Lee Strobel
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There are three distinct persons in the Godhead who are God. So it's not like they change roles or go from water to ice to steam. A lot of people use that illustration and you just have to be careful because that can lead to a heretical belief that God changes from the Father to the Son to the Holy Spirit depending on the circumstances. That's just not what happens.
Well, they can each have different roles. What would those roles be? Well, the role of the Holy Spirit, for instance, in my life is to indwell me, to live in me, to guide me, to be sort of an internal conscience, to help me incrementally over time to become more like Jesus, to change my values, to change my character.
Well, they can each have different roles. What would those roles be? Well, the role of the Holy Spirit, for instance, in my life is to indwell me, to live in me, to guide me, to be sort of an internal conscience, to help me incrementally over time to become more like Jesus, to change my values, to change my character.
Well, they can each have different roles. What would those roles be? Well, the role of the Holy Spirit, for instance, in my life is to indwell me, to live in me, to guide me, to be sort of an internal conscience, to help me incrementally over time to become more like Jesus, to change my values, to change my character.
So one of the roles of the Holy Spirit in our life is to minister to us as we grow in our relationship with God. That's one of the roles that he performs. But there are other roles too, like it was through him, through the Holy Spirit, that Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary.
So one of the roles of the Holy Spirit in our life is to minister to us as we grow in our relationship with God. That's one of the roles that he performs. But there are other roles too, like it was through him, through the Holy Spirit, that Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary.
So one of the roles of the Holy Spirit in our life is to minister to us as we grow in our relationship with God. That's one of the roles that he performs. But there are other roles too, like it was through him, through the Holy Spirit, that Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary.
And Jesus has the role of being the savior of the world, but they all have that role in the sense the Holy Spirit was involved. When you look in Genesis, even in early Hebrew writings, You can see the spirit and you can see the different elements of God, the different elements of God's wrong term. You can see the three persons of the Trinity playing a role in creation.
And Jesus has the role of being the savior of the world, but they all have that role in the sense the Holy Spirit was involved. When you look in Genesis, even in early Hebrew writings, You can see the spirit and you can see the different elements of God, the different elements of God's wrong term. You can see the three persons of the Trinity playing a role in creation.
And Jesus has the role of being the savior of the world, but they all have that role in the sense the Holy Spirit was involved. When you look in Genesis, even in early Hebrew writings, You can see the spirit and you can see the different elements of God, the different elements of God's wrong term. You can see the three persons of the Trinity playing a role in creation.
Jesus played a role in creation. The Father played a role in creation. The Holy Spirit played a role in creation. So they're working together as one Godhead to accomplish all the creation that we have. How did Jesus play a role in creation? There's a scripture in the New Testament that says nothing that was created was created without Jesus.
Jesus played a role in creation. The Father played a role in creation. The Holy Spirit played a role in creation. So they're working together as one Godhead to accomplish all the creation that we have. How did Jesus play a role in creation? There's a scripture in the New Testament that says nothing that was created was created without Jesus.
Jesus played a role in creation. The Father played a role in creation. The Holy Spirit played a role in creation. So they're working together as one Godhead to accomplish all the creation that we have. How did Jesus play a role in creation? There's a scripture in the New Testament that says nothing that was created was created without Jesus.
So he played a role from eternity past in the creation of the world. Wow. Yeah, pretty wild.
So he played a role from eternity past in the creation of the world. Wow. Yeah, pretty wild.
So he played a role from eternity past in the creation of the world. Wow. Yeah, pretty wild.
Well, I was legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. and got married young, and I was an atheist. My wife was an agnostic. She didn't know what to believe. And she came up to me one day and gave me the worst news any atheist husband could get. She said, I've become a Christian. You know, now she's going to start judging me. Now she's going to try to get me not to hang out with my friends.
Well, I was legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. and got married young, and I was an atheist. My wife was an agnostic. She didn't know what to believe. And she came up to me one day and gave me the worst news any atheist husband could get. She said, I've become a Christian. You know, now she's going to start judging me. Now she's going to try to get me not to hang out with my friends.
Well, I was legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. and got married young, and I was an atheist. My wife was an agnostic. She didn't know what to believe. And she came up to me one day and gave me the worst news any atheist husband could get. She said, I've become a Christian. You know, now she's going to start judging me. Now she's going to try to get me not to hang out with my friends.
Now she's going to make the kids think that there's something wrong with me because I don't believe in God. I thought I just saw trouble on the horizon. And trouble came because all of a sudden she becomes a devout Christian and I'm an adamant atheist. Well, we're just butting heads and we'd never done that. We met when we were 14, we got married at 19 and 20.