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1 Cor 2:11 – For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit
of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man
but the Spirit of God.
Notice how the word Spirit is often used when referring to man.
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Acts 17:16 – Paul’s spirit was stirred, (Downhearted, indignant) in him.
As we have already noted, our spirit is our mind, emotions, our
character. It is who we are. It is our person.
As an example we could say, “he is a reputable person”.
1Cor 2:11. This text tells us it is the same for God. His Spirit is a
description of who He is. It is His person.
Notice how God’s Spirit is a description of His character or person.
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Jn 15:26 tells us that “the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the
Father.” This doesn’t mean sent.
Prov 30:6 – We are counselled to “add not unto his words lest he
reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” This is a serious matter as
many are being deceived.
Notice
Spirit of God 'God the Holy spirit'
Text Text
Eph 4:30 Holy Spirit of God NIL
1 Th 4:8 His Holy Spirit NIL
Acts 2:17 of my Spirit NIL
Matt 10:20 Spirit of your Father NIL
Rom 8:9 Spirit of God NIL
Rom 8:9 Spirit of Christ NIL
Isa 59:19 Spirit of the Lord NIL
1sa 61:1 Spirit of the Lord God NIL
Phil 1:19 Spirit of Jesus Christ NIL
Take out your concordance and look up the hundreds of times the term
Spirit of God or Spirit of the Lord (and other such terms) are used.
Never once is the term ‘God the Holy Spirit.’ Used. Then ask yourself
-- Who is adding to God’s word? Who will be found a liar?
Rev 16:14. The Bible speaks about the spirits of devils.
Sometimes these evil spirits manifest themselves through possessing
someone physically - Mk 9:25. Sometimes many of them - Mk 5:8.
They are called wicked spirit, foul spirit, unclean spirit, dumb spirit etc.
Acts 16:18. Paul commands in the name of Jesus Christ for the evil
spirit to come out of her.
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Q – Was the spirit a person?
Summary –
We have noted that in every application the ‘spirit’ is always
possessive. The wicked, unclean, foul spirits are the spirits themselves.
The spirit of antichrist, false doctrines etc. are the teachings of these
spirits, namely Satan and his demons. These things belong to them;
it’s what they are.
Q – Why then do we always apply the wicked and false spirits to the
devils themselves? Rev 16:14
But, for the Spirit of truth and righteousness we don’t apply it directly to
God the Father from whom it proceeds. Instead we apply it to another
Being. How can we, when it is called Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ,
Spirit of His Son, His Spirit, My Spirit? See 2 Cor 3:17
This is why the Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to with personal
pronouns. Like He, Himself, because it is God Himself working through
His omnipresent Spirit.
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14 MR 23 – “He [Jesus] would represent Himself as present in all
places by His Holy Spirit, as the omnipresent.”
Q – If the Spirit was a separate God being from the Father and Son,
how can it be referred to as an “it”?
Think of the praises used for God -- Holy, Almighty, Most High…
Angels never cease from praising and worshipping Him. How can the
Bible and Spirit of Prophecy refer to the Holy Spirit hundreds of times
as an “it”, if He is God? Not even people are referred to this way,
unless it is to offend!
Q – Why did Ellen White refer to the Holy Spirit as a third person if it is
part of God?
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3. Jn 3:34. God has given His Spirit not by measure unto His Son.
4. Heb1:3. The Son, being the express image of His Father, has the
same Spirit. Rom 8:9
5. Gal 4:6 And God sends forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts
(mind). Phil 2:5
7. Eph 4:6. There is one God and Father of all who is above all and
through all and in you all.
Eph 4:6 One God and GOD Eph 4:4 One Spirit
Father of all who is THE Jn 15:26 Spirit proceeds
above all and through FATHER from the Father.
all and in you all.
How? =
By His Spirit.
SON GC 477
OF Jn 3:44 Heb 1:3
GOD Pro 8:22,23
DA 664
We saw that the spirit of a person is what makes them who they are. It’s
their mind, personality, their character good or bad.
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We saw the same with fallen angels.
We noted that man was made in the image and likeness of God.
We noted the Spirit is always used in the possessive tense i.e. Spirit of
God, spirits of devils etc.
We noted that never once in all Scripture is the Spirit called God the
Holy Spirit.
We noted that the Spirit does not have a body, that it can be poured
out, breathed upon, and shed abroad.
Jn 14:23. God the Father and His Son abide with us through the
Spirit.
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Jn 20:22 “He breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the
Holy Ghost:”
DA 805. “The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The
impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. It
imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ.”
2MR 28. “The influence of the Holy Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul.
We do not now see Christ and speak to Him, but His Holy Spirit is just
as near us in one place as another.”
Rev 2:1. Jesus walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.
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RH May 19 1904. par 3. “Sin could be resisted and overcome only
through the mighty agency of the third person of the Godhead, who
would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power.
It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the
world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure.
Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature.
Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all
hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own
character upon the church.”
RH April 5 1906. “The Holy Spirit, which proceeds from the only
begotten Son of God,”
MH 159. “All who consecrate body, soul, and spirit to His service will be
constantly receiving a new endowment of physical, mental, and spiritual
power. The inexhaustible supplies of heaven are at their command.
Christ gives them the breath of His own Spirit, the life of His own
life. [Remember His Spirit is His life] The Holy Spirit puts forth its
highest energies to work in mind and heart.”
Jesus said.
Rom 3:4. “Let God be true, but every man a liar as it is written. That
thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when
thou art judged.”
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Heb 13:5 I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.
Father & Son = same Spirit God’s visible Son receives Father’s Spirit by
Eph 4:4 Jn 15:26 presence inheritance. Heb 1:4,5 Set up
Luk 1:35 Jn 3:34 from everlasting.
Pro 8:22,23; Ps. 2:2, 6
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