Arguments against the Deity of the Holy Spirit

. The Creation of the Spirit (The Spirit Was Created)

Zech 12:1 – “Says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundation of the earth, who formed the spirit in man.”

Am 4:13 – “For, behold, he formeth the hills, and formeth the spirit (ruah – wind).”

• The spirit must obey God (it is subject to God)

Jn 16:13 – “When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own, but what he hears he will speak, and he will tell you what is to come.”

• The Spirit is sent from the Father and the Son (the one who sends is greater than the one who is sent)

Jn 14:26 – “But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things.”

Jn 15:26 – “When the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.”

• The Spirit is excluded from the equality of the Father and the Son

Mt 11:27 – “And no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and whoever the Son chooses to reveal.”

Jn 17:3 – “eternal life consists in knowing you, the only true God, and the one you sent, Jesus Christ.”

Rom 1:7 – “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 Cor 8:6 – “We have but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we are for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we are through him.”

• The spirit is in motion

Gen 1:2 – “The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.”

Joel 3:1 – “Then I will pour out my spirit.”

• Spirit is changeable

Nm 11:16-17 – “There I will talk with you and take some of the spirits that are on you and put it on them.”

2 Kings 2:9-10 – “Elijah said to Elisha: “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you!” Elisha answered: “May your spirit be on me twice as much!”

• The spirit can be grieved

Eph 4:30 – “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you are sealed for the day of redemption.”

Isa 63:10 – “But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit; therefore he became their enemy, and fought against them himself.”

• The spirit prays

Rom 8:26 – “So also the Spirit comes to help our weakness, for we do not even know what to pray for as we ought; and the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible sighs.”

• The Spirit is a gift from God

Lk 11:13 – “If you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Acts 5:32 – “And we are witnesses of this, and the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

• If the Spirit is from the Father, it is begotten (and thus is his Son)

This argument is based on the psychological analogy of St. Augustina.

• If nature is not imparted by begetting, the Spirit must be created

God cannot impart the same nature in two different ways. If nature is not imparted by procreation, it is imparted by creation. The delusion that proclaimed the creation of the Holy Spirit is called Macedonianism.

Arguments for the Deity of the Holy Spirit [ edit ]

• Temple

Christ is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The temple is dedicated exclusively to God.

Ps 11:4 – “The Lord dwells in his holy temple.”

• The ability to revive – belongs to God

Jn 5:21 – “For as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wills.”

Rom 8:11 – “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.”

Jn 1:4 – “In him was life, and the life was the light of men”

Jn 6:63 – “The Spirit gives life, the flesh makes nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.”

• Creation of the world

Psalm 104:30 – “When you send forth your spirit, they are created and you renew the shape of the earth.”

Job 33:4 – “The breath of God formed me in the same way, the spirit of the Almighty also quickened me.”

Sir 1:9 – “He created it (by the Holy Spirit) – he saw it, counted it, and measured it.”

• He speaks through the mouth of the prophets

Isa 6:8-10 – “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, who will go with us?” And I said, “Here I am, send me!” He said, “Go and tell the people: Hear, hear, but do not understand, see, see, but do not know! Make the heart of this people callous, burden their ears and cover their eyes, so that they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, so that their heart may not understand and turn and be healed.”

Acts 28:25-27 – “When they could not agree among themselves, they separated, and Paul said only this word: “Well said the Holy Spirit through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers: “Go to that people and say: You will listen, and you will not understand, you will look and you will not see. For the heart of this people has become dull: they hardly hear with their ears and they have closed their eyes so that perhaps they do not see with their eyes and do not hear with their ears so that they do not understand with their heart and do not turn – so that I do not heal them.«

Psalm 85:9 – “I will listen to what the Lord God will say; he will announce peace to his people and his saints and to those who turn to him sincerely.”

Acts 1:16 – “Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, where the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who captured Jesus;”

2 Pt 1:21 – “For prophecy never came from the will of man; but men sent from God spoke under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”

• God reveals secrets

Dan 2:28 – “But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets and will make King Nebuchadnezzar know what will be in the last days. Your dream and the vision that went through your head on your bed is this:”

1 Cor 2:10 – “But God revealed it to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.”

1 Cor 14:2 – “For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but to God; no one understands him, he speaks mysteries under the influence of the Spirit.”

• God teaches a man wisdom

Ps 94:10 – “Would he not punish the one who educates the nations, who teaches the people wisdom?”

Dan 2:21 – “He changes times and ages, deposes and establishes kings, gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who understand.”

Jn 14:26 – “But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of all that I have said to you.”

• God speaks in the saints

2 Cor 13:3 – “For you ask for proof that Christ speaks in me, who is not weak towards you, but has power among you”

Mt 10:20 – “For you will no longer speak; but the Spirit of your Father will speak in you.”

• Christians are the temple

2 Cor 6:16 “And how is the temple of God related to idols?! And you are the temple of the living God, as God says: “I will dwell in them and walk among them, I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

1 Cor 3:16-17 – “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 So whoever destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. Because God’s temple is holy – and you are it.”

• God’s Spirit is omnipresent

Wisdom 1:7 – “For the spirit of the Lord fills the earth, he who surrounds everything knows (every) voice.”

Ps 139:7-8 – “Where can I flee from your spirit and where can I flee from your face? If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I go down to the underworld, you are there.”

• Lying to the Holy Spirit = lying to God

Acts 5:3 – “Peter said: “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withdraw money for land?”

• Spirit acts autonomously

1 Cor 12:4-6 – “The gifts of grace are different, but the Spirit is the same. 5 And the services are different, but the Lord is the same. And the effects are also different, but God who works all in all is the same .”

1 Cor 12:11 – “But all these work the same Spirit, who distributes to everyone as he wants.”

The Holy Spirit is a separate person [ edit ]

The Holy Spirit acts independently: “He [the Holy Spirit] will glorify me, for he will take of mine and proclaim it to you.” (John 16:14)

The Holy Spirit in St. The letter appears as a person.