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                                    204baptized Christian. If it were God, then how dare the devil approach, tempt, and seduce the hallowed or rather defied man? Besides, what is more serious is how can the devil chase away the Holy Ghost and settle himself in the heart of a baptized heretic or atheist? On the other hand, if the Holy Spirit means the Archangel Gabriel or some other angel, then the Christian Churches roam in a desert of superstition; for an angel is not Omni-present. If this Spirit that purifies and fills a baptized Christian is God Himself, for such is their belief in the Third Person of the Trinity, then all the baptized Christians ought to claim themselves divine or deified.Then there is a Protestant conception of the Holy Spirit, which (or who [1] ) fills the hearts of those who, at the highest excitement and ecstasy during an inflammatory sermon of an ignorant or learned haranguer, believe themselvesto become “new-born”; yet many among them slide back and become what they were before, rogues and swindlers!Nowbefore I come to explain, according tomy humble understanding, the spiritual and fiery baptism, I wish to admit and confess that there are many pious and Godfearing persons among the Jews and the Christians. For however their religious views and beliefs may differ from ours, they love God and do good in His name.We cannot comprehend and determine the dealings of God with the peoples of different religions. The Christian conception of the Deity is only an erroneous definition of the true God in whom they believe and love. If they extol Jesus (pbuh) and deify him, it is not that they wish to dishonour God, but because they see His beauty in that Ruh-Allah(the “Spirit of God,” i.e. Jesus (pbuh) . They certainly cannot appreciate[1] The Holy Spirit, in all the Christian literature of diverse languages, has not a fixed gender. He, she, it are all commonly used as the personal pronouns for the Holy Ghost. (the author).
                                
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