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What divine attributes does the Holy Spirit have?


There are instances where God and Jesus are portrayed as one and the same as seen in this example in Revelation:

In John's opening statement to the seven churches, God introduces Himself as the eternal Being – the Alpha and the Omega.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev 1:8, NKJV)

In the new Jerusalem, where the throne of God is identified as "the throne of God and of the Lamb" (Rev 22:3), Jesus Christ identifies Himself with the same title as that of His Father.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." (Rev 22:13, NKJV)


1. While God the Father and God the Son share the same name and very close association, less clear is the association of the Holy Spirit. To begin, observe carefully John 14:16. What do you notice about the Holy Spirit?

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— (John 14:16, NKJV)




2. Making a chart is a great Bible study method, because it enables you to make comparisons and observe similarities and differences. Complete this chart. Does God the Spirit share the same divine attributes with God the Father and God the Son?


What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matt 19:26, NKJV)

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." (Matt 28:18, NKJV)

And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:35, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

"Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?" says the Lord; "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" says the Lord. (Jer 23:24, NKJV)

teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matt 28:20, NKJV)

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. (Ps 139:7-8, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:19-20, NKJV)

His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God." (John 16:29-30, NKJV)

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding? (Isa 40:13-14, NKJV)

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. (1 Cor 2:10-11, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. (Ps 90:2, NKJV)

And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. (John 17:5, NKJV)

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb 9:14, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. (John 7:28, NKJV)

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, "These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens": (Rev 3:7, NKJV)

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. (1 John 5:6, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. (Jer 17:10, NKJV)

I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. (Rev 2:23, NKJV)

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Rom 8:26-27, NKJV)



What is the Attribute? God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thes 5:23, NKJV)

For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Heb 2:11)

To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: (1 Pet 1:1-2, NKJV)




3. From the above data, what do you conclude about the Holy Spirit?





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