
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If I weren't reborn and a reborn Christian, I'd say you gave the answer in your question and it was just a rhetorical question - that God doesn't exist, except for the god or goddess within each of us.  Since we already show ourselves to ourselves, we would just need to get in touch with our higher self within.  If we are it, that's why no outside God will appear.  However, I am recently reborn and believe what the Bibble tells me; it is the one true written and literal word of God.  So for me, as a Christian, God does show Himself in all His wonderful creations; and we see His glory manifested in the world as it is today.  Amen ;) .
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http://www.bible-topics.com/Titles-and-Names-of-the-Holy-Ghost.html\n\nfrom personal experience (I've been touched by the Holy Spirit)....\n\nthe holy ghost has no name, but it part of a divine Trinity that also includes Jesus Christ and God.  (Three in One.)\n\n\n\nOoooooooooooo...just found another reference..."Paraclete", this is a Greek word used to describe the Holy Ghost.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraclete\n\nIf being part of the three in one...the name is to holy for us to recite...or even to know unless it is made known to us.
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At this point.  thanks for confirming the word I got from Holy Spirit a few moments ago....be back later, possibly much later.  I do cherish some relationships I have formed with believers and 2 people I saw saved.  But it is becoming harmful.\n\nBlessings,\nDavid
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is it jesus (or the holy spirit)??
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Yes. If you read Acts 2:1-4, on the Day of pentecost in the upper room there the 12 apostles, Mary the mother of Jesus and other women were filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues as the spirit gave the utterance. If you read acts 2:39 you'll see that the Holy Ghost mentioned in Acts 2:38 is a promise from God. In Acts 10:46 Peter was preaching to Cornelius and his family, while Peter was preaching Cornelius and his family was filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues.\nBack in the summer of 1998, in Fayetteville,NC at the First United Pentecostal Church I received the precious gift of the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues. Yes, speaking in tongues is a sign that a person does have the Holy Ghost.   That promise is still available today.
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One thing I find rather interesting in Christianity, is the complexity of God. Man cannot understand the mind of God nor comprehend his well doing. The thing that confuses me is the God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. \n\nI don't question the existence of this but I often wonder how "physically" it's impossible. Then I remind myself that God is greater than man and He knows all. In other words, though I can't understand it, doesn't mean I don't believe it.