Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles

And the Holy Spirit is very prominent in the book of Acts.

And in fact, rather than call it the Acts of the Apostles, it should be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles and sometimes even despite them.

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And the Holy Spirit is very prominent in the book of Acts.

And in fact, rather than call it the Acts of the Apostles, it should be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles and sometimes even despite them.

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these are but a few of the passages of scripture that might be quoted to establish the fact of his personality his power to think to will to act to speak and if his personality is not made plain in these scriptures then it is impossible for human language to make it so Indeed, I am persuaded that if an intelligent heathen who had never seen the Bible should for the first time read the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, he would say that the personality of the Holy Spirit is as clearly revealed in the Acts as is the personality of Jesus Christ in the Gospels.

In truth, the Acts of the Apostles are in a large measure the Acts of the Holy Spirit, and the disciples were not more certainly under the immediate direction of Jesus during the three years of his earthly ministry than they were under the direct leadership of the Spirit after Pentecost.

but while there are those that admit his personality yet in their loyalty to the divine unity they deny the trinity and maintain that the holy spirit is only the father manifesting himself as spirit without any distinction in personality but this view cannot be harmonized with certain scriptures while the bible and reason plainly declare there is but one god yet the scriptures as clearly reveal that there are three persons in the godhead father son and holy ghost the form of paul's benediction to the corinthians proves the doctrine the grace of the lord jesus christ and the love of god and the communion of the holy ghost be with you all amen again it is taught in the promise of jesus already quoted and i will pray the father and he shall give you another comforter the spirit of truth here the three persons of the godhead are clearly revealed the son prays the father answers the spirit comes the holy spirit is another comforter the second comforter succeeding the first who was jesus and both were given by the father do you say i cannot understand it neither do i who can understand it god does not expect us to understand it nor would he have us puzzle our heads and trouble our hearts in attempting to understand it or harmonize it with our knowledge of arithmetic note this it is only the fact that is revealed how there can be three persons in one godhead is not revealed the how is a mystery and is not a matter of faith at all but the fact is a matter of revelation and therefore a matter of faith i myself am a mysterious trinity of body mind and spirit the fact i believe but the how is not a thing to believe it is at this point that many puzzle and perplex themselves needlessly In the ordinary affairs of life, we grasp facts and hold them fast, without puzzling ourselves over the how of things.

Who can explain how food sustains life, how light reveals material objects, how sound conveys ideas to our minds? It is the fact we know and believe, but the how we pass by is a mystery unrevealed.