Article V

Article 5 – God the Holy Spirit

1. The Eternal.
   1. Heb. 9:14b; who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
2. Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son.
   1. John 14:16; And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
   2. John 14:26; But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
3. Is of the same substance and equal in power and glory with the Father and the Son. By Him the prophets were moved to speak the Word of God, and all writers of the Holy Scriptures were inspired to record infallibly the mind and will of God.
   1. II Pe. 1:21; For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
4. He is the only efficient agent in the application of redemption. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
   1. John 16:7-11; Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
5. Moves them to repentance, and regenerates them by His grace, enabling them to embrace Jesus Christ by faith.
   1. John 3:5; Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6. The Holy Spirit indwells all true believers, baptizing them into one body, of which Christ is the head.
   1. 1 Cor. 12:13; For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
7. He, the divine Comforter, Intercessor, and Advocate, empowers the believer for service.
   1. Acts 1:8; But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.