2007-12-12 15:03:57 · 16 answers · asked by REGGIE 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Scriptures clearly teach that the Holy Spirit is NOT a person, but an impersonal thing or quality. Here are two obvious lines of reasoning...
1. People are NOT filled with other people; they are filled with impersonal QUALITIES:
(Luke 1:41) Elizabeth was filled with holy spirit
(Luke 2:40) filled with wisdom
(Luke 4:28) became filled with anger
(Luke 5:26) they became filled with fear
(Luke 6:11) they became filled with madness
(Acts 3:10) they became filled with astonishment
(Acts 5:17) Sadducees, rose and became filled with jealousy
(Acts 19:29) the city became filled with confusion
2. Logical connections
Here the impersonal thing Holy Spirit is connected with the impersonal thing "power":
(Acts 10:38) God anointed him with holy spirit and power
Here the impersonal thing Holy Spirit is connected with the impersonal thing "joy":
(Acts 13:52) the disciples continued to be filled with joy and holy spirit
The Scriptures apply anthroporphic qualities to many impersonal things. Trinitarians are required to believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, but literally *ALL* of their so-called "proofs" that the Holy Spirit is a person fail in the light of the entire bible. Here are lines of reasoning that expose the unscripturality of the arguments which pretend that the Holy Spirit is a person.
Comparing these two Scriptures (which describe the identical event) helps explain that the Holy Spirit can be thought of as "God's finger".
(Luke 11:20) If it is by means of God's finger I expel the demons, the kingdom of God has really overtaken YOU. . .
(Matthew 12:28) If it is by means of God’s spirit that I expel the demons, the kingdom of God has really overtaken YOU.
Can a person's finger be "hurt" (or "grieved")? Obviously.
(Isaiah 63:10) They themselves rebelled and made his holy spirit [or "God's finger"] feel hurt
(Ephesians 4:30) Also, do not be grieving God's holy spirit [or "God's finger"]
The Scriptures often personify impersonal things or qualities:
(Luke 7:35) wisdom is proved righteous by all its children
(Romans 5:14) death ruled as king
(Romans 5:21) sin ruled as king
Referring to the "mind" or governing principles of an inanimate thing does not make it a person; neither does referring to a thing's "heart" or core make it a person:
(Matthew 12:40) the heart of the earth
(Exodus 15:8) the heart of the sea
(2 Samuel 18:14) the heart of the big tree
(Deuteronomy 4:11, footnote) the heart of the heavens
The Scriptures clarify that actual PERSONS spoke ON BEHALF OF the Holy Spirit:
(Acts 4:25) holy spirit said by the mouth of our forefather David...
(Acts 28:25) The holy spirit aptly spoke through Isaiah the prophet
(Matthew 10:20) it is the spirit of your Father that speaks by you
Other nonpersons 'testify' or 'bear witness':
(1 John 5:7,8) there are three witness bearers, the spirit and the water and the blood
Arguments pretending that a person can "fill" another person are based on pagan witchcraft and Babylonish mysticism. The Scriptures consistently show that only nonpersonal qualities can "fill" a person. Jehovah's Witnesses are unlikely to trade their Scriptural true worship for witchcraft and Trinitarian false worship; apostasy such as trinitarianism was foretold in the bible.
(2 Thessalonians 2:1-3) We request of you not to be quickly shaken from your reason... the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed
(2 Peter 2:1) there will also be false teachers among you. These very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects
Finally, if trinitarians are true Christians, why do they ignore Christ's command that each Christian must preach?
(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
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2007-12-12 20:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
At Matthew 28:19 reference is made to “the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit.” A “name” can mean something other than a personal name.
When, in English, we say, “in the name of the law,” or “in the name of common sense,” we have no reference to a person as such. By “name” in these expressions we mean ‘what the law stands for or its authority’ and ‘what common sense represents or calls for.’ The Greek term for “name” (o′no·ma) also can have this sense.
Thus, while some translations (KJ, AS) follow the Greek text at Matthew 10:41 literally and say that the one that “receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward,” more modern translations say, “receives a prophet because he is a prophet” and “receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man,” or similar. Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament says on Matthew 28:19: “The use of name (onoma) here is a common one in the Septuagint and the papyri for power or authority.” Hence baptism ‘in the name of the holy spirit’ implies recognition of that spirit as having its source in God and as exercising its function according to the divine will.
2007-12-13 01:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by BJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is not Jehovah.The name of The Holy Spirit IS "The Holy Spirit." The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God.Three Divine "Persons" in the ONE God. (The Holy Trinity) If you are using the Jehovah's Witness Bible,you will not get a true translation of the Holy Scriptures.
The Holy Spirit is not a person as in an individual human being.The Holy Spirit is one third of the Triune God that is mentioned in the Bible.The word "person" is used for the Holy Spirit because there is no other description the Spirit falls into.Because the Spirit is fully God the word "person" is acceptable and is the correct discription in Catholic Scripture.
EDIT....Wow ! 5 "thumbs down" I must have upset someone.
who cannot accept the truth.The Jehovah's Witnesses Bible is corrupt,being a sectarian paraphrase rather than a true translation of the Holy Sriptures.
2007-12-13 04:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
The Holy Spirit, I think.
2007-12-12 23:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by Clipper 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.
2007-12-12 23:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
God’s holy spirit is his invisible active force. (Genesis 1:2)
2007-12-13 00:43:43 · answer #6 · answered by blt_4 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
does it need a name? its simply the Holy Spirit
2007-12-12 23:07:33 · answer #7 · answered by Alex R 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
IN Islam we dont believe in the trinity.. Nor do we believe Jesus as son of God, or as of any divine origin..
We believe there is God, his name is Allah
there is his prophets one of which is Jesus (only a human, and man, but great prophet recognized in Islam)
and there is his arc angel Gabriel.. who some believe as the holy ghost, or spirit.. Gabriel does the foot work for God, he is the one who brings the messages to the prophets.
2007-12-12 23:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mintee 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it doesn´t have a personal name cause is not a person but belongs to a person to God.
Jesus compare with fingers the holy spirit that belongs to someone but are not the person that they belonged.
Luke 11:20 "But if it is by means of God’s finger I expel the demons, the kingdom of God has really overtaken YOU."
Matthew 12:28 "But if it is by means of God’s spirit that I expel the demons, the kingdom of God has really overtaken YOU"
2007-12-12 23:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>tHE (I AM) says:
God's Holy Spirit is His ACTIVE FORCE !
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2007-12-13 02:28:04 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋