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===The role of the Holy Spirit=== | ===The role of the Holy Spirit=== | ||
Some have questioned whether the Holy Spirit is indeed a distinct person, rather than just the “power” or “force” of God at work in the world. But the New Testament evidence is quite clear and strong. First are the several verses mentioned where the Holy Spirit is put in a coordinate relationship with the Father and the Son since the Father and Son are both persons, the coordinate expression strongly intimates that the Holy Spirit is a person also.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 232.</ref> | Some have questioned whether the Holy Spirit is indeed a distinct person, rather than just the “power” or “force” of God at work in the world. But the New Testament evidence is quite clear and strong. First are the several verses mentioned above where the Holy Spirit is put in a coordinate relationship with the Father and the Son since the Father and Son are both persons, the coordinate expression strongly intimates that the Holy Spirit is a person also. | ||
Then there are places where the masculine pronoun ἥ (Gk. ἐκεῖνος, G1697) is applied to the Holy Spirit (John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13–14), which one would not expect from the rules of Greek grammar, for the word “spirit” (Gk. πνεῦμα, G4460) is neuter, not masculine, and would ordinarily be referred to with the neuter pronoun ἐκεῖνο. Moreover, the name counselor or comforter (Gk. παράκλητος, G4156) is a term commonly used to speak of a person who helps or gives comfort or counsel to another person or persons, but is used of the Holy Spirit in John’s gospel.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 232.</ref> | |||
:''But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, '''he''' will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.<ref> | |||
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 14:26.</ref> | |||
“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, '''he''' will bear witness about me.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 15:26.</ref> | |||
:''When the Spirit of truth comes, '''he''' will guide you into all the truth, for '''he''' will not speak on his own authority, but whatever '''he''' hears '''he''' will speak, and '''he''' will declare to you the things that are to come. '''He''' will glorify me, for '''he''' will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 16:13-14.</ref> | |||
If the Holy Spirit is understood simply to be the power of God, rather than a distinct person, then a number of passages would simply not make sense, because in them the Holy Spirit and his power or the power of God are both mentioned.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 232.</ref> | |||
:''And Jesus returned in '''the power of the Spirit''' to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Lk 4:14.</ref> | |||
:''...John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit '''and''' with power.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 10:37–38.</ref> | |||
:''May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 15:13.</ref> | |||
:''...and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 2:4.</ref> | |||
The Holy Spirit is also involved in the following activities: | |||
====Teaching==== | |||
:''But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, '''he will teach you''' all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 14:26.</ref> | |||
====Bearing witness==== | |||
:''But when the Helper comes, whom '''I will send''' to you '''from the Father''', the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, '''he will bear witness''' about me.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 15:26.</ref> | |||
;:''The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 8:16.</ref> | |||
====Interceding or praying on behalf of others==== | |||
;''Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 8:26–27.</ref> | |||
====Searching the depths of God/Knowing the thoughts of God==== | |||
:''These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 2:10–11.</ref> | |||
====Distribute gifts to some and other gifts to others==== | |||
:''All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 12:11.</ref> | |||
====Preventing certain activities==== | |||
:''And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 16:6–7.</ref> | |||
====Speaking==== | |||
:''And '''the Spirit said''' to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 8:29.</ref> | |||
:''While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, '''the Holy Spirit said''', “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 13:2.</ref> | |||
====Evaluating and approving==== | |||
:''For it has '''seemed good to the Holy Spirit''' and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 15:28.</ref> | |||
====Being grieved by sin in the lives of Christians==== | |||
:''And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:30.>/ref> | |||
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