Jesus told His disciples that He would send to them another, just like Himself, who would be the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God, equal with the Father, and equal to the Son, third person of the trinity. It is the Holy Spirit that reveals to us the truth of the Living Word of God, Jesus. John 1:1 from the Amplified New Testament: "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself." In Revelation 19:13, in John's vision he sees Christ returning as our King "and the title by which he is called is The Word of God." The Holy Spirit will also reveal to us the written Word, which is the Bible.
The Holy Spirit wrote the Bible through men who loved God. And the prophesies of the Old Testament were verified through Jesus as many verses in the New Testament state with phrases such as 'to fulfill what is written' or that 'the Scripture might be fulfilled.' Everything that was written was inspired by the Holy Spirit and was the TRUTH. II Timothy 3:16 states: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness..."
In the book Knowledge of the Holy, A. W. Tozer defines the attributes of God as being whatever God has in any way revealed as being TRUE of Himself. And Who is it that reveals these truths to us? None other than the Holy Spirit, The Spirit of Truth.
From the heart of Carol Coblentz
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