Really dagallen? The Holy Spirit has all the attributes of personality and here is what Romans 8:11 says, "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you. HE who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies throught His Spirit who indwells you." The following is more on the person of the Holy Spirit.
The answer is that the Bible presents a person as a substance that can do personal and relational things (such as speaking, thinking, feeling, acting). Something that does these personal things in relationship—like God, angels, and human beings—is a person.
How does the Holy Spirit fare up under this criteria?
1. The Spirit teaches and reminds.
John 14:26, “
the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he
will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
1 Corinthians 2:13, “We impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but
taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
2. The Spirit speaks.
Acts 8:29, “
the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over and join this chariot.’
Acts 13:2, “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,
the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'”
3. The Spirit makes decisions.
Acts 15:28, “it has
seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements.”
3. The Spirit can be grieved.
Ephesians 4:30, “do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
4. The Spirit can be outraged.
Hebrews 10:29, “How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has . . .
outraged the Spirit of grace?”
5. The Spirit can be lied to.
Acts 5:3,
4, “why has Satan filled your heart to
lie to the Holy Spirit? . . . You have not
lied to men but
to God‘”
6. The Spirit can forbid or prevent human speech and plans.
Acts 16:6-7, “they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been
forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but
the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.”
7. The Spirit searches everything and comprehends God’s thoughts.
1 Corinthians 2:10-11, “
the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. . . .
no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”
8. The Spirit apportions spiritual gifts.
1 Corinthians 12:11, “the same
Spirit . . .
apportions [spiritual gifts] to each one individually as he wills.”
9. The Spirit helps us, intercedes for us, and has a mind.
Romans 8:26-27, “
the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but
the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because
the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
10. The Spirit bears witness to believers about their adoption
Romans 8:16, “
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.”
11. The Spirit bears witness to Christ.
“But when
the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he
will bear witness about me.
12. The Spirit glorifies Christ, takes what is Christ, and declares it to believers.
John 16:14, “He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”
IN GOD THE SON,
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