Is Holy Spirit a Force?
The Holy Spirit is God and I always known that God do not use force but rather movement of love. My Faith itself is not in my works because the Holy Spirit is the generator of my works which is obedience and love. Through the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life and light and love. He will always act like Jesus, toward sinners in compassion, toward saints in warm affection, toward others in love. Do we really submit to the fruits of the spirit as spirit-filled Christians? True faith is not focusing the power of the Holy Spirit as a force but rather eternal future and power to trust Christ wherever He leads us.
People often view God as the "force" of power which is not true. God do not use "force" of any kind. God is absolutely powerful but at the same time, He does not force but rather authority. Force and Authority are two seperate meanings from God's perspective. Why do people fear God? Think about it.
Satan and pride often uses force. In John 6:14-15 there was a force plot against Jesus: After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
Jesus didn't force them to go away but rather Jesus moved away to another location. God have the power to do everything according to His will. Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Colossians 1:28-29 (NIV) We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
In 2 Corinthians 12:9, God said: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. God can only use believers who have limitations, which are weaknesses that the believer inherited or has no power to change. God do not force us to change but rather gives the power of the Holy Spirit to convict us to change.
I never viewed the Holy Spirit as "force" but rather a person who is GOD.
Regarding facing spiritual warfare. “Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 (NLT) There is no force on the offensive side but rather wisdom through the sword of the Spirit on the defensive side. "Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."--Matt. 26:41. Biblically, Christians are no longer "in the flesh": "You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him" (Rom 8:9). "If Christ is in us, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness" (Romans 8:10). In my office, I have this cute cartoon. It is showing a cute person wearing the Armor of God and shooting arrows (devil's schemes). A quote under the cartoon states:
"Look at it this way...... Without these trials, testing of your faith, working of patience, and fighting a good fight.......LIFE COULD BE BORING." (see 1 Peter 1:7)
Through the Sword of the Spirit, we have the power to overcome any temptations and evil that we face in this world. Force is not needed because Grace is more powerful than force. Many Christians seem to understand the concept of being saved by grace, but they have missed the concept of being sustained by grace.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
In Star Wars.. there's a famous quote:
"May the Force be with you".
People are often confused on the wording of "force" and mixing it up with power. God's power do not need force and never need to use force. The Holy Spirit is powerful because He is God.
When Jesus said that the Comforter is coming, He was saying: "The Comforter will not come to stand on His own, to speak on His own authority. He will guide you into all truth-He will speak and act on the authority of the divine Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is spirit and faith is required to know Christ and then, the Holy Spirit will reveal who God really is. The Holy Spirit manifests Christ into our human spirit, not to our physical eyes. Without the Holy Spirit, human pride often create the confusions and seeing contradictions that are plainly outside the field of human understanding. The works in the standard what people call "measure of Faith" is another term to add to pride. The measure of faith by some is defined how successful you are spiritually. I truly don't believe that God determine (measure) our faith based on our own works. We need to guard our spiritual motives carefully and walk in Spirit. People are forgetting that faith is not the only issue that God is looking for. God is looking for holiness. The heart is where God meets us because that is where we make our decisions.
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