Second, His divinity.
(1). He is called God:
II Sam. xxiii. 2, 3.—The
Spirit of the LORD spake by
me, and his word was in my
tongue. The God of Israel
said, the Rock of Israel
spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just,
ruling in the fear of God.
Isa. vi. 8, 9.—Also I heard
the voice of the Lord,
saying, Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us? Then
said I, Here am I; send me.
And he said, Go, and tell
this people, Hear ye indeed,
but understand not; and see
ye indeed, but perceive not.
Compare with Acts xviii.
25.— This man was instructed
in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in the spirit,
he spake and taught
diligently the things of the
Lord, knowing only the
baptism of John.
Jer. xxxi. 31-34.—Behold,
the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house
of Judah: not according to
the covenant that I made
with their fathers, in the
day that I took them by the
hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake,
although I was an husband
unto them, saith the LORD:
but this shall be the
covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the
LORD, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and
write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and
they shall be my people. And
they shall teach no more
every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother,
saying, Know the LORD: for
they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the
greatest of them, saith the
LORD: for I will for give
their iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more.
Compare with Heb. x.
15-17.—Whereof the Holy
Ghost also is a witness to
us: for after that he had
said before, This is the
covenant that I will make
with them after those days,
saith the Lord; I will put
my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I
write them, And their sins
and iniquities will I
remember no more.
Acts v. 3, 4.—But Peter
said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thine heart to
lie to the Holy Ghost, and
to keep back part of the
price of the land? Whiles it
remained was it not thine
own? and after it was sold,
was it not in thine own
power? why hast thou
conceived this thing in
thine heart? thou hast not
lied unto men, but unto God.
(2). He possesses the
perfections of God as
omnipotence, omniscience,
omnipresence, holiness, eternal
existence:
Job xxvi. 13.—By his Spirit
he hath garnished the
heavens; his hand hath
formed the crooked serpent.
Ps. cxxxix. 7.—Whither shall
I go from thy Spirit? or
whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
Rom. i. 4.—And declared to
be the Son of God with
power, according to the
Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead.
I Cor. ii. 10.—But God hath
Revealed them unto us by his
Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea,
the deep things of God.
Heb. ix, 14.—How much more
shall the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself
without spot to God, purge
your con science from dead
works to serve the living
God?
(3). He performs the works of
God:
Gen, i. 2.—And the earth was
without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face
of the deep. And the Spirit
of God moved upon the face
of the waters.
Ex. xxxi. 3.—And I have
filled him with the spirit
of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner
of workman ship.
Job xxxiii. 4.—The Spirit of
God hath made me, and the
breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
Ps. civ. 30.—Thou sendest
forth thy spirit, they are
created: and thou renewest
the face of the earth.
Isa. xi. 2.—And the Spirit
of the LORD shall rest upon
him, the spirit of wisdom
and under standing, the
spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the LORD.
Rom. viii. 11.-But if the
Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up
Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.
Rom. xv. 16.—That I should
be the minister of Jesus
Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of
God, that the offering up of
the Gentiles might be
acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost.
I Cor. ii. 14.—But the
natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of
God: for they are
foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually
discerned.
II Pet. i. 21.—For the
prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy
Ghost. Rev. xi. 11.–And
after three days and an half
the Spirit of life from God
entered into them, and they
stood upon their feet; and
great fear fell upon them
which saw them.
(4). Sin against Him is sin
against God:
Mark iii. 28, 29.—Verily I
say unto you, All sins shall
be forgiven unto the sons of
men, and blasphemies where
with soever they shall
blaspheme. But he that shall
blaspheme against the Holy
Ghost hath never
forgiveness, but is in
Danger of eternal damnation.
Acts v. 9.—Then Peter said
unto her, How is it that ye
have agreed together to
tempt the Spirit of the
Lord? behold, the feet of
them which have buried thy
husband are at the door, and
shall carry thee out.
Heb. iv. 7-9.—Again, he
limiteth a certain day,
saying in David, To day,
after so long a time; as it
is said, To day if ye will
hear his voice, harden not
your hearts. For if Jesus
had given them rest, then
would he not afterward have
spoken of another day. There
remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God.
Heb. x. 29.—Of how much
sorer punishment, suppose
ye, shall he be thought
worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Son of God,
and hath counted the blood
of the covenant, wherewith
he was sanctified, an unholy
thing, and hath done despite
unto the Spirit of grace?
(5). He exercises the
sovereignty and resistless will
of God:
Num. xi. 26.—But there
remained two of the men in
the camp, the name of the
one was Eldad, and the name
of the other Medad: and the
spirit rested upon them; and
they were of them that were
written, but went not out
unto the tabernacle and they
prophesied in the camp;
Num. xxiv. 2.—And Balaam
lifted up his eyes, and he
saw Israel abiding in his
tents according to their
tribes; and the Spirit of
God came upon him.
Jud. xiv. 6.—And the Spirit
of the LORD came mightily
upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid,
and he had nothing in his
hand: but he told not his
father or his mother what he
had done.
I Sam. X. 6.—And the Spirit
of the LORD will come upon
thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and
shalt be turned into another
man.
Neh. ix. 20.—Thou gavest
also thy good Spirit to
instruct them, and
withheldest not thy manna
from their mouth, and gavest
them water for their thirst.
Isa. xi. 13.—The envy also
of Ephraim shall depart, and
the adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim
shall not envy Judah, and
Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isa. lxiii. 10, 11, 14.—But
they rebelled, and vexed his
Holy Spirit: therefore he
was turned to be their
enemy, and he fought against
them. Then he remembered the
days of old, Moses, and his
people, saying, Where is he
that brought them up out of
the sea with the shepherd of
his flock? where is he that
put his Holy Spirit within
him? * * * * Asa beast goeth
down into the valley, the
Spirit of the LORD caused
him to rest; so didst thou
lead thy people, to make
thyself a glorious name.
Mic. ii. 7.—0 thou that art
named The house of Jacob, is
the Spirit ' of the LORD
straitened? are these his
doings? do not my words do
good to him that walketh
uprightly?
Zech. iv. 6.—Then he
answered and spake unto me,
saying, This is the word of
the Lord unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by my Spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke xii. 11, 12.—And when
they bring you unto the
synagogues, and unto
magistrates, and powers,
take ye no thought how or
what thing ye shall answer,
or what ye shall say: for
the Holy Ghost shall teach
you in the same hour what ye
ought to say.
Acts xiii. 4.—So they, being
sent forth by the Holy
Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia: and from thence
they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts xvi. 6, 7.—Now when
they had gone throughout
Phyrgia and the region of
Galatia, and were forbidden
of the Holy Ghost to preach
the word in Asia, after they
were come to Mysia,: they
assayed to go into Bithynia:
but the Spirit suffered them
not.
Acts xx. 28.—Take heed
therefore unto your selves,
and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to
feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with
his own blood.
1 Cor. xii. 11.—But all
these worketh that one and
the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man
severally as he will.
(6). We depend upon Him as upon
God:
Mark xiii. 11.—But when they
shall lead you, and deliver
you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall
speak, neither do ye
premeditate: but whatsoever
shall be given you in that
hour, that speak ye: for it
is not ye that speak, but
the Holy Ghost.
John iii. 5.—Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.
John xiv. 26.—But the
Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall
teach you all things, and
bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I
have said unto you.
John xvi. 7-14.—Nevertheless
I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go
away: for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come
un to you; but if I depart,
I will send him unto you.
And when he is come, he will
reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of
judgment: of sin, because
they believe not on me; of
righteousness, because I go
to my Father, and ye see me
no more; of judgment,
because the prince of this
world is judged. I have yet
many things to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them now.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit
of truth, is come, he will
guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he
shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you
things to come. He shall
glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you.
Acts iv. 31.—And when they
had prayed, the place was
shaken where they were
assembled together: and they
were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and they spake
the word of God with
boldness.
Acts ix. 31.—Then had the
churches rest throughout all
Judea and Galilee and
Samaria, and were edified;
and walking in the fear of
the Lord, and in the comfort
of the Holy Ghost, were
multiplied.
Acts x. 19, 20.—While Peter
thought on the vision, the
Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee.
Arise therefore, and get
thee down, and go with them,
doubting nothing: for I have
sent them.
Rom. viii. 9-16, 26.—But ye
are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that
the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his. And if Christ
be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the
Spirit is life because of
righteousness. But if the
Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up
Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you. Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors,
not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh. For if ye
live after the flesh, ye
shall die: but if ye through
the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall
live. For as many as are led
by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God. For ye
have not received the Spirit
of bondage again to fear:
but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. The
Spirit itself beareth
witness with our Spirit,
that we are the children of
God.
Likewise the Spirit also
helpeth our infirmities: for
we know not what we should
pray for as we ought: but
the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be
uttered.
Rom. xv. 13.—Now the God of
hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the
Holy Ghost.
I Cor. iii. 16, 17—Know ye
not that ye are the temple
of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwelleth in you? If
any man defile the temple of
God, him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is
holy, which temple ye are.
I Jno. iv. 13.—Hereby know
we that we dwell in him, and
he in us, because he hath
given us of his Spirit.
(7). We are required to
recognize Him as God.
Mat. xxviii. 19.—Go ye
therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.
Rom. xv. 30.—Now I beseech
you, brethren, for the Lord
Jesus Christ's sake, and for
the love of the Spirit, that
ye strive together with me
in your prayers to God for
me.
I Cor. vi. 11.—And such were
some of you: but ye are
washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
II Cor. xiii. 14.—The grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost,
be with you all. Amen.
Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not
the Holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto
the day of redemption.
I John v. 6-9.—This is he
that came by water and
blood, even Jesus Christ;
not by water only, but by
water and blood. And it is
the Spirit that beareth
witness, because the Spirit
is truth. For there are
three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one. And
there are three that bear
witness in earth, the spirit
and the water, and the
blood: and these three agree
in one. If we receive the
witness of men, the witness
of God is greater: for this
is the witness of God which
he hath testified of his
Son.
Rev. iii. 22.—He that hath
an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
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