THE MOST IGNORED PERSON OF THE TRINITY.
Mike Winger walks the doctrine of the Holy Spirit the way it should be walked — through Scripture, not through a tradition you cannot defend when your kid gets cornered.
Jehovah’s Witnesses call Him an active force. Islam calls Him Gabriel. Skeptics call Him a New Testament add-on. All three collapse when you stop cherry-picking the “power” verses.
Jesus called Him another Helper — allos, another of the same kind, not a different kind. John 14:16. He hears. He speaks. He guides. He glorifies Christ. He used masculine pronouns for a neuter noun.
A force does not have a mind (Romans 8:27). A force does not will the gifts (1 Corinthians 12:11). A force does not love (Romans 15:30). A force cannot be grieved (Ephesians 4:30; Isaiah 63:10). A force does not say “I have sent them” (Acts 10) or “set apart for Me” (Acts 13). You can resist gravity. You cannot grieve gravity. You cannot lie to a camera lens.
Acts 5 is the boom verse. Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit. Peter said he lied to God. One deed. Psalm 139: where shall I go from Your Spirit? 1 Corinthians 2: the Spirit searches the depths of God because He has God’s self-knowledge. Matthew 28:19: one Name — Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
The Old Testament was the dim room. The Spirit was in the midst of them, not in them. Moses longed that all the Lord’s people were prophets. Ezekiel 36 promised a new heart and the Spirit within. The veil tore. Pentecost arrived. The theology was never new. The access was.
He will not make much of Himself. He makes much of Christ. You are the temple. You are not your own.
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— Fallen Exposure