By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ
We don’t often think of the Holy Spirit as being the loving personality of the Godhead three. The term Godhead describes the union of three divine personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Just as a family of three, each of these personalities make up a family of the divine nature. All three are God, yet each one has a unique personality with different missions and functions in the Bible. Rex A. Turner, Sr. in his book “Systematic Theology” describes these different functions as follows. God the Father was the designer of the entire plan of redemption, from Genesis to Revelation. God the Son was the executor of the Father’s will or plan. The Son came to die for us and provide the forgiveness of sin. Then the Holy Spirit was the finisher, the completion, and the revelator of the written word of God. When the Bible says, “God is love” in I John 4:8, the Holy Spirit is describing all three persons. Notice these additional passages:
● Romans 5:5 “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.”
● Romans 15:30 “Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the LOVE OF THE SPIRIT…”.
● Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE.” These verses and many more should give us a whole new view of the Holy Spirit in the Bible. When you read your Bible, the Word of God, He is saying, “I love you too.”
