Who Is the Holy Ghost?
John 16:1-8
The Holy Spirit is a person. He is not something, but He is someone! The Holy Spirit is God the Spirit. There is no jealousy in the God-head. We have God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit.
I. CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
In creation, God the Father is Author, God’s Son is Agent, and God’s Holy Spirit is Power.
Genesis 1:26
II. AUTHOR OF SCRIPTURES
Proof:
1) Its perennial freshness
2) Its fulfilled prophecies (2 Peter 1:21)
3) Its unity
4) Its indestructibility (Luke 21:39; John 12:48)
III. INTERPRETER OF SCRIPTURES
1) Inspiration
2) Revelation
3) Confirmation
4) Illumination (Luke 24:45)
IV. PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH
1) Forms the church (Acts 2:47)
2) Presides over and directs the church into the will and plan of God (John 16:13)
V. AUTHOR OF NEW BIRTH (John 1:13, 3:8)
1) Wholly of God
2) Never be undone
3) Never be redone
VI. FILLS AND FITS MEN FOR SERVICE (Exodus 31:1-5)
VII. RESURRECT RIGHTEOUS DEAD AND TRANSLATE RIGHTEOUS LIVING AT SECOND COMING OF CHRIST (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
1) Righteous dead raised up
2) Righteous living caught up
3) A glorious meeting in air
4) For ever with loved ones and Lord
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