THE PERSON OF THE SPIRIT
The Beauty of the Trinity
8.17.25
The Holy Spirit is not some impersonal force or optional add-on, but the personal presence of God who invites us into relationship, transformation, and mission.
John 14:15-18
“If you love me (Jesus), keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him...
THE PERSON OF THE SPIRIT
The Beauty of the Trinity
8.17.25
The Holy Spirit is not some impersonal force or optional add-on, but the personal presence of God who invites us into relationship, transformation, and mission.
John 14:15-18
“If you love me (Jesus), keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 15:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my (Jesus) name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
The Spirit is God – Co-equal, co-eternal with the Father and the Son
The Spirit is personal – He speaks, teaches, guides, grieves, and loves.
The Spirit’s main role – To glorify Jesus and lead us into truth
Perichoresis: the mutual indwelling and interweaving of the Father, Son, and Spirit in perfect love, where each person fully shares in the life of the others without losing their own distinct personhood
The Spirit’s role is not to draw attention to Himself but to open our eyes to the beauty of the Son and draw us into the love of the Father.
Getting to Know the Person of the Spirit in Our Lives:
The Spirit opens our eyes to the beauty of Christ.
The Spirit reshapes what we love.
The Spirit draws us into the Father’s delight in the Son
Galatians 4:6-7
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son (Jesus) into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
The Trinity is too wonderfully strange to be invented.
The Trinity matches the deepest longings of the human heart.
The Trinity has a beauty that transcends comprehension.
If someone were making up a god, they might invent a tyrant, a hero, or a distant judge, but never this: three co-equal persons, eternally delighting in one another and pouring out love and glory on the other. The beauty of the Trinity is so far beyond human imagination that it feels less like human invention and more like divine revelation.
Romans 8:35, 37-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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