Pastor John
Yesterday, reading Rom 8:16, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God”, the following occurred to me: If, as is commonly supposed in Christianity, the Spirit is a person, then would it not reasonable to conclude from the same verse that our spirit is also a person?
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Of course!
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That would agree with your proposition in the Jan 29 TFE, “Paul Was A Trinity!”
http://goingtojesus.com/site/php/thoughts.php?tname=tfe01-29
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See? I was right the whole time! 🙂
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But then, as no one seems to draw my conclusion from this verse, that our spirit is a person, then would it not be reasonable to conclude that the Spirit of God, likewise, is not a person?
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That would be a reasonable conclusion, yes.
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Also, is it a Greek grammar thing that the word “our” is indeed plural in the Greek but “with … spirit” is singular?
Damien
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I have noticed that such is often the case. We frequently find phrases such as “their heart”, where “their” is plural, but “heart” is singular.
jdc