Holy Spirit

Pneumatology

The word arises from the Greek words pneuma (spirit) and logos (the teaching about).

The Holy Spirit Is Given the Names of Deity

The Holy Spirit is referred to as…

“God” or “Lord” (Acts 5:3–4)

“God’s Spirit” (1 Cor. 3:16)

“Lord” (1 Cor. 12:4–6)

“Eternal Spirit” (Heb. 9:14)

The Holy Spirit Possesses the Attributes of Deity

The Holy Spirit has attributes of God…

Life (Rom. 8:2)

Truth (John 16:13)

Love (Rom. 15:30)

Holiness (Eph. 4:30)

Eternality (Heb. 9:14)

Omnipresence (Ps. 139:7)

Omniscience (1 Cor. 2:11)

Norman L. Geisler, Systematic Theology, Volume Two: God, Creation (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2003), 675.

Pneumatology explores the person and work of the Spirit, especially the Spirit’s involvement in human salvation.

Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki, and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 92.

Courson’s Application Commentary, Old Testament Volume 1 (Genesis–Job) (Joshua 7:1 (a)

Every person who has ever lived has had the experience of the Holy Spirit being with him as He comes to every man and whispers the truth in his ear about his need for God.

If a person continues to resist the Spirit, however, He will eventually go His way, leaving that individual stuck in his lost condition. This is called the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31).

Courson’s Application Commentary, Old Testament Volume 1 (Genesis–Job) (Joshua 7:1 (a)

But when a man says yes to the Spirit and asks Jesus to be his Savior, he moves into the second relationship with the Spirit. That is, the Spirit comes in him (John 20:22).

However, even though a believer has the Spirit within him, he can grieve the Spirit by allowing sin, malice and evil speaking to creep into his life (Ephesians 4:30, 31).

The third relationship with the Spirit is the “coming upon” of the Spirit to empower a person for service (Acts 1:8).

Yet in this relationship the Spirit can be quenched. That is, a person can say, “I’m uncomfortable with prophecy, speaking in tongues, or gifts of healing.

Give me a good solid Bible study and a hymn or two, and that will be fine for me.”

And while the Spirit will still be in him, the empowering will be greatly diminished (1 Thessalonians 5:19).

Jon Courson, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary: Volume One: Genesis–Job (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2005), 658.