The Third Person of the God Head
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The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit
We looked to the Person of the Holy Spirit and His personality
IT is a mystery
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
God - the Father manifested in the flesh - Jesus Justified in the Spirit
It is beyond us to understand the infinite God
He is manifested as Father - Son - Holy Spirit
There is nothing in nature adequate symbol
Our finite mind is a contradiction seeking for a comparison
We cannot reduce it to logical precepts
To deny the Trinity is to deny the divinity of Jesus and the Personality of the Holy Spirit
1+1+1 = 3 but 1x1x1=1 Math doesn’t disprove the Godhead
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
Look at the verse the Holy Spirit over the church of God which He has purchased
The Old we see it but clearer in the new
OT
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Elohiem - plural Hebrew - Single El First mention of God is plural
You cannot explain away the fact
Adoni - Plural
Next - First mention of the Holy Spirit
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Elohim said - us our own likeness and image - Plural pronouns
All 3 were active in Creation
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John declares Jesus in the beginning of the world
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
The Son in Creation
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Rhuac - breath, wind or spirit
host of them by the Spirit of His mouth
The Shema of the Hebrews at the temple during feast days
Shema Israel Yahweh Elohim akhad Yahweh
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
Basic of mono theistic foundation
Again plural - One Jehova
Akhad in Hebrew is a compound unity God created Eve - and the two shall be one flesh - a compound unity
Another word absolute one - yakhad but not here! We see the triunity of God
Moses to Arron
‘May the Lord bless you and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’
Three fold declaration Yaweh trinity of blessing
Isaiah 6:1–3 (NKJV)
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”
Again the threefold call is the Lord of Host
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, there am I: And now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
The Lord God and His Spirt sent Jesus! The messiah is speaking
Coming of the Messiah and then the coming of the age of the Holy Spirit
New Testament
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Jesu baptized - Spirt of God - Voice from Heaven
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
Spirit sent by request by Jesus to the Father
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The commissioning of the Disciples
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.
Spirit is usually mentioned third - not a positional issue! He is Coequal
Here it is reversed Spirit First Jesus Father then Holy Spirit showing this point
Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.
The three again
Jesus is First , Holy Spirit next then Father
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Personal pronouns - comforter from the Father at Jesus request
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Peter
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Some argue that this verse is not in the original manuscripts
Cannot be spoken in certainty
Oldest that we have - Codex sinaticus - alexandrias - Vaticanus
412 AD 300 years after the original we have many portions of manuscripts
Quoted from Early Church fathers in the 2nd century 200 years before the above
Doesn’t carry weight
Even without this text it is clear that the evidence concludes 3 persons yet one God
Devine Names
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
Lied to the Holy Spirit - Lied to God
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Spirit of the Lord - Literally “By the Lord the Spirit” in the Greek
Eternal
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Omni Present
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Cannot flee!
Omniscient
But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.
Knows all things
Omnipotent
Mary and the Angle
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Holy Spirit - Power of the Highest - Son of God
Verses identified in the Old Testament as Yehova - versed by the Holy Spit in the New Testament
Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’
Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.”
So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant With the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand To bring them out of the land of Egypt; Which my covenant they brake, Although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, And write it in their hearts; And will be their God, And they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For they shall all know me, From the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: For I will forgive their iniquity, And I will remember their sin no more.
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
The Holy Spirit inspired Jeremiah
The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the Bible
For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’
By the holy Spirit!
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
David was speaking through the inspiration of the HS
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Jesus said that He was the one to inspire of the Apostles
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
The Holy Spirit will give you! He will be our inspiration now!
Fulfilment
Acts 7 Stephen before the council
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Are these things so? - Launches a masterful response
Their fathers first - proud of their heritage - their fathers sold Joseph carried to slavery - They didn’t recognize his rule over them
Turned their backs on Moses - God again had chosen him to lead first rejection then they did!
The first time around the rejected Jesus - but the second time around you’ll know that you ere worse than your fatheres
Who didn’t they kill - you killed the one who was coming!
Acts 7:54–58 (KJV 1900)
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
Peter - before the council - asked a leading question
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
The third person of the Godhead is the gift God has given to you and me!
So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.