Pneumatology: Personality of the Holy Spirit

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PNEUMATOLOGY

Pneumatology is derived from the Greek word , meaning spirit, wind, or breath. Thus, pneumatology is the doctrine of the Spirit, or : the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit is indeed a Bible doctrine. The Bible is the only source from whence we can secure any information concerning Him. The alone has the Holy Spirit.

As we study the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, let us keep in mind that is the center of the Book, the theme of the entire secret writings. If we put someone in His place, will result. The Holy Spirit cannot the Son of God. The Holy Spirit did not come to speak of (or from) Himself, but of Christ. One who speaks continually about the Spirit and shows evidence that he really does not have the .

I. PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Here is one word of caution: Do not call the Holy Spirit “It.” We sometimes confuse personality with . Personality is not an of a body; it is the attribute of a . You yourself have never been seen; you are not a body, but a .

A. Personal Property.

1. He Possesses . “To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the by the same Spirit” (). See also Isaiah 11:2, 3; Nehemiah 9:20; I Peter 1:11; II Peter 1:21; I Corinthians 2:10, 11.

2. He Possesses a . “All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” ().

3. He Possesses . “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the . . . . through mighty , by the ; so that from Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ” (). See also Zechariah 4:6; Isaiah 11:2; Ephesians 3:16.

4. He Possesses . “God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit , yea, the . For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are to us of God” ().

5. He Possesses . “Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the , that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me” ().


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