{"id":15353,"date":"2014-09-04T01:01:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=15353"},"modified":"2014-09-03T05:08:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:08:43","slug":"christian-identity-comes-from-the-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2014\/09\/04\/christian-identity-comes-from-the-holy-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Identity Comes from the Holy Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francis explained that it is not human wisdom that makes the identity of the Christian: “You can have five degrees in theology and not have the Spirit of God,” he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The newsroom, with Vatican Radio<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"You<\/a>The authority of the Christian comes from the Holy Spirit, not of human wisdom or degrees in theology, Francisco said the Pope at Mass September 2 at Casa Santa Marta.<\/span> The Pope reiterated that Christian identity is to have the Spirit of Christ, not the “spirit world”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The people marveled at the teachings of Jesus because the word had authority from Him.<\/span> Francis left this excerpt of the Gospel of the day<\/strong> to focus on the nature of the Lord’s authority and therefore Christian authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Jesus was no ordinary preacher because his authority came from the special anointing of the Holy Spirit (…).<\/span> Jesus is the anointed Son of God, sent to bring us salvation and freedom.<\/span> Some people were offended with this style of Jesus, his identity and freedom. “<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pope reflected on the Christian identity, based on the example of St. Paul, who preached not to have studied at a university, and yes, for having the wisdom from the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This wisdom had been taught by the Spirit.<\/span> He said spiritual things in spiritual terms […].<\/span> but man, with his forces, does not understand the Spirit of God: man alone can not understand it! “.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Pope, without understanding the things of the Spirit one cannot give testimony and does not have an identity.<\/span> But the Christian is a person who has the mind of Christ, ie, the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is the Christian identity;<\/span> not to have the spirit of the world, with its way of thinking, its way of judging […].<\/span> You can have five degrees in theology and not have the Spirit of God!<\/span> You may even be a great theologian, but not a Christian, because you do not have the Spirit of God, who gives authority what gives identity, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. “<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 This was precisely why the people did not like the preaching of the lawyers, the Pope Francis<\/span> explained, because they talked about theology, but did not touch the hearts of people.<\/span> With their words, the people could not find their own identity because they were not anointed by the Holy Spirit of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The authority of Jesus – and Christian – stems precisely from this ability to understand the things of the Spirit, speaking the same language of the Spirit.<\/span> It\u00a0 comes from the anointing of the Holy Spirit.<\/span> Often we see among our simple faithful old ladies, who did not even finish elementary school, but who know to say things better than a theologian, because they have the Spirit of Christ, which St. Paul had and we all should request. “<\/span><\/p>\n

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