The Person Of The Holy Spirit
I. One God, Three persons and
one of the persons is the Holy Spirit
A.
Genesis 1:26-God is one God, but not one
person-Let Us Make…
1. Elohim is a uniplural noun (plural intensive with a singular meaning)
a.
Church is a uniplural noun; you’re talking
about one church, but not one person
b.
Family is a uniplural noun; you’re talking
about one family, but not one person
2. Jesus is a person and the Holy Spirit is as much a person as he is
a.
Jesus prayed to the Father, is he praying to
Himself? (John 17)
1) Luke 22:42-Two separate wills b/c there are two persons
2) John 17:11-Jesus prayed that you and I be one as He and the Father are
one
a) Is he praying that we all become one person?
b.
1 Corinthians 6:17-You are joined to the Lord
& one spirit but not the same person
c.
John 16:13-The Holy Spirit will speak what He
hears, is he going to speak to himself and hear it and then speak it to you
B.
The Holy Spirit is a real person with a mind,
a will, emotions, actions and reactions
1. John 16:13-He’ll not speak of Himself-He must have a will; IT’S don’t
have a will
2. Eph 4:30-Grieve not the Spirit-He must have emotions; ITS don’t have
emotions
3. John 14:26-He’ll teach you and bring to your remembrance-He must have a
mind to know things and he must remember things in His mind to remind you of
them
C.
We’re not humanizing Him b/c he is to be
reverenced and respected, but we are personalizing him in our minds
II. The deity of the Holy Spirit
A.
The Holy Spirit is the Eternal Spirit-Hebrews
9:14
1. In the beginning He didn’t become, He was there moving on the face of
the deep
B.
The Holy Spirit is the all-knowing Spirit-John
14:26, 1 Cor 2:10
1. He couldn’t teach you all things if he didn’t know all things
C.
The Holy Spirit is the all-powerful
spirit-Romans 8:11
1. The Holy Spirit is the PERSON who showed up and raised Jesus from the
dead; it was the greatest demonstration of God’s power ever and He is inside of
us
D.
The Holy Spirit is the ever-present spirit-Psalm
139:6-10
1. We’d do better to know that what we do & what we say we do & say
in front of him
2.
There are other times when the Lord will talk
to you about something that has negative implications, but He’s not dealing
with you to stop it, He’s just getting you ready for it