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THE REAL HOLY SPIRIT
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In Mormonism the "Holy Ghost" is a personage, or a god, but the
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"Holy Spirit" is an impersonal force. The Mormons refer to verses that
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the Holy Spirit is symbolized by oil, fire and water and show that these
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are "impersonal". The Bible refers to the Father and the Son as "bread
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of life", "living water" and other "impersonal" terms. Again, we must
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look at the context.
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In John 16:7, our Lord is placing His emphasis on His going away and
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the Holy Spirit's being sent by the Father to replace our Lord himself.
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This change (or replacement), Jesus says, would be beneficial for His
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disciples. AN IMPERSONAL FORCE COULD HARDLY IMPROVE ON THE PERSONAL
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PRESENCE OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST!
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The word in Hebrew and the word in Greek for SPIRIT and GHOST both
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mean the same, "breath or wind" and the "translators" of the King James
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Bible noted that the Greek word denoted a neuter gender and was
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mistranslated to be an "IT," but they did utilize the word Ghost and
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Spirit and interchanged them on many occasions. The words as translated
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are from only ONE word in Hebrew and ONE word in Greek - therefore there
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is NOT two words for SPIRIT and GHOST - only ONE. Now, let's look at
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this ONE entity called the HOLY SPIRIT. In John 16:13 and 14 we see our
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Lord Jesus telling us this about the Holy Spirit, "HE shall not speak of
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HIMSELF ... HE shall glorify me ... HE shall receive of mine ....". NOTE
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that our LORD gives PERSONALITY to the Spirit. Otherwise our Lord would
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have used the term that Mormons use "IT."
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Jesus repeatedly (John 16:7-15) uses the MASCULINE PERSONAL pronoun
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"He" when referring to the Spirit. Jesus used the term clearly to tell
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us that the Spirit had personality and intimacy. Ananias was struck dead
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for lying to the HOLY SPIRIT (Acts 5:3). You cannot lie to an impersonal
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force! It would be like walking up to a window box fan, turning it on
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and facing its "force" and then telling lie after lie to it - IT WOULD
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NOT CARE THE SLIGHTEST, WOULD IT? Now, you look at Ananias and, if you
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are not a complete idiot, you would not repeat his behavior, now would
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you? The Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost are not two different items
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mentioned in the Bible. There is only one entity referred to as both
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HOLY GHOST and HOLY SPIRIT.
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The Holy Spirit is a person. The Spirit may be "grieved" (Ephesians
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4:30) and "sinned against" by UNFORGIVABLE blasphemy (Mark 3:29). None
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of these things are possible for an "impersonal force".
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The Holy Ghost does things which only a person COULD do.
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He SPEAKS:
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"The Spirit said unto Philip, 'Go near'" (Acts 8:29)
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"The Spirit also helpeth our infirmity ... [and] MAKETH INTERCESSION
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for us." (Romans 8:26)
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He STRIVES:
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"My Spirit shall not strive with man forever" (Genesis 6:3)
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He REVEALS, SEARCHES, and KNOWS:
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"But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the Spirit
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searcheth all things ... the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit
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of God" (I Corinthians 2:10,11).
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Other verses can be shown that the Spirit IDENTIFIES with believers
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(Acts 15:28), The Spirit is ETERNAL (Hebrews 9:14), OMNIPRESENT (Psalm
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139:7-10), DOES GOD'S WORK (Genesis 1:2), INVOLVED IN REGENERATION (John
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3:8), participates in the RESURRECTION (Romans 8:11). Paul identifies
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the Spirit as the speaker to Isaiah. Acts 28:25-26 and Isaiah 6:8-9. An
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impersonal force does not counsel, speak, feel, or anything resembling
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personality. The HOLY SPIRIT is a person - one of the THREE ENTITIES
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of the ONE TRUE GOD.
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For more information see below:
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This file has been brought to you by the ministry of the;
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Southern Maryland Christian Information Service BBS, (SMCIS)
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(301) 862-3160 HST
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P.O. Box 463
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California, MD 20619
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Sysop: Buggs Bugnon
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