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and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
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Spirit-Filled Craftsmanship
Commentators unanimously highlight that God filled Bezaleel with His Spirit not for abstract spiritual insight, but for practical, artistic, and manual skills. This shows that talents in art, design, and craftsmanship are divine gifts. All well-ordered labor, when directed toward God's purposes, is a spiritual endeavor and an act of worship.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Exodus 35:30–35) This solemn call of Bezaleel and Aholiab is full of instruction. Their work was to be only that of handicraftsmen. St…
19th Century
Anglican
I have filled him with the spirit of God ... to devise cunning works. —Every good gift and every perfect gift (intell…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I have filled him with the Spirit of God Not with the special graces of the Spirit, or with spiritual gifts fitt…
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The Israelites, who had been masons and bricklayers in Egypt, were not qualified for skillful craftsmanship; but the Spirit who gave the apostles u…
