2006-10-07 19:49:36 · 7 answers · asked by milly_1963 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The third Person of the Trinity. A person dwelling inside of me and He leads us to worship Christ.
Jesus said He was going to be another Helper.
2006-10-07 19:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is one of the 3 persons of the Trinity. He is God.
2006-10-08 02:57:17 · answer #2 · answered by upsman 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
First of all, the Holy Spirit is not a person.
The word “spirit” is also used in the Bible in another sense. Addressing God in prayer, the psalmist said: “If you send forth your spirit, they are created.” (Psalm 104:30) This spirit is not God himself but a force that God sends forth, or uses, to accomplish whatever he wishes. By means of it, God created the physical heavens, the earth, and all living things. (Genesis 1:2) His spirit is called holy spirit. God used his holy spirit to inspire the men who wrote the Bible. (2 Peter 1:20, 21) Hence, the holy spirit is the invisible active force that God uses to fulfill his purposes.
A comparison of Bible texts that refer to the holy spirit shows that it is spoken of as ‘filling’ people; they can be ‘baptized’ with it; and they can be “anointed” with it. (Luke 1:41; Matt. 3:11; Acts 10:38) None of these expressions would be appropriate if the holy spirit were a person.
At Genesis 1:2 the Bible states that “God’s active force [“spirit” (Hebrew, ru′ach)] was moving to and fro over the surface of the waters.” Here, God’s spirit was his active force working to shape the earth.
God uses his spirit to enlighten those who serve him. David prayed: “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your spirit [ru′ach] is good; may it lead me in the land of uprightness.” (Psalm 143:10) When 70 capable men were appointed to help Moses, God said to him: “I shall have to take away some of the spirit [ru′ach] that is upon you and place it upon them.
GOD’S spirit can also supply "power beyond what is normal" For example, regarding Samson, Judges 14:6 relates: “The spirit of Yahweh seized on him, and though he had no weapon in his hand he tore the lion in pieces.” (JB) Did a divine person actually enter or seize Samson, manipulating his body to do what he did? No, it was really “the power of the LORD [that] made Samson strong.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia: “Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of a Third Person.”
Catholic theologian Fortman: “The Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view, The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power.”
Neither the Jews nor the early Christians viewed the holy spirit as part of a Trinity. That teaching came centuries later. As A Catholic Dictionary notes: “The third Person was asserted at a Council of Alexandria in 362, and finally by the Council of Constantinople of 381”, some three and a half centuries after holy spirit filled the disciples at Pentecost!
No, the holy spirit is not a person and it is not part of a Trinity. The holy spirit is God’s active force that he uses to accomplish his will. It is not equal to God but is always at his disposition and subordinate to him.
2006-10-08 03:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Holy Spirit is still is God. They are one...Just like Jesus christ, He is still God born and raised by a human being for us to acknowledge that God is person whom we can tel our problems or relate to.
And Jesus Christ died for us and his Spirit is The Holy Spirit. It sums up: GOD the Father, GOD the Son (meaning Jesus Christ) and GOD the Holy Spirit.
2006-10-08 02:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by periminkle 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gods spirit is with us and we need it to know him fully
2006-10-08 02:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by Mim 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is nothing, just imagination.
God is alone and one only, he does not have relatives or equals.
God is the mightiest, the most fearful the most merciful.
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2006-10-08 03:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by ss1886 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
part of the Godhead
2006-10-08 02:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by norm s 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋