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Originally Posted by awareness
Then a important question to ask is: Does the outcome of our understanding of 15:45, however it turns out, have any affect on our present experiences of God?
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Well, yes and no. If the interpretation hinders a valid way God is to experienced, maybe. But you may be looking for an otherwise valid truth in a verse that really doesn't teach it. I believe the Son and the Spirit are so closely related that sometimes it is hard (and pointless) to try and tell them apart (Roman 8:9-11 supports this.) However, just because Christ and the Spirit seem in some cases interchangeable, that doesn't mean that interpreting 15:45 to be about that is correct, even though the general idea is.