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The Holy Spirit: A Divine Person
Keith Sharp
    Introduction
  1. There is much misunderstanding in the religious world concerning the nature of the Holy Spirit - e.g., "...God's holy spirit is not a God, not a member of a trinity, no coequal, and is not even a person... It is God's active force... may be likened to a radar beam." (The Watch Tower [Jehovah's Witnesses]. July 15, 1957. 432-3)
  2. There are some things we cannot know about the Holy Spirit, but there is much we can - Deuteronomy 29:29
  3. Proposition: The Holy Spirit is a divine person.
  1. The Holy Spirit is a person.
    1. definition of "person"
      1. I do not mean He possesses a physical body. - Luke 24:36-40
      2. "person": "a being characterized by conscious apprehension, rationality, and a moral sense b: a being possessing or forming the subject of personality" (Webster's Third New International Dictionary [unabridged]. 2:1686)
    2. proof of proposition
      1. He is spoken of by Christ as a person (10 uses of personal pronouns which designate a person).
      2. He possesses the characteristics of a person.
        1. knowledge - 1 Corinthians 2:11
        2. love - Romans 15:30
        3. will - 1 Corinthians 12:11
      3. He does the work of a person.
        1. speaks - 1 Timothy 4:1
        2. teaches - 1 Corinthians 2:13
        3. guides - John 16:13
        4. forbids - Acts 16:6-7
        5. searches - 1 Corinthians 2:10
      4. He suffers the slights and injuries of a person.
        1. grieved - Ephesians 4:30
        2. spited (insulted) - Hebrews 10:29
        3. lied to - Acts 5:3

  2. The Holy Spirit is divine.
    1. definition:
      1. Acts 17:29 (theion - "divine nature" [NASB])
      2. Romans 1:20 (theiotes - "divine nature" [Ibid])
      3. Colossians 2:9 (theiotetos - "deity" [Ibid])
    2. proof of proposition
      1. The Spirit is called God. - Acts 5:1-4
      2. He possesses the attributes of deity.
        1. eternal - Hebrews 9:14
        2. all-knowing - 1 Corinthians 2:10-11
        3. all-present - Psalm 139:7-10
      3. He does the work of deity.
        1. creation - Genesis 1:1-2
        2. providence of nature - Psalm 104:30
        3. miracles - Matthew 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
    Conclusion
  1. Therefore, the Holy Spirit is a divine person.
  2. He invites you to come to Christ. - Revelation 22:17
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