Bible Questions Answered:
“...the Holy Spirit then is like the
Lord, as a person?...”
Christina/ Calgary, Alberta Canada
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The third member of The Trinity, God The
Holy Spirit, as a person, is shown to have the following
characteristics.
Psalm 51:11 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, reverenced.)
Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy Holy spirit from me.
Matthew 12:31 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, may be blasphemed, reviled.)
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.
John 6:63 NKJV (The Holy Spirit,
Life giving.)
It is The Spirit who gives life; the
flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and
they are Life.
John 14:16 KJV (The Holy Spirit,
who comforts us.)
And I will pray The Father, and He
shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for
ever;
John 14:17 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, is The Spirit Of Truth.)
Even The Spirit Of Truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him:
but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John 14:26 KJV
(The Holy Spirit, teaches us.)
But The Comforter, which is The Holy
Ghost, whom The Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you.
John 15:26 NLT
(The Holy Spirit, testifies of The Truth.)
But I will send you The Advocate
(The Comforter)—The Spirit Of Truth. He will come to you from The
Father and will testify all about Me
John 16:12-14
KJV (The Holy Spirit, guide, teacher, one who glorifies The Lord.)
12 I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 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.
14 He shall glorify Me: for He shall
receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Acts 5:3 KJV (The Holy spirit, may be lied to.)
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thine heart to lie to The Holy Ghost, and to keep back
part of the price of the land?
Acts 7:51 KJV (The Holy Spirit,
may be resisted.)
Ye stiff necked and uncircumcised in
heart and ears, ye do always resist The Holy Ghost: as your fathers
did, so do ye.
Acts 10:19,20 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, guides us.)
19 Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling
over the vision, The Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come
looking for you.
20 Get up, go downstairs, and go
with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
Acts 16:6-8 NLT
(The Holy Spirit, warns.)
6 Next Paul and Silas traveled
through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because
The Holy Spirit had prevented them
from preaching The Word in the province of Asia at that time.
7 Then coming to the borders of
Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again The
Spirit Of Jesus did not allow them to go there.
8 So instead, they went on through
Mysia to the seaport of Troas.
Romans 8:2 NLT (The Holy Spirit,
gives Life.)
And because you belong to Him, the
power of the Life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin
that leads to death.
Romans 8:15 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, adopts us into the family of God.)
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received The Spirit Of
Adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:26 NKJV The Holy
Spirit, intercedes.)
Likewise The Spirit also helps in
our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we
ought, but The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 8:27 KJV (The Holy
Spirit's mind-thoughts.)
And 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.
Romans 15:30 NKJV (The Holy
Spirit, is a God of love.)
Now I beg you, brethren, through the
Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of
The Spirit, that you strive together
with me in prayers to God for me,
I Corinthians 2:11 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, knows man. and God.)
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.
I Corinthians 12:11 NLT (The
Holy Spirit, wills what gifts, we have.)
It is the one and only Spirit who
distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person
should have.
Ephesians 4:30 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, may be grieved.)
And grieve not The Holy Spirit Of
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Titus 3:4,5 KJV (The Holy
Spirit, gives spiritual rebirth, to God's people.)
4 But—When God our Savior revealed
His kindness and love,
5 He saved us, not because of the
righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed
away our sins, giving us a new birth and new Life through
The Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 10:28,29 KJV The Holy
Spirit, may be insulted.)
28 He that despised Moses' law died
without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot
The Son Of God, and hath counted The Blood Of The Covenant, wherewith
he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite (Insult)
unto
The Spirit Of Grace?
I Peter 1:2 NKJV (The Holy
Spirit, changes us into the image of Jesus Christ.)
Elect according to the foreknowledge
of God The Father, in sanctification (growing in grace) of The
Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of The Blood Of Jesus Christ:
Dear friend, this
Great Comforter, may be yours!
Acts 2:36-38 KJV
(How may we receive The Holy Spirit?)
36 Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye
have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they
were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of
the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized (Make
public confession of your faith.) every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
The Gift Of The Holy Ghost.
