[Alamo-Girl]

Then as God would have it, I returned to reading Calvin and found in his writings many of the same things you were saying.

Words fail to express my joy over this, dear sister in Christ!

I would that every congregation or assembly would spend some time in discussing the Holy Spirit especially with newborn Christians.

He [Calvin] could not present the dictates of the Holy Ghost as a series of debatable propositions.

Precisely so. IMHO, a Christian begins to understand this when he has experienced both the knowledge of Scripture and the power of God through the indwelling Spirit.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. – Matt 22:29

At that point, the questions he asks, the answers he receives are in a spiritual language that others like him also speak. The conversation may sound “illogical” or "spooky" to those who are not yet speaking in that spiritual language (I Cor 2)

[Quix]

Precisely so. IMHO, a Christian begins to understand this when he has experienced both the knowledge of Scripture and the power of God through the indwelling Spirit.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. – Matt 22:29

At that point, the questions he asks, the answers he receives are in a spiritual language that others like him also speak. The conversation may sound “illogical” or “spooky” to those who are not yet speaking in that spiritual language (I Cor 2)

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INDEED.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

As God would have it, I reread these passages from Isaiah today...

"And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." -- Isaiah 30:20-21