{"id":350,"date":"2018-08-28T01:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claytonhowardford.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2018-08-28T01:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:06:52","slug":"god-the-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claytonhowardford.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"God the Holy Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. God the Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Holy Spirit is probably the most misunderstood person of the Trinity. What must we believe about the Holy Spirit according to the Scriptures?<\/p>\n<p>First, we must believe that the Holy Spirit is a person. Some people think of the Holy Spirit as a thing. They say that, just as we have a spirit, so, too, God has a Spirit. Others, like the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, say that the Holy Spirit is merely a force, the power of God.<\/p>\n<p>But the Scriptures teach that the Holy Spirit is a person. The best evidence is that Christ refers to the Holy Spirit using the pronouns \u201cHe\u201d and \u201cHim,\u201d not \u201cit\u201d (John 14-16).<\/p>\n<p>Jesus also referred to the Holy Spirit as \u201canother Helper\u201d (John 14:16-17). Greek has two words that can be translated as \u201canother.\u201d The first, <em>eteros<\/em>, means \u201canother of a similar or different kind\u201d: \u201cYou sampled that apple. Now try another kind of fruit, this time an orange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second, <em>allos<\/em>, means \u201canother of the same kind\u201d: \u201cYou sampled that apple. Now try another apple.\u201d Both words are used in Gal. 1:6-7: \u201cI marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different (<em>eteros<\/em>) gospel, which is not another (<em>allos<\/em>); but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus used the latter word. The Holy Spirit is the same kind of Helper that Jesus is. He is and does what Jesus is and does.<\/p>\n<p>The Scriptures also tell us that the Holy Spirit has the attributes of a person and does what only a person can do. He:<\/p>\n<p>has a will (1 Cor. 12:11, Heb. 2:4)<br \/>\nmakes decisions (Acts 15:28)<br \/>\nhelps (John 14:16)<br \/>\ndwells (John 14:17)<br \/>\nteaches (John 14:26; Luke 12:12; 1 Cor. 2:13)<br \/>\ntestifies (John 15:26)<br \/>\nis a witness (Acts 5:32)<br \/>\nconvicts (John 16:8)<br \/>\nguides (John 16:13)<br \/>\nspeaks (John16:13; Acts 28:25; Heb. 3:7)<br \/>\ninspired the prophets (2 Pet. 1:21)<br \/>\nforbids (Acts 16:6)<br \/>\nprays for us (Rom. 8:26)<br \/>\ncan be grieved (Is. 63:10; Eph. 4:30)<\/p>\n<p>Second, we must believe that the Holy Spirit is God.<\/p>\n<p>Peter said that lying to the Holy Spirit is the same as lying to God (Acts 5:3-4).<\/p>\n<p>And Paul says, \u201cNow the Lord is the Spirit\u201d (2 Cor. 3:17).<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Spirit also has the attributes of God. 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