The Holy Spirit Is An "IT" Not A He

Steven Blake

THE “THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY” CANNOT BE GOD, BECAUSE...

- - Only The Father Knows

Jesus said it himself: only the Father knows when he will return (Matthew 24:36). If the Holy Spirit were a third coequal member of a triune godhead, it would know too—but it doesn’t - only the Father knows.

- - It Does Not Speak Its Own Words

John 16:13 says the Spirit “will not speak on its own authority, but whatever it hears it will speak.”That’s a far cry from God - who speaks by His own authority, and is never told what to say by someone else.

- - “It” - Not “He”

Scripture often calls the Spirit “it”, because it is not a person:

Numbers 11:25: “And the LORD took of the Spirit that was upon Moses, and gave IT unto the seventy elders...”

Romans 8:16: “The Spirit IT-self beareth witness with our spirit…”

- - - - - God is always a “He”, never an “It”.

- We Have No Fellowship With It

“Our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son” – 1 John 1:3

While some trinitarians cite 2 Cor.13:14 - “…the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all”, note that this speaks about the fellowship OF the Spirit, not WITH the spirit. It refers to fellowship among Christians engendered by God’s spirit IN them, not fellowship withGod's Spirit itself.

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

“There is but one God, the Father... and one Lord Jesus Christ” – 1 Corinthians 8:6

- - - If the Spirit is a coequal person of God, why is it missing from nearly every list alongside the Father and the Son?

BOTTOM LINE

The Holy Spirit is God’s power, His presence, His messenger—but never a coequal third person within God’s being