III. THE DEITY OF THE HOLY GHOST
A. One LORD
Deut. 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is) one LORD:”
1. LORD
03068 Y@hovah {yeh-ho-vaw'} from 484a; n pr dei AV- LORD 6510, GOD 4, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1; 6519
Jehovah = "the existing One"
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136
2. The Hebrew word for God in the plural, "Elohim", is used here again.
0430 'elohim {el-o-heem'} plural of 0433; TWOT- 93c; n m p AV - God 2346, god 244, judge 5, GOD 1, goddess 2, great 2, mighty 2, angels 1, exceeding 1, God-ward + 04136 1, godly 1; 2606
1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God
3. The Hebrew word for "one" is "echad" which is a compound unity rather than the
word "yacheed" which is an absolute one.
0259 'echad {ekh-awd'} a numeral from 0258; TWOT- 61; adj
AV- one 687, first 36, another 35, other 30, any 18, once 13, eleven + 06240 13, every 10, certain 9, an 7, some 7, misc. 87; 952
1) one (number)
1a) one (number)
1b) each, every
1c) a certain
1d) an (indefinite article)
1e) only, once, once for all
1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
1g) first
1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
B. “Go to Jordan and thou shalt see the Trinity”
1. In Christ’s baptism.
Matthew 3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Matthew 3:17 “And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
As the Spirit descended upon the Son in bodily form as a dove, the voice of the Father was heard identifying and authenticating His Son. By this association of Persons, the
Holy Spirit is marked out not only as personal, but as divine. His deity is the necessary consequence of His personality, for the qualities attributed to His personality involve deity. (pg 24) The Holy Spirit and His Gifts J. Oswald Sanders
2. In the baptism of all to follow Him. (Note: In the name, not names.)
Matthew 28:19 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
C. Relating God and the Holy Ghost
1. Lying to the Holy Ghost is equated with lying to God.
Acts 5:3 “But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part) of the price of the land?”
Acts 5:4 “Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.”
2. Paul speaks of the Lord as the Spirit and makes a direct association of One
with the Other.
II Cor. 3:17 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is), there [is) liberty.”
I Corinthians 12:4-6 "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all."
D. Deity of the Holy Ghost
1. The Holy Ghost is Eternal.
Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
2. The Holy Ghost is Omnipresent.
Psalm 139:7-10 "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."
3. The Holy Ghost is Omnipotent.
Luke 1:35 "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God."
4. The Holy Ghost is Omniscient.
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 "For God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God."
E. Divine Works Ascribed to the Holy Ghost
1. Creation is ascribed to the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Job 33:4 "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."
Psalm 104:30 "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth."
2. The impartation of life is ascribed to the Holy Ghost.
John 6:63 "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
Romans 8:11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."
3. The Bible ascribes authorship of divine prophecies to the Holy Ghost.
II Peter 2:1 “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
