The person of the Holy Spirit

  • The Bible does not contradict itself (I Corinthians 14:33. This implies that not all the perspectives on the Holy Spirit that men come up with are going to be true.
  • Person: a conscious being that possesses individuality and identity.
  • Individual: a distinct and undivided being.
  • Being: a living and existing thing.
  • The oneness doctrine: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all different manifestations of the same being.
    • Isaiah 9:6 is often used as a prooftext for this belief.
  • Passages that show the Holy Spirit executes judment: Acts 5
  • In John 16:13-14, Jesus uses masculine personal pronouns to refer to the Holy Spirit, which indicates that the Holy Spirit is an individual person.
  • The Holy Spirit is a distinct person from Father and the Son (Luke 3:22.
  • Actions in which the Holy Spirit is shown to have fellowship with Christ and the Father: Ephesians 4
  • The Holy Spirit is deity (Acts 5:1-4.