scholarly journals Christianity for Weak People: How The Holy Spirit Prays for Believers according to Romans 8:26-27

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustinus Dermawan
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Easy Problem ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Romans 8

For many Christian believers, especially whose family members suffer a prolonged sickness or multiple disease complications, it is often perplexing for them that God seems delaying to answer their prayers. And in many cases, God seems to let those family members to die. How could it be understood? That is not an easy problem to digest for many believers, especially if they think they already serve God in ministry, or churches, or other occasions. Fortunately, there are also comforting words to encourage us in such a perplexing situation, such as Romans 8:26-27, which suggests that the Holy Spirit also do intercession prayers for believers. And these two verses were followed by verse 8:28, where St. Paul concluded that from the previous two verses, we know that God works through everything for good to them that love God. Probably, that is the origin of a famous phrase: “God works often in mysterious ways.” This reflective article is intended to shed light on this old question

scholarly journals An Exegetico-Theological Study of Romans 8:1-8: Toward a Pneumatological-Ecclesiology

2021 ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Isaac Boaheng
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Grammatical Function ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church ◽  
Romans 8

This article focuses on Paul’s teachings on how the believer’s life in the Spirit contrasts the believer’s previous life of sin, with particular reference to Romans 8:1-8. It first employed the exegetical method—comprising contextual analysis, literary analysis, detailed analysis of lexicology (the meaning of words), morphology (the form of words), grammatical function of words (parts of speech), syntax (the relationships of words) and figures of speech—to explore the text. The next step was a systematic theological formulation of pneumatological-ecclesiology based on the results from the exegetical study of the text. The main argument is that the Spirit applies Christ’s salvific work to the believer in a way that does not only put the believer right forensically but also puts him/her right behaviorally. Thus, the believer walking in the Spirit is both justified by the cross and by good deeds performed through the enabling presence of the Spirit. The article contributes to the academic disciplines of systematic theology and biblical studies by exploring what pneumatological-ecclesiology is embedded in the text and applying this formulated theology to the life of the contemporary church, drawing attention to the fact that since the Holy Spirit breathes upon and through the church, the activities of the Spirit in the church should be the plumb line for assessing the nature and conduct of the church. This contribution serves as an effective tool for enhancing ethical and religious renewals in believers in a way that eventually enhances their relationship with God, other humans and the environment. Keywords: Death, Flesh, Law, Spirit

The Spirit in Ephesians and Philippians

Pneuma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 508-520
Author(s):  
Daniel K. Darko
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Christ Followers ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract This study aims to shed light on the richness, essence, and range of πνεῦμα lexemes in Paul’s correspondence to Christ followers in Western Asia Minor and Roman Philippi. I will endeavor to show the import of each occurrence of πνεῦμα or its cognate in these letters and provide a synthesis of the findings at the conclusion. It will become apparent that Paul does not have one consistent referent for πνεῦμα, either to the Holy Spirit or to other spiritual activities. The study will also show that Paul’s use of πνεῦμα lexemes is predicated upon the occasion and provenance of the letter in question. The analysis begins with Ephesians due to its higher frequency and range of πνεῦμα usage compared to its five appearances in Philippians.

scholarly journals Die pneumatologiese lied: basisteoretiese perspektiewe (uit Romeine 8:1-27) en empiriese gegewens

2004 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The State ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Church ◽  
Romans 8

Pneumatological hymns: Basis-theoretical perspectives (according to Romans 8:1-21) and empirical facts In this article Romans 8:1-27 is investigated in order to trace basis-theoretical perspectives on pneumatological hymns and to determine empirically the scope and nature of pneumatological hymns in Psalmboek, Liedboek van die Kerk and Psalter Hymnal. The basis-theoretical investigation reveals that there is a pressing need for appropriate Scriptural hymns on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. Characteristics and functions of the Spirit that are essential to the church and her creeds are not found in current versifications of certain parts of Scripture. New hymns on the Person and work of the Spirit can preserve and breathe new life into creeds on the Holy Spirit, protect the congregation against fallacies and touch the hearts of doubters and unbelievers in a unique way. From the empirical facts an idea is formed of the state of affairs regarding the hymnology on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. An investigation into themes on the Person and work of the Spirit not present in current Scriptural hymns also leads to the conclusion that there is scope for new Scriptural hymns.

scholarly journals A holistic view of the Holy Spirit as agent of ethical responsibility: This view experienced as exciting in Romans 8, but alarming in 1 Corinthians 12

1991 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Vledder ◽  
A. G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
New Creation ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Agent Of Change ◽  
Romans 8

Modern man experiences a crisis which manifests itself across a wide spectrum: ecologically, sociologically and politically. Seen from a holistic perspective, this crisis, caused by the so-called mechanical worldview, calls for a radical change to a new worldview, the so-called postmodern or holistic view. In ecumenical theology, emphasis is also laid on the world in crisis, which calls for renewal on the same levels as in holistic thought. This change and renewal is to be brought about by the Holy Spirit, who is the agent of change in thought, and of involvement in creating a ‘new creation’. It will be argued that the Holy Spirit is indeed involved as the agent of man’s ethical responsibility; in Romans 8:1-17 this is seen as exciting, but, in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, the alarming danger in ecumenical pneumatology is indicated.

scholarly journals A Loving Kind of Knowing: Connatural Knowledge as a Means of Knowing God in Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Duke
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
Parallel Path ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Romans 8

In his exegesis of Romans 8:15-16, Thomas Aquinas asks how it is that the Holy Spirit bears testimony in us that we are the children of God. He responds that the Spirit bears testimony “through the effect of filial love he produces in us. ” At least in some circumstances, Aquinas suggests, we can come to know God through our experience of loving him. But Aquinas, following a long tradition, teaches that we love things insofar as we know them as good (cf: I-II, q.9, a.1, corpus and ad.3). How then can love give rise to knowledge?Aquinas’s teaching in the Summa Theologica on the Holy Spirit’s gift of wisdom provides a key to this question. The gift of wisdom makes use of the love of charity to know God (II-II, q.45). Charity, by making us “connatural” with God, can give rise to knowledge of God. I will then consider how the Holy Spirit’s gift of wisdom relates to the science of theology. The gift of wisdom, however, does not offer an independent or parallel path to knowledge of God, but rather, depends on faith and is the perfection to which the science of sacred is oriented. 

scholarly journals Prinsip Spiritual Therapy Menurut Roma 8: 12-14

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinan Pasaribu
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Spiritual Therapy ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Romans 8

The principle of self-spiritual therapy according to Romans 8: 12-14. This is because, there are still many students especially level III and V who like to quarrel, live in pretense and selfishness. This condition occurs because the students of the third and fifth level at STTE do not understand the importance of an intimate relationship with God in a personal way continuously, have not made peace with themselves through genuine repentance before God and are still concerned with the desires of the flesh. To solve this problem, researchers used a descriptive bibliological method with a qualitative approach, because this method is considered the most appropriate by researchers in conducting research. Descriptive method aims to provide a complete and natural picture of an event that occurred and the bibliological method used by researchers, because researchers find the principle of self-spiritual therapy according to Romans 8: 12-14 in the Bible, namely 1). Having awareness as a believer, 2). Intensive repentance, 3). Giving yourself is led by the Holy Spirit. 4). Self control. So researchers believe that the principle of selfspiritual therapy according to Romans 8: 12-14 is able to solve problems that occur and get the best solution

‘Man Is Ill Because He Is Badly Constructed’: Artaud, Klossowski and Deleuze in Search for the Earth Inside

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Dolphijn
Keyword(s):  
Performance Art ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Body ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Body Without Organs ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
And Performance

Starting with Antonin Artaud's radio play To Have Done With The Judgement Of God, this article analyses the ways in which Artaud's idea of the body without organs links up with various of his writings on the body and bodily theatre and with Deleuze and Guattari's later development of his ideas. Using Klossowski (or Klossowski's Nietzsche) to explain how the dominance of dialogue equals the dominance of God, I go on to examine how the Son (the facialised body), the Father (Language) and the Holy Spirit (Subjectification), need to be warded off in order to revitalize the body, reuniting it with ‘the earth’ it has been separated from. Artaud's writings on Balinese dancing and the Tarahumaran people pave the way for the new body to appear. Reconstructing the body through bodily practices, through religion and above all through art, as Deleuze and Guattari suggest, we are introduced not only to new ways of thinking theatre and performance art, but to life itself.

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