Judges, Volume 8 by Trent C. Butler

Author:Trent C. Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL006060 Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament
Publisher: Zondervan

It is especially clear from the usages in the Jephthah narrative and the Samson episodes that the phrase does not necessarily carry a positive comment on the individual’s spirituality. . . . To be filled with the Spirit in the New Testament speaks to spirituality; that is, the one who is filled is controlled by the Spirit with the consequent actions being spiritual activities (Eph 5:18b–20). In the Old Testament the notion is that of empowerment for a particular task, though it is apparent that the recipient might misuse this empowerment (e.g., 14:19). . . . Therefore in the case of Gideon, the Spirit’s work reflects God’s sovereign will to set things in motion for the deliverance he has planned, not Gideon’s condition of faith or spirituality. (186–87)

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