Holy Spirit

Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or ...

In his well-known work The Coming of the Comforter , LeRoy E. Froom expresses the following thought when speaking about the personality of the Holy Spirit: “This is not a mere technical, academic, or impractical question. It is of utmost importance and highest practical value. If He is a divine ...

The question of conversion and its relationship to the gift of the Holy Spirit and the practice of water baptism is an important one. In some Christian denominations they are virtually inseparable, while in others they are related but clearly separate. In a few places, the New Testament also seem...

Mark A. Finley, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit: 10 Days in the Upper Room . Napa, Id.: Pacific Press, 2011. US $9.99. Ron E. M. Clouzet, Adventism’s Greatest Need: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit . Nampa, Id.: Pacific Press, 2011. US $15.99. These two volumes are a valuable contributio...

More than 300 theologians, administrators, and pastors gathered in Iguassu Falls, Brazil for the ninth annual Biblical-Theological Symposium of the South American Division, May 19-23, 2011, to seek a better understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Twenty-nine presenters from a dozen coun...

It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to have a spiritual life. Yet there are sometimes misconceptions about the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit and what is His work? I. Images of the Holy Spirit Just as the Father and the Son are described with images, so also is the Holy Spirit. These images...

There is a growing interest among some Adventists concerning the nature and role of the Holy Spirit. Questions related to the personality and individuality of the Spirit are being debated, motivated by opposition to the doctrine of the Trinity. Occasionally the power of the Spirit is emphasized a...

Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #23: "Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary. There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits of His atoning sacrifice offered onc...

Approved by BRICOM, May 5, 1983 Approved by BRIAD, May 12, 1983 Foreword During the past decade there has developed, particularly among charismatic Christian bodies in various places, a movement that has come to be known as “deliverance ministry” in which evil spirits—believed to control human be...