Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
8. God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit<br />
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My<br />
name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your<br />
remembrance all things that I said to you" (John 14:26).<br />
"But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the<br />
Father, the Spirit <strong>of</strong> truth who proceeds from the Father, He will<br />
testify <strong>of</strong> Me" (John 15:26<br />
Holy Spirit is a Person<br />
The Holy Spirit has characteristics <strong>of</strong> a person.<br />
He has a mind. We read <strong>of</strong> "the mind <strong>of</strong> the Spirit" in Romans<br />
8:27.<br />
He has a will (1 Corinthians 12:11).<br />
He can speak (1 Timothy 4:1).<br />
He refers to himself as 'Me' and 'I' in Acts 13:2.; John 15:26;<br />
Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13.<br />
Jesus, speaking to his disciplessays<br />
John 14:15-18: 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16<br />
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper,<br />
that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit <strong>of</strong> truth, whom<br />
the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows<br />
Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.<br />
18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”<br />
shortly before his death. He characterizes the Holy Spirit to them<br />
as the 'Spirit <strong>of</strong> Truth'. Chronologically though, the In Matthew<br />
3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, John 1:31-33 describing the<br />
baptism <strong>of</strong> Jesus the incorporeal Holy Spirit is described as<br />
descending upon Jesus 'like' or 'as' a dove.<br />
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