Genesis 1:1,2,26
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Scripture reading for today is found in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.1.KJV In a previous blog we learned that according to John 1:1-3 ; https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.1.KJV “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.”; that Jesus was one of 3 persons involved in creation. (see previous blog here: https://iodtiger.blogspot.com/2018/07/examining-each-text-more-on-jesusgod.html ) Today however, we are looking at the third member of the Godhead, who is also called, our comforter and the Spirit of truth, according to John 15:26 https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.15.KJV “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:” I have heard people say that they Holy Spirit is not an individual person but rather God's "push" or active force here on earth. Let's look at a few scriptures to see what the Bible actually says about this matter. John 16:13 https://my.bible.com/bible/1/JHN.16.KJV "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." and John 16:7, 8 (KJV) "7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:" This is one of the clearest texts that I found in all of my research. Obviously when Jesus says that he is sending someone else called "The Comforter", Jesus is not speaking about Himself. The Bible clearly refers to the Holy Spirit as a "He". He was also involved in creation according to Genesis 1:2 (KJV) "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.1.KJV The Holy Spirit helps us, and is again called 'he' in Romans 8:26 "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/ROM.8.KJV The Holy Spirit can be grieved. Ephesians 4:30 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/EPH.4.KJV The Holy Spirit is a teacher. Luke 12:12 "for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.12.KJV Was present not only at creation and in the New Testament but was also in the rest of the Old Testament. Isaiah 63:11"Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?" https://my.bible.com/bible/1/ISA.63.KJV And also in Psalm 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/PSA.51.KJV While there is not a whole lot of verses that describe the Holy Spirit it is clear from scripture that the Holy Spirit is a third "person" in the Godhead. Notice that I did not say trinity. In the Catholic doctrine about the trinity. there is one being with three personalities, and that God the Father created Jesus, and that God and Jesus created the Holy Spirit. "This is an intellectual “begetting,” and fittingly so, as a “word” proceeds from the knower while, at the same time remaining in the knower. Thus, this procession or begetting of the Son occurs within the inner life of God. There are not “two beings” involved; rather, two persons relationally distinct, while ever-remaining one in being. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, but not in a generative sense; rather, in a spiration. “Spiration” comes from the Latin word for “spirit” or “breath.” Jesus “breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit…” (John 20:22). Scripture reveals the Holy Spirit as pertaining to “God’s love [that] has been poured into our hearts” in Romans 5:5, and as flowing out of and identified with the reciprocating love of the Father for the Son and the Son for the Father (John 15:26; Rev. 22:1-2). Thus, the Holy Spirit’s procession is not intellectual and generative, but has its origin in God’s will and in the ultimate act of the will, which is love. As an infinite act of love between the Father and Son, this “act” is so perfect and infinite that “it” becomes (not in time, of course, but eternally) a “He” in the third person of the Blessed Trinity. The weakness, of course, is that in God each person possesses the one infinite and immutable divine nature, and is therefore, one being." https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/explaining-the-trinity The Bible clearly does not teach this fallacy. There are 3 distinct individuals that are all God, co-eternal, three different jobs to do for each of them. One in purpose, perfect and Holy.
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