Day 21 – The Holy Spirit is God; Lust is Sinner-Made

To live purely from our hearts is to image Christ; to lust is to mirror the devil. We are indwelled by the Holy Spirit, we must live like it.

Genesis 1:2 – ² The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Matthew 28:19 – ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Psalm 104:30 - ³⁰ When you send forth your Spirit, they [creatures] are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

The Holy Spirit is truly God. He was in the beginning with the Father and the Son (Gen 1:1; John 1:1), creating out of nothing. To this day, God continues to create through His Son, by His Holy Spirit (Ps 104:30), and the church baptizes in the singular Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt 28:19).

Mark 3:28-29 - ²⁸ “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— ³⁰ for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Mark 13:11 - ¹¹ And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:35 - ³⁵ And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

John 16:12-15 –

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Acts 5:3-4 –

³ But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? ⁴ While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

Ephesians 4:30 - ³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Romans 8:26-27 - ²⁶ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷ And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

The Holy Spirit is truly God, one with the Father and Son, even as He is a distinct divine Person:

1) He can be blasphemed (Mark 3:28-29).

2) He speaks (Mark 13:11).

3) He creates and sustains (Luke 1:35).

4) He guides Christ’s disciples (John 16:12

5) He hears, declares, and glorifies Jesus (John 16:12-15).

6) He can be lied to and sinned against (Acts 5:3-4).

7) He can be grieved (Eph 4:30).

8) He intercedes for the saints (Rom 8:26-27).

9) He has a mind (Rom 8:27).

Far from being something less than truly God, like a force or power of God, or an angel or some other created being, the Holy Spirit is truly God. All that He does, He carries out distinctly among the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son.