To the trinitarian the Holy Spirit is a distinct person of the Godhead.
Since every person we have ever known has had their own personality, their own likes, and their own dislikes we naturally need to concern ourselves with what makes the Holy Spirit a unique person.
Knowing the Holy Spirit will enable us to please Him. Unless we know the Holy Spirit we will likely not be pleasing Him. But how do we get to know the Holy Spirit?
How do we come to know 3 Gods?
How do we please 3 Gods?
No worries! There is only 1 God and His name is Jesus.
The concept of 3 persons that are not really 3 persons but 1 person makes no sense. So toss it aside and listen to the Word.
Every Christian believes that God is omnipresent .
The Word tells us that God is Spirit .
So, we understand that God cannot be fully contained in a single body. For in him dwells all the fulness of divinity bodily. |
In order for this omnipresent God who we refer to as Holy Spirit to minister to mere humans He had to take on human flesh.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. |
But when the fulness of the time was come, the Holy Spirit sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, |
It becomes clear that the Father of Christ Jesus is the eternal, omnipresent Holy Spirit. This verse makes it very clear that Jesus is speaking and working at the unction of His Holy Spirit.
So, how do know the Holy Spirit? We listen to Jesus who is His incarnation, who is His body.
If this is worrisome to you as a trinitarian, listen to what Jesus said in And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. |
Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the One who begets, even the One begotten, who is the Holy Spirit Father  In the preceding verse Jesus categorically states that He is God by assuming all power in the universe. In this verse He identifies the eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent Creator God who is Spirit by His name, Jesus. ➛ Jesus is Lord. ➛ Jesus is the Express Image of the Holy Spirit Father ➛ Jesus is the One and Only True And Living God. We are to teach all nations. What do we teach? The Gospel of Jesus Christ - the Gospel of the Truth about God. What is the key component of the Gospel? That Jesus is the Truth about our Creator. What is the Truth? That Jesus is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Note that name is singular - there is only one name and that is Jesus. But how can Jesus be the Father and the Son? To understand this we must know who the Father is. He is the Holy Spirit. Jesus said `I and my Father are One`. This means that the Holy Spirit Father is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus. Jesus spoke through the prophets about Himself by His Holy Spirit. He then became the person He prophesied about - Jesus. Jesus fathered Himself by His Holy Spirit, just as He raised Himself from the dead by His Holy Spirit. So, rather than talking about some confusing trinitarian circular logic involving a three-in-one godhead, we aught to recognize ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Father, ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Son and ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Holy Spirit. The name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is Jesus. Jesus instructed us to use His name when speaking to His Holy Spirit Father in us. He said `ask the Father in my name`. Referring to a person by name adds precision and honor to the address. Our Creator is Spirit Soul And Body just as we are who were created in His image. Jesus is Lord! Be Baptized In The Name Of Jesus Christ |
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. |
In these verses Jesus is worshipped, He claims all power in the universe, He tells His disciples to baptize people in His name, to teach them His Words. Lastly, He tells them that He will abide with them forever.
This last statement indicates quite clearly that the Holy Spirit is speaking these words through Christ Jesus who is His express image.
The Holy Spirit revealed Himself to the world and reconciled the world to Himself in the body of Christ Jesus.
To know Christ Jesus is to know His Holy Spirit.
The HolySpirit's name is Jesus. |
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