Subject: holy spirit vs. holy ghost |
Bible Note: Hi, rgb! I am not saying the contrary... Scripture speak of both the Holy Spirit as a Person of God and as a power/gift that teaches, guides, enhances the Christian... My reference to grammatical accident is because some people get caught up in definitions and roots... the Jehovah Witnesses love to dismantle John 1:1-2... they teach the concept of Logos as though Scripture is expressing a spoken energy and not the second Person of God... they are also quick to point out that Jesus stated that the Father is greater than He--their take on this is that Jesus is some how a secondary/alter ego to the Father; thusly, they express how Jesus is not the Almighty God, but just some lesser being... again, a grammatical accident (statement) cannot deny Jesus' Divinity when there are oh so so many Scriptural passages that demonstrate or tells us that Jesus is God. The beauty of the Holy Trinity is clearly manifested to Paul as He tells us that we cannot serve Jesus but through the Holy Spirit and that those who have the Spirit of God cannot deny Jesus (1 Corinthian 12:3)... it is God who sets the prerogotives--in the Old Testament we find that Moses' son was struck down for presenting a strange fire, and Oza for touching the Ark... it is unavoidable to serve God in His determined manner: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! So you see... when we scrutinize Scripture and rely on only etymological sciences, we will always fall short of discovering the Holy Spirit and Jesus as part of God's essence... (secretly, I hope that the Jehovah Witnessess and others like them read through our exchange and rediscover God as God wants us to know Him!)... God Bless! Angel |