“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.  John 14:15-17, 24

5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.  John 16:5-11

1. The Holy Spirit is not impersonal

a. He loves

b. He can be lied to

c. He can be grieved

d. He can be quenched

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2. The Holy Spirit is God equal to the Father and Son

a. Recognized at creation: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:7, Job 33:4

b. Recognized in Old Testament Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:13, Ps. 139:7-10, Isaiah 11:2, Ezekiel 37:14

c. Recognized in the early church: Acts 5:1-4

3. The Holy Spirit glorifies God the Son

a. By Equipping Him for ministry: Luke 4:16-22, Zechariah 4:6

b. By enabling Him to fight successful spiritual warfare: Matthew 3:16-4:1,11; Eph. 6:17-18

c. By empowering Him to defeat death: Rom. 8:11, 1 Cor. 15:55-57, Gal. 2:20, Phil. 3:10