What Is the Holy Spirit? - The Holy Spirit Is Not a Person

 By referring to God's spirit as his "hands," "fingers," or "breath," the Bible shows that only the holy spirit is not a person.  (Exodus  15:8, 10)  A craftsman's hands cannot function independent of his mind and body, likewise, God's  holy spirit operates only as he directs it. (Luke 11:13) The Bible also compares God's spirit to water and associates it with such things as faith and knowledge. These comparisons all point to the impersonal nature of the holy spirit. - ISAIAH 43:3; ACTS 6:5; 2 CORINTHIANS 6:6.

 The Bible gives the names of Jehovah God and his Son, Jesus Christ, yet, nowhere does it name the holy spirit.  (Isaiah 42:8; Luke 1:31)  When the Christian martyr Stephen was given a miraculous heavenly vision, he saw only two persons, not three.  The Bible says: "He, being full of holy spirit, gazed into heaven and caught sight of God's glory and of Jesus standing at God's right hand." (Acts 7:55)  The holy spirit was God's power in action, enabling Stephen the vision.

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