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Holy Spirit in 1 and 2 Thessalonians

Jonathan Jenkins February 4, 2026

We have seen in previous essays how the spread of the prophetic powers into new fields of preaching was integral to the spread of the church. The Spirit’s powers were essential in Jerusalem, Samaria, with Cornelius, and to defend the work of Paul’s first missionary journey. Is it reasonable to think that the same emphasis about the work of the Holy Spirit would be missing from the first epistle written to one of the first apostolically planted churches among the Gentiles in Europe?

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The End of Prophecy and Miracles

The seal of the Holy Spirit would last until the coming “day of the Lord” which would bring a baptism of fire upon those that rejected Jesus and would bring a vindicating “day of redemption” upon the true children of God. By that time the revelation would be completed and the need for the continuing miracles of the Holy Spirit would have been met. Once the gospel, and so by extension, the people of the gospel had been redeemed and confirmed – once the perfect had come – the miracles of the Holy Spirit and their “in part” manifestation would cease, vanish, and pass away.

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Jonathan Jenkins January 16, 2026

Instrumental Music and Expediency

What does the audience hear in the debate? It hears inconsistency. Our argument sounds contrived. It contradicts their own experience. The singing they have done for their entire life has been helped by instruments of music. Now, we are compelled to convince them that their perception contradicts reality. It is a tough sell. The progressive has placed us in exactly the right position to sway the undecided in our congregations.

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Jonathan Jenkins January 14, 2022

Life in the Flesh

Almost the entire depraved flesh doctrine is established on Paul’s writings. The problem is that Paul is not discussing the Garden condemnation of being in the flesh. If native depravity cannot be the challenge he is seeking to correct about the flesh, what is it?

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Jonathan Jenkins January 22, 2026

The Same Gift

The exact same  phrase, we are told, describes two gifts that have not one point of commonality between them except that they are both from God.  I understand why people are confused when they hear teaching about the Holy Spirit.  Is there another doctrine where God’s use of language is so unpredictable? 

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Jonathan Jenkins February 23, 2022

Holy Spirit in James and Hebrews

Neither Hebrews nor James has an argument like Galatians 3-4 or Romans 8. The “indwelling” is not emphasized in argumentation before Acts 10. It is not found in the epistles to the “Hebrews.”

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Jonathan Jenkins January 24, 2026

Gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts – Part 2)

Stated as simply as possible: “The gift of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit.” That promise is said to have been responsible for the presence of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:33). The nature of that promise is explained in the quotation of Joel 2 in Peter’s defense of the apostles’ actions (Acts 2:16-21).

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Jonathan Jenkins January 20, 2026

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