Citations (in order)
On new priesthood between Old and New Testament,
Hebrews 8.8, 13; 9.11
'...the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant...
...by calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
But when Christ came as high priest...he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands...
On calling on God without being preached to; note again the backdrop of roman audience where philosophy thrived,
Romans 10.14
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
Colossians 2.8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
On mission of God, Abrahamic promise,
see publications by Christopher J. H. Wright
For Socrates' reference of 'daimon',
Apology 31d, 37e, 40a to 40c
Phaedrus 242b-c.
On division of kingdom, satanic or foreign spirits,
Matthew 12:26
If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
On knowing Jesus prior to meeting him,
John 4.25
The woman said, “I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
On Spirit, compared to the wind,
John 3.8
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
On Biblical interaction with philosophy, or philo-sophia, Jewish prophetic God and pagan reception, undertaken by Pauline writing,
1Corinthians 1.22-3
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
On Filioque controversy,
See publications by A. Edward Siecienski.
On work of the Holy Spirit prior to the name of Jesus being preached,
See Acts 10, Peter's confession at v.44-48
"...They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.” So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
On Jesus asking, sending, of the Holy Spirit,
John 14.16, 15.26
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever...
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father...
Isaiah 65:1
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me.
To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.
On Paul preaching for God that is unknown specifically to roman culture at that time period,
Acts 17.22-34
...For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you...
On nature and grace,
See Thomas Aquinas, or Summa theologiae.
On Immnauel Kant and religion,
See Critique of Pure Reason, Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Matthew 11.18-9
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right (vindicated in some translations) by her deeds.
Hebrews 11.3 (ESV)
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
