HOLY SPIRIT-DEITY

The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person

1. What is said of God is said of the Spirit (Ac. 5:3-4).

2. The Holy Spirit is identified with Yahweh (Ac. 7:51, quoting Ps. 78:17,21; Heb. 10:15-17, quoting Jer. 31:33-34).

3. The activity of God = the activity of the Holy Spirit (e.g., in creation, conversion, etc.).

4. “God said” = “the Spirit said” (Isa. 6:9 / Acts 28:25).

5. We are the “temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in us” (Eph. 2:22; 1 Cor. 6:19). If the Holy Spirit is not God, how could we properly be called the temple of God simply because the Spirit indwells us?

6. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the only unforgivable sin (Mt. 12:31; Mk. 3:28).

Sam Storms
The Person of the Holy Spirit, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.

Attributes/Actions of deity are ascribed to the Spirit.

1. Omniscience (Isa. 40:13-14; 1 Cor. 2:10-11).

2. Omnipresence (Psm. 139:7-8).

3. Omnipotence (as seen in the Spirit’s role in creation [Gen. 1], providence [Psm. 104:30], regeneration, etc.; see especially Zech. 4:6).

4. Eternality (Heb. 9:14).

5. Holiness (used of the Spirit only twice in OT: Psm. 51:11 and Isa. 63:10).

Sam Storms
The Person of the Holy Spirit, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.

The names of the Spirit suggest (require?) His deity.

1. Spirit of glory (1 Pt. 4:14).

2. Spirit of grace (Heb. 10:29).

3. Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2).

4. Spirit of truth (John 14:16; 15:26; 16:13).

5. Spirit of wisdom and revelation (Eph. 1:17).

Sam Storms
The Person of the Holy Spirit, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.

It is…incredible, and certainly inexplicable…that all manner of blasphemy against the whole character of God, particularly against His moral character, should be forgiven; and yet that blasphemy against a single natural attribute should never be forgiven. And what shall be thought of a doctrine that teaches that blasphemy committed against the Divine attribute of power is more heinous and unpardonable than blasphemy committed against God Himself?

Octavius Winslow