A. First, He, as well as the Father and the Son, is eternal God. Second, He has been given to me personally, so that, by true faith, He makes me share in Christ and all His blessings, comforts me, and remains with me forever.
"The Holy Spirit is not a force or a principle of nature or a mode of God's existence. The Spirit is eternal God.
"He is everywhere, which does not mean the Spirit is everything or in everything, but rather that there is nowhere we can go where the Spirit isn't also present (Ps. 139:7). The Spirit is eternal (Heb. 9:14). The Spirit alone knows the mind of God (1 Cor. 2:10-11). The Holy Spirit is fully divine, His name being used interchangeably with the name "God" (see Acts 5:3-4, where lying to God and lying to the Holy Spirit are equated, and 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 6:19, were the temple of God and the temple of the Holy Spirit are used synonymously). The Holy Spirit is active in our salvation along with the Father and the Son (1 Peter 1:1-2). Jesus commands His disciples to be baptized in the name (singular) of all three persons (plural) of the Trinity, underlying equality of rank, power, and majesty among the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while also emphasizing their fundamental unit (Matt. 28:19; cf 2 Cor. 13:14).
The Good News We Almost Forgot, Kevin DeYoung, Moody Publishers, 2010, pp. 102, 104.
Thank you, Persis!
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