How can the concept of the "Holy Spirit" best be described?

Question

I know it's part of the trinity, but where does it come from? How did this belief start?

Answer 1

man made (this answers all 3 questions)

Answer 2

There are some long answers here

HERE IS THE SHORT ANSWER

1. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE REVEALER OF TRUTH
Basically put, the fleshly man cannot receive the things of God for they are foolishness unto him.
2.. The Holy Spirit converts gnosis(academic knowledge) to epignosis(full knowledge or spiritual truth) from the Greek.
3. An unbeliever will get little from simply reading a Bible, while
a believer will gain insight, doesnt mean one is smarter than the other----One has the Holy Spirit, and the other does not.

Answer 3

Well, let me put it this way. God who is a spirit being has a spirit, which is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is that creative nature of God which brings all things into existence. Read the Genesis chapter 1:1-3. It says in verse 2, "Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness, was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters". The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters waiting for God to speak something into existence. So, I hope this helps. The Holy Spirit is an extension of God, just like an arm is an extension of your body.

Answer 4

After Jesus died and came back to life to show that even man can come back to life, if they beleive in Him, He said to His disciples that He will sent them a helper, the Holy Spirit who will be with them and guide them. Being a christian it was just a concept for me. But last month I got annointed with HolySpirit and the presence was a physical experience.
You have to seek God with your heart to receive Him. I had my whole concept of bible turned because when I received Him, I knew that though 2000 years back Jesus said He will send the Holy Spirit, He is still there among us.

Answer 5

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; Psalm 33:6) 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.

Holy spirit pours forth from God in limitless supply. It is God’s power in action. In fact, at Genesis 1:2, the Bible refers to it as God’s “active force.” The original Hebrew and Greek words that are rendered “spirit” may, in other contexts, be translated “wind,” “breath,” and “blast.” According to lexicographers, the original-language words suggest an invisible force in action. Like wind, God’s spirit is invisible to our eyes, but its effects are real and discernible.

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. None of these expressions would be appropriate if the holy spirit were a person.

Jesus also referred to the holy spirit as a “helper” (Greek, pa·ra'kle·tos), and he said that this helper would “teach,” “bear witness,” “speak,” and ‘hear.’ (John 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:13) It is not unusual in the Scriptures for something to be personified. For example, wisdom is said to have “children.” (Luke 7:35) Sin and death are spoken of as being kings. (Rom. 5:14, 21) While some texts say that the spirit “spoke,” other passages make clear that this was done through angels or humans. (Acts 4:24, 25; 28:25; Matt. 10:19.) At 1 John 5:6-8, not only the spirit but also “the water and the blood” are said to ‘bear witness.’ So, none of the expressions found in these texts in themselves prove that the holy spirit is a person.

The correct identification of the holy spirit must fit all the scriptures that refer to that spirit. With this viewpoint, it is logical to conclude that the holy spirit is the active force of God. It is not a person but is a powerful force that God causes to emanate from himself to accomplish his holy will.

Answer 6

properly, seeing as how my ideals don't greater healthful with any particular faith, i'm going to make it easier to be responsive to my comments on Hell. i think of that Hell is merely a strategies set. i've got faith that as quickly as we die we create our very own 'heaven' or 'hell'. there is no particular hell, no devil, no firey pit with a pink guy with a pitchfork. Our advent of 'hell' would be despite we make it. If we choose it to be alluring then that's going to. If we choose it to be gruesome than that's going to. If human beings actual have faith that they seem to be a bad guy or woman and could spend an eternity interior the afterlife suffering, then so be it, they'll. If and while they arrive to a decision they like to stay of their theory of 'heaven' then they'll. same is going with reincarnation. human beings come to a decision while and the place they like to be reincarnated. So... in certainty Hell is purely a strategies set... that's rather confusing and stressful to describe, yet a minimum of i be responsive to what i'm speaking approximately haha.

Answer 7

It is the Spirit of God that inhabits the spirit of the believer of Christ, the Comforter, and the Spirit of Truth.

Answer 8

Welll,, God is truely a MAN, just like Jesus and all of us for we were created within HIS likenesss. The ? is, How did God mangnify the spirit within himself?
Answer: Through love and righteouness.

There is a Universe, within are infinity of galaxies, within galaxies is LIFE.-ME

Answer 9

Read the second chapter of the Book of Acts. That will explain everything you want to know!

Answer 10

Paganism.