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VII. Personal Benefits Derived from the Doctrine and Practice of the Personality of the Holy Spirit It is of experiential and doctrinal value that we know the Holy Spirit as a Person. Any Christian who does not know the Holy Spirit as a Person has not attained to a complete and well-rounded experience. In order to attain a fuller conception of God, it is essential not only to know the Father and the Son, as God, but also to know the Holy Spirit as God and a Person. 1. It leads to a self-emptying. There is too much of self about many people and that crowds the Spirit out of their lives. When there is an emptying of self, that will make room for Him. 2. It leads to self-humiliation. It is the duty of every person to humble himself. The Bible says, "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time" (I Pet. 5:6). Self-humiliation leads to promotion by the Spirit. 3. It leads to a self-renunciation. The conception of many is: How can I get it and use it? This thought falls far short of a Bible revelation of the Holy Spirit. The highest thought and attitude we can take is: How can the Holy Spirit get me and use me? It is not our employment of Him, but His employment of us that leads to a successful life. The difference between the two thoughts is Man using the Spirit, or the Spirit using man. We want more of Him, but He wants more of us. It is not enough to believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit as a doctrine, but we should practice this doctrine. It is when we acknowledge Him as a Person and yield ourselves to Him to be His temples that He will fill our lives with greater joy, and make us channels of blessing to others. *************************************
WHEN HE IS COME by Joshua Stauffer Chapter 4 THE CHARACTER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT People have more difficulty in believing and perceiving the personality of the Holy Spirit than in believing and perceiving the personality of the Father and the Son. Christ came into the world and became a Man. He was seen and heard. People have no difficulty in believing in the personality of Christ. The Holy Spirit is invisible and is Spirit. He does not possess a body; therefore, people have more difficulty in believing the personality of the Holy Spirit. I. What the Holy Spirit Is Not Very often people speak of Him as "It," or "the power," and think of Him as an impersonal force. The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force, nor a mere influence. He is not an "It" or "the power," nor an emanation, neither is He a mere divine energy emanating from the Father and the Son. We should never consider Him as a mere attribute coming from God. II. Who the Holy Spirit Is The Holy Spirit is a Person. Not only is He a Person, but He is a divine Person; yea, He is God. He is Deity and possesses every attribute that the Father and the Son possess. He is equal with the Father and the Son in essence and attributes, and differs only in His office and functions. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity. There are many Scriptures, in which the three Persons of the Godhead are definitely revealed and teach that each Person is on an equality with the other two Persons. Should we consider the Scriptures in which the Godhead is revealed, and each Person's ministry made known, and consider the Holy Spirit as a mere influence or energy, these Scriptures would lose their force, preciousness, and reality. In the following Scripture, a clear distinction is drawn between "the name of the Father," and "of the Son," and "of the Holy Ghost": "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matt. 28:19). It does not say, in the name of the Father; in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost. The word "name" does not occur three times, for that would infer distinction, disunion, and diversity of nature. There is a oneness in the Godhead, but a distinction of Persons. If we consider the Father and the Son as Persons, and the Holy Spirit as an impersonal energy, this text would be quite meaningless. The same would be true in the apostolic benediction: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all" (II Cor. 13:14). "The love of God" comes from His Fatherly heart, and signifies His personality; "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ" signifies the Lordship, humanity, and Deity of Christ, and that grace flows from His Person and acts; "The communion of the Holy Ghost" signifies personality and personal operation. If the Spirit is just a mere influence, there can be no communion. "Com" is a prefix from the Latin preposition "cum."
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