Filled with the Spirit: Understanding God's Power in Your Life (7 page)

2
Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
Copyright © 1986 by Thomas Nelson Publishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission;
S.V.
“P
ower
.”
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3 Romans 8:29.
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4 John 20:22.
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5 “…Man’s spirit was originally the highest part of his entire being to which soul and body were to be subject….” Watchman Nee,
The Spiritual Man,
(New York: Christian Fellowship Publishers, Inc., 1968), p. 43.
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6 “…The immediate effect of sin on Adam and Eve was that they died spiritually and became subject to spiritual death….” Lewis Sperry Chafer, Revised by John F. Walvoord,
Major Bible Themes,
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Academie Books from Zondervan Publishing House, 1974), p. 174.
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7
Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements,
Eds. Stanley M. Burgess and Gary B. McGee (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, Copyright © 1988), pp. 2-3.
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8 Acts 2:12.
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9 See Galatians 4:7; Ephesians 1:11-14.
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Chapter 4

1 Pat Boone,
A New Song,
(Carol Stream, Illinois: Creation House, August, 1970), pp. 126-129.
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Chapter 5

1 2 Corinthians 3:18
KJV
.
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Chapter 6

1
Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements,
pp. 890-892, “
WISDOM, WORD OF
.”
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2
Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements,
pp. 527-528, “
KNOWLEDGE, WORD OF
.”
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3 Arnold Bittlinger,
Gifts and Graces,
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Copyright © 1967), pp. 32-34, “(c)
The Gift of Faith
.”
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4 Mark 16:17,18.
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5 Gordon D. Fee,
God’s Empowering Presence,
(Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, Copyright © 1994), pp. 168-169, “(3)
Faith,
“ “(4)
Gifts of Healings
.”
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6 See Romans 12:3
KJV
.
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7
Gifts and Graces,
pp. 42-45, “(f) The Gift of Prophecy.”
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8 See Acts 16:16-18.
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9 The discerning of divine spirits can be seen in such Scripture passages as Exodus 33:18-34:7 when Moses looked into the spirit realm and saw the “back parts” of God and in Revelation 1:9-20 when John was in exile on the isle of Patmos and had a vision of the throne of God.
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10
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition,
Electronic Database. Copyright © 1991 by Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved, “1 Corinthians 12:1-11.”
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11 Dennis and Rita Bennett,
The Holy Spirit and You,
(South Plainfield, New Jersey: Bridge Publishing, Inc., 1971), p. 143, “Discerning of Spirits.”
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Chapter 7

1 Finis Jennings Dake,
Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible,
(Lawrenceville, Georgia: Dake Bible Sales, Inc., Copyright © 1963), p. 123, “The Acts 2, r.”
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2
Dake’s,
p. 123, “The Acts 2, r.”
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3
Dake’s,
p. 123, “The Acts 2, r.”
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4 “… The Jews frequently compare the gifts and influences of the Holy Spirit to water in general — to rain, fountains, wells, rivers, etc., …”
Clarke’s Commentary,
by Adam Clarke, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996 by Biblesoft. All rights reserved, “John 7:38.”
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5 Romans 8:26.
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6
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition,
“1 Corinthians 12:1-11, On spiritual gifts.”
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Chapter 8

1 See Ephesians 3:17-19.
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2 See Jude 20.
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3 Romans 8:27.
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Conclusion

1 Luke 11:13.
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R
ECOMMENDED
R
EADING

Bennett, Dennis J.,
Nine O’clock in the Morning.
Plainfield, New Jersey: Logos International, 1970.

Frost, Robert C., Ph.D.,
Aglow with the Spirit.
Plainfield, New Jersey: Logos International, 1965.

Sherrill, John L.,
They Speak with Other Tongues.
New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.

R
ECOMMENDED
R
EADING

Bennett, Dennis J.,
Nine O’clock in the Morning.
Plainfield, New Jersey: Logos International, 1970.

Frost, Robert C., Ph.D.,
Aglow with the Spirit.
Plainfield, New Jersey: Logos International, 1965.

Sherrill, John L.,
They Speak with Other Tongues.
New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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