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Wet dream is not a sin and it is not spiritual attack. For many young men, its a sign of good sexual health. Many would stop having such dreams in their teens but in some cases it could go on up to your 30s especially for men who don't have regular sex.
Its nothing to be ashamed or afraid of. You don't need forgiveness and most of all, you don't need a pastor.

Dtruthspeaker:
Actually, we are right to blame Adam, the female Adam especially.

Male Adam would not have sinned if not for the threat of the withdrawal of sex and love and admiration from his wife, so he listened (hearkened) to her and obeyed her rather than stay in his usual obedience of God.

But female Adam, is fully responsible for the destruction of mankind.

Which is what you see in God's Judgements. Male Adams punishment is lighter and complete and God could still walk with him.

But, female Adam's own, hmm, if you look closely, you would see that God did not pour down all the punishment. He just gave her a "Hold this one first, (interim judgement) I'll get back to you later" kind of punishment!

And as you can see, He did not speak to women until very very much later.

My point is, since we all have disobeyed God at one time or the other, We shouldn't act like we are any better than Adam. We do the very same everyday.

Blessedofchrist:
oh I see where that chrisland girl learnt her own computer program from... "WOKENESS" will ruin plenty pple.

With or without the internet kids have been having sex, Its not new. We have thousands of kids earning from tictok and YouTube today. Blaming the internet for the Chrisland girl's action is unwise. I rather blame her parents who did not seem to give her the needed attention not the internet. And I am not sure you know the meaning of wokeness. You might just want to browse that out. You choose to take away personal responsibility from the parents and blame the internet. What about the millions of kids that use the internet each day without sleeping with all their classmates.

Maynman:
Who created Adam?

God

tctrills:
Many Christians love to blame Adam for the bringing in sin to the world but we forget that just like Adam, we all sin and fall short of the glory. We all have disobeyed at one time or the other and we would have acted the very same way Adam acted. So rather than blame Adam be grateful because the transgression of Adam led to the coming of Christ.
Also, because of Adam's sin, we have knowledge of Good and bad.

Question, Was Adam a bad person?
Answer, Not really, he made a choice like the rest of us and with the choice came consequences.

Question; Would he be forgiven by God.
Answer; Like the rest of us, he is also entitled to forgiveness.

Many Christians love to blame Adam for the bringing in sin to the world but we forget that just like Adam, we all sin and fall short of the glory. We all have disobeyed at one time or the other and we would have acted the very same way Adam acted. So rather than blame Adam be grateful because the transgression of Adam led to the coming of Christ.
Also, because of Adam's sin, we have knowledge of Good and bad.

Echoban:
How people dey manage 50 k per month? How long u go save before u buy car, pay house rent , marry, child school fee And co. Hmm.

Its one step at a time. Once you have acquire the needed skills from the 50k job, you move up to a better job. None of us started with our current earnings.

SalisuJasper:
I just got another job from another company and the pay is 50k, i resigned from my company last week and i just got another this week.

Please i am open to get more job as i work remotely from the comfort of my home.

whatever you are doing, be a professional at it.

Do you do copywriting jobs?

Nezzjnr:
Lmao... See this one

So my kids can't build a software if I don't give them a phone??

Why are there IT schools scattered all around the Country??

Is IT the only compulsory profession one should delve into??

So if you know that can learn at school, why are you scare for them to learn at home. Elon musk was playing with software at home when he was under 14. By 14 he was selling his first program. His parents trusted him with tech. Today he is the richest man in the world. You don't need your pastor to teach you how to bring up your child. Every child is different and so is every home. Do your best for your child. Good luck.

Nezzjnr:
Common sense will let you know that he's right in a way.

What Parent normally do is this... They buy a Nokia Torchlight phone and keep at home for kids in case of any emergency.

Be there forming woke.

Because He's a Pastor.... We must attack him

First, I did not attack him secondly, if you are afraid of giving your 14 years kid access to the internet, you are backward. Kids today are building computer programs but just because your pastor told you, you ban your kids from tech

If you depend on your pastor to know when to buy your child a phone then you are not suppose to be a parent.

Pray4meJC:
For privacy reasons, I'm an old nairaland member.

About 22 / 23 years ago, a classmate in secondary school lured us into the act of masturbation. Few days later, I started practicing the act and eventually ejaculated after tough stimulation lasting almost two hours. It got to a point I was almost getting addicted doing the unclean act.

Thereafter I graduated to pornography when internet was just starting in Nigeria.
I went further to committing adultery and fornication in the heart rather than with the body by peeping on girls and women having their bathe all to fulfill my lustful eyes. I even watched couple have sex by peeping.

Even though I have stopped and repented from these like 12 years back, I still find myself struggling with other bigger problems called wet dreams, unusual erections and wormlike vibrations in my body and sometimes body freezing at night for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

These wet dreams occurred 2 - 3 times in a week and repeat same in like manner every week compulsorily throughout the year and go on and on the following year. I have gone for several dry fasting and prayer deliverance to no avail.

I don't see myself having sex in the dream when these wet dreams occurred. Sometimes, when the wet dream is about happening I'm conscious and try screaming the name or blood of Jesus but it seems am just very powerless and before I know it, semen has spilled out and I will remain like that. Sleep is distorted and all efforts to sleep is impossible.

Sometimes, when I go to bed early by 8PM and I get caught up by wet dreams by 9:30PM, it means sleep for that night is gone completely. I sleep maximum 2 hours daily because this stuff has messed my mind and life up.

Whenever I lie down to sleep, different uninvited thoughts start forcing themselves on my brain both those that happened today and the ones of years ago. I always try deflecting them by replacing them with bible quote or singing praise to God in my head.

I woke up since 2:30 am today with a wet burser soaked in semen and started typing this because I couldn't no longer sleep. Afternoon sleep is very impossible for me as it has never worked for even 1 minute

I'm greatly troubled and worried because I read my bible and pray before going to bed. I dream about my former schools etc.

As I speak, this stuff has rendered me financially devastated with millions in debt. Could not obtain university admission 19 years ago, brain can't simulate, not married, no kids. Very recently this year my health (details withheld due to family members who might find this posts) is suffering as I can't do anything to earn a living as I easily sored tired in the heart.

PS: At night, every day for all these years, uncontrollable strong erections will suddenly start building up whether I put up underwear or not and I think this is more than the 'morning erections ' science talks about. This is pure spiritual manipulation for me. Same thing happens when I get close to some females whether matured or underage, stupid uncontrollable strong erections suddenly pop up without any sexual thoughts whatsoever to these innocent females. Unfortunately, these arousal is also a problem because it inhibits low self esteem, shame and quick withdrawal from whatever discuss I'm having to avoid the bulge being noticed.

Lastly, a year before I got myself ensnared in all these evil activities, I was already developing memory loss and a single headache that almost took my life prior to all these. The headache can be best described as "sawchain and hammer " tearing the skull to pieces and lasted for hours and resistance to drugs. That was the first and last time I experienced such and any other for that matter.

Where do I go from here? Depression is real when solutions are being defiled.

First wet dream isn't a sin or necessary a bad thing. Our bodies are different and we react different. If your sex life is healthy any you don't have ejaculation issues or low sperm count. Then I don't see the problem.

Ceeman18:
Lol. The much warned about spoilt generation has kicked off so fast

Sexual active teenagers is not a new thing. It happened even in the time of our great grand parents

Lol... Where did you get 88%? Research would only cost you data.

Zelensky is fighting a lost war. You are a civilian, most likely in Nigeria you have no way of knowing who is losing so don't come and form war expert on social media.

He wants Crimea back though, people in Crimea voted to stay under Russia. He wants to retain Donbass region though, those regions haven't been under Ukrainian rule since 2014. Its not madness, the people in the south voted to leave the united state but the great Abraham Lincoln refused and saved the nation. Same thing happened in Nigeria in 1966. There have war in the Donbass since 2014, Zelensky did not start it and it has not ended.

Are these not madness? Its not madness to defend your country.

And going against Russia a nation armed with over 10,000 nuclear warheads. They are not the only nation with nuclear bombs. There is nothing special about Russia. The have one of the lowest GDP per capital for any developed country. They are inefficient despite their great recourses and the war has not been going well for them.

Johnrake69:
Well... The west policy is to fight until the death of the last Ukrainian.

Any Ukrainian supporting Zelensky is an ignorant fellow

That accounts for more than 88 percent of his people. I was the people of Ukraine that choose to fight not the west. Zelensky had a choice at the beginning of the war to flee to US but he chose to remain with his family in Ukraine.
The Ukrainians have chosen not to surrender, Love or hate them, lets still admire their courage.

timota:
The unfortunate Chris land sex scandal is leaving many unanswered questions and one of such question is where are the boys,the girl is the only one whose identity is known but we all know that she could be guilty of everything except being guilty of recording the sex scene,who recorded the sex scene why was it recorded, was the girl drugged, are the boys suspended as well.

These are questions in my mind that begs for answer

These are kids who have the rest of their lives ahead of them. It was unwise to expose the girl this way. We should be careful not to repeat the same with the boys.
They should be disciplined and still protected from the public.

Parachoko:
Not just Tinubu alone, but the APC Governors that have ruled in general. They are working on a master plan and strictly following the plan.

Lagos State stop developing during the military regime. Nothing was happening in Lagos or can you list out the major projects that were commissioned in Lagos during IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalam regime? Apart from 3rd mainland bridge.

Lagos and most part of Nigeria was stagnated from the late 80's and the 90's. States like Kaduna and Kano catch up with Lagos State and Rivers during those period.

But Lagos State have left those places behind.

Do you even know Oyo State was more populated than Lagos State before?

Ibadan was more populated than Lagos.

To further prove your dishonesty, I would list a few of the companies and cooperation's that were in Lagos before 1999.
1.All the head quarters of foreign oil companies. Mobile, Total, Shell to name a few even though Lagos was not producing oil.
2. Weac
3. All the head quaters of multi nations. All without exception. Lets name them. Nestle, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Guinness, GlaxoSmithKline Pocter and gamble, Pz, Friesland Foods WAMCO, Flour Mills, Cadbury, and many more
4. The headquarters of all the Banks in Nigeria, including central bank at the time.
5. The National stadium.
6. The National theater.
7. The biggest electronics market in west Africa
Please tell us which other state had all these before 1999. The other state are just trying to play catch up.

Parachoko:
Not just Tinubu alone, but the APC Governors that have ruled in general. They are working on a master plan and strictly following the plan.

Lagos State stop developing during the military regime. Nothing was happening in Lagos or can you list out the major projects that were commissioned in Lagos during IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalam regime? Apart from 3rd mainland bridge.

Lagos and most part of Nigeria was stagnated from the late 80's and the 90's. States like Kaduna and Kano catch up with Lagos State and Rivers during those period.

But Lagos State have left those places behind.

Do you even know Oyo State was more populated than Lagos State before?

Ibadan was more populated than Lagos.

They say picture tell a thousand word, Lets compare these 2 pictures of Lagos in the 80s with Ibadan today.

Frigga13:
Dem still they carry money for Ghana must go bag?

That human is living in the past.. really need to upgrade.

For election, they need physical cash not wire transfer.

Lagos and most part of Nigeria was stagnated from the late 80's and the 90's. States like Kaduna and Kano catch up with Lagos State and Rivers during those period. Actually you are very wrong. None of these states were every close to Lagos. Mention how many big industries were in any of these states before 1999 and I would mention 10 that was in Lagos before 1999

But Lagos State have left those places behind. Lagos has always been the investment hub of both Local and foreign businesses. Lagos had the biggest markets, the most banks and the most industries. Before the early 2000s more than a quarter of all banks were in Lagos. Other states are just attempting to catch up.

Do you even know Oyo State was more populated than Lagos State before? The population of Lagos in 1999 (7,000,000) is much bigger than the population of Oyo state today (5,580,894). Please do your research before commenting.

Before Tinubu took over, no state was close to Lagos in economy or infrastructure.
Only recently, you began to have states like Rivers and akwa Ibom compete in terms of infrastructure. These other states used to be glorified villages before 1999.
Let me give you an example with Lagos nearest neighbor, Ogun state. By 1999, Abeokuta had less than 5 bank branches and almost all of them were on the same street. Ijebu had 2. The entire state did not have up to 10. Not one in Sango and other big cities.
Ikeja alone had more than double the number of banks Ogun state had by then.
At that time, some states had only 2 or 3 banks in the entire state.
So unless you were born yesterday, you would not understand.

Parachoko:
You don't know what you are talking about man.

Ikeja was not part of Lagos in 1960.

Ikeja Airport was constructed by the British in 1947.

Ikeja was part of the Western Region Territory, the industrial estate you are talking about were created by Awolowo.

Please, you are ignorant about what you are dabbling into.

You are making my point, Lagos has always been no 1 even before the British left Nigeria. Adding Ikeja to Lagos only added to its greatness. All through the 70s, 80s and 90s, Lagos was by far the number one state in Nigeria. So claiming it was the doing of Tinubu is actual ignorance or mischief.
Would you want to tell us that state that was more developed than Lagos before Tinubu came to power in 1999?

Parachoko:
Thank God you are saying Lagos not Lagos State.

actually Lagos state has been the most developed state in Nigeria since 1960. Note the airport is in Ikeja and the seaport in tincan and Apapa and most of the industries are not even on the island.
If you actually believe that Lagos became the biggest (by population) and richest state under Tinubu, It would be really hard to convince you otherwise.
But let me ask you, which state was richer before Lagos took over under Tinubu?

Parachoko:
I've been to almost all the states in Nigeria, Ikorodu, ketu, Egbeda etc will compete with most state capitals in Nigeria.

Before you or I were born, Lagos was the most developed state in Nigeria.it was the number one city in west Africa before Tinubu was born. Go and check your history. We know state Governors who greatly improved their states, Tinubu is not one. What aspect of Lagos did he improve? Was it education, security, health, or the terrible traffic.
Lagos has always had a very high GDP. It has the main seaport, the airport and the head quarters of most businesses. Lagos was not created in 1999. Tinubu is inconsequential to Lagos position as an economic giant.

GraciousGod190:
https://www.nairaland.com/7080619/father-dragging-moms-property-me


Reading all the abuses I got from nairaland, from fellow nairalanders calling me a bastard, ungrateful son all because I was fighting for what was right and not material things.

My mom before she left us, the properties were passed down to her from her parents,(which some they inherited from their Grandparents) she didn't really have to do nothing a full time house wife.. because only the house rents alone she receives from tenants a year from different buildings kept her okay.... some were used for my education, I was made to understand here on nairaland that those properties belong more to my dad, so he can sell it out any way he deem fit... since he married her,. Even though they are ancestral properties.


But, I still don't agree....


So I reported my father to the most senior man in my mother's kindreds, from her father side. I went there on Saturday evening and narrated everything to him...the first thing he said was


YOUR FATHER NOR FIT (in our native language)

He was so angry that he had to call another man and told him everything on the phone, I went back to my house..... and got a call Sunday afternoon to come back around, to my surprise I saw my father there with lots of extended family members and they gave him a stern warning not to try anything funny with those lands.

That our trybe don't sell family lands, house.. inherited property.. that what even gave him the right to think about doing something like that in law for that matter... while my mom has a son...they even said I as the son can't even sell those lands talkless my father.

They ask him, if it was financial issue that gave him that thinking, at first he wanted to deny about selling before he admitted it...my father is not poor, a retired nnpc staff receiving his pension steadily.....he just likes having a lot of money to spend anyhow.... and seeing those lands available he thought he could sell them... but the family proved him wrong and there's nothing he can do about it.

I haven't called my mother kindreds from my my mother side, still observing.. while we Left the meeting, my dad was cold all through..I know he must have narrated to some of his educated friends..let's see if he will take this to court.

This doesn't have nothing to do with me again, but with my mothers kindreds.

Property is not more important than family. No matter what happens don't lose your father to properties.

Richsteemit:
Good evening. Have been praying for God to give me a good wife and job. God answered my prayer I got a job last month. But I'm in love with d boss of my work place. She posses everything a woman suppose to have. Guys should I shoot my shot? I know it is very risky. Money is not everything. May be God wants to answer the two prayers at a time

Better calm down. First impress her with your work then impress her with your presence. Gain her respect and admiration then shoot your shot. Be smart about it.

cornelboy:
Your inability to decipher sarcasm is quite alarming.


Face me and talk na.


So why couldn't you give answers when we asked you what your opinion is?
We know you need save that face of yours.


Well Jesus talked about some false Christs that will arise.

Pls otenearon and tctrills help me quote where achorladey answered this question;
Is God one person or trinity?
Maybe my eyes are no longer functioning well.

Sorry, I was not following this thread. I guess you mistakenly quoted me.

OdogwuBlog:
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Who posted this pics? Is it Peter Obi's wedding or his daughters wedding? No single pics of the couple

God1000:
For those of you that think Barack Obama is evil because of his policies and stance on homosexuality, he's a surefooted Christian, a true believer in Christ, he goes to church regularly.


You can see him reading the holy bible

He's a proud Blackman as well, I remember him going to his ancestral homeland keyna as senator and president.

Ok, he goes to church, what's your point? Buhari goes to mosque and Osinbanjo goes to church.

The fact is, Jesus was nowhere but the grave for three days and after God raised him he spent another 40 days on earth before ascension to heaven.
Wrong, Jesus was in the spirit world. 1Peter 3. 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.


Was the comma placed wrongly or was Jesus lying knowing that he won't go to heaven that same day and will be with his disciples 40 days after resurrection? Unfortunately, we don't have the audio records of Christ's words all we have is what the Catholics gave to us as the modern bible and since we all choose to believe it, we shouldn't argue where the comma is.

Sayishalom:
I am aware of a married man who is clearly cheating on his wife with a lady I know well. It disturbs me a lot cause I have feelings for the lady in question. Should I report to his wife or keep mute? I don't like women to be disrespected like this. The same lady doesn't care whether I am aware or not. Help a man with answers.

You seem like a sour loser. You have feelings for the woman but she prefers the married man and you want to report. Just be careful.

Janosky:
Koine Greek Holy spirit is in the holy Scriptures.
Greek Bible lexicon has no word for "ghost".
Oga, receive sense.

Ghost is a man made contraption in your KJV.

Lets learn from different scholars many of whom don't agree with themselves.

Most people assume that Holy Ghost is simply an antiquated name for the Holy Spirit, and that Spirit is less ghastly than Ghost. In one sense this is true (for modern readers), but in another, there is a real advantage of speaking of the Holy Ghost rather than the Holy Spirit.

Is Ghost too Ghastly?
One of the major reasons people give for dismissing the KJV term Holy Ghost is because ghost sounds too ghastly. And, actually, the English words come from the same family. The Old English word gast meant “breath,” much like the Greek word pneuma (from which we get pneumatic tools). In 1611, there was no more frightening imagery associated with the word ghost than we have today with the word spirit (which can have a positive or negative “vibe”). In fact, the Geneva Bible (1560) the Tyndale Bible (1526) and the Wycliff Bible (1382) all use the word ghost when referring to the Holy Spirit.

But words do change, and ghost has come to be almost exclusively associated with evil spirits or, at best, with the paranormal.

However, don’t be quick to dismiss the KJV because it uses an antiquated or inappropriate word. In fact, the term Holy Spirit was just as accepted in 1611 as Holy Ghost, but the word ghost was selected for a very important reason.

God has a spirit that is holy, and there is a Holy Spirit
What may surprise you is that the KJV uses the term Holy Ghost 90 times (exclusively in the New Testament), but it also uses the term holy Spirit seven times (three in the Old Testament and four in the New Testament). While some have stated that this is just sloppy translation on the part of the KJV translators, such a position would be sloppy research. The KJV translators had a very specific purpose in mind when they sometimes translated pneuma as spirit, and other times a ghost.

It is no surprise to you that God has a spirit, and the “spirit of God” is much different than the “Holy Spirit.” That is, the spirit of God (or spirit of the Lord) is not necessarily the third Person of the Trinity. In the places in which the KJV translators understood the “Holy Spirit” to be the third Person of the Trinity, they used the words Holy Ghost. However, in times in which they determined the “spirit of the Lord,” or they believed there was a shadow of doubt that the reference was to the third Person of the Trinity, they used the word Spirit.

For example, Psalm 51:11 records an event that was much earlier than the Holy Ghost was received, and even prior to promises that He would be given. However, there was an understanding of the Spirit of the Lord from the earliest pages of Scripture. When David was confessing before God, his prayer was, “take not thy holy spirit from me.” The KJV does not capitalize the term. The New King James, following the lead of virtually all modern translations, says, “take not Your Holy Spirit from me,” making the assumption that David was indwelt with the person of the Holy Ghost, a questionable position at best.

In the New Testament, the KJV uses “holy Spirit” (lower case “h” and upper case “S”) in Ephesians 1:13, 4:30, and 1 Thessalonians 4:8. In these verses, the context is the Spirit of God (or of the Father), and the KJV translators determined that this was different from the third Person of the Trinity. In fact, even today we would never hear the words “Holy Ghost of God” or “Holy Ghost of the Father,” and would intuitively know that this would be problematic speech. There is a “spirit of the living God” and a “Holy Ghost,” and we should keep these separate.

The final New Testament use of Spirit is Luke 11:13, where the KJV says, “…how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” At first glance, one would see this as an inconsistency with the KJV pattern. For one, it is the only passage in which “Holy Spirit” is completely capitalized, and thus a clear reference to the Holy Ghost. In addition, this appears to be a reference to the promised sending of the Holy Ghost. Why would the KJV not use the term “Holy Ghost” in this verse? For understanding, a little historical digging proves valuable. First, we see that there is a close reference to the “heavenly Father,” and it appears that the 1611 KJV translators originally viewed this as the Father sending His holy Spirit and not the sending of the Holy Ghost. However, the capitalization of both words indicates the third Person rather than the Father’s spirit. But in the original 1611 version, you will find the capitalization as “holy Spirit,” in the same manner as the other three “Spirit” translations in the New Testament. Only in later editions of the KJV did editors determine that this was more likely a reference to the Holy Spirit than a holy Spirit, and they made a capitalization change but not a word change to show their editorial opinion.

Advantages of the KJV precision
About four years ago, I began to abandon the NASB (which I had used for 25 years) and adopted the KJV. One of the biggest reasons I did this is because I noted a precision in the KJV that simply isn’t available in any other translation. This is an example of that precision. Not all pneuma is the same, and a direct translation may not, in this case, be the most accurate translation.

I am going to “retrain my tongue” to use the term “Holy Ghost” when referring to the third Person of the Trinity, and using the word “spirit” when referring to the “spirit of the Lord.” It is not the first time I have had to work hard to retrain the tongue to rid myself of modern, evangelical pablum (or outright error). You may not choose to follow me in your own references to the third Person of the Trinity, and I won’t be offended. But as for me, I will use the term Holy Ghost.

In Judaism, the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost, is the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the universe or over his creatures. In Nicene Christianity, the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. In Islam, the Holy Spirit acts as an agent of divine action or communication. In the Baha’i Faith the Holy Spirit is seen as the intermediary between God and man and “the outpouring grace of God and the effulgent rays that emanate from His Manifestation.”[1]


Contents
1 Comparative religion
2 Abrahamic religions
2.1 Judaism
2.2 Christianity
2.3 Islam
2.4 Baháʼí Faith
3 Other religions
3.1 Hinduism
3.2 Zoroastrianism
3.3 Gnosticism
4 See also
5 Further reading
6 References
6.1 Works cited
Comparative religion
The Hebrew Bible contains the term "spirit of God" (ruach hakodesh) in the sense of the might of a unitary God.[citation needed] This meaning is different from the Christian concept of the Holy Spirit as one person of the Trinity.[2]

The Christian concept tends to emphasize the moral aspect of the Holy Spirit more than Judaism, evident in the epithet Holy Spirit that appeared in Jewish religious writings only relatively late but was a common expression in the Christian New Testament.[3] Based on the Old Testament, the book of Acts emphasizes the power of ministry aspect of the Holy Spirit.[4]

According to theologian Rudolf Bultmann, there are two ways to think about the Holy Spirit: "animistic" and "dynamistic". In animistic thinking, it is "an independent agent, a personal power which like a demon can fall upon a man and take possession of him, enabling him or compelling him to perform manifestations of power" while in dynamistic thought it "appears as an impersonal force which fills a man like a fluid".[5] Both kinds of thought appear in Jewish and Christian scripture, but animistic is more typical of the Old Testament whereas dynamistic is more common in the New Testament.[6] The distinction coincides with the Holy Spirit as either a temporary or permanent gift. In the Old Testament and Jewish thought, it is primarily temporary with a specific situation or task in mind, whereas in the Christian concept the gift resides in persons permanently.[7]

On the surface, the Holy Spirit appears to have an equivalent in non-Abrahamic Hellenistic mystery religions. These religions included a distinction between the spirit and psyche, which is also seen in the Pauline epistles. According to proponents of the History of religions school, the Christian concept of the Holy Spirit cannot be explained from Jewish ideas alone without reference to the Hellenistic religions.[8] And according to theologian Erik Konsmo, the views "are so dissimilar that the only legitimate connection one can make is with the Greek term πνεῦμα [pneuma, Spirit] itself".[9]

Another link with ancient Greek thought is the Stoic idea of the spirit as anima mundi – or world soul – that unites all people.[9] Some believe that this can be seen in Paul's formulation of the concept of the Holy Spirit that unites Christians in Jesus Christ and love for one another, but Konsmo again thinks that this position is difficult to maintain.[10] In his Introduction to the 1964 book Meditations, the Anglican priest Maxwell Staniforth wrote:

Another Stoic concept which offered inspiration to the Church was that of "divine Spirit". Cleanthes, wishing to give more explicit meaning to Zeno's "creative fire", had been the first to hit upon the term pneuma, or "spirit", to describe it. Like fire, this intelligent "spirit" was imagined as a tenuous substance akin to a current of air or breath, but essentially possessing the quality of warmth; it was immanent in the universe as God, and in man as the soul and life-giving principle. Clearly it is not a long step from this to the "Holy Spirit" of Christian theology, the "Lord and Giver of life", visibly manifested as tongues of fire at Pentecost and ever since associated – in the Christian as in the Stoic mind – with the ideas of vital fire and beneficent warmth.[11]

Abrahamic religions
Judaism
Main article: Holy Spirit in Judaism
The Hebrew language phrase ruach ha-kodesh (Hebrew: רוח הקודש, "holy spirit" also transliterated ruacḥ ha-qodesh) is used in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish writings to refer to the spirit of YHWH (רוח יהוה).[12] The Hebrew terms ruacḥ qodshəka, "thy holy spirit" (רוּחַ קָדְשְׁךָ), and ruacḥ qodshō, "his holy spirit" (רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֹ), also occur (when a possessive suffix is added the definite article ha is dropped).

The Holy Spirit in Judaism generally refers to the divine aspect of prophecy and wisdom. It also refers to the divine force, quality, and influence of the Most High God, over the universe or over his creatures, in given contexts.[13]

Christianity
Main article: Holy Spirit in Christianity
For the large majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost, from Old English gast, "spirit" is the third[14] person of the Trinity: The "Triune God" manifested as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; each Person being God.[15][16][17] Two symbols from the New Testament canon are associated with the Holy Spirit in Christian iconography: a winged dove, and tongues of fire.[18][19] Each depiction of the Holy Spirit arose from different accounts in the Gospel narratives; the first being at the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River where the Holy Spirit was said to descend in the form of a dove as the voice of God the Father spoke as described in Matthew, Mark, and Luke;[18] the second being from the day of Pentecost, fifty days after Easter where the descent of the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, as tongues of fire as described in the Acts of the Apostles,[20] as promised by Jesus in his farewell discourse.[21][22] Called "the unveiled epiphany of God",[23] the Holy Spirit is the One who empowers the followers of Jesus with spiritual gifts[24][25] and power[26][27] that enables the proclamation of Jesus Christ, and the power that brings conviction of faith.[28]

Many terms have become outdated: for example, a charger is a large platter (Matt 14:, commune meant to converse (Luke 24:15), coasts referred to any border, not just the edge of land and water (Matt 16:13); flux meant dysentery (Acts 28:; halt meant lame (Mark 9:45); a husbandman was a farmer (Matthew 21:33); let meant to prevent and prevent meant to go before (Romans 1:13 / Psalm 88:13); meat means all food; quicken means bring to life; study means to try hard (2 Tim 2:15); trow meant to suppose (Luke 17:9), for example.

While some appreciate the King James as an example of wonderful Jacobean literature, outdated language creates obstacles to understanding, and focuses on a particular antique translation rather than a more accurate and understandable version — it gives the impression that believers are mired in the past. To focus on which translation is preferred obscures the fact that all English New Testaments are translations of a text written in Greek that was already a translation of words spoken in Aramaic, and suggests that we care little for the actual words of Jesus.

The word spirit and ghost mean the same thing. Spirit is more of a Latin word and ghost is more Germanic.

However, the word ghost has taken on a different connotation than the word spirit. When we speak of ghosts we usually think of haunted houses and things that go bang in the middle of the night. Spirit is more of a philosophical word when people want to discuss the “human spirit” or how God is a spirit.

Back in 1611 the connotation of the word ghost was less “boo!” and more all inclusive. Even if you look at modern German you will see them use the word geist (ghost) when discussing philosophical matters like the word zeitgeist (the spirit of the age).

For whatever reason English users like Latin words when we are being fancy; we don't eat pigs we eat pork. Guess what the word pig and pork mean the exact same thing!

In short, Bible translators would rather use the refined Latin word when speaking about God. They don't want you to think God likes to float around with a white sheet and scare you in the middle of the night.

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, Th.D. Bible/Theology & Communications & Writing, Public Speaking, (2011)
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The Holy Spirit Ghost and The Holy Spirit are the same word in Greek — Pneuma, translated- The Holy Spirit.

There are two other references to God's Spirit in scripture.

•God's holy Spirit in Is 63:11 is Ruach in Greek— translated God's breath.

•The Holy Ghost in Matthew 1:18 is Pneuma in Greek- translated The Holy Spirit, The third person of the Trinity.

•The Holy Spirit in Eph 4:30 is also Pneuma in Greek- translated The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Tinity.

•The Spirit of God in I Cor 12:3 is Theos in Greek — translated the Godhead (Father,Son,Holy Spirit)

The word for both ghost and spirit is the same Greek word. Let's look at the Strong's Lexicon.

G4151

Original: πνεῦμα

Transliteration: pneuma

Phonetic: pnyoo'-mah

Strong's Definition: a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze ; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy spirit : - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590

The terms were just chosen by the translators, however the term “Holy Ghost” seemed to be the more popular term used at the time. Not sure when Holy Spirit became more popular as it is today.

The two terms are not different in the Bible because there are not two terms. In Hebrew it is Ha Ruach Ha Kodesh. In Greek it is Hagios Pneuma.

The English term spirit comes from its Latin origin, spiritus, which is how the Vulgate translates both the Old and New Testament concept. The alternative term, "Holy Ghost", comes from Old English translations of spiritus.

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Shakespeare and the KJV translators thought of the word “ghost” differently to that which we English speakers think today. A person had a “ghost” while still alive, since the term applied to the human spirit. The idea of disembodiment and continued existence coupled with the thought that such beings might be either allowed or forced to remain on earth contributes to the much exploited idea of “haunted houses” and ghostly apparitions.
Older English translations of the Bible, hymns, and catechisms will often refer to the Holy Ghost rather than Holy Spirit. In the Latin texts, Spiritus, Pneuma in Greek. Spirit is a good translation; while in more ancient times, Ghost was a perfectly acceptable synonym for Spirit. By the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the term Ghost became increasingly associated with spirits of deceased people in a usually frightening context.