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George Muller
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Eventide, the Holy Spirit was described as a dove for a reason, yes. But much is written and known about the Holy Spirit, that convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. It was through the power of the Holy Spirit that some died at Peters rebuke, that some where made blind at the rebuke of Paul. He is gentle unto the humble and honest but the conviction and judgment he brings upon those in pride is well able to break the "self-will". Now I do not believe some are saved and elect, because they claim some doctrine, but because they have the Holy Spirit. "free-will" is not the biblical standard, The Cross and Gods Will as one "walks in the Spirit" is the biblical standard. "free to surrender" is not "free-will" We surrender because we know our will is not Gods will. The term "free-will" is just biblical ignorance.The blatantly obvious point, in case anyone can't see it... Is that we are FREE to surrender our will so that His will is done.
The Spirit of God doesn't drag anyone to Christ as so many are taught in Calvinism... The Spirit is depicted as a DOVE to show how gentle He is.