This document discusses the doctrine of pneumatology, or the Holy Spirit. It argues that the Spirit is fully God based on biblical evidence like being attributed divine characteristics, included in trinitarian references, and doing works like creation. The Spirit is a distinct person based on personal pronouns and relationships with the Father and Son. While the Spirit's nature is mysterious, Scripture reveals He teaches, guides, and empowers believers to worshipfully relate to Him in their lives. The document aims to correct erroneous non-biblical views of the Spirit and encourage integral theology and a lifestyle submitted to the Spirit's work.

1. NOOMA
The Person of the Spirit

2. Introduction
• Why study the doctrine of the Spirit?
( PNEUMATOLOGY )

3. 1. The Holy Spirit is the
point at which the Trinity
becomes personal for the
believer … he is resident
within us

4. 2. We live in the period in
which the Holy Spirit’s
work is more prominent
than that of the other
members of the Trinity

5. 3. The current culture
stresses the experiential,
and it is primarily through
[the Holy Spirit] that we
experience God

6. Introduction
• Why have we stopped talking much about
the Spirit in the 21st century?
• Protestant scholasticism
• Rationalism
• Romanticism
• Charismatic Pentecostalism

7. “The Holy Spirit is
absolutely vital to our
situation today … If He
doesn’t move, we will not
produce genuine fruit no
matter how much effort
or money we expend.”

8. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is deity.
– Referred to with interchangeable terms for God
• ACTS 5:3-4  v3 – lied to the Spirit; v4 – lied to God
• 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17  you are God’s temple;
6:19-20  your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit

9. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is deity.
– Possesses attributes or characteristics of God
• OMNISCIENCE  Isa 40:13; 1 Cor 2:10-11; Jn 16:13
• OMNIPOTENCE Lk 1:35; Rom 15:19; Jn 3:5-8
• OMNIPRESENCE  Ps 139:7
• ETERNALITY  Heb 9:14; 1:10-12
• Also HOLINESS, LOVE, TRUTH, LIFE

10. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is deity.
– Acts supernaturally to do the works of God
• CREATION  Gen 1:2; Job 26:13, 33:4; Ps 104:30
• INSPIRATION  2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21
• INCARNATION  Lk 1:35
• REGENERATION  Titus 3:5; Rom 8:11

11. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is deity.
– Included in triune descriptions and titles of God
• GREAT COMMISSION  Mt 28:19-20
• SPIRITUAL GIFTS  1 Cor 12:4-6
• SALUTATIONS  1 Pet 1:2
• BENEDICTIONS  2 Cor 13:14

12. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is personal.
– He is referred to with masculine pronouns
• Jn 16:13-14; Eph 1:14 – when we would expect neuter
pronouns (ie “it” not “he”)

13. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is personal.
– He is a co-worker with other persons and
members of the Trinity
• COMFORT -- (Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:7) & (1 Jn 2:1)
• GLORIFYING – (Jn 16:14) & (Jn 17:4)
• SANCTIFYING BELIEVERS – (Jude 20, 21; 1 Pet 1:2)
• OTHERS – (Rom 15:16; 1 Cor 12:4-6; Eph 3:14-17; 2
Thes 2:13-14)

14. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is personal.
– He has personal characteristics: intelligence,
will and emotions
• INTELLIGENCE  Jn 14:26; 1 Cor 2:10-11
• WILL  1 Cor 12:11; Acts 16:6
• EMOTIONS  Eph 4:30

15. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is personal.
– He can be affected personally
• LYING TO  Acts 5:3-4
• GRIEVING  Eph 4:30
• QUENCHING  1 Thes 5:19
• RESISTING  Acts 7:51
• BLASPHEMING  Mt 12:31 // Mrk 3:29
• OBEYING  Acts 10

16. The Spirit’s Nature
• The Spirit is personal.
– He engages in moral activity and ministry
• TEACHING, REGENERATING, SEARCHING
• SPEAKING, INTERCEDING, COMMANDING
• TESTIFYING, GUIDING, ILLUMINATING
• OTHERS…

17. Conclusions
• I can understand the revealed truth about
the Spirit and discount erroneous views
Biblically.

18. • Arianism
• Modalism
• Partialism

19. “…how ludicrous it would
be for anyone to say they
were going to explain the
Holy Spirit. …the Spirit I
infinite and cannot be
known fully by humans.”

20. Conclusions
• I can understand the revealed truth about
the Spirit and discount erroneous views
Biblically.
• I can have an interactive relationship with
the Spirit.

21. “Perhaps it’s not theology
we’re missing, but rather
theological integrity. Many
have the knowledge but
lack the courage to admit
the discrepancy between
what we know and how
we live.”

22. Conclusions
• I can understand the revealed truth about
the Spirit and discount erroneous views
Biblically.
• I can have an interactive relationship with
the Spirit.
• I can worship the Spirit by inviting,
appreciating, and celebrating His activity in
my life.

23. “We are not all we were
made to be when
everything in our lives
and churches can be
explained apart from the
work and presence of the
Spirit of God.”