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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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Who Were the Judaizers?

Understanding who the Judaizers were and their connection back to the Pharisees (Acts 15:5) is going to provide great insight into Paul’s use of the word “spirit” in Galatians, Romans, and the rest of his epistles.

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Jonathan Jenkins January 16, 2026

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

The Sanctification of the Holy Spirit

Since then we understand that the path to salvation begins with the hearing of faith, if it is true that the order of the phrases in this verse is significant we would arrive at an interesting conclusion. We would come to a position stating that prior to the Thessalonian Gentiles’ believing the gospel, God acted through His Spirit to sanctify (or set apart) them.

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Jonathan Jenkins May 19, 2022

Am I Still Saved?

If God is supposedly helping me in my struggles and I still am not able to overcome them . . . well, the problem cannot reside in God. The only conclusion that is left to me is that there is something amiss in my faith.

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Jonathan Jenkins September 28, 2021

Marriage is Golden

God’s greatest and most cherished creation of the universe is not found in the unimaginable and immeasurable expanse of space. It does not soar in the freedom of the sky or wander in the protected passages deep in the seas. It is proclaimed and glorified in the love of home and family. Its power is experienced in the most intricately crafted piece of God’s creation: Marriage.

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Jonathan Jenkins February 17, 2022

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This is a personal ministry of Eric Owens and Jonathan Jenkins. We started our web streaming efforts in about 2002. DBS has been through several phases for the years. When 2020 turned upside down on all of us, Eric and Jonathan thought that an ongoing series lessons focused on connecting God’s people to Him and each other would be encouraging in hard time. For 4 years we ran the nightly CONNECT online gospel meeting featuring over 200 gospel preachers. Most of those lessons are preserved in the video library on our site. We continue our 20 year history of livestreamed Bible studies today.

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