What is it? How did it come to be? Was it always there or was it created? These sorts of things - I'm confused.
2007-01-19 14:10:41 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh I love this one...The Holy Spirit is just that, the Spirit of God which dwells in all believers in Christ. He is basically our lifeline, our discernment, our conscience, he is who guides us through any storm. Think of it like this; God the Father is God over us, God the Son was God among us, and God the Spirit is God in us.
2007-01-19 14:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your religion. Some believe that the Holy Spirit is part of a Trinity. Just one of three manifestations of the same entity or God and has always been a part of the Trinity.
Another belief is that he is a separate personage of a Godhead of three persons. Two of the Godhead, Father & Son are reserected beings. The Holy Spirit/Ghost is still a spirit in order to be able to do his job. He will receive a body at the end of the world. His exsistance has always been as with all our spirits before our birth.
2007-01-19 22:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by Monita Marler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is the third divine person of the Holy Trinity.
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
The Holy Spirit is known as the Lord, and the giver of life.
The Holy Spirit is the mighty wind that moved across the surface of the young earth, and he is the author of Adam's soul.
He is the power behind every miracle.
It is the Holy Spirit who parted the Red Sea, guided David's sling, sent fire down at Elijah's request, conceived Jesus in Mary's womb, shook the earth and darkened the sky at the crucifixion, and raised Jesus from the dead.
On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit presided at the birthday of the Church ... and the "party" isn't over yet.
The Holy Spirit stopped by and escorted the Blessed Virgin, body and soul, to heaven.
He dwells in the soul of every faithful and repentant Christian.
He transforms ordinary bread and wine into the real and substantial body and blood of Jesus Christ, at every Catholic Mass, and he makes every Catholic sacrament powerful and holy.
He facilitates prayer of all kinds, and it is he who inspired the sacred writers of scripture.
He is wisdom and truth.
The Holy Spirit is the mighty, irresistible power of God ... everywhere and always.
At the end of this age, the Holy Spirit will raise the dead, and supply us with new, incorruptible, heaven compatible bodies.
He does all this in complete and perfect unity with God the Father and God the Son, and he is composed of the same eternally uncreated, godly "essence".
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2007-01-19 22:39:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is sometimes defined as the aspect of God immanent in this world, in human beings, and in the church
and the other meaning is:
In the belief of many Christians, one of the three persons in the one God, along with the Father and the Son (Jesus is the Son); the Holy Spirit is also called the Holy Ghost. Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection. The Spirit came to the disciples of Jesus on Pentecost.
2007-01-19 22:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by lee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is God and the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. It is difficult to try and to explain the Holy Spirit.
We do not have the correct words. We can sometimes use examples.
Have you ever been to an exciting sporting event and your team is winning and you are standing and yelling at the top of your lungs along with the rest of the crowd? You might say you have school or team spirit. You are caught up with the moment.
The Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, self-control. All of these attributes can not be seen. The effects of them can be seen, like the effects at the sporting event on the crowd cheering.
There are Biblical references to the Holy Spirit.
I like to think of the Holy Spirit as God's breath in me which enables me to do good unto others and to pray and communicate with God.
2007-01-19 22:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mary W 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is God and Jesus put together into one. The Holy Spirit was created by God. If you have ever heard people (like me) who speak in tongues when praying we are praying in the Holy Spirit. What this means is that God can hear and understand you only. When praying in a language you understand you are opening doors for interpretation from Satan to decieve you and destroy you. Praying in the Holy Spirit is hard for Satan to figure out what you are trying to say.
2007-01-19 22:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the second verse of Genesis we find "the Spirit of God" hovering over the yet to be formed earth (Genesis 1:2). Throughout the Old Testament, we find references to God's prophets or messengers being inspired and empowered by his Spirit. But it's not until the New Testament that the Spirit of God is called by name as "The Holy Spirit" (Luke 1:35).
The Holy Spirit fills Jesus Christ at his baptism, empowers and emboldens the early disciples--who were previously hiding behind locked doors--and is promised to fill each future believer.
But here is where it gets confusing! While the Bible states there is one, and only one, God, he appears to be three distinct beings and thus the term Trinity or "three-in-one." Jesus tells his disciples to baptize believers "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit . . . " (Matthew 28:19).
Some theologians have tried to explain this by saying that God revealed himself in three separate forms: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit. However, Scripture records all three present at Jesus' baptism: "When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: 'You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased'" (Luke 3:21-22).
God Bless You
2007-01-19 22:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is Triune - one God, three persons. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit. God always has been - was never created. God is not limited by time or space as He is infinite. All three persons of God have always been together as one God in union with each other.
There are many attempts at explaining the Trinity - but because we are limited by our finite being, we do not have the capacity to completely understand Him. However, I have heard it explained as an egg - the egg is comprised of a shell, the white and the yolk - none are the egg in it's entirety, but all three combined make up the egg. This logic is somewhat flawed, however, as each Person of God is fully God. I have also heard it said that a person can be a son, a father and a husband all at the same time, but is only one person. Again, slightly flawed because these are just parts of the same person, not complete in themselves. We see things darkly as through imperfect glass while we are on this Earth - but we will see fully when we are in the presence of God, then we will understand more completely/
2007-01-19 22:22:36 · answer #8 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THe Holy Spirit is a distinct part of the Trinity. There is God the Father, The Spirit, and the Son (Jesus). The HS is the controlling or guiding force in our lives.
2007-01-19 22:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by Q&A Gal 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is the Living Spirit of God. It's not a "what" is it, but a "who" is it. It always existed alone-side God the Father and Jesus Christ. In fact, their all one an the same.
2007-01-19 22:15:16 · answer #10 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a life-long believer in THE TRINITY. The Trinity defines The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit as one. - Each one discernable by itself, but equally a part of each other.
%There is no seperating these three.
2007-01-19 22:32:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋