According to the Trinity doctrine, the holy spirit is the third person of a
Godhead.
But how does the Bible describes the Holy Spirit?
The word most frequently used for "spirit" is ru'ach,
meaning "breath; wind; spirit." In the Greek Scriptures, the word is pneu'ma,
having a similar meaning.
spirit7307 = rûach
roo'-akh From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is,
a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger,
unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance
spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and
functions): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X
side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).
spirit4151 = pnyoo'-mah
From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze;
by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul,
(by implication) vitalprinciple, mental disposition, etc.,
or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit,
the Holy spirit: - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind.
comes1607 = ek-por-yoo'-om-ahee
From G1537 and G4198; to depart, bedischarged, proceed,
project: - come (forth, out of), depart, go (forth, out), issue, proceed
(out of).
Genesis 1:2 "Then the spirit7307 of God
stirred upon the face of the waters."
Exodus 31:3 & 35:31 "...And I have filled him with the
spirit7307 of God"
Numbers 11:17 & 11:25 When 70 men were appointed to help Moses,
God said to him: "And I will take of the spirit7307
that is upon you, and put it upon them..."
Numbers 11:29 "And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my
sake? would God that all the Lord's people were
prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit7307
upon them!"
Judges 3:10 "And the spirit7307 of the
Lord flowed upon him and he judged Israel."
Judges 6:34 "But the spirit7307 of the
Lord fell on Gideon."
Judges 11:29 "And then the spirit7307 of
the Lord fell on Jephthah,"
Judges 13:25 "And the spirit7307 of the
Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol."
1 Samuel 16:13-14 "and the spirit7307 of
the Lord was on David from that day on... and the spirit7307
of the Lord passed away from Saul,"
2 Chronicles15:1 "And the spirit7307 of
God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:"
Job 33:4 "The spirit7307 of God hath made
me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."
Psalms 51:10-11 "Create within me a clean heart 0 God, and
restore a proper spirit7307 within me. Restore to me
the joy of your salvation, and support me with your generous spirit7307."
Proverbs 1:23 "I will pour out my spirit7307
unto you"
Ecclesiastes 8:8 "There is no man that hath power over the
spirit7307 to retain the spirit7307;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that
war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it."
Isaiah 11:2 "And the spirit7307 of the
Lord will lie upon him, the spirit7307 of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit7307of counsel, and strength,
of knowledge, and of fear of the Lord."
Isaiah 40:7 "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the
spirit7307 of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the
people is grass."
Isaiah 61:1 "The spirit7307 of the Lord
God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings
unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are
bound;"
Ezekiel 2:2 "And the spirit7307 entered
into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him
that spake unto me."
Daniel 4:8-9 "But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose
name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the
spirit7308 of the holy gods:... O Belteshazzar, master
of the magicians, because I know that the spirit7308
of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof."
Joel 2:28-29 "...I will pour out my spirit7307
upon all flesh"
Matthew 3:16 "And when Jesus was baptized and came up out of the
water, the spirit4151 of God descended from the sky
like a dove and landed upon him."
Matthew 10:19-20 "But when they deliver you up take no thought
how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what
ye shall speak For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit4151
of your Father which speaketh in you."
Matthew 12:30-32 "He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, All
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever
speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but
whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world to come."
In context to Mathew 12, the people had just witnessed Christ performing a
miracle through the power of the holy spirit of God by removing a demon from a
man, but the Pharisees attributed it to the powers of Satan. Christ explained
this could only be done by the spirit of God, but they refused to accept it. It
points out that the rejection of the work of God's holy spirit prevents it
working in our lives to fully know and accepting our Lord.
Mark 1:10 "And immediately upon coming up from the water, the
sky opened and the spirit4151 fell upon him like a
dove."
Luke 3:22 "And the Holy40 Ghost4151,
having the form of a dove, descended upon him."
Luke 4:1 "Then Jesus being full of the Holy40
Ghost4151 returned from Jordan."
John 3:5 "And Jesus said to them, Except that a man be born of
water, and of the spirit4151, he cannot enter into the
kingdom."
John 4:24 "God is a spirit4151, and they
that worship him must worship him in spirit4151 and
truth."
John 6:63 "It is the spirit4151 that
enlivens, for flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are
spirit4151, and are life."
John 7:37-39 "Should any man thirst, let him come to me and
drink. For he that believes on me, as the scripture says, out his belly will
flow rivers of living water, now he spoke of the spirit4151,
which they that believe on him would receive, for the Holy40
Ghost4151 had not yet been given because Jesus had not
yet been glorified."
John 14:17 "The spirit4151 of truth of
whom the world cannot receive because it does not seek him or knows him. But
you know him because he dwells with you, and will be in you."
John 15:26 "And when the comforter has come, whom I will send to
you from the father, the spirit4151 of truth, which
comes1607 from the father, he will testify of
me."
Acts 2:3-4 "And it appeared to them as divided tongues of fire,
landing upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy40
Ghost4151"
Acts 2:38 "All of you repent and be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin, and you will receive the gift of
the Holy40 Ghost4151."
Acts 5:32 "The Holy40 Ghost4151
is given to them that obey God."
Acts 10:44-45 "The Holy40 Ghost4151
fell on all that heard the word ... because also on the Gentiles was the
gift of the Holy40 Ghost4151
poured out."
Romans 8:9-17 "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,4151
if so be that the Spirit4151 of God dwell in you. Now
if any man have not the Spirit 4151of Christ, he is
none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because
of sin; but the Spirit4151 is life because of
righteousness. But if the Spirit4151 of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from
the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit4151
that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh,
to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but
if ye through the Spirit4151 do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit4151
of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit4151
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit4151
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit4151
itself beareth witness with our spirit,4151 that we
are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified together."
"The Spirit of Christ", does this now mean there is a fourth
god head?
1 Corinthians 2:10 "God has revealed to us through his spirit4151".
1 Corinthians 6:19 "Do you not know that your body is the temple
of the Holy40 Ghost4151 in you,
which is of God,"
2 Corinthians 13:14 "and the communion of the Holy40
Ghost4151 be with you."
Galatians 5:22-23 "The fruit of the spirit4151
is love, joy, peace, endurance, gentleness, faith, meekness, and
soberness."
1 John 3:24 "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in
him, and he in him.846 And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the
Spirit4151 which he hath given us."
In Matthew 1:20 "Do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is of the holy spirit." Clearly Christ
was conceived by the holy spirit, yet Christ called God his father and not the
holy spirit. This alone should make it clear that the holy spirit is no more
than a power of God, else Christ would have called the holy spirit his
father.
It is the act of our repentance, and then being baptized that opens our body
to the reception of the spirit to dwell within us. Though it is possible to
receive the spirit before baptism, Acts 10:47-48, baptism is still
necessary as a part of repentance.
The spirit actually resides within the body when accepted. The spirit
of God dwelling within one is what makes ones body a temple of God.
There are three things that bear witness to Christ, 1 John 5:7, the
water of baptism, the blood on the cross, and the spirit of God.
But at some point during the fourth century the Church of Rome added
the following verse to 1 John 5:7-8"in heaven, the Father, the
word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. And there are three that bear
witness in earth" this was done due to the controversy brewing at the
time of whether or not the spirit was a third personage. Some Bibles have
deleted this while others have not.
The spirit acts as a comforter in that it increases our faith and
knowledge of God, and his plan for his people.
Reading through these verses it should become clear that the spirit is
an energy force that flows out from God in what is usually a positive way. It is
a force that flows out from God and into his people, instilling wisdom and
understanding, increasing faith and strength. It works within remolding our
human spirit into godly spirit.
Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of a Third
Person, only given attributes as to the working characters it possesses which in
themselves do not make it a being.
The spirit is a free gift, offered generously through Gods love, but given
only to those that seek it.
