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Faith, Grace and Life by the Spirit

On 18 March 2025 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Holy Spirit

Paul warns the Galatians against a false gospel and emphasizes that justification comes only through faith in Christ. The Spirit leads believers to a life in Christ.

Worship in Spirit and Truth

On 22 September 2022 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Serving God, Holy Spirit

Worship in spirit and truth has first and foremost to do with the heart and what is in it and rises up before God the Father. It is a spiritual activity in which the Holy Spirit is active. The truth is in Christ the Crucified.

Baptism in the Spirit

On 3 October 2020 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Charismatic, Holy Spirit

At its core, the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement has unbiblical teachings that lead to paganism in a Christian guise.

Simon the wizard

On 30 July 2019 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Charismatic, Holy Spirit

I found the following text in a book titled "The Riddle of the Holy Spirit. It emphasizes how important it is for us as Christians to have views about the Holy Spirit based on a sound interpretation of God's Word. ...

Why the miracle gifts no longer exist

On 20 February 2019 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Charismatic, Holy Spirit

Why I'm a cessasionist In the charismatic world, the assumption is that the special gifts of the Spirit that God gave at the beginning of Christendom still exist and that we should also have these gifts ...

The Father's House

On 13 November 2018 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Serving God, Holy Spirit

Until we dwell in the heavenly Father's house, heaven will come to dwell with us!

Know the Lord

On 10 June 2018 By Teun de Jager In Idolatry, Spiritual Life, Serving God, Holy Spirit, Spirituality and Mysticism

A while ago at a Bible study conference, a text came along from which a certain phrase rather stuck with me. It was the phrase "knowing the Lord" from Hebrews 8:11 "And they shall certainly not every man his neighbor and every ...

We have the mind of Christ

On 14 May 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Holy Spirit

Recently I came across the following somewhere: "True doctrine does not exist. Absolute Truth does not exist in letters, dogmas or rules. The Truth is a person. Truth does find itself in a relationship, reveals itself in a relationship. And a ...

Each separately. . .

On 10 February 2018 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Charismatic, Holy Spirit

The stream of spirituality and charismatic error and practice keeps on going and growing. Constantly reflected in this is that there is more than your barren and dry Christian life of today. One need only see CIP.co.uk from time to time and ...

Longing for more of God's Spirit in 2017?

On 2 October 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Biblestudy, Charismatic, Holy Spirit, Spirituality and Mysticism

A new Reformation? Soon there will be a Bible study conference somewhere in the country where one of the evenings will discuss the theme "Desiring more of God's Spirit in 2017." The accompanying text is this: "Worldwide there is ...