The Holy Spirit (Part 2) – Symbols, Personhood, and Deity

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1. The Holy Spirit is symbolized by, or manifested in, different things in scripture, such as:
   1. Wind (Joh 3:8; Act 2:2-4)
   2. Breath (Joh 20:22; Psa 33:6; Job 33:4; Job 27:3; 2Th 2:8 c/w Isa 11:4)
   3. Water (Joh 3:5; Joh 7:38-39 c/w Act 2:17-18; Isa 44:3-4; Tit 3:5).
   4. Fire (Act 2:3-4)
   5. A dove (Luk 3:22)
2. The personhood of the Holy Spirit
   1. The Holy Spirit is not impersonal force or energy as some think.
   2. The Holy Spirit is a person.
   3. Person n. – V. 7. Theol. Applied to the three distinctions, or modes of the divine being, in the Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) which together constitute the Trinity.
   4. He is referred to by personal pronouns (Joh 14:16-17, 26; Joh 15:26; Joh 16:7-8; Joh 16:13-14; Heb 10:15).
3. The deity of the Holy Spirit
   1. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity (1Jo 5:7; 2Co 13:14; Mat 28:19; Isa 48:16).
   2. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one.
      1. Jesus and the Father are one (Joh 10:30).
      2. In like manner, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one.
         1. Jesus said that the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, would come to the apostles (Joh 14:16-17), and then He said the He (Jesus) would come to them (Joh 14:18), showing that He and the Holy Spirit are one.
         2. The message to the churches from Jesus (Rev 1:1; Rev 2:8) is said to be what the Spirit said to them (Rev 2:11; Rev 2:29; Rev 3:22), showing that Jesus and the Spirit are one.
         3. Both Jesus (Rom 8:34) and the Spirit (Rom 8:27) are said to make intercession for the saints, which demonstrates that they are one.
         4. The Holy Spirit is called “the Spirit of Christ” (Rom 8:9; 1Pe 1:11), which again demonstrates that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one.
   3. The Holy Spirit is the Creator.
      1. He is the Creator of the universe (Gen 1:1-3; Job 26:13)
      2. He is the Creator of man (Job 33:4).
   4. The Holy Spirit is God.
      1. When Ananias lied to the Holy Ghost he lied to God because the Holy Ghost is God (Act 5:3-4).
      2. The LORD who instructed Isaiah to preach to the rebellious Israelites was the Holy Ghost (Isa 6:8-10 c/w Act 28:25-27).
      3. The Holy Ghost is the LORD (Jehovah) who spoke the prophecy of Jeremiah (Heb 10:15-17 c/w Jer 31:33-34).
      4. The Holy Ghost is the LORD God (Jehovah) whom the Israelites tempted in the wilderness (Heb 3:7-11 c/w Psa 95:7-11 c/w Exo 17:2, 7).
      5. The Israelites of old resisted the Holy Ghost when they were resisting God (Act 7:51 c/w Psa 78:40-42).
      6. The Spirit is God who works spiritual gifts in men (1Co 12:6 c/w 1Co 12:11).