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THE BIBLE:

What did Christ say about the Holy Spirit?

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” (John 14:26)

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” (John 15:26)

“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” (John 16:7)

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.” (John 14:15-17)

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)

Notice something clearly. Jesus continually referred to the Holy Spirit as “He” and “Him”. Now, there are some who make the argument that Jesus is talking about Himself in the third person. For example in John 17:1-5 it says —

“These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”

But let us now show from the Bible that the Holy Spirit a separate and distinct Being.

” “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.” (John 8:54)

Now let’s compare that to John 16:13-14.

“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authourity, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

As Jesus won’t glorify Himself, this shows someone else (a separate being) as able to glorify Him.

Next look at how The Father and Son are within each other.

“Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me”(John 14:11)

“Abide in Me and I in you.” (John 15:5)

“At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.”(John 14:20)

“Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me.” (John 14:10)

Now, because the Father is in Christ, and Christ is in the Father can we now say the Father or Christ is not a separate and distinct Being? Likewise when we read that the Holy Spirit comes from the Father and Son and lives in us, we cannot say He is not a separate distinct Being. As they all exist within each other, we that are limited in human understanding, must accept the fact that the Triune Godhead exists. This is an example of the “mystery” spoken of in Spirit of Prophecy.

So scripture such as follows —

“And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”(John 20:22), cannot prove the Holy Spirit is not a separate distinct Being. Again, this is part of the mystery of the Holy Spirit.

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7)



SPIRIT OF PROPHECY:

“We have been brought together as a aschool, and we need to realize that the Holy Spirit, who is as much a person as God is a person, is walking through these grounds, unseen by human eyes, that the Lord God is our keeper and helper.”(Letters and Manuscripts 14, MS 20, 1899)

” The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God. He must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the secrets which lie hidden in the mind of God.” (Evangelism, p.616-617)

“In Co-operation with the Three Highest Powers –We are to cooperate with the three highest powers in heaven,– the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these powers will work through us, making us workers together with God.” (Special Testimonies, Series A (1897)

THE ROD: (Micah 6:9 and 7:14)

We as Davidian SDA know that our Fundamnetal Beliefs are our core doctrines of faith, a summary of what we believe. In them we find FB no. 2 on page 4 of FB Tract, the following —

“2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, through whom all things were created and through whom the salvation of the redeemed hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, the great regenerating power in the work of redemption. Matt. 28:19.

Some try to explain away the meaning of “person”. This leads to confusion and down a road of doubtful faith in what the clear obvious meaning of words are. The prophet viewed it as a person, a living separate distinct person, so should we.

How do we know this? God revealed to him, and now to us, the meaning of Ezekiel 4 prophecy (the grains). In this revealing, it is shown that John Knox’s teaching brought the “Truth of the Holy Spirit” from God. Knox clearly taught that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. A Triune Godhead consisting of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

In closing let us stand firm on our fundamental beliefs, remembering this about our arch enemy —

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”(1 Peter 5:8)