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Ok here are just a few quick references I lifted from the Internet with regards to "feeling's to just show a brief separation from personal feeling's
and the Holy Spirit .
David, upon bringing the ark into Jerusalem, rejoiced with dancing in the street.
The lame man of Acts 3, upon being healed, leaped with joy as he walked through the temple praising the name of God.
The Israelites, upon hearing Ezra magnify God, shouted in unison, 'Amen! Amen!'
Isaiah, upon seeing the Lord high and lifted up, fell upon his face in worship.
The angelic host, at the announcement of the Messiah's birth, broke forth in heavenly praise of our Lord.
Stephen, as he died at the hands of assassins, saw the glory of Christ and was filled with the peace and joy of God as he entered His presence.
And their are negative fealing's as well.
When working on the affections of people, Satan uses three tools-sentimentalism, sensationalism, and enthusiasm.
Sentimentalism confuses fuzzy, subjective feelings with the voice of the Holy Spirit. It deceives a person into following tradition rather than the clear Word of God. Sentimentalism blinds a person to the fact that the old-time religion of today is quite often the heretical modernism of a past century.
Sensationalism confuses outward demonstrations of power with the work of the Holy Spirit. It spellbinds people into believing that all signs and wonders are accurate measures of truth. Again, the Word of God takes second place to experience.
Enthusiasm, like sentimentalism and sensationalism, serves to blind those given up to it. Unstable members of a congregation begin to look for enthusiasm of worship rather than truth. A preacher who can stir emotions is considered filled with the Spirit while a sound expositor of Bible truth is considered dead and dry. Emotional enthusiasm becomes the standard by which all religious experience is measured. The Word of God is inconsequential.
So were does the Holy Spirit fit in with this ?
Well the Holy Spirit is considered the author of the bible and is a highly respected entity that gives us true guidance with accordance of God's word.
So to look at Simeon's attitude and actions after receiving the good news revealed to him by the Holy Spirit.
We see to common words "expecting" it apears twice He was "constantly expecting the Messiah"
He was "living in (expectation) of the salvation of Israel"
So there is no emotion involved but rather just an exceptance of an outcome to happen in the future.
Nothing more and nothing less ?
And that would seem to me represent an accurate picture of the character of the Holy Spirit as depicted by the word of God establishing him are his roll as more than just an emotional response on are part by what we would base a decision on such as an inner emotional reaction to an abstract thought.
But more of a directional thinking like an authoritative command someone are something telling you to go over their and your response would be ok.
Fallowing directions nothing more or nothing less is the way I would see it to be interpreted and understood.
Your thought's.
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