There are several issues with Quasar's view that the Holy Spirit is the Father.
Foremost, is the fact that the Father and the Son were regarded by NT authors as one pneumatological unit. Or as Augustine put it,
We see this in passages such as Romans 8.9-10; Acts 16.1-8, where there is an interchangeable use of “the Spirit of God”/“the Spirit of Christ,” and “the Holy Spirit”/“the Spirit of Jesus.” Also see Philippians 1.19, and 1 Peter 1.11. To these authors the Holy Spirit is both, the Spirit of the Father, and of the Son.
The second issue is, what do we do with texts such as John 16.13, where the “Spirit of truth” is said to “not speak on His own initiative”? This would seem to indicate that there is One with authority over Him.
In the OT, the Spirit is presented as an extension of God's personality and activity. The Spirit is God's “hand” (Ezek. 3.14; 8.1-3; 37.1) and his “breath” (Job 33.4; 34.14), his power and presence (Ps. 139.7). When the Spirit departed from Saul (1 Sam. 16.14), that meant that God had departed from him (1 Sam. 18.12). Similarly, the NT describes Jesus as being in and with those who are led by the Spirit (Matt. 18.20; John 14.23).
Foremost, is the fact that the Father and the Son were regarded by NT authors as one pneumatological unit. Or as Augustine put it,
“For, it is he (i.e.., the Holy Spirit) of whom the apostle says (Galatians 4.6), 'But because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,' and it is he (i.e., the Holy Spirit) of whom the same Son says (Matthew 10.20), 'For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.'”
We see this in passages such as Romans 8.9-10; Acts 16.1-8, where there is an interchangeable use of “the Spirit of God”/“the Spirit of Christ,” and “the Holy Spirit”/“the Spirit of Jesus.” Also see Philippians 1.19, and 1 Peter 1.11. To these authors the Holy Spirit is both, the Spirit of the Father, and of the Son.
The second issue is, what do we do with texts such as John 16.13, where the “Spirit of truth” is said to “not speak on His own initiative”? This would seem to indicate that there is One with authority over Him.
In the OT, the Spirit is presented as an extension of God's personality and activity. The Spirit is God's “hand” (Ezek. 3.14; 8.1-3; 37.1) and his “breath” (Job 33.4; 34.14), his power and presence (Ps. 139.7). When the Spirit departed from Saul (1 Sam. 16.14), that meant that God had departed from him (1 Sam. 18.12). Similarly, the NT describes Jesus as being in and with those who are led by the Spirit (Matt. 18.20; John 14.23).
IN GOD THE SON,
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