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Why The Holy Spirit Is Not A Person The Bible compares the Holy Spirit to water. When promising future blessings for His people, God said: "I shall pour out water upon the thirsty one and trickling streams upon the dry place. I shall pour out my spirit upon your seed and my blessing * upon your descendants." (Isaiah 44:3) Blessing come thru' God's spirit or power.(His active force) When God pours out His spirit upon His servants they become "full of Holy Spirit" or "filled with Holy Spirit." Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and the disciples who were gathered together on the day of Pentecost 33 C.E., are all described as being full of, or filled with, Holy Spirit. (Luke 1:15; 4:1; Acts 4:8; 9:17; 11:22, 24; 13:9) Consider this: Could a person be 'poured out' on many different individuals? Would you say that one person could 'fill' a whole group of people? It defies logic. (God is completely logical in His thought and action.) The Bible does refer to people becoming filled with wisdom, understanding, or even, accurate knowledge, but it never describes anyone as being filled with another person. (Exodus 28:3; 1Kings 7:14; Luke 2:40; Colossians 1:9) The Greek word translated "spirit" is pneu'ma, which also conveys the idea of an invisible power. According to Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, the word pneu'ma "primarily denotes the wind....also breath; then, especially the spirit, which, like the wind, is invisible, immaterial and powerful." Clearly, then, the Holy Spirit is not a person. The Holy Spirit In Action God used the Holy Spirit to create the earth and the rest of the universe. "How many your works are, Oh Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions," the psalmist exclaimed. "If you send forth your spirit, they are created." (Psalms 104:24, 30; Genesis 1:2; Job 33:4) Holy Spirit inspired Godly men to write the bible. "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial," wrote the apostle Paul. (2Timothy 3:16) The Greek word translated "inspired of God" literally means "breathed into by God." Jehovah's breath, or spirit, guided the Bible writers' thoughts, so that they transmitted " the word of God." (1Thess. 2:13) Holy Spirit empowered God's servants to foretell the future with accuracy. The apostle Peter explained: "No prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. For prophecy was at no time brought by man's will, but men spoke from God as they were borne along by Holy Spirit." (2Peter 1:20, 21; Joel 2:28) Holy Spirit helped Jesus and other men of faith to preach the good news of God's Kingdom and to perform miracles. Jesus said: "Jehovah's spirit is upon me, because He anointed me to declare the good news to the poor, He sent me forth to preach a release to the captives (of satan) and a recovery of sight to the blind." (Luke 4:18; Matthew 12:28) You can see that, logically, no person 'carried God's people along' anywhere while they were writing or speaking God's prophecies and no person was 'sitting on' Jesus at any time during His ministry. Ways In Which The Holy Spirit Can Help Us. Holy Spirit can strengthen yu to fight temptation and overcome harmful habits. The apostle Paul said: "God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation He will also make the way out in order for you to be able to endure it." (1Corinthians 10:13) Holy Spirit can help you to cultivate Godly qualities. "The fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness and self-control." (Galatians 5:22+23) Holy Spirit can fortify you to endure trials. "For all things I have the strength by virtue of Him who imparts power to me" (Philippians 4:13) I hope this small article aid your understanding. Love Katidid. |
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