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NASB | Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land? |
Bible Question: what proofs do you have in John 14:15-26 that the Holy Spirit is a person (with personality traits of emotion, will, and intellect), not just vague influence for good? |
Bible Answer: Hello T-Baby, To understand this passage, you need to consider it's context, and supporting verses. I think simple a reading of vs. 16-17 would rule out the Holy Spirit being "just a vague influence for good" "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you."(NASB) Here are 3 proofs to consider: 1. The Greek word for "Helper" or "Comforter" is parakleton. It is a Noun, masculine in gender and singular in number. It's clearly a reference to a Person, not simply a "vague influence"! 2. In 1 John 2:1, we have a similar useage, "...And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;" (NASB) The same Greek word, 'parakleton' is used, also a noun, masculine in gender and singular in number. The Apostle John is being descriptive of this "Advocate" as a Person, none other than the Holy Spirit. It is further proof of the Divinity of this "Advocate". 3. Would it make any sense for a "vague influence" to: 'Be with you forever'; '...know Him because He abides with you and will be in you' These are attributes of a Person, not an "inlfuence". Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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