Spiritual Gifts part 74. The Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and renewal.

Pastor-Teacher
John Farley
Sunday,
January 16, 2011

Spiritual Gifts Part 74: The Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and renewal.

The Doctrine of Adoption

our Greek word huiothesia occurs twice in Romans 8, here in verse 15, and again in verse 23.

Verse 15 talks about the spirit in relation to adoption as sons, and what we have already received.

Verse 23 talks about the body in relation to the adoption as sons, and what we are waiting eagerly to receive.

The original function of nature was perfect order. However, nature had its fall along with man.

When the Lord Jesus Christ returns, nature is going to function properly, ISA 11:1-10.

God will unveil the true nature of Christians at the Rapture, and He will publicly manifest our real status at the Second Advent of Christ.

The first occurred when satan and the fallen angels rebelled.

Verse 1 describes the original perfect creation, a creation out of nothing.

In this gap of time, was the fall of satan and the other angels.

This resulted in divine judgment of the earth.

Verse 1 describes the original perfect creation, a creation out of nothing.

In this gap of time, was the fall of satan and the other angels.

This resulted in divine judgment of the earth.

Verse 2 describes the earth that resulted from the fall of satan.

The first phrase is wa ha aretz meaning “now the earth”.

In Hebrew grammar, when the subject comes before the predicate, the emphasis is on the subject, to state something new about it.
[Arnold Fruchtenbaum]

The first phrase is wa ha aretz meaning “now the earth”.

In GEN 1:2, the subject does come before the predicate, meaning the author wants to say something new about the subject, which is the earth.

Genesis 1:2 begins with a coordinating conjunction “waw”.

The disjunctive argues against the formlessness and void and darkness being an intermediate stage of God’s work at the time of creation.

In Hebrew, there are two different types of the conjunction, indentified as conjunctive and disjunctive. [Pratico and Van Pelt]

The disjunctive waw is prefixed to a non-verbal form and is non-sequential. It introduces some kind of break or interruption in the narrative.
[Pratico and Van Pelt]

tohuw
from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing.

tohuw
from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing.

a) formlessness (used of primeval earth); nothingness, empty space
b) what is empty or unreal ( used of idols) (figurative)

c) wasteland, wilderness (used of solitary places)
d) place of chaos
e) vanity

a) formlessness (used of primeval earth); nothingness, empty space
b) what is empty or unreal ( used of idols) (figurative)

ISA 45:18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create [bara] it a waste place [tohuw], but formed it to be inhabited),

Therefore, something else had to happen between GEN 1:1 and GEN 1:2 so that the earth goes from not tohuw to tohuw.

bohuw
from an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin:

The Hebrew expression for “formless and void” is
tohuw waa bohuw

In the other two places where these words are used together, ISA 34:11 and JER 4:23, they clearly describe divine judgment.

Darkness is a symbol of divine judgment throughout the Old Testament.

hayah ; a primitive root
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):
fall out, come to pass, become, be

GEN 7:10 It came about [waa + hayah ]after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

Consider the role of the Holy Spirit in the plan of God. He is the agent of regeneration and renewal.