O, Holy Spirit, we beseech Thee!
Several things have happened in recent weeks that kind of rocked my brain a bit.One was hearing a dear friend suddenly exclaim “You do not worship or pray to the Holy Spirit!”
One was the topic coming up in my classes.
One was my remembering thinking about it several times over the past decade and having some random person online ask me about the role of the Holy Spirit.
Can we or should we worship and/or pray to the Holy Spirit?
I have heard arguments on both sides for years. One extreme is saying the Holy Spirit does not work anymore, the other extreme is that we need to focus primarily on the workings of the Holy Spirit. In the last couple of weeks, I have read that these issues have been debated and even fought over throughout the last two milennia on several occasions. That is one reason we have some of the Creeds.
But the question remains: Should we?
A few of the arguments I have heard are listed below, and just so we are clear these are arguments I have heard/read and not necessarily what I believe. As a list of pro’s and cons:
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Pro’s (Why we should)
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Con’s (Why we should not)
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Connects us to God in Heaven
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Is still with us here on Earth, not in Heaven
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Is Jesus Christ within us
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Pushes us towards faith in Jesus Christ
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Is God helping us to do good works or doing works through us
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Is merely a guide (Counselor)
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Any thoughts? Throw me some feedback! Maybe we can get a good conversation going!
a simple man of God 