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The Holy Spirit is God

Theological term used to define God as an undivided unity expressed in

the threefold nature of God the Father, God the Son and God the

Holy spirit

Trinity

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

Proverbs 3:19

By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;

Proverbs 8:27

I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep

Psalm 107:20

He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

Zechariah 4:6

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says

the Lord Almighty.

Trinity in the New Testament1. Trinitarian Formula• Matthew 28:19• 1 Peter 1:2• 2 Corinthians 13:14

2. Triadic Formula• Ephesians 3:4-6• 1 Corinthians 12:3-6

3. Jesus Farewell Discourse• John 14:16; 15:26; 16: 13-15

The Trinity is one God, not so that the Father be the same Person, who is also the Son and the Holy Ghost; but that the Father be the Father, and the Son be the Son, and the Holy Ghost be

the Holy Ghost, and this Trinity One God. - Augustine

Holy Spirit 1. Scriptures point to the Deity of the Holy

Spirit – Acts 5:3-42. Holy Spirit’s name is coupled with God’s –

Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:143. Same attributes as God4. Does Divine works5. Responsible for the Resurrection

1 Corinthians 2:6-10