3262.-The Holy Ghost by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 18, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 41.

3262.—The Holy Ghost

By Editor

Are the three terms "Holy Ghost," "Holy Spirit," and "Spirit of Truth" synonymous? A. L. K.

They are synonymous. It is quite impossible to give any description or definition that will cover the fulness of the Spirit of God. The expression in 1 John 5:7, "There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one," is admitted, as far as we know, by all Biblical scholars, to be spurious. The verse is not found in any of the earlier manuscripts. God's Spirit is not confined to heaven; it is that which connects both Him and our Lord Himself with His children. The great life bond that binds together all who are in Christ Jesus, is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter. It is the great all-comprehending life and power of God which makes present with every one of God's children both Father and Son.