The Holy Spirit

The Person of The Holy Spirit

Part 1

Genesis 1

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In the beginning ‘ God ‘ created.

The Bible is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament.  The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with Aramaic in a few books.  The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. This was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean. 

Let’s look at ‘In the beginning God created.’

Genesis 1:26-27  And God said , ‘Let Us make man in Our image. ‘

The word ‘God’  here in the Hebrew is ‘Elohim’.

Elohim is a plural noun for God’s or deities; it normally indicates the masculine plural.

We see God is saying, Let ‘Us’ make man  in Our image. This is the first time we see God referred to as ‘US.’

This is the first mention of the ‘Trinity.’   The ‘Us’ is God,the Father; God,the Son; and God,the Holy Spirit. All three, one in essence or nature. While the three persons define who God is. Each accomplishing a different function and indissoluble unity.

We see the first work of the Holy Spirit is in creation. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The entire process of creation is viewed as a single shared action of the Three divine Persons. Each Person manifesting their attributes unique to them in the Trinity. This shows us and proves that everything comes ‘ from the Father,’  ‘through the Son,’ and ‘ in the Holy Spirit. ‘

The Holy Spirit

We have learned that the Holy Spirit  is the third Person of the Trinity. 

He is God.

He is a person who is infinitely wise, holy, just and gracious.

He is not merely an influence or power derived from a person.

He has many divine personal names, titles, offices, acts, attributes, and He receives personal treatment. He can be blasphemed.

We will study all aspects of the Holy Spirit in the following lessons.

Remember

Jesus’s encouragement to us.

John 14: 12

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

We see in this scripture  Jesus  is telling us that we will do greater things than He did while He was on earth. He was sending us the Comforter, the Holy Spirit. 

While Jesus was on earth He did what He did through the Holy Spirit. He had laid aside His divine power. He knew we would have the Holy Spirit to help us and that we could do greater things than He did while He was on earth.

So why aren’t we?

We will study some of the obstacles that we face in ministry and in our life that block the moving of the Holy Spirit.

Please Know

The Holy Spirit seeks to get hold of us and use us. There is a lost and dying world out there. People need to know the Lord Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

And now I pray you will seek God and ask Him to speak to you. He will lead you into all truth.

We all have an exciting journey ahead. As we press in with God, excited to be used of the Lord. He will speak to us and guide us as to the mission He has for us.

Bless you as you serve the Lord.

We are praying for you and your ministries.

Pastor Barbara.                                  1/24