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Posted by Traci So. . . could we stretch this even further to wonder about Jesus? Why would he say that the "spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me, to preach the gospel to the poor. . . ." and also in Luke where it says, "the spirit of the lord was there for him to heal (so he healed)." Jesus said he was "anointed." Were there times when he wasn't? What about if the Spirit of the Lord wasn't there to heal? I know that it says that he was filled with all the fullness of God, but Paul prays the same for us, "That you may know the love of Christ. . . and be filled with the fullness of God." He is our brother, he is a mediator (still, present tense), he is a high priest, and he is a man (there is present tense - one mediator between God and man, the man. . . ) So how much are we really like (or supposed to be like) Jesus? And what does it mean to be like Jesus? For me, this all ties into what it means to be spirit filled. Traci
on 5/1/2006, 5:26 pm, in reply to "I agree Traci..."
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I totally agree with you on this, Helen and I have never heard a Pentecostal, tongues person say this before! I have never met a "spirit filled" believer say that if they continue walking with God, that there could be a time when they weren't "spirit-filled."