God Is the Holy Spirit

God is the Holy Spirit Reference: David K. Bernard Eph. 4:4-6 there is one Spirit, One God and Father of all The Old Testament is strict monotheism. There is no hint of persons with the Godhead. This is important because Jesus said that the Jews know what they [The “Word” is God, Jh. 1:1, and God is a Spirit – Jh. 4:24] worship. The law never said anything about “coequal, distrinct three-persons” in I John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, the Godhead. and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. Selfsame Spirit Chart Old Testament teaches One God; Shema (v.4-9), quoted by Jews as their Which Spirit is it? It is One and the same! See 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 confession of faith Deut. 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD: Spirit of your Father…speaketh in you Matthew 10:20 Deut. 32:39 See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me Holy Ghost…teach you what to say Luke 12:12 Exo. 20:2-3 I [am] the LORD thy God; Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Spirit of LORD… came upon Samson Judges 14:6 Ps. 86:10 For thou [art] great, and doest wondrous things: thou [art] God alone. Spirit of his Son…into our hearts Galatians 4:6 2 Sam. 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for [there is] none like Spirit of God…dwell in you Romans 8:9 thee, neither [is there any] God beside thee Spirit of God…descended upon Jesus Matthew 3:16 Isa. 44:8 Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any]. Spirit of Christ…man must have Romans 8:9 Spirit of Jesus Christ Philippians 1:19 New Testatment teaches One God – and Jesus did too! Mk. 12:28,29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], God is unchanging Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Malachi 3:6 for I am the Lord, I change not Rom. 3:30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, Ps. 102:27 thou art the same, thy years have no end and uncircumcision through faith. Ps. 119:89 thy word forever settled in heaven I Cor. 8:4 we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none Heb. 1:12 they shall be changed, but thou art the same other God but one. Heb. 7:24 Christ has unchangeable priesthood I Cor. 8:6 But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things I Pet. 1:23-25 word of the Lord endureth forever Gal. 3:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one. Ps. 89:34 my covenant I won’t break, nor alter word gone out from my lips Eph. 4:6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in Eccles. 3:14,15 whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever; nothing can be put to you all. it, nor taken away; I Tim. 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; The Father gives the Holy Spirit – He gives Himself! James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also Lk. 11:13 how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to believe, and tremble. them that ask him? John 15:26 when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the God alone is holy, the Holy One. He is a Spirit (not a physical being), invisible to Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father man. 2 Cor. 6:16 as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will I John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. be their God, and they shall be my people. Ps. 89:18 For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king. God is the ONLY eternal, immortal LIFE – when we receive the Holy Spirit, we Rev. 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only receive Eternal life! [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee I Tim. 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can I Sam. 2:2 There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: neither [is there] any rock like our God. Heb. 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither John 4:24 …God is a Spirit… beginning of days, nor end of life; Lk. 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; John 10:27,28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give There is only ONE Savior! I thought Jesus’ role as Savior was strictly the role of eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. the SECOND person of the Trinity? John 7:37-39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him Isa. 43:10,11 before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour. not yet glorified.) Hosea 13:4 Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt Rom. 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me. honour and immortality, eternal life: Titus 3:5-7 by his mercy he saved us, by washing of regeneration, renewing of Did not Jehovah God of the Old Testament (Father) make the New Testament? the Holy Ghost; we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. See Jeremiah 31:33… I John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no Heb. 9:15-17 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament; For murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at Called “he” or “it” all while the testator liveth. John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven Jerem. 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant (testament) that I will make with like a dove, and it abode upon him. the house of Israel; John 14:17 Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; God did make the new covenant, for it was His own blood that was shed. Jesus’ I Pet. 1:11 what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did blood was not Mary’s. signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ Acts 20:28 to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own Rom. 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the blood. children of God: Heb. 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own Rom. 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what blood, suffered without the gate. we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, [even] the Spirit of truth, which There is One Spirit proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: I Cor. 12:3 I give you to understand, no man speaking by the Spirit of God John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into calleth Jesus accursed: no man can say Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; I Cor. 12:4-9 the same Spirit, same Lord, same God I Cor. 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to I Cor. 12:11-13 these worketh that one and selfsame Spirit; by One Spirit we are every man severally as he will. all baptized into one body The Seven Spirits of God [Remember Matt. 16 – Father is NOT flesh and blood, so He must be Spirit! Jh. To begin with, we know for a certainty that these verses are not teaching a new 4:24] and contrary doctrine to John 4:24a "God is A (one) Spirit." But this is like I Eph. 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Corinthians 12:8-11 wherein we find ONE Spirit manifesting Himself in NINE ways. Thus we know that the seven Spirits of God mean it is the one and same fullness. OT prophets were to Israel what church age messengers were to the Spirit coming forth in a sevenfold way. Church of NT.

The seven Spirits before the throne is the Spirit That was in each of the seven messengers, giving them their ministries for the age in which each lived. The Nature of God Rev. 1:4 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was; and God is a Spirit – no flesh and bones from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; John 4:24 Jesus said God is a Spirit Matt. 16:17 flesh and blood hath not revealed it, but my Father The seven stars are the messengers to the churches (Rev. 1:20), and we know that Lk. 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; stars often shine in the dark by reflecting the light of the sun. They (stars) for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. go forth in the fire and power of the Holy Ghost with the Word. They are stars because they reflect light. The light they reflect is His light. They God is invisible have no light of their own. They kindle not their own fires that men may Col. 1:15 Christ is the image of the invisible God walk in the light of their sparks 1 Tim. 1:17 unto King eternal, immortal, invisible, only God Rev. 3:1 These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven Moses saw manifestations of God, but NOT the invisible Spirit stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Heb. 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. The seven Spirits of God are called “lamps” in Revelation 4:5. Since John always used nothing but Old Testament symbols in the Revelation we go to the Because God is invisible, the Bible uses personifications when referring to God. Old Testament and find from Proverbs 20:27 that "the spirit of man is the lamp These cannot be literal statements, but figurative. of the Lord." These seven Spirits are found to be associated with man. John the Ex. 15:6 – right hand dashed enemy to pieces (see 14:21) Baptist in John 5:35 was called a 'burning light' which should actually be Isa. 48:13 – right hand spanned the heavens translated as 'burning lamp.' 2 Chron. 16:9 – eyes of Lord run to and fro throughout the earth Rev. 4:5 and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which Ps. 91:4 – He shall cover thee with his feathers…be under his wing are the seven Spirits of God. Ps. 16:8 – because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved Again in Revelation 5:6 the seven Spirits are identified as seven eyes. In Zechariah 4:10, God is Omnipresent (Everywhere Present by Foreknowledge, not personal "For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall presence?) see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven, they are the eyes of We do not limit God’s ability to be everywhere at the same time. But Scriptures the Lord." seem to say that He chooses not to be in everything. It is very evident that the word, 'they' refers to men. Thus we see that the eyes of I Ki. 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and the Lord in this instance are men--of course they will be anointed men, full of the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have Holy Ghost, for God's ministries are not in the power of men but of the Holy builded? Ghost. Putting our Scriptural discoveries together it is evident that the seven Ps. 139:7-12 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy Spirits of God refer to the continuous ministry of the same Holy Spirit in the lives presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, of seven men with whom God identifies Himself very closely. They are His eyes, behold, thou [art there]. and they are His lamps. Who these seven men are can easily be seen because the next phrase calls them the seven stars which are already known to us as the seven God was on earth in His Son and in heaven at the same time messengers to the seven ages. How beautiful that is. See, the star was meant to John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from reflect light at night, for the sun has gone. Just so the messenger (typified as a heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven. star) to each age was to reflect the light of the Son. They all did this by the Holy Spirit. God was NOT in the wind, earthquake or fire with Elijah – but He was in the Rev. 5:6 stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, burning bush! which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. I Ki. 19:11-12 but the LORD [was] not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. One illustration of the seven Spirits is the Spirit of Elijah used five times. Ex. 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto So we see that the Seven Spirits actually refer to the One Spirit of God working him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] out the will and Word of God in different generations. I would like to illustrate I. that from the Word. The Spirit of God was mightily upon Elijah. Then that same Spirit came upon Elisha in a twofold effect. Then centuries later, the same Spirit God is Omniscient (All Knowing) Which we call the Spirit of Elijah in order to describe Its ministry, came back Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be upon John the Baptist. One day that same Spirit identified by the same manner of withholden from thee. ministry will come upon a man for the end of the Gentile church age. Ps. 139:1-6 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest Again: the Scripture says that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy my thought afar off; Such knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I Ghost and power and He went about doing good, healing all that were oppressed cannot [attain] unto it. of the devil. As Jesus went away He told His disciples to tarry until Pentecost at John 21:17 And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest which time the very same Spirit that was upon Him would come back and fall that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. upon them and fill them. Then that 'called out' body (the church) would be in His stead upon the earth, taking His place. And because that same Spirit That was in *See “Predestination” Bible Study for God’s Foreknowledge Him would be in them, they would do the very same works. And any people that is truly the Body of Jesus Christ (the true church) will manifest the same works as God is Omnipotent (All Powerful) did Jesus and the Pentecostal church because the same Spirit will be in them. Any Rev. 19:6 the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, other church that does not have the Spirit and the manifestations is going to have saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. to account to God. Matt. 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Yes, the Spirit is not seven Spirits but ONE. He will always be the same and act I Tim. 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and only the same. And the seven messengers will have the same Spirit and teach the same Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Word and have the same power. And if the church is the true church it will have the very same Spirit and Word and acts of power that they had at Pentecost. By Any power man has is given to him by God experience it will be a Pentecostal church; and there will be tongues, and Rom. 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no interpretation and prophecy and healings. God will be in the midst of her and God power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. will declare Himself in the midst of her as He always has. Hallelujah! And she will be UNorganized. Don't forget that. God is Immutable (Unchanging) Malachi 3:6 For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are Bro. Lonnie: not consumed. No one of prophets in OT was the fullness of the Logos, or Christ. Ps. 102:26-27 they shall be changed: But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall NT we hear about the 7 spirits of God and it is the same; God who is Light, have no end. passes Himself through the three-sided prism of Father, Son, HG. When Light Ps. 119:89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. passes through prism, it breaks into a 7-color rainbow, the spectrum. All colors Heb. 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: are part of Light, but not one of the colors is the WHOLE Light. But the colors but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. are part of Light. So prophets were a measure or part of the Light, but not Ps. 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my Gen. 41:38-45 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall lips. all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Eccles. 3:14-15 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should God’s angels (messengers of His Word) NEVER came in their own POWER or fear before him. AUTHORITY. They came with “Thus saith the Lord” and were powerless of their Heb.13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and for ever. own strength. These men were empowered by the Holy Spirit and stood up to the Heb. 7:24 But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable world because of God’s influence upon them. priesthood. Rev. 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his It is true sometimes God has “repented”, but God obviously had the strength. foreknowledge to know the events that were to take place. This is best stated as Rev. 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, the God’s perfect will and God’s permissive will. Man determines what will he is in, seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: while God works everything (think of all the mistakes made by the O.T. Rev. 2:1 These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who patriarchs) together for the good of His children. walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

250-3 SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.7 The Right Hand of Power It also says here that these seven stars, or seven messengers to the seven ages are Jesus said, "I came from God, and I go to God." Is that right? After His death, in His hand. He is holding them. You know right away that if they are held in His burial, resurrection, and ascension, when the body was taken up to set at the hand they are associated with His power. That is what the hand signifies. It right hand of God... Now, I don't mean God's got a right hand; God's a spirit. But signifies the power of God! And authority of God. Not one of them came in his at the "right hand" means "in power and authority of God." That in that Name own power and authority. That is what Paul said. No man would dare to. It takes everything in heaven is named after It and subject to It. Everything in earth is the authority of God and the power of the Holy Ghost. The Gospel is preached by named after It and subject to It, a Name above all names, Jesus Christ. the authority of God in the power of the Spirit. These men were all empowered by the Holy Ghost. They all stood up to the world. They could do that. They were full The expression “right hand” is figurative when speaking of Almighty God, the of God. They were SENT or authorized by God NOT by self or other men. Eternal, invisible One. It is used as a personification so we can try to fathom God. We have NO POWER, but we do have AUTHORITY! The right hand IS POWER… But before we do it, that there be some newcomers here, to get away from all Ex. 15:6 [the enemies weren’t dashed by a literal hand] Thy right hand, O superstitions... This is not a superstition. It is the manifestation of a promise of LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in God. It depends on what you're looking at. No virtue in any man. There's no pieces the enemy. power in no man. But we as believers have authority; not power, but authority. Matt. 26:64 Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of Someone asked me, not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, you believe you got power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. power to do this?" I Pet. 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and I said, "I ain't got power at all, but I've got authority." Every believer has it. If authorities and powers being made subject unto him. you refuse it, you'll stay where you're at. But if you'll accept it, it'll do the Matt. 28:18 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth; Teaching them exceeding abundance, because God is rich in His mercy. to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen. GOD.WHO.IS.RICH.IN.MERCY_ PHOENIX.AZ V-19 N-2 TUESDAY_ 65- Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a 0119 Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 146 Take a little policeman standing out here on the street, his clothes hanging half off of him, he's so skinny. The--the cap's got his ears pulled down. Standing or sitting? Why? And he walk out there where cars are coming down that street at fifty miles an Acts 7:55-56 looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and hour, three hundred horse power motors in it. He hasn't got the power to stop a Jesus standing on the right hand of God, bicycle. That's right. But just let him blow that whistle and hold up that hand, and Matt. 22:44 [Father said to the Son] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on watch the brakes squeak. He hasn't got power, but he's got authority. The whole my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? city's behind him. And when a man or a woman, I don't care what condition you're in, you've got The saving power of the right hand the authority of God by a promise, because He's rich and promised to do the Ps. 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from exceedingly abundantly. "If you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. in your heart, but believe that what you've said will come to pass, you can have Ps. 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did what you've said." You got no power, but you got authority. their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy Remember when He told me back there, said, "You'll be able to reveal the secrets countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. of the hearts." For He... You remember that, many of you Phoenix people? He Ps. 98:1 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done promised it. What He promises, He does. marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

The right hand is righteousness Ps. 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. Matt. 25:31-46 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the righteous answer him

The literal throne where Jesus is seated in the 7th dimension is also a “right hand” location Eph. 1:20-21 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: Mk. 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Col. 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

The right hand represented power when Jacob gave his blessing Gen. 48:8-19 when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

Joseph’s life also typified Jesus on the “right hand” of authority. See scriptures about the Father