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The fruits of Spirit : Love, ... (Galatians 5:22-23)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 05:01:48 GMT

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The fruits of Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)

Love Joy Peace Patience

Kindness Goodness

Faithfulness

Gentleness Self-control

Click the following audio and listen to the light music of "Fruits of Spirit".

(Picture: In Old Testaments, God's spirit (God's angel) manifest in the form of burning bush (Exodus 3:2).

In New Testaments, Holy Spirit appear as tongues of flame in Pentecost meeting. During Jesus baptism Holy Spirit descend like a dove in peaceful way.)

Spirits : in ancient culture

Holy Spirit : Biblical & theological

Trinity : God, Christ, Holy Spirit

Introduction to this post:

In this post, we will describe Holy Spirit, and how to understand it:

-from cultural perspectives;

-from Biblical & theological views;

-from true God's attributes.

We begin with brief introduction of Holy Spirit, then further elucidation, and finally conclude with "interpretation of Trinity" via the belief in true God's omnipotence.

Holy Spirit:

(Please CLICK HERE to view this paragraph & subsequent paragraphs in another webpage "English.(Galatians.5)".

The essence of spirit:

Natural spirits:

Supernatural spirits:

Items helping civilization progress:

The flame of Holy Spirit:

Holy Spirit in Biblical theology:

Holy Spirit in systematic theology:

God's omnipotence & Trinity:

Summary:

The Fruits of Spirit:

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God so loved the world (John 3 : 1-16 )

Fri, 30 May 2025 05:50:44 GMT

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God so loved the world (John 3 : 1-16 )

( The Baptism of Saint Vladimir, by Viktor Vasnetsov. 1890 )

Miracle: Jesus performed miracles

Born again: of water and Holy Spirit

God so loved the world ( John 3 :16 )

The Book of John, Chapter 3

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when his is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesu answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."

16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal live." (This passage John 3:1-16 is from ESV Bible)

The Book of Genesis states that, while God created heavens and earth, the earth emerged from waters. God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nose the breath of life (air/spirit), so the man became living creature. (air and spirit are same word in ancient Hebrew)

Furthermore, after Adam and Eve violated God's rule, they were driven out of God's surroundings. They and their offspring were all fallen short (please refer to Romans 3:23), until someday mankind can be born again ( of water and Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ ) to return, entering into the Kingdom of God.

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God create heavens & earth (Genesis 1)

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:54:18 GMT

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God create heavens & earth (Genesis 1)

Click the following audio and listen to the light piano music of "Morning has broken".

(The map shows that Near East, also known as Middle East, is surrounded by several waters.)

Some ancient Near Eastern cosmology on creation of heavens & earth

Until Galileo affirmed that the earth was a sphere, earth was officially considered as flat disk. The view of flat earth, along with the earth floating on water(s); a firmament in the sky; a cosmic ocean above the firmament; various gods above the cosmic ocean; and the underworld, etc., had been the predominant belief in ancient Near Eastern areas including ancient Isreal.

But view was slightly different in Israel, or let's say "major difference" with respect to the creator. While other cosmological views described various generations of creators, Biblical cosmology emphasized only ONE creator GOD, who eventually became the GOD of Israel people, as said in Hebrew Scripture (i.e., Old Testament of Christian Bible).

As the Catholic Church still believed in flat earth theory even when Galileo provided then newly proved view, so we may not expect ancient Scripture authors to know 21st century view on sun/earth/stars. God work in a way to inform people, based on their knowledge & background. Thus, Bible's old-times information all made sense to old-times people. Likewise, we can try to think all as reasonable too.

The followings are somethings in Genesis 1 which make sense from ancient point of view:

Waters:

Near East (also known as Middle East in recent years) is surrounded by water(s). Genesis says earth emerged from water(s).

God moved on waters:

Ancient views said gods resided above cosmic ocean.

The deep:

Some ancient Near Eastern cosmology believed that the underworld is dark and chaotic; filled with something; beneath and parallel to the earth. But the ancient Israel cosmology emphasized the darkness of "the Deep", that I think would highlight God's creation of "light". This would diminish the mythology of light as primordial god.

Heaven(s):

Ancient views of 7 heaven(s) came with 7 objects in sky: sun, moon, 5 visible planets.

But Genesis 1 is about creation of heavens & earth, it does not say anything before that. We can assume that God, water(s), and the deep already existed. Some of such existences may have been described in ancient mythologies, as well as in Greek philosophy.

The overall 6-days creation story, which tells the unique works of one creator the only God, is significantly different from the stories of ancient Near Eastern creation cosmology, which included:

- generations of various creators,

- various sky names & gods,

- sun names & gods,

- moon names & gods,

- vegetation. animal names & gods;

- etc.

Overall, Genesis 1 sets the tone that Hebrew religion had branched out from polytheistic ancient Near Eastern religions into a brand-new monotheistic religion.

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The fruits of Spirit : Love, ... (Galatians 5:22-23)

The fruits of Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control

God so loved the world (John 3 : 1-16 )

God so loved the world (John 3 : 1-16 )

God create heavens & earth (Genesis 1)

God create heavens & earth (Genesis 1)

The fruits of Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)

Love Joy Peace Patience

Kindness Goodness

Faithfulness

Gentleness Self-control