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| Does the Bible show that the Holy Spirit is a Person? Most Christian churches teach trinitarianism, meaning that God is one, but also three in unity, the Trinity. A few churches teach what is called unitarianism, that only the Father is God, and that Jesus is not and the Holy Spirit is not a person. Some churches teach binitarianism, that only God the Father and Jesus the Son are God, but that the Holy Spirit is not a person. Both unitarianism and binitarianism are considered to be heresies by those churches that believe in the Trinity. Why do most Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person and not just the force, or God's energy or some impersonal thing like that? Some may argue that because Greek nouns are either masculine or feminine, objects are therefore given gender, and that does not prove that they are real people. That is true, but most Christian churches do not look at that to support what they believe. They believe that the Bible supports their belief that the Holy Spirit is a person in other, more convincing ways. How? The Bible indicates that the Holy Spirit also has personality and that he is more than just a force from God. Let's look at a few scriptures which indicate that the Holy Spirit actually has personal qualities: - He makes determinations or decisions by his will—1 Corinthians 12:11 - He teaches—John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:11-13 - He guides us into all truth—John 16:13 - He makes the things of Jesus known to us—John 16:14 - He convicts the world of sin—John 16:8 - He can be grieved—Ephesians 4:30 - He can be blasphemed—Matthew 12:31 - He possesses a rational mind—Romans 8:26-27 - He can be lied to—Acts 5:3-4 - He can be resisted—Acts 7:51 - He is distinguished from the Father and the Son—Matthew 28:19-20 - We can have fellowship with him—2 Corinthians 13:14 |
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| I really appreciate this blog. This is one of those basic beliefs, we're simply taught since kids, "God the Father Son and Holy Spirit" w/o really examining why we believe that. I like digging in and finding the why's. Bless you bro. |
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Grant, Great Blog...The Nicene Creed felt it necessary to perceive the Spirit as a co-equal woth the Fatjer and
Son and to refute the ver popping up herseries that sought to demote the personhood of the Spirit: The spirit is not some nebulous force, but given the respect and status of personhood..I certainly do not argue withthose with differing views but the Spirit is God as much
God as any ohter manifestion of God..Great mind incentive blog!!!!!!!! PC |
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| June 18, 2009 |
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Excellent Grant!
I go on record with believing 100% that The Holy Spirit is as much God as is God, The Father and God, The Son. When The Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, The Mother of Our Savior, He was, I believe, very much a Person. The Holy Bible says that God, The Father, and God, The Son can live within a human, and actually take on flesh and bones.......then the very same is true of God, The Holy Ghost. He actually is capable of filling the Believer in The Lord God of Hosts. |
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