SPECIAL TOPIC: JESUS AND THE SPIRIT

There is a close relationship between Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Spirit's task in this new age is to magnify and bear withess to Jesus (cf. John John 15:26; 16:13-15; 1 John 2:20,27).

  1. Jesus asks the Father (see SPECIAL TOPIC: THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD) and He sends the Spirit (see SPECIAL TOPIC: SPIRIT IN THE NT and SPECIAL TOPIC: THE PERSONHOOD OF THE SPIRIT)
    1. Jesus sends the Spirit in John 14:16; 15:26; 16:7
    2. the Father sends the Spirit in John 14:26
    3. both from the Father and the Son in John 14:16; Luke 24:49
    4. Jesus spoke out of His unity with the Father (i.e., John 17:1-5), so the Spirit speaks out of His unity with them both (i.e., "another Helper," John 14:16; allos means "another of the same kind")
      SPECIAL TOPIC: THE TRINITY
  2. "Another of the same kind" (allos). The best name for the Spirit is "the other Jesus" (G. Campbell Morgan)
    1. both "sent" from the Father
      1. Son ‒ Gal. 4:4
      2. Spirit ‒ Gal. 4:6
    2. both called "truth" (see SPECIAL TOPIC: TRUTH/TRUE)
      1. Son ‒ John 14:6
      2. Spirit ‒ John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13
    3. both called paraclētos (i.e., advocate; see SPECIAL TOPIC: PARACLETE)
      1. Son ‒ 1 John 2:1
      2. Spirit ‒ John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7
    4. Spirit called by Jesus' name (NASB; see SPECIAL TOPIC: The Name of the Lord [NT] and SPECIAL TOPIC: Christ Jesus As Lord)
      1. Acts 16:7 ‒ "The Spirit of Jesus"
      2. Rom. 8:9 ‒ "Spirit of God. . .Spirit of Christ"
      3. 2 Cor. 3:17 ‒ "The Lord is Spirit. . .the Spirit of the Lord" (see SPECIAL TOPIC: Lord (adon and kurios)
      4. 2 Cor. 3:18 ‒ "The Lord, the Spirit"
      5. Gal. 4:6 ‒ "The Spirit of His Son"
      6. Phil. 1:19 ‒ "The Spirit of Jesus Christ"
      7. 1 Pet. 1:11 ‒ "The Spirit of Christ"
    5. both indwell believers (as does the Father)
      1. Son ‒ Matt. 28:20; John 14:20, 23; 15:4; 17:23; Rom. 8:10; 2 Cor. 13:5; Gal. 2:20; Eph. 3:17; Col. 1:27
      2. Spirit ‒ John 14:16-17; Rom. 8:9,11; 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Tim. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:11
      3. Father ‒ John 14:23; 17:23; 2 Cor. 6:16
    6. both described as "holy" (see SPECIAL TOPIC: HOLY and SPECIAL TOPIC: THE HOLY ONE)
      1. Spirit ‒ Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:35
      2. Son ‒ Mark 1:24; Luke 1:35; 4:34; Acts 3:14; 4:27,30

 

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