Holy Spirit as Paraclete

Holy Spirit as Paraclete

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  The Doctrine ofthe Holy Spirit ■ Fancy theological word . . . ■ Pneumatology
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  Greek: “Parakletos” (John14) Para = “alongside” and Kaleo = “to call” or “to help” The word means Comforter, Encourager, and Advocate The Paraclete is one who pleads, intercedes, or helps another
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  Correct understanding ofthe Holy Spirit begins with correct understanding about the Trinity Definition: “God is three in person but one in essence.” “God is three persons yet one God. God the Father, Son and Spirit are one and the same substance (nature, essence, or reality) yet, within the nature of God they are three distinct and separate persons.”
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  Come, Thou AlmightyKing 1. Come, Thou Almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing, Help us to praise: Father, all glorious, O’er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of Days. 2. Come, Thou Incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend: Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy Word success; Spirit of holiness, On us descend.
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  Come, Thou AlmightyKing 3. Come, Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear in this glad hour: Thou who almighty art, now rule in every heart, and ne’er from us depart, Spirit of power. 4. To the great One in Three, eternal praises be hence evermore. His sovereign majesty may we in glory see, And to eternity love and adore.
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  Review of Basics 1.The study of the Spirit (Pneumatology) and the study of Christ (Christology) are naturally related both in person and work. 2. Scripture affirms the Holy Spirit is a person and not an it (force). 3. The Spirit in His primary designation by Christ is another Encourager (“Parakletos”) of the same type as was the Lord Jesus.
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  Key Points forOur Study: 1. The Holy Spirit, as the Paraclete, is not merely “with” but also “in” the believer (John 14:16) 2. The Holy Spirit, as the Paraclete, is commissioned to be the abiding presence of God (John 14:17-18)
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  Raymond Brown, “TheParaclete in the Fourth Gospel,” New Testament Studies “Whatever is said about the Paraclete is said elsewhere in the Gospel about Jesus” If the Paraclete is the Holy Spirit, Jesus is the Holy One of God (6:69) If the Paraclete will guide the disciples along the way of all truth, Jesus is both the way and the truth (14:6) If the Paraclete announces or reveals to the disciples the things to come, Jesus identified Himself as the Messiah to come who announces or reveals all things (4:25-26)
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  If the Paracletewill bear witness, Jesus bore witness (8:14) The world cannot accept the Paraclete; so also evil men did not accept Jesus (5:43) The world does not know or recognize the Paraclete; so also men do not know Jesus (16:3)
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  “This detailed parallelismbetween the ministry of the Paraclete and the ministry of Jesus is too exact to be coincidental. As ‘another Paraclete,’ the Paraclete is, as it were, another Jesus . . . Since the Paraclete can come only when Jesus departs, the Paraclete is the presence of Jesus when Jesus is absent. Elsewhere Jesus promises to dwell with His disciples (14:23); this promise is fulfilled in the Paraclete.”
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  “It is noaccident that the first passage containing Jesus’ promise of the Paraclete (14:16-17) is followed immediately by the verse which says, “I am coming back to you.” Jesus comes back to them through His Spirit which He handed over to the disciples during the whole process of being lifted up to His Father (7:38-39).”
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  The work ofthe Holy Spirit parallels the work of Christ. He comes to replace Christ, to carry on His work in the world, and to maintain the Lord’s presence with the believer.
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  J. Oswald Sanders “Viewingthe testimony of Scripture as a whole, we cannot but concede consistent, and clear testimony to the fact that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person . . . If He is merely a power or influence, our dominant aim would be, “How may I obtain more of His power and influence?” But if He is a Divine Person, our consistent attitude should be “How can He more fully possess me so that I may become the vehicle of His power and influence?”