The Holy Spirit THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON
It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16:7.
Have you ever felt like an "it"? I've heard people say that. "I don't feel like a person. I feel like an it." A thing. And yet, how much of the time we call the Holy Spirit an It. Regardless of our theology, whether we believe that the Holy Spirit is a person or not, we keep calling Him an It! Maybe it's all right in a sense, but we ought to realize more often, even in our designation of Him, that the Holy Spirit is a person. And we ought to think of the Holy Spirit as a person all the time experientially. The Holy Spirit is a person.
There are some who think of the Holy Spirit as simply the spirit of God or of Christ and not really the third person of the Godhead. He is considered to be primarily an influence, and not a real person, not a separate entity. But the Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a separate personality. Luke 3:21, 22 is one text on the subject; it tells of the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus in a bodily shape. Matthew 28:19 lists the Holy Spirit as a separate person. John 14:16 records Jesus' request that the Father give another Comforter besides Himself. John 16:7 says that the Spirit could not come until Jesus went away. And Acts 2:33 calls the Holy Ghost the "promise" that we receive of the Father.
John 14:26 tells that the Spirit's work is to bring to our remembrance the teachings of Jesus. John 15:26 says that the Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus. Romans 8:9 describes the Spirit's indwelling. Acts 16:7 tells of the Spirit's guidance. John 16:13 says that the Spirit guides us to truth. And John 16:14 says that the Spirit glorifies Jesus.
If you will study these references and others like them, you will discover that there are indicated three distinct persons of the Godhead. You will see that the Holy Spirit is a separate person, that He is one with the Father and with Jesus, and that He is given a special work on this earth of bringing us to God and working in our lives. We can be thankful today for the Person who is the Holy Spirit, who loves us and seeks to bring us to salvation.
It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16:7.
Have you ever felt like an "it"? I've heard people say that. "I don't feel like a person. I feel like an it." A thing. And yet, how much of the time we call the Holy Spirit an It. Regardless of our theology, whether we believe that the Holy Spirit is a person or not, we keep calling Him an It! Maybe it's all right in a sense, but we ought to realize more often, even in our designation of Him, that the Holy Spirit is a person. And we ought to think of the Holy Spirit as a person all the time experientially. The Holy Spirit is a person.
There are some who think of the Holy Spirit as simply the spirit of God or of Christ and not really the third person of the Godhead. He is considered to be primarily an influence, and not a real person, not a separate entity. But the Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a separate personality. Luke 3:21, 22 is one text on the subject; it tells of the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus in a bodily shape. Matthew 28:19 lists the Holy Spirit as a separate person. John 14:16 records Jesus' request that the Father give another Comforter besides Himself. John 16:7 says that the Spirit could not come until Jesus went away. And Acts 2:33 calls the Holy Ghost the "promise" that we receive of the Father.
John 14:26 tells that the Spirit's work is to bring to our remembrance the teachings of Jesus. John 15:26 says that the Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus. Romans 8:9 describes the Spirit's indwelling. Acts 16:7 tells of the Spirit's guidance. John 16:13 says that the Spirit guides us to truth. And John 16:14 says that the Spirit glorifies Jesus.
If you will study these references and others like them, you will discover that there are indicated three distinct persons of the Godhead. You will see that the Holy Spirit is a separate person, that He is one with the Father and with Jesus, and that He is given a special work on this earth of bringing us to God and working in our lives. We can be thankful today for the Person who is the Holy Spirit, who loves us and seeks to bring us to salvation.
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