Date: 1/9/2009

(2)HOLY SPIRIT- what does the bible really teach about it?

PERSONIFICATION does NOT prove personality: -it is true that jesus spoke of the holy spirit as a 'helper' and spoke of such helper as 'teaching,bearing witness, giving evidence, guiding, speaking, hearing and receiving. In so doing, the orig. Greek shows jesus at times applying the personal pronoun 'he', to that 'helper'. However, it is not unusual in the scriptures for something that is not actually a person to be personified. wisdom is personified in the Proverbs(1:20-33; 8:1-36). Wisdom is also personified at mat. 11:19 and lu. 7:35 where it is depicted as having both 'works' and 'children'. The apostle paul personalized sin and death and also undeserved kindness as 'kings' (ro. 5:14,17,21; 6:12) SO, PERSONIFICATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT PROVE PERSONALITY.


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