I know the Holy Spirit is deity because God’s Word says so. Scripture also confirms there is only one God, therefore the Holy Spirit is also God in addition to the Father and the Son. All three persons of the Trinity are equally God and when I see a reference to any one of the three I automatically think, “this is God.”
Genesis 1:2 – The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of god was hovering over the face of the water.
Psalm 139:7-10 – Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 – But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
In biblical times names were important, much more so than today. A person’s name back then meant something specific and everyone was aware of that meaning. We see that time and again in the Bible. A lot could be learned about a person just by knowing their name. Names were important to God too because He changed the names of Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah and Jacob to Israel. When we get to heaven God will also give us a new name which we’ll carry throughout eternity. When it come to the Holy Spirt, we can learn much about Him by knowing the various names and titles ascribed to Him.
1. The Spirit of God
1 Corinthians 3:16 – Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
2. The Spirit of Christ
Romans 8:9 – But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now id anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
3. The eternal Spirit
Hebrews 9:14 – How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
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