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Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

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nature. The first step for us, <strong>the</strong>refore, is to simply<br />

believe this truth.<br />

The Today's English Version clarifies a detail<br />

<strong>in</strong> a previously quoted verse that is important:<br />

"What I say is this: let <strong>the</strong> Spirit direct your lives,<br />

and you will not satisfy <strong>the</strong> desires of <strong>the</strong> [s<strong>in</strong>ful]<br />

human nature." Galatians 5:16.<br />

Maybe this is totally different to what you've<br />

been taught. You may have never understood that<br />

<strong>the</strong> gospel is such good news. But I must convey to<br />

you what <strong>the</strong> Bible actually teaches. And I don't<br />

know of anyth<strong>in</strong>g elsewhere <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bible that<br />

contradicts <strong>the</strong> good news Paul gives us here.<br />

2. The Holy Spirit is sent to everyone who<br />

believes <strong>the</strong> "good news." Jesus promised: "I will<br />

ask <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r, and he will give you ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Helper, who will stay with you forever. He is <strong>the</strong><br />

[Holy] Spirit, who reveals <strong>the</strong> truth about God. The<br />

world cannot receive him, because it cannot see<br />

him or know him. But you know him, because he<br />

rema<strong>in</strong>s with you and is <strong>in</strong> you." John 14:16, 17,<br />

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