Who Is The Holy Spirit?

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Note I said who and not what,

For a mere force as some say,

He most definitely is not.

Third person of the Trinity

And I do not mean in rank,

He is as God as God is

And I am being biblically frank.

Co-eternal and co-existent

The Spirit, the Word and God,

All three are one believe you me

We can tell that word abroad.

The Word spoke of his coming

As a Comforter like himself,

Turn right now to John 14:17

Yes, take that Bible off the shelf.

The Word calls the Spirit “Him”

Not an “it” or a “that”,

Read John 14:17 again

And you will see there that fact.

In fact the essence of that verse

Bears out a Divine unity,

The Spirit and the Word are one

Read the text and you will see.

Can a force teach? I dare say not

But the Spirit does just that,

Read verse 26 and you will see

That this is another fact.

Can a force grieve?  Tell me that

For the Holy Spirit does in fact grieve,

In addition verse 30 of Ephesians 4

Tells also by him we are sealed.

By the way if you did not know

He also makes intercession for us,

Romans 8:26 is very clear on this

And verse 34 shows also Jesus.

  

The Spirit helps our infirmities

When we know not what to pray

With groanings that can’t be uttered

That is the Holy Spirit’s way.

Quench not the Spirit, we are warned

In 1^st Thessalonians 5 verse 19,

This suggests the Spirit’s personage

As for me that can be clearly seen.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Again I say who and not what,

Though some see him as merely a force

Jesus and God definitely do not.

Stewart Russell © March 2019