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When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

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Then the Holy Spirit is omniscient. His knowledge is infinite. Christ said, <strong>He</strong> shall "teach you all<br />

things" (John 14:26), and "he will guide you into all truth" (John 16:13). The divine attributes of the<br />

Holy Spirit are a positive proof of His Deity.<br />

II. Divine Names Possessed by the Holy Spirit<br />

<strong>He</strong> is called the Holy Spirit because <strong>He</strong> is infinitely holy, which is an attribute of Deity. <strong>He</strong> is<br />

called God in Acts 5:3, 4, and verily <strong>He</strong> is as much God as Christ and as the Father. <strong>He</strong> is called "the<br />

Spirit of God," "the Spirit of the Lord," "the Spirit of Christ," "the eternal Spirit," "the Comforter,"<br />

and "the Spirit of truth." All of these names imply Deity. The divine names of the Holy Spirit are<br />

evidences of His Deity.<br />

III. Divine Works Accomplished by the Holy Spirit<br />

The Holy Spirit works in unity and harmony with the Father and the Son of God. It is written that<br />

<strong>He</strong> garnished the heavens. <strong>He</strong> was present in the creation and was One Who said, "Let us make man<br />

in our image, after our likeness." <strong>He</strong> moved upon the earth when it was without form and void. It<br />

was through His operations that cosmos came out of chaos, and beauty and arrangement out of<br />

wreckage. In the Old Testament periods, <strong>He</strong> strove with sinners, and <strong>He</strong> empowered holy men to<br />

write the Scriptures. <strong>He</strong> empowered the servants of the Lord, such as leaders, judges, prophets, and<br />

kings. In relation to Christ and the incarnation, <strong>He</strong> produced His birth. The Spirit came in all of His<br />

fullness and rested on Him in His anointing on the banks of Jordan. The Spirit led Him as a Man and<br />

empowered Him as a Man for His ministry, enabling Him to perform miracles, to teach, and to speak<br />

words of truth and life. In the resurrection, the Spirit quickened His body and brought Him forth<br />

from the grave. In the ascension, it was the Spirit Who literally carried Him up and took Him back<br />

into the bosom of His Father, from whence <strong>He</strong> was released to come into the world on the day of<br />

Pentecost to baptize the believers, convict sinners, regenerate, sanctify, empower, call, then in due<br />

time to catch up the saints to present them to the Lord. All of these works can only be accomplished<br />

by a divine Person. These divine works prove His divine personality and His Deity.<br />

IV. Divine Names Coupled with the Holy Spirit<br />

The name of the Holy Spirit is coupled with that of God in a manner which would be impossible<br />

for any reverent and thoughtful person to couple the name of any finite being with that of Deity. In<br />

Matt. 28:19, His name is coupled with the name of the Father and of the Son as being on an equality<br />

with them. In I Cor. 12:4-6, we read of the operations of the Trinity, and the functions which are<br />

ascribed to God, to the Lord, and to the Spirit, in which it says "the same God," "the same Lord," and<br />

"the same Spirit." <strong>He</strong>re again we learn of His equality with the Father and with the Son, in II Cor.<br />

13:14, we read of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the love of God, and of the communion<br />

of the Holy Spirit. This again teaches His equality with the other two Persons of the Trinity. It would<br />

be blasphemy to couple any man's name with the Father and the Son in the same relation and<br />

function that the name of the Holy Spirit is coupled with them. The manner in which the name of<br />

the Holy Spirit is coupled with the names of the Father and the Son is another proof of His Deity.

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