Who Is The Holy Spirit?

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·       The Holy Spirit is a “Person” because the Word of God refers to the Holy Spirit as “He”.

John 14:16-17 (NKJV)

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

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·       The Holy Spirit is a gift to us from the Father.

John 14:16b (NKJV)

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever”.

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·       He is the Helper given to us.

John 14:16 (NKJV)

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever”

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Who Can Receive The Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit can only be received by a person who chooses to be born-again.

·       Those who have accepted Jesus Christ into their lives (salvation). When you get born-again, you receive the Holy Spirit.

John 14:17 (NKJV)

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

Note:

Believers are categorized as those who love Jesus Christ and keep His commands (it should be noted that before Christ said He will pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit, He mentioned in John 14:15 that “If you love Me, keep My commandments”). Then He moves on to pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit.