The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our

midst. When we sense God's leading, God's

challenge, or God's support or comfort, we say
that it's the Holy Spirit at work.
In Hebrew, the words for Spirit, wind, and
breath are nearly the same. The same is true in
Greek. In trying to describe God's activity among
them, the ancients were saying that it was like
God's breath, like a sacred wind. It could not be
seen or held: "The wind blows where it chooses,
and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know
where it comes from or where it goes" (John 3:8).
But the effect of God's Spirit, like the wind, could
be felt and known.
The Holy Spirit

The Spirit is mentioned often throughout the Bible. In
Genesis a "wind from God swept over the face of the
waters," as if taking part in the Creation (1:2). Later in the Old
Testament (Hebrew Bible), we often read of "the Spirit of the
Lord."
In Matthew's account of Jesus' baptism, Jesus "saw
the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on
him" (3:16) and he "was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
to be tempted" (4:1). After his Resurrection Christ told his
disciples, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you" (Acts 1:8). A few weeks later, on the Day of
Pentecost, this came to pass: "And suddenly from heaven
there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind....All of
them were filled with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:2, 4). As the Book
of Acts and Paul's letters attest, from that time on, the early
Christians were vividly aware of God's Spirit leading the new
church.
The Holy Spirit

The doctrine of the Trinity hinges on six truths:
1. The Father is God.
2. The Father is a separate person.
3. The Son is God.
4. The Son is a separate person.
5. The Spirit is God.
6. The Spirit is a separate person.
The Holy Spirit

Those who deny the Trinity usually deny two things,
namely:
Jesus Christ is God.
The Holy Spirit is a person.
They acknowledge that Jesus is a separate person,
but deny that He is God. They acknowledge that
the Spirit is God, but deny that He is a separate
person; they treat Him as Gods active force or
presence.
The Holy Spirit

Thus, if we are to believe in the Trinity, we must
establish that He is:

(a)God, and
(b)A Separate Person.

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father
and the Son. With the Father and the Son
He is worshipped and glorified. He has
spoken through the prophets.
- Nicene Creed

The Holy Spirit [is]:
Called God in Acts 5:3-4, the Holy Spirit is
explicitly called God. To lie to the Holy Spirit is
to lie to God.
Communes with God the Holy Spirit appears
alongside the Father and the Son as equal
member of the Trinity in texts like Matthew 28:19
and 2 Corinthians 13:14
Communicates with God what the Holy Spirit
says, God says. The Holy Spirit is God. When
quoting OT scriptures, the NT can say God said
or The Spirit with equal authority.
The Holy Spirit as God

Characterized as God there are many texts
w/c characterize the Holy Spirit as possessing all
the attributes of God, such as being
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
Acts as God what the Holy Spirit does, God
does. The work of the Holy Spirit is the work of
God. The Spirits works include creation,
providence, the incarnation, regeneration, etc.
The Holy Spirit as God

There are five evidences showing that the
Holy Spirit is a Person rather than a force:
Personal pronouns the word of God treats the
Holy Spirit as a Person by calling the Spirit he,
his, and him. These pronouns suggests a
person, not a force.
Personal titles Jesus promised that he would
send another Helper to take his place with His
disciples. The new Helper would be another like
Him. This clearly implies that the Holy Spirit is a
person just as Jesus was a person.
The Holy Spirit as a
Person

Personal acts The Holy Spirit communicates in
ways that only a person can communicate.
Scripture often describes Him performing
communicative acts that could not be said of
an impersonal force.
Personal relationships The Holy Spirit is named
alongside with the Father and the Son in the
baptismal formula and the benediction. Since
the Father and the Son are persons, this only
makes sense if the Holy Spirit is also a person. If
He were just Gods active force, why list Him
separately from God?
The Holy Spirit as a
Person

Personal treatment The Holy Spirit can be
treated like a person. That is, we can treat Him in
ways that only make sense if He is a person, not
if He is a force.
The Holy Spirit as a
Person

Because we recognize the Holy Spirit as a
divine person, He can be the object of our:
1. Celebration in worship
2. Communion in prayer
3. Cooperation in ministry

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The Holy Spirit as Our
Personal God

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We believe in the Holy Spirit.
http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.2311
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Catechism for Filipino Catholics
Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
http://www.slideshare.net/Doctrine%20of%20the%
20Holy%20Spirit%201.htm
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