A review of the book PNEUMATOLOGY A MISSIONAL STUDY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

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Both of these words have the meaning of “breath,” “blast” or “wind,” and are translated in various ways. The English word “pneumatic” comes from this Greek word pneuʹma, a pneumatic tire being a tire full of wind. While the term “Holy Ghost” occurs some ninety times in the King James and Douay versions, it is actually an Old English term, “ghost” being derived from the German word geist, meaning “spirit.” That is why the expression “Holy Ghost” does not appear in modern translations.

Thus it was by means of his holy spirit or active force that God created all things, doing so, of course, as John 1:3 shows, through his Son. As Elihu said: “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” (Job 33:4; see also Genesis 1:2; Psalm 104:30.) This active force came upon the faithful men of old, such as Gideon, Jephthah and Samson, empowering them to gain notable victories. Jesus testified that it was “by means of God’s spirit” that he performed miracles.

One of those miracles will be the answer to the Lord's Prayer, for God's Kingdom to come and His Will to be done on Earth as in Heaven. Mathew 6:9,10

The results will be what Revelations 21:3,4 says as an answer to that prayer, as a result of God using His Holy Spirit to accomplish His Will.
Ref: jw.org (Holy Spirit)

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