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This 6 page paper addresses the question of the personhood of the Holy Spirit. Historically, many groups within the church have adamantly denied the personhood of the Holy Spirit. Yet, as one author said: "for someone who makes an unbiased reading of the Scriptures, references to the Holy Spirit's Personhood leap off the page." This essay includes numerous Biblical verses that demonstrate the personhood of the Holy Spirit as well as His Divinity. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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grasp (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2005). It may be because the word spirit conjures up images of something that is not tangible or it could be because Scripture refers
to the Holy Spirit in various symbolic terms, like wind or fire (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2005). But, the Holy Spirit is God and the Holy Spirit is a
person (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2005). Herrick (2005) explained the term pneumatology; it is derived from two Greek words - pneuma means spirit, wind, or breath and logos,
which means matter, word or thing. In Christianity, the pneumatology refers to the "study of the biblical doctrine of the Holy Spirit" (Herrick, 2005). Herrick (2005) went on to say
that such study usually "includes such topics as the personality of the Spirit, the deity of the Spirit, and the work of the Spirit throughout Scripture." This is a topic
of controversy and of confusion because historically, the personhood of the Holy Spirit has been adamantly opposed by different vocal groups (Herrick, 2005). Couch comments "there are different modes of
Gods being we call persons (Ray, 2004). The three persons of the Trinity are distinct as personality, yet there is still only one God" (Ray, 2004). Thiessen also commented on
this concept: "the term "trinity" means that there are three eternal distinctions in the one divine essence, known respectively as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three distinctions are three
persons and one may speak of the tripersonality of God" (Ray, 2004). Certainly, many Christians still view the Holy Spirit as a force or a power, instead of as a
person or as God (Xenos Christian Fellowship, 2005). Akin (1999) said: "for someone who makes an unbiased reading of the Scriptures, references to the Holy Spirits Personhood leap off
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