What Role Does the Holy Spirit Play in Christian Life?

[@Popcornbuzz]

This explanation brings so much clarity. To hear you say, “Heaven is God's dimension of our present reality” makes my heart sing that God is so near.I love how each person’s experience of the Holy Spirit blossoming in their life is unique to each individual. Beautiful, thank you, Tom. Keep sharing these truths. They are so encouraging.

[@NTWrightOnline]

How encouraging your words are, thank you! --NTW Online Team

[@AnticipatingGlory1]

Thank you so much for your eloquent explanation of God's word! I have listened to many of your lectures and perceive by the Holy Spirit that your teachings are excellent. Thank you for being such a blessing to me in my walk with the Lord and for being an answer to prayer for true teaching of God's word. Peace & Blessings in Jesus' name, always.

[@NTWrightOnline]

We're glad you are encouraged. Thanks for sharing your reflections. --NTW Online Team

[@ChildofGod-q7j]

This was just such an excellent explanation. Using the examples of scripture was so helpful. I’m not one who is able to articulate so well but thank you. N.T. Wright is such a great teacher! Blessings and love to all!

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you, this is encouraging to hear. Blessings to you as well! --NTW Online Team

[@samsianturijkt]

Wonderful lecture! Thank you so much for sharing professor NT Wright. God bless you

[@NTWrightOnline]

Blessings to you, Sam! --NTW Online Team

[@LoveGOD-LovePeople777]

I believe we are literally nothing without the Holy Spirit living in our bodily Temple. GOD is a Spirit. The Holy Spirit is all so encompassing.

[@sharonlouise9759]

This was excellent. Thank you for using the Phillipian jailer and Lydia as examples of coming to believe in Jesus and how their experience were different. Just as "receiving" the indwelling Holy Spirit wants to be put into a one-size fits all box, some likewise want to do that with evangelism and "how" one came to believe in Jesus. Bravo! I appreciate your ministry. May God continue to bless His church through your work.

[@NTWrightOnline]

Sharon, thank you for these encouraging words! We are grateful you are engaging with our content in such reflective ways. Blessings to you and your journey of faith! --NTW Online Team

[@marindadevilliers8686]

Yes! Thank you Sharon! How easy it is to forget Jesus’s words in John 3:8: “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

[@mjmorizio5418]

Excellent overview of the Spirit of God in all of scripture and as the very life of God within His people. Spirit of Christ... the source of all things Christian. Spirit of Christ... the expression of all things Christian. Thank you for sharing this teaching, NT!!

[@NTWrightOnline]

We're glad you're here sharing this community with us. Thank you for your encouragement! --NTW Online Team

[@tedclemens4093]

Always spurring on further thoughts. Thank you.

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you for your encouragement, Ted! --NTW Online Team

[@RMarshall57]

This exposition is pure gold! I love the idea that the Spirit within us is closer than our very breath!

[@NTWrightOnline]

The Spirit gives hope where nothing else can! --NTW Online Team

[@jwillisbarrie]

Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf ❤

[@timothycook5880]

Good series Tom😄

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thanks, Timothy, we're glad you are enjoying it! --NTW Online Team

[@phylliswilliamstn]

N T Wright makes so much sense to me in bringing the Testaments together and in explaining Scripture in so many additional ways. Thank you for these videos. I would love to know his exegesis of Acts 19:2-6.

[@RichardWillMurray]

Professor Wright mentioned that the Holy Spirit can give us suggestions "gently" or "not so gently." This speaks of a, how should one say, "more direct personal relationship" with the Holy Spirit. Through the strengthened and cleansed conscience, which is our organ of communication with the Holy Spirit, we enter into an amazing direct relationship with the Holy Spirit. It's life changing, and often beautiful, and sometimes difficult. The Acts 19 episode you mention is Paul introducing some believers to this direct, unmediated (yet mysterious) relationship with the Holy Spirit?

[@phylliswilliamstn]

Thank you so very much for your response. I’m 70 years old, a Christ follower for many years in the Pentecostal tradition. Prof. Wright has made my rough places plain in so many aspects.

[@deborahrodriguez-castinado9536]

You may enjoy reading “Jesus’ Biological Father was Joseph: According to the New Testament” by DS WAGGONER. Until we understand both sides of the debate, we can’t fully understand either side. At least, according to Apostle Paul.

[@marybrewer2203]

This talk helped me to put together some pieces concerning our lives in Christ, and it stressed for me, once again, the Grace of the Lord in filling each one of us over and over as we walk with the Lord. Thank you.

[@NTWrightOnline]

Mary, your words are encouraging, thank you! Blessings as you walk in the Lord filled with grace. --NTW Online Team

[@markrileylifeonmission]

Thank you, love your content, always thought provoking!

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We appreciate that, Mark. Glad you are here. --NTW Online Team

[@shelleygebhardt3609]

Thank you for the sacrifices you made! I love the bones and angles that came out of your studies. I grew up in the Lutheran church. My parents were leaders. Lutheranism was injected in my blood with church every day per week. I since have had a new delight in Jesus. I have been researching for a book that highlights how Jesus's kingdom works on this earth as opposed to the new age kingdom. I have been praying for the fragrance of God to fall upon the earth...I had a vision of the Throne room of God and it was complex and simple and loud and nothing like I have ever thought of when thinking about heaven. I personally thought it was a silent place. I think we need to refresh the focus and language of our religious practices so that heaven can truly be on earth...and jesus can truly be in relationship with us on a daily basis.

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Shelley. We have many free courses to encourage your studies at admirato.org. Blessings to you as you continue your journey. --NTW Online Team

[@christianfrommuslim]

Excellent and sensible, as always!

[@JessicaenIngles]

WOW, this is one of the best videos I've ever watched. It was so hard for me to understand the Holy Spirit. THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR GIVING US YOUR POWRFUL SPIRIT. It's mind-blowing!

[@NTWrightOnline]

Jessica, thank you for blessing us with your heart-felt words! This ministry is here to encourage understanding and reflection. Blessings to you as you receive and give encouragement from your grateful heart. --NTW Online Team

[@emilycuneo42]

This is really helpful, thank you!

[@NTWrightOnline]

Emily, thank you for your encouragement! --NTW Online Team

[@jovondeonte89]

Wow wow wow this was goooood

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you for your encouragement! Good to hear! --NTW Online Team

[@tradingpoker1324]

Excellent and clear description. Thank you

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We're glad to hear it, thanks for the encouragement. --NTW Online Team

[@tobyroy336]

And yet I feel so unsure. My faith is leaving or maybe has already left me.

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[@ChildofGod-q7j]

IMHO if your faith has left you I don’t think you would be seeking( listening to this). I know for me I used to have this idea that having the “ Holy Spirit” was some sort of “ feeling” that came from my western worldview. Please keep seeking! Blessings and love to you!!!

[@Loriorealestate]

I don’t see separate and distinct holy spirituality. I think only one Holy Spirit

[@monkeyplus8392]

I dont know about you guys but each time I hear Dr. Wright explaining something I feel like if he infuses in me a high and fresh dose of faith and hope. Dr. Wright please, start visiting latinamerica. Everybody in this part of the world should at least understand the new perspective of Paul! God bless your ministry!

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you for your work and love in Latin America! N.T. Wright is semi-retired now but we offer many free online self-paced classes here: www.admirato.org/bundles/free. We have translated some of our courses into Brazilian Portuguese: www.ntwrightonline.org/portfolio-items/bem-vindo-ao-n-t-wright-online-brasil/ Blessings to you in your ministry! --NTW Online Team

[@bettyh7586]

I believe that the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit reaches into each of us in the way we need to be met. I believe it’s Paul who says we are to be all things to all people to by some manner they will all be saved.

[@NTWrightOnline]

Thank you for sharing your reflections and encouragement, Betty! --NTW Online Team

[@tedclemens4093]

Should it also be mentioned that the Holy Spirit is to confirm that God is a living God who deals with his people directly? This is Paul's "faith of Abraham" which presented no instruction book to advise, only God himself.

[@RonKelmell]

doctrine and teachings...if it's new it ain't true....if it's true, it ain't new...

[@scottperry6843]

Asking for the Spirit requires yielding to Him afterwards which results in His fruits being produced. Consumerism has made Spirit "possession" mean something different

[@meteor1237]

You either believe Paul or Joseph Smith. Both say they alone saw a vision. Or even Mohammed. Don’t think Rabbi Tovia Singer would agree with you on Paul. Whose right?

[@budwan5843]

What does it do on a personal level? Nothing. "Something" given vivid or wild imagination, though. However, the spirit does plenty in a government buld without hands.

[@jesuschristsavesu]

I must clearly disagree with you based on the following that there are different types of Spirits; the SPIRIT of God, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the SPIRIT of God moved upon the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:2 KJV); the SPIRIT of The Holy Ghost, which came from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.39 (But this spake he of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on him should receive: for the HOLY GHOST was not yet given; because that Jesus was NOT YET GLORIFIED" (John 7:38-39 KJV), and the Spirit of Man, "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the SPIRIT of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the SPIRIT of God" (1 Corinthians 2:11 KJV). So, you see, there are different types of SPIRITs, and one must discern between all of them, for the HOLY GHOST derived out of the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus Christ (John 7:39 KJV). Now, remember, God is OMNIPRESENCE, meaning He is in the Past, the Present, and in the Future, Everywhere, all at the same time. Time does not apply to Him as it does to us. The Holy Ghost was not MANIFESTED until the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus Christ (John 7:39 KJV), was buried, and then He Rose again. I hope you can understand, if not, ask God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior to give you the Spirit of Discernment, which comes with the Holy Ghost! Amen! Amen!!!

[@RichardWillMurray]

Methinks that God had the capacity to communicate with people even before the Feast of the Pentecost, right? The same Spirit that hovered lovingly over chaotic creation, and carefully imparted order and beauty thereto, today resides in our heart-temple, and we can develop an ongoing relationship with this good Holy Spirit.

[@jesuschristsavesu]

@@RichardWillMurray Please see my second comment on The Spirit of God and The Spirit of The Holy Ghost, whom God gives to all that obey Him (Acts 5:32).....thanks! Amen! Amen!!!

[@EAD1142]

To each his own when it comes to interpretation. Unfortunately this is what reformation does. When the core of reformed theology is to ignore the early church fathers and follow some modern day pastor who wants to read scripture from his point of view.

[@jesuschristsavesu]

I want to emphasize that there are differences between the Holy Spirit and The Holy Ghost. In the Old Testament, God BREATHED on man His Spirit, and man became a living SOUL, "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and BREATHED into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7 KJV). In the New Testament, Christ Jesus, after He resurrected BREATHED on his Apostles and so that they could be converted in His Spirit through the Holy Ghost, "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he BREATHED on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:" (John 20:21-22 KJV), this is EVIDENCED by when Jesus Christ, before He was crucified, talked with Peter about strengthening the brethren after conversion (after receiving the Holy Ghost at Pentecost), "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou ART CONVERTED, strengthen thy brethren" (Luke 22:32 KJV). So, you see, the Spirit of God which BREATHED on the first man is not the same as the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, whom Jesus Christ BREATHED on His Apostles to receive at Pentacost; they are truly two very distinct SPIRITS in nature. Pray for the Spirit of Discernment which God through Christ Jesus gives through the Holy Ghost to all people that believe and obey the gospel, "And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that OBEY him" (Acts 5:32 KJV). So, you see, the Spirit of God is differntiated from the Spirit that came from Jesus Christ's sacrifice, death, and resurrection, which is The Holy Ghost. Amen! Amen!!!

[@helenmygdal2368]

In Hebrew there is only one word for the Holy Spirit, not two. Spirit and ghost mean exactly the same thing.

[@jesuschristsavesu]

@@helenmygdal2368 The Holy Ghost came from the sacrifice, crucifixion, and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.39 (But this spake he of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on him should receive: for the HOLY GHOST was not yet given; because that Jesus was NOT YET GLORIFIED" (John 7:38-39 KJV). The King James Bible mentions Holy Ghost, all other Bibles dilute the Word of God and instead use Holy Spirit. They deny the Holy Ghost's existence, but it exists and is what the Apostles received at Pentacost, and is also what every Christian who is BAPTIZED into Jesus Christ receives. Read the KJV Bible and compare verses such as the verse in Acts 2:28 KJV, where Peter mentions the Holy Ghost and all the other Bibles mention Holy Spirit, and you will see what I mean. Stick to the KJV Bible and you can't go wrong. God Bless and this will be my last reply to you. Praise God the Father through Jesus Christ, whom gives the Holy Ghost to all that OBEY Him, "And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him" (Acts 5:32). Amen! Amen!!!

[@helenmygdal2368]

@@jesuschristsavesu I love in Israel and read the Bible in Hebrew. There is only one word and it is ruach.

[@jesuschristsavesu]

​@@helenmygdal2368 They are obviously not the same! The Spirit of God is different than the Holy Ghost, which came as a result of the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the Bible notes in following two verses, that the Holy Ghost was not yet MANIFESTED because Jesus Christ had not been crucified, died, and resurrected, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.39 (But this spake he of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on him should receive: for the HOLY GHOST was not yet given; because that Jesus was NOT YET GLORIFIED" (John 7:38-39 KJV). Amen! Amen!!!

[@hassanmirza2392]

There is no Holy Spirit, and God is not Triune. Nor is Jesus God.