Who Is the Holy Spirit?
1) Direct Answer
The Holy Spirit is God Himself—the very Life of Jesus Christ—coming to dwell in and empower His people. He is not a third person; He is the one God in His indwelling office.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says, “God is a Spirit” (John 4:24). That’s who the Holy Spirit is—God.
- “Now the Lord is that Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:17). The Lord Jesus, after His resurrection, comes back as Spirit to be in His Church.
- Jesus promised “another Comforter,” then said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you” (John 14:16-18). And, “the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost… shall teach you all things” (John 14:26). So the Comforter is His own presence by the Spirit.
- The Scripture uses “Spirit of God” and “Spirit of Christ” for the same indwelling Life: “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his… the Spirit of God dwell in you” (Romans 8:9-11).
- “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27) is the Holy Spirit in the believer.
- There is “one Spirit” (Ephesians 4:4), not a separate divine person from the Father and the Son.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
Now notice, it’s not three Gods and not three persons. The one God was above us as Father, came among us in flesh as the Son, and returned to live in us as the Holy Spirit. The body that walked in Galilee was the Son; the Life inside was God. After finishing redemption, that same Life came back on the Day of Pentecost to indwell believers. He seals (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30), empowers (Acts 1:8), leads into all truth (John 16:13), quickens our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11), and gives the new birth (John 3:5-8). “Holy Ghost” and “Holy Spirit” are the same—the personal presence of God in His people.
4) Reinforcing Statement
You see, the Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ in Spirit form living in His Church today—one God making Himself known in us.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Broken Cisterns
65-0123 §64
...w you did not have to pull it, pump it, join it, go into the seminary to learn how to use it. They'll tell you how to use it there, see. "Oh, well, if you have received the Holy Spirit, we believe that; but so, we ... you do it this way..." But, you see, there's no control of it. You don't use the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit uses you, see. See, you're not, you're not to use the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit's got you. A gift is not something you take, like a knife and sharpen a pencil with it. It's yielding yoursel...
Seals 3: The First Seal
63-0318 §119
And he said, "Now here is a white horse, and a white horse is a power-a charger." And said, "The man that sat on that was the... white horse was the Holy Spirit that went forth in the early age and conquered that age for the kingdom of God. He had a bow in his hand, which meant like Cupid. He shot the arrows of love into the hearts of the people, the love of God, and He conquered." Now, that sounds very good; but it isn't the truth. No, sir. It wasn't. White does mean righteous. We realize that. The white means rig...
The Angel of the Lord
53-0604 §5
The new birth is an experience. It's a gift of God. It's a seal of your faith. The Holy Spirit is a seal. Ephesians 4:30 says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you're sealed until the day of your redemption." God made Abraham the promise. And Abraham believed God, and was justified by faith. And God give him the sign of circumcision as a seal. So He does today. We believe Him. And then, if you say you believe, and do not receive the Holy Spirit, then you do not believe; because God promised to give you t...
What does it take to make a Christian life?
57-0113 §49
And if the Holy Spirit... Here it is, quickly... If the Holy Spirit brooding over mankind, that's already nothing but dust of the earth, the Holy Spirit is the only one who can brood eternal life into you. Your intellectuals, no matter how brilliant you may be, they are totally rejected by God. Your denominations means not that much to God. Your great teachers of theology doesn't mean that to God. It takes the brooding of the Holy Spirit to bring you into the fellowship of God to give you eternal life to raise you...
Expectations
50-0810 §41
And the same time, there was an old woman there, claimed to be blind, Ann, a prophetess. Maybe she's way over in a corner, setting in a chair. All at once the Holy Spirit moved on her. And here she come weaving through the people, moving around through them people, blind; came to where He was at, and then prophesied. What was it? The Holy Spirit leading on those people who had the promise. How many of you tonight believes in Divine healing? Listen, friends, isn't it strange? You believe Divine healing, and God can...