Who is the Holy Spirit

Who is the Holy Spirit According to the Bible?

Paul says in Ephesians 4:4 that there is “one Spirit.” In Ephesians 2:18 it says, "For through him (Jesus) we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." But the Bible speaks about the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ which involves two divine beings. So how is it then that there is only one Spirit? The answer is something the majority miss because most have been indoctrinated with the Catholic idea of the Holy Spirit as another being rather than God's own Spirit.

In traditional Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is believed and taught to be a third divine person of the trinity, a triune god. Often it is identified as god the holy spirit (those words are not found in the Bible). Yet people who will follow this train of thought and belief get it from their clergy and repeat the words, “their 3 in 1.” My question is, one what? And that usually goes unanswered. The thought process behind this dogma is that this god the holy spirit is co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and god the son (those words are not found in the Bible either). So now in all actuality, whether you want to admit it or not, you have three gods. And if they are co-equal and co-eternal, you have triplets. There is no Father or Son. The Father and Son become a metaphor.

In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, you have the impregnating of Mary by the Holy Spirit. If this was another being, then Jesus would have two Fathers. But this spirit is the Spirit of the Father which is detailed elsewhere as coming from “the Most High.” Who would that be? That would be God, as in the Father.

When Trinitarians speak about who they believe in, they often will say the words Father God in place of just God because they have to tell you which god they are referring to, especially in prayer. Not everyone, but I have heard plenty of people speak like that and it makes me cringe. But they don’t make this up themselves, it comes from the clergy who are going to be greatly responsible for this when it comes time for the plagues and the wrath of God. People in clergy positions have a higher weight of responsibility to teach truth to those they shepherd over.

When discussing the baptism of Jesus with a Trinitarian, they get confused. Previously I may have explained to them about the Spirit of Christ. And they might then make a snarky comment like, “well whose spirit came upon Christ at his baptism?” That can be an honest question, but it can also be given with sarcasm by some. What they don’t understand is prior to the resurrection of Christ who was then glorified in Heaven (John 7:39) and received His Father’s Spirit in full measure, there was only the working of the Spirit of God. At the baptism you had the Father, the Son, and John who did the baptizing. That Spirit that came down “LIKE A DOVE” wasn’t a dove. It was the Father’s Spirit shining down on Christ as beams of glory. That is how the Father was present at the baptism. And then the Father spoke, “this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” If you make the dove into another god, then you have to make the voice into another god. DUH! The Scriptures say the Spirit “DESCENDED” like a dove. It wasn’t an actual dove. How does a dove descend from the sky? Slow and in a fluttering motion!

In the Old Testament you will see the words “Spirit of God” which by Jews is interpreted in the sense of a force, power, or might of the unitary God. To a certain extent, they hold to an understanding that this is one of the attributes of God, a quality belonging to God, and totally refute the ideology of a duality or trinity as they are strictly monotheist. They stronger reject a multi-person Godhead.

In the New Testament the Holy Spirit is also identified with the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Truth (who said he was the truth?), and the Paraclete (helper) aka Comforter. The same Greek word is used in John 14:16, 26, 15:26,16:7, and 1 John 2:1. In that last verse it says Jesus Christ, the righteous one! After all, he says, “I stand at the door and knock,” “I am with you always,” “I will not leave you comfortless.” How can he do this? Through His Spirit which is sent from God to us through Him as the Holy Spirit.

First of all, everything originates from the Father. And then it goes thru Jesus.

1 Corinthians 8:6 - "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things ,and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him." Notice here "of whom" and "by whom". Everything is 'of the Father' and then it becomes 'by the Son'.

The Holy Spirit is the breath, mind, power, character and personal presence of the very life of God that the Father sends through His Son to us. Or to put it another way to make sure this is clear. The Holy Spirit is the PERSONAL presence and power of the Father manifested through Jesus Christ His begotten son. This is not a separate person of the Godhead who is being sent, it is the very life of God coming to us through His Son. And unlike what trinitarians are taught to say, that this would be an impersonal force, NO. This is the very PERSONAL presence and personality of God.

Everything Christ received, He inherited from His Father including His very own life which is self-existent as it came from the Father. “For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself.” John 5:26

But not only His life but Christ also received of His Fathers Spirit. Thus the Father and Son are one in Spirit, and that one Spirit proceeds from the Father and comes to us through His Son.

Galatians 4:6 "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father." This Spirit is the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ, which He received from His Father. So when you receive the Spirit of God, you receive the Spirit of His Son into your heart also. The Father did not send another individual. He sent the Spirit of His Son. This is not some mystery ghost as many are left in the dark to wonder about.

This is why Paul equates the “Spirit of God” with the “Spirit of Christ” as it is the same one Spirit of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. And so we find that the Holy Spirit is the same Spirit whether it is spoken of as pertaining to God or Christ.

“But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead (God the Father) dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead (God the Father) shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you." Romans 8:9-11

Referring to the Holy Spirit, Paul says that Christ is that Spirit. “Now the Lord [Jesus] is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3:17

Thus through the Spirit both the Father and Son come and make their abode in you. “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” John 14:23

How do they do that? Through their Spirit! They come to dwell with us and abide with us. Have you ever had an impulse, impression or feeling of guilt for some actions you took, or maybe something you were about to do and it was wrong of you to do that? That is the Holy Spirit working on you. And if you ignore it enough, it stops communicating with you and trying to guide you.

So it is by the Holy Spirit that Christ lives in us. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:” Galatians 2:20

The Spirit of Christ is our Comforter (parakletos) which also means “helper” and is translated as such in the NKJV, “For I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.” Philippians 1:19

Christ had also spoken through all the Apostles after he left them. “Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.” 1 Peter 1:11

Christ has always partaken of the Spirit of God since He was begotten of the Father before anything was created. When Jesus was incarnated on earth 2000 years ago, He was full of that same Holy Spirit of God from His conception, and throughout His earthy sojourn as the son of man. After His resurrection and ascension to Heaven, He sent “another comforter” to earth to empower His people till the end of time, which was Himself in Spirit form. This is referred to as the Spiritual Manifestation found in John 14.

Only the Father and the Son can be present outside of their bodies throughout the Universe. Their Holy Spirit is the way in which they are omnipresent while also being physically present in the Heavenly Sanctuary as we speak. This is where the nascent Catholics made their mistakes when coming up with the incomprehensible doctrine of the trinity versus the plain word of God. In creating the trinity they philosophized when they should have left it alone as it is totally un-Scriptural.

“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. v46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. v47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.” 1 Corinthians 15:45-47

Here the Apostle Paul is talking about the two Adams. The first Adam was the first created man on earth who sinned by eating the forbidden fruit. The second (last) Adam is Christ who came to redeem us. Notice that Paul says that this One was made “a quickening spirit.” This is the other important thing about Christ. Not just His earthly human life, but also what happened after.

In verse 46 Paul clarifies that the natural comes first and then the spiritual. This is exactly what happened with Jesus. He came to earth first as a man, ministered, ascended to Heaven, and then at Pentecost, He came back in Spirit with mighty power! Both times it was to instruct and sanctify His people. And that is the same purpose today.

In John 20:21-22, we read, "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so I send you. v22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost."

Christ didn't breathe on his Apostles another person. He breathed on them the Spirit of God which was dwelling in him.

So the Holy Spirit of God the Father is now also the Spirit of Christ which Paul confirms in verse 47. So “the Lord from Heaven” in verse 47 is the “quickening Spirit” of verse 45. It cannot be any clearer.

1 Corinthians 2:11 "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." Man's spirit is limited to within his own body. That is not characterized here with the Spirit of God.

The teachings of the Catholic trinity (three persons in one god) are now rampant in most Churches which destroys this wonderful truth of who the Holy Spirit really is by the introduction of a totally different third being which does not actually exist! And as if that were not bad enough, Satan receives the unwitting worship of millions upon millions of people through this serious deception that he has inspired man to create.

The Holy Spirit is the very life of God coming from the Father and shared by the Son. It is the personal presence of the Father and the Son given to us. Those who partake of this divine presence and power within, the life of God, and allow Him to transform their characters into the likeness of His Son, will someday personally meet this wondrous God of love.

For further study, consider the following:

1 Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

Ezekiel 36:27 "And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them."

Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."

Ephesians 3:17 "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love."

Ephesians 4:6 "One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

Colossians 1:27 "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"

1 John 4:12-13 "....If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit."

Acts 10:38 "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."

Acts 20:28 "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood."

This removes the mystery and question about blaspheming:

God is a Spirit - John 4:23-24 - "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. v24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

God is light – 1 John 1:5 - "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

Our God is a consuming fire – Hebrews 12:29 - "For our God is a consuming fire."

God is Love – 1 John 4:7-11, 16, Romans 8:39.

God is the Holy Father - John 17:11 - "….Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are."

God is God the Father - John 6:27, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 1:1, 1:3, Ephesians 6:23, Philippians 2:11, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Peter 1:17, 2 John 1:3, Jude 1:1.

God is Holy, His existence is referred to as Holy - “I AM HOLY” - Joshua 24:19, Leviticus 11:44, 45, 19:2, 21:8, 21:22, 1 Samuel 2:2, 6:20, 1 Chronicles 29:16, Psalm 71:22, 78:41, 99:5, 99:9, 106:47, Isaiah 5:16, 29:23, 30:15, 43:3, 48:17, 52:10, 54:5, 55:5, 60:9, Jeremiah 60:9, 51:5, Ezekiel 20:39, 36:22, 39:25, Hosea 11:9, Habakkuk 1:12, 3:3, Ephesians 4:30, Revelation 4:8.

WHAT GOD IS, IS A HOLY SPIRIT. It is His Spirit, the Spirit of GOD. That is why the sin against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, for it is a sin against God Himself. The one living and true God. No one else. And not a portion of a plurality of persons either or one of the three persons of a man made creedal godhead.

After Christ's ascension to Heaven, he was glorified. He received His Father's Spirit in full measure. It is NOW that Christ comes to the believer in the Spirit, that Holy Spirit.

We do not know the "NATURE" of the Spirit in the action of "HOW".

So it was not Jesus who came upon Jesus as some actually believe. Christ was in human nature at that time on earth, nothing to do with the Spiritual nature that he would have after his accomplishment of overcoming evil and the temptation of Satan.

Beloved, think before it becomes outlawed. Get to studying your Bible for yourself. Pray to the one living and true God and ask for His Spirit to guide you and reveal to you WHO He is. He is not a plurality of persons. If you have to add words to any verses to support your belief, then you are doing something wrong. The denominational leaders are on a dangerous track leading people to sheol.