THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE THIRD PERSON IN THE GODHEAD, PART I.

My view on the topic of the Holy Spirit is that He is a Person who makes up the third person in the Godhead. According to Millard J. Erickson, “there are several reasons why the study of the Holy Spirit is of special significance to us. One is that the Holy Spirit is the point at which the Trinity becomes personal to the believer. We generally think of the Father as transcendent and far off in heaven; similarly, the Son seems far removed in history and thus also relatively unknowable. But the Holy Spirit is active within the lives of believers; He is resident within us.”1

As for the Holy Spirit being a Person, not just a force, Jesus says in John 14: 16 that when He is gone, He will send ‘another’ to replace Him and will carry the same role. So like Jesus, the Holy Spirit must be a Person. And that He is masculine is seen in John 16: 13-14 where Jesus uses a masculine pronoun ‘he’ to describe the Holy Spirit’s ministry.

His deity is shown clearly in Acts 5: 3-4 where it shows that if you have sinned against the Holy Spirit you have sinned against God! So here it makes Holy Spirit = God! So we have seen that the Holy Spirit is a Person, is one of the God-heads, and He is a masculine Person. He is the One throughout the Old Testament and New Testament, that breathed of His Spirit to its writers. And He is the One who empowers us when He baptizes and refills us with His Spirit.

And as a Person, He has intelligence, a will and emotions, according to Scriptures: His intelligence is seen in John 14: 26 where Jesus says “ the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” As for His will, we see in 1 Corinthians 12: 11 where it mentions that the Holy Spirit distributes various spiritual gifts to us, and are “the work of One and the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one just as He determines.” In other words, His gifts are given by Him, according to His will. It is His choice! And the fact that He has emotions, Paul, in Ephesians 4: 30, warns against grieving the Spirit, who is very sensitive and grieves when we purposely choose our own way.

NOTES
1Millard J Erickson, Christian Theology, ( Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006),862.

ИИСУС ХРИСТОС ИЛА АИҚӘКЫРА!

Ахристиантә ҭоурых аҿиара ианаҿыз, ахьӡ ‘Иисус’ ‘Яхве – Аиқәырхара’ ҳәа еицырдыруан. Ажәытәтәи Аиқәшаҳаҭраҿы Аҳ, Аҿыхҩы, Аҿыхҩы, Анцәа ҳәа иҟоу аилкаарақәа рҟынтәи, арҭ аҵакқәа Иисус иахь ииасит, насгьы ақьырсианцәа Иара дшырхаҵоз. 1 Ҳәарада, нас, ҳара уажәы Иисус агәнаҳаи адоуҳатә лашьцареи рҟынтәи Аҿыхҩы, Аҿыхҩы иаҳасабала ҳаибоит, ҳагәнаҳақәа рзы аџьар аҿы ашьа зкаиҭәаз, ҳара ҳагәра ҳгозар! Насгьы Анцәа иахь амҩа Иара заҵәык шиакәу! Усҟан Уи Ҳаиқәырхаҩ иоуп!

Уажәшьҭа ҳара ҿыц ииз аԥышәа ҳамазар ауп, Иара ҳаизыҟазаашьақәа ҳамазарц азы! Иоанн 3:3,16 аҟны иануп: “ ‘Иисус аҭак ҟаиҵеит, ҵабыргны ишәасҳәоит, ҩаԥхьа ииымзар, Анцәа Иԥсҳара ибара илшом’….’Иаҳҳәап, Анцәа абриаҟара бзиа ибон Иԥа заҵә ииҭаз адунеи аҿы, Иара дазхазҵо зегьы ҭамхаразы, наӡаӡатәи аԥсҭазаара роурц азы. Сара схазҵо, дыԥсыргьы, дыԥсы ҭазаауеит. Зыԥсы ҭоу, Сара схазҵо ахаангьы дыԥсуам. Уара уи агәра угома?’ “

Убри аҟнытә ҳара ҳагәра ҳгароуп, ҳагәнаҳақәа рҟынтәи ҳаҭамзаара шьҭаҳҵароуп, уажәы Анцәеи ҳареи ҳаизыҟазаашьақәа ҳамазарц азы, уи ҿыц ииз Ҳаиқәырхаҩи Иҳақәиҭу Иисуси ҳареи ҳаизыҟазаашьақәа рыла мацара ауп иаауа! «Ақьырсиантә ԥсҭазаара алагамҭазы иаҭахуп ауаҩы игәнаҳа шимоу еилкааны, ихы мацара иазхәыцуа аԥсҭазаашьа ааныжьразы агәаӷьра».2.

АЗААТКЫЛҚӘА

1Синклер Б. Фергюсон, Девид Ф. Раит иара убас Џь. Пакер, ред., Атеологиа ажәар ҿыц, (Даунерс Гроув: Интер-Варсити Пресс, 1988), 610.
2Миллард Џь. Ериксон, Ахристиантә теологиа, (Гранд-Рапидс: Беикер Академик, 2006), 959.

Ҿыц шәиирц азы абри аҩыза аҳәара шәҳәа:
“Иисус, сара агәра згоит Уара аџьар ушыԥсыз,
Сгәнаҳақәа ранажьразы Ушьа каҭәаны ;
Ахԥатәи амш аҽны дгылт!
Сара издыруеит сшыгәнаҳау. Сгәнаҳақәа санажь;
Суҳәоит, сгәаҵа уҭал!
Уааи, сеиқәырхаҩ, сыԥсҭазаара Иҳақәиҭу!
Иҭабуп Иисус»