THE HOLY SPIRIT – WHO?
AN INTRODUCTION 7 SYMBOLS:
• Wind – John 3: 8, Acts 2, etc.
• Rain – Joel 2: 23 – 29; Isaiah 28: 11 & 12, Acts 2: 17
• Rivers – John 7: 37 – 39
• Oil – II Corinthians 1: 21 & 22, I John 2: 20
• Wine - Ephesians 5: 18
• Fire – Isaiah 4: 4, Acts 2
• Dove – Matthew 3: 16, Mark 1:8, Luke 3: 22
THE 3
RD
PERSON OF THE TRINITY
• Throughout the Old Testament (OT), we find several Hebrew
terms for the names of God. For example: El (God); Elohim
(One God in plural forms); Yahweh; El Shaddai; etc.).
• Elohim: Genesis 1: 26 & 27, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make
human beings in Our image, in Our likeness’…So God
created human beings in the image of God, He created
them male and female, He created them.”
• Isaiah 6: 8, “The Lord said, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will
go for Us?’” (The call of Isaiah to ministry.)
• Trichotomy (3) vs Dichotomy (2)
OT = “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME
UPON HIM/HER”
• Gideon = Judges 6 – 8
• Samson = Judges 13 – 16
• David = I & II Samuel
• Many, many more!
• Jesus’ water baptism: Mark 1: 10 and Luke 3: 22 – Jesus
comes out of the water, the voice of the Father speaks, and
the Holy Spirit ascends on Jesus in the likeness of a dove.
• Jesus’ own words: Matthew 28: 19 “baptize them in the
name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the
name of the Holy Spirit.”
• Paul acknowledges the Trinity: II Corinthians 13: 14 – “grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit.”
SUMMARY OF THE TRINITY:
• The Father = He who birthed/created all things
(Gen)
• The Son = The Father’s Words became human; God
and man – the incarnation (John 1)
• The Holy Spirit = the breath of God that Jesus asks
the Father to send to His believers (obedient)
PREPARE OUR HEARTS…
• John 7: 38 & 39, “Whoever believes in
Me…rivers of living water will flow from with
them…by this He meant the Spirit, Whom those
who believed in Him were later to receive
(Acts 2). Up to that time the Spirit had not
been given, since Jesus had not yet been
glorified (crucified, risen, ascended).
• John 14 – 16
• 14: 15 – 17, “If you love Me, keep My commandments. I will ask
of the Father, and He will give you another Advocate – to help
you and to be with you forever.
• V 17, “The Spirit of Truth…but you know Him, for He lives with you
and will be in you…”
• V26, “The Advocate…Whom the Father will send in My (Jesus)
name will teach you all things and remind you of everything I
have said…”
• 15: 26, “From the Father – as asked by Jesus – the Holy Spirit
will testify of Me (Jesus) and you, also, must testify of Me…”
• 16: 7 – 11, “Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to
you; but if I go, I will send Him to you… the Holy Spirit will
prove the world is wrong about sin (because the world does
not believe in Me); righteousness (because I am going to
the Father); and judgement (because the prince of this
world NOW stands condemned).”
CLOSING STATEMENTS:
• The Holy Spirit is God – the 3
rd
person of the Trinity
• The Holy Spirit comes from the Father as requested
by Jesus – the Son
• In the OT, the Holy Spirit came upon His chosen and
in the NT, the Holy Spirit dwells within the believers