Reference: Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit
Morish
The third Person in the Trinity, as seen in the formula of baptism. Mt 28:19. The Spirit moved upon the face of the waters at the creation, Ge 1:2; and He came upon certain persons in the O.T. to fulfil the purposes of God. David asked that the Holy Spirit might not be taken from him, Ps 51:11; which stands in contrast to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in Christians, for He abides with them. It is by the operation of the Spirit that they are born anew, and He is the seal of their faith in Christ, and the earnest of their inheritance above. Joh 3:5; Eph 1:13-14. He is their COMFORTER or Advocate (??????????, one who manages their affairs) on earth, as Christ is the same in heaven. Joh 14:16,26.
Though the Holy Spirit influenced and came upon the O.T. saints, He did not come personally until Christ had ascended. Joh 16:7. Many passages prove His personality
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the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,
Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
'But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.
having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;
and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;
and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.
'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you; and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment; read more. concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me; and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.
And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?
and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'
and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,
have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?
and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth -- the good news of your salvation -- in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.
in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.