The Personality of the Holy Spirit

With this lesson we begin our study of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead.

The Holy Spirit has been sent by the father and Son to indwell and guide believers.

Many people profess to believe in God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit as the servant or errand boy.

This false, for the Holy Spirit is equal to and in no way inferior to other two.

Others reduce the Holy Spirit to an inanimate force such as electricity which is very powerful but completely devoid of any sort of life, certainly not Divine life!

In this lesson we attempt to prove His personality and His deity in next lesson.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a living Person for He can be approached or shunned, trusted or doubted, love or hated, adored or insulted.

The Important of this Doctrine

A. If He is a living person, the Holy God, equall to Father and Son, then He ought to be worshipped as they are. Theoretically this is done in the Doxology and Gloria Patri.
His Name is link with the Father and Son in the Benediction and baptismal formula, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew 28:19.

B. If He is merely an influence power we would refer to Him as "It" Which is a heathenish conception which leads to the error, "I want to get more of 'It'."
If He is a Person then we must address Him with proper pronouns.

C. If He is a Person then we must get know Him more intimately and personally.

The Holy Spirit has been Assigned to a Definite Office

He is the Official Comforter. John 14:16 "He shall give you another Comforter."

The Greek word here, Parakletos, means "one alongside." He is a personal companion.

As a Person He becomes our best friend to guide us and comfort us.
I strongly recommend that you read The Holy Spirit, R. A. Torrey, pages 28 to 40.

He suggest that the application of this doctrine is most practical.

1. It is cure for an abnormal fear of the dark. The Holy Spirit is with me.

2. It is cure for insomnia. Try communicating with the Spirit and you fall asleep.
2 Corinthians 13:14 "...and the communion [talking together] of the Holy Ghost..."

3. It is cure for loneliness. Develop this friendship with the Holy Spirit.

4. It is cure for a broken heart. Let the Spirit occupy the aching void of the heart.

5. It is the greatest encouragement for power and a cure for helplessness.

6. It is an incentive in teaching and preaching. The Spirit is with me to guide me.

7. His presence is our authority in personal work- the living Spirit has directed me thus.

The Holy Spirit is a Person

We believe that He is a person because He possesses all the necessary qualities of intellect, emotion, will knowledgeand actions.
Let us never insult Him by calling the Spirit "It" but always honor Him properly.

Conclusion

May we make much of the companionship of the living Person, the Holy Spirit.
Prayer: "Lord teach me more of the communion of the Holy Spirit."
Let the Holy Spirit be our companion, our partner and comrade with whom we have intimate fellowship moment by moment.


Source: One hundred Bible Lessons
By: Alban Douglas