1. GOD
THE HOLY SPIRIT
his personality
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2. IF YOU CHOOSE TO READ
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REFERENCES CITED THAN
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3. WORDS, IDEAS, THOUGHTS
ASSOCIATED WITH HOLY SPIRIT -
WHAT DO WE KNOW OR THINK
ALREADY?
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4. 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS
PERSONALITY
This is important to emphasise as he
does not speak from himself or of
himself.
He speaks what he hears - Jn 16:13,
Acts 13:2
He comes to glorify Christ - John 16:14
The Father and Son speak for themselves
and use the personal pronoun ‘I’ - they
are in constant conversation, communion
and co-operation with one another.
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5. HS was not recognised as a
personality until after that of
Father and Son (which
happened at the council of
Nicea 325AD)
Having said that the Bible is
clear on the personality of the
HS within the Trinity, forming
one God with three persons.
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6. 2. THE BIBLE’S REVELATION OF
HOLY SPIRIT’S PERSONALITY
1. Convicts - Jn. 16:8 - And when he
comes, he will convict the world concerning
sin and righteousness and judgment:
2. Teaches - Jn 14:26 -But the
Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, he will teach you all
things and bring to your remembrance all
that I have said to you.
3. Speaks - Gal 4:6 - And because you
are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his
Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
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7. 2. THE BIBLE’S REVELATION OF
2.A. THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES THINGS
HOLY SPIRIT’S PERSONALITY
THAT ONLY A PERSON CAN DO
1. Convicts - Jn. 16:8 - And when he
comes, he will convict the world concerning
sin and righteousness and judgment:
2. Teaches - Jn 14:26 -But the
Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, he will teach you all
things and bring to your remembrance all
that I have said to you.
3. Speaks - Gal 4:6 - And because you
are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his
Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
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8. 4. Intercedes - Rom 8:26 - Likewise
the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For
we do not know what to pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for
us with groanings too deep for words.
5. Leads - Gal 5:16, Rom 8:14 -
For all who are led by the Spirit of God
are sons of God.
6. Appoints men for service - Acts
13:2 - While they were worshiping the
Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set
apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the
work to which I have called them."
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9. 7. H. Sp is appointed - Jn
15:26 - "But when the Helper
comes, whom I will send to you
from the Father, the Spirit of
truth, who proceeds from the
Father, he will bear witness about
me.
8. H. Sp. Ministers:
Regenerates - Jn 3:6
Seals - Eph 4:30
Baptises - 1 Cor 12:13
Fills - Eph 5:18
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10. 2.B. H. SP. IS AFFECTED AS A PERSON
BY OTHER BEINGS
1. He is sent by both Father and
Son
Jn 14:26 - But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, he will teach you all things and
bring to your remembrance all that I
have said to you.
Jn 16:7 - Nevertheless, I tell you the
truth: it is to your advantage that I go
away, for if I do not go away, the Helper
will not come to you. But if I go, I will
send him to you.
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11. 2. He is affected in
relationships
Isa 63:10 - But they rebelled and
grieved his Holy Spirit;
Eph 4:30 - And do not grieve the
Holy Spirit of God, by whom you
were sealed for the day of
redemption.
1Thess 5:19 - Do not quench
the Spirit.
Matt 12:31 - Therefore I tell you,
every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven people, but the blasphemy
against the Spirit will not be
forgiven.
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12. Acts 5:3 - But Peter said,
"Ananias, why has Satan filled your
heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and
to keep back for yourself part of
the proceeds of the land?
Heb 10:29 - How much worse
punishment, do you think, will be
deserved by the one who has
spurned the Son of God, and has
profaned the blood of the
covenant by which he was
sanctified, and has outraged the
Spirit of grace?
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13. 3. The Bible terms referring to the Holy Spirit
all imply his personality
Another comforter (advocate, helper), therefore as
much as person as Christ - Jn 14:16-17 -And I will ask
the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you
forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.You know
him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Called a spirit in the same way God is - Jn 4:24
Masculine pronouns are used of the Holy
Spirit - usually in Greek spirit is a neuter noun - Jn
14:16-17 (see above)
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14. 3. HOLY SPIRIT IS CO-EQUAL WITH
FATHER AND SON
1. He is called God - Acts 5:3-4 -
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit
and to keep back for yourself part of the
proceeds of the land? While it remained
unsold, did it not remain your own? And
after it was sold, was it not at your
disposal? Why is it that you have contrived
this deed in your heart? You have not lied
to men but to God."
Look at Isa 6:8-9 - Acts 28:25-26 Freddie Mercury
- see how H. Sp. is referred to as God - real name -
Farrokh Bulsara
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15. 2. He has the attributes of God
- 1 Cor 2:9-11 - But, as it is written,
"What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor
the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love
him"—these things God has revealed to
us through the Spirit. For the Spirit
searches everything, even the depths of
God. For who knows a person’s thoughts
except the spirit of that person, which is in
him? So also no one comprehends the
thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Heb 9:14, Gen 1:2
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16. 3. He performs the works of
God
Ps 104:30 - When you send forth your
Spirit, they are created, and you renew the
face of the ground.
2 Peter 1:21 - For no prophecy was
ever produced by the will of man, but men
spoke from God as they were carried
along by the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 6:11 - And such were some of
you. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit
of our God.
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17. 4. The use of personal pronouns
(see above)
5. The Holy Spirit is presented
in the Bible as a personal
object of faith
Matthew 28:19
Acts 10:19-20 - And while Peter was
pondering the vision, the Spirit said to
him, "Behold, three men are looking for
you. Rise and go down and accompany
them without hesitation, for I have sent
them."
As such he is to be obeyed - believers
experience, guidance, instruction,
sufficiency of H. Sp.
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