Is the Holy Spirit a person or God's Active Force? If it is the latter, does this contradict the Trinity?

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Answer 1

The Trinity

God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God. (See also, "Another Look at the Trinity")
Jesus, the Son, is one person with two natures: Divine and Human. This is called the Hypostatic Union. The Holy Spirit is also divine in nature and is self aware, the third person of the Trinity.
There is, though, an apparent separation of some functions among the members of the Godhead. For example, the Father chooses who will be saved (Eph. 1:4); the Son redeems them (Eph. 1:7); and the Holy Spirit seals them, (Eph. 1:13).
A further point of clarification is that God is not one person, the Father, with Jesus as a creation and the Holy Spirit is a force (Jehovah's Witnesses). Neither is He one person who took three consecutive forms, i.e., the Father, became the Son, who became the Holy Spirit. Nor is God the divine nature of the Son (where Jesus had a human nature perceived as the Son and a divine nature perceived as the Father (Oneness theology). Nor is the Trinity an office held by three separate Gods (Mormonism).
The word "person" is used to describe the three members of the Godhead because the word "person" is appropriate. A person is self aware, can speak, love, hate, say "you," "yours," "me," "mine," etc. Each of the three persons in the Trinity demonstrate these qualities.
The chart below should help you to see how the doctrine of the Trinity is systematically derived from Scripture. The list is not exhaustive, only illustrative.
The first step is to establish the biblical doctrine that there is only one God. Then, you find that each of the persons is called God, each creates, each was involved in Jesus' resurrection, each indwells, etc. Therefore, God is one, but the one God is in three simultaneous persons. Please note that the idea of a composite unity is not a foreign concept to the Bible; after all, man and wife are said to be one flesh. The idea of a composite unity of persons is spoken of by God in Genesis (Gen. 2:24).

There is only one God

The first step is to establish how many Gods exist: one! Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; 45:5,14,18,21,22; 46:9; 47:8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9
"I am the LORD, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5).
“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me," (Isaiah 44:6).

"I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God, (Isaiah 55:5).

The Trinity


FATHER SON HOLY SPIRIT
Called God Phil. 1:2 John 1:1,14; Col. 2:9 Acts 5:3-4
Creator Isaiah 64:8 John 1:3; Col. 1:15-17 Job 33:4, 26:13
Resurrects 1 Thess. 1:10 John 2:19, 10:17 Rom. 8:11
Indwells 2 Cor. 6:16 Col. 1:27 John 14:17
Everywhere 1 Kings 8:27 Matt. 28:20 Psalm 139:7-10
All knowing 1 John 3:20 John 16:30; 21:17 1 Cor. 2:10-11
Sanctifies 1 Thess. 5:23 Heb. 2:11 1 Pet. 1:2
Life giver Gen. 2:7: John 5:21 John 1:3; 5:21 2 Cor. 3:6,8
Fellowship 1 John 1:3 1 Cor. 1:9 2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1
Eternal Psalm 90:2 Micah 5:1-2 Rom. 8:11; Heb. 9:14
A Will Luke 22:42 Luke 22:42 1 Cor. 12:11
Speaks Matt. 3:17; Luke 9:25 Luke 5:20; 7:48 Acts 8:29; 11:12; 13:2
Love John 3:16 Eph. 5:25 Rom. 15:30
Searches the heart Jer. 17:10 Rev. 2:23 1 Cor. 2:10
We belong to John 17:9 John 17:6 . . .
Savior
1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3; 4:10 2 Tim. 1:10; Titus 1:4; 3:6 . . .
We serve Matt. 4:10 Col. 3:24 . . .
Believe in John 14:1 John 14:1 . . .
Gives joy . . .
John 15:11 John 14:7
Judges John 8:50 John 5:21,30 . . .



Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is arrived at by looking at the whole of scripture, not in a single verse. It is the doctrine that there is only one God, not three, and that the one God exists in three persons: Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. An analogy would be time. Time is past, present, and future. But, there are not three times, only one.

Answer 2

The origin of the Trinity just like all other false doctrine originated at ancient Babel or Babylon. The ancient Babylonians worshiped trinities or triads such as Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz. They also worshiped the pagan Sin,Shamash and Ishtar. The Egyptians worshiped Isis,Osiris and Horus as a trinity. The word trinity is not even found in the Holy Bible. It's a pagan doctrine that crept into an apostate form of Christianity.

Answer 3

The Holy Spirit is a 'person' like the Father and the Son. God is all equal, but different as well. The Father knows things the son does not, the Son is incarnated, and blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is unpardonable. The above example is illustrative, by no means comprehensive.

Trinity is a tricky concept. With prayer and study of the Bible, I think one can come to the conclusion the Godhead may be a mystery while we are still humans.

Answer 4

God is HOLY. God is SPIRIT. God is the Holy Spirit. No one has yet been able to satisfactorily explain the Trinity. The early church fathers called Him "Three Persons in one Substance". The benediction at the end of 2nd Corinthians reads,"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen."

Answer 5

Two parallel gospel accounts quote Christ as refering to the Holy Spirit, and to "God's finger, " in the same instance. Sounds like "active force" to me. However, I could certainly be incorrect. Many non-Christian religions have trinities of gods. (e.g. the Hindu trinity.) But to me personally, trinities seem to be inherent contradictions in monotheisms.

Answer 6

the Holy Spirit is Jehovah's Active Force. Jehovah the Father, Jesus Christ the son who is Jehovah's first creation and Jehovah's Active Force. there is not place in the bible that talks about the trinity. Jesus said you seen me you seen the Father, he was saying that he was with the Father from the beginning and he knows his Father real well. Jesus said he cannot do anything without the Father in the Heaven. he never said he was God. www.watchtower.org

Answer 7

This is a great question. I think it is both force of energy and a seemingly spirit of form. Either way, I know great things have happened to me that are not mere coincidence, but when my mind is open and my heart is receptive, I can have the fruits of supernatural combination!
A little example is that you and I are asking the almost same question at almost the same time
God bless you

Answer 8

The heart of God sits at his throne in heaven, God's unlimited power.

The face of God is Jesus that works among His people in heaven, basically God in body form.

The voice of God is the the Holy Spirit that works on earth, yes God's active ghostly force.... that enters your heart, warm and happy feeling when you tend to act kindly, considerate and compassionate like Jesus Christ.

Answer 9

The holy spirit is the trinity.

Answer 10

God's active force is correct.
The trinity is strictly a catholic teaching, and is in error.
They even changed scripture in their bible to make it work for them.