By Sam McDonald
There are those today who claim that the Holy Spirit is an interpersonal force which belongs to God the Father. A prominent group of people today who accept that viewpoint are Jehovah's Witnesses.
However, there is ample evidence that the Holy Spirit, just as the Father and the Son, is a person.
First of all, the Holy Spirit speaks:
Acts 13.2: "While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'"
Acts 8.29: "The Spirit told Philip, 'Go to that chariot and stay near it.'"
Acts 10.19: "While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Simon, three men are looking for you…'"
He warns:
Acts 20.23: "I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me."
He reveals:
Luke 2.26: "It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ."
He predicts:
I Pet 1.11: "trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow."
He teaches:
Luke 12.12: "for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."
John 14.26: "But 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."
I Cor 2.13: "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit,"
He intercedes for us:
Rom 8.26: "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."
