Think for a minute of Christ’s person as revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. What can more glorify him than for us to see his person, very God of very God, and yet as truly man? What a wondrous being, as human as ourselves, but as divine as God! Was there ever another like to him? […]
5 Ways the Holy Spirit Helps Us
“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.” (John 14:16) Who is the Holy Spirit and how exactly does He help us? Sometimes, we refer to the Holy Spirit as some nebulous spirit being that just hovers around to lead us this way […]
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
The grace of God is as high as the heavens and as deep as the oceans. No one knew that better than John Newton, a man saved by the radical grace of God. A former slave owner, Newton became one of the leading voices and preachers of his day. Even today his works are still […]
Characteristics of the Holy Spirit
The following is excerpted from R.A. Torrey’s article The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, available as one of the many free text commentaries at the Blue Letter Bible. In the previous post, we stated that there are four lines of proof in the Bible that the Holy Spirit is a person (distinct […]
The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit
The following is excerpted from R.A. Torrey’s article The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, available as one of the many free text commentaries at the Blue Letter Bible. One of the most characteristic and distinctive doctrines of the Christian faith is that of the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine […]