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What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is your Coach?
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narrow-minded has left a new comment on your post "Is the Holy Spirit Your Coach?":
While I can't judge the hearts of those making the above comments, it certainly sounds as if they could have come from a Joyce Meyer or Beth Moore seminar. It would have been nice to hear one comment stating: "The Holy Spirit shows me the truth of His Word, comforts me with the promises of the Gospel, and maintains my Faith in Christ through Word and Sacrament."
From Wikipedia: Paraclete comes from the Koine Greek word παράκλητος (paráklētos, that can signify "one who consoles or comforts, one who encourages or uplifts; hence refreshes, and/or one who intercedes on our behalf as an advocate in court").[1] The word for "Paraclete" is PASSIVE [emphasis mine] form, and etymologically (originally) signified "called to one's side". The active form of the word, parakletor, is not found in the New Testament but is found in Septuagint in Job 16:2 in the plural, and means "comforters", in the saying of Job regarding the "miserable comforters" who failed to rekindle his spirit in his time of distress.[2]
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Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Is the Holy Spirit Your Coach?":
"narrowminded:"
Excellent comment!
I noticed that not one of these comments mentioned appreciation for the Holy Spirit's conviction of sin in a Christian's life. The Holy Spirit is not called "holy" for nothing.
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
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GJ - And Pastor Bickel - the conviction of sin begins with not believing on Jesus Christ. I am simply building on what you said, so people do not begin with the wrong image of sin.
Narrow - we can and should judge what people say about their faith. This began with Mark and Avoid Jeske asking
What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is your Coach?
No one said -
This is an absurd question, or
You are confusing John Maxwell with the Holy Spirit, or
What are you capitalizing Coach?
This was set up as a catechism, and it only shows how vague, pan-denominational Christianity is a thin veneer covering the New Age boosterism of Maxwell and other hot air merchants.
