BLACK BLUE RED GREEN OTHER
my words SCRIPTURE, or Scriptural perspective WT view / quotes / info PERSONALITY concept EMPHASIS
ABSENT Greek "the" denotes AWESOME "POWER"

The WT correctly states: "the expression 'holy spirit' appears in the original Greek WITHOUT the ARTICLE"

but wrongly concludes: "thus INDICATING ITS LACK of PERSONALITY." [Insight p.1019]

Click HERE & note the spelling of the Greek "the", under the "Neuter" column from the back cover of the Kingdom Interlinear. (It's simple.)

Look up each reference in any Greek or Interlinear NT to prove the definite article "the" is ABSENT. (It's easy.)

The Greek text proves there are 47 places where "holy spirit" appears without the Greek definite article "the".

The expression "holy spirit" is defined by Scripture as:

  • the "FREE GIFT OF GOD" (Acts 8:15-20),

  • the "POWER FROM ON HIGH" (Lk.24:49)
    • .
    The context proves the emphasis is on the     POWER of THE Holy Spirit. (It's clear.)

    And, look! I am sending forth upon you THAT which is promised by my Father.
    You, though, abide in the city until you     become clothed with POWER from on high. (Lk.24:49)

    Now while the day of the [festival of] Pentecost was in progress they were all together at the same place, & suddenly there occurred from heaven a noise just like that of a rushing stiff breeze, & it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And tongues as if of fire became visible to them & were distributed about, & one sat upon each one of them, & they all became filled with HOLY SPIRIT & started to speak with different tongues, just as THE SPIRIT was granting them to make utterance. (Acts 2:1-4)

    SCRIPTURE distinguishes between:

  • The PERSON & the POWER of The Holy Spirit throughout Scripture

  • The GIVER & the GIFT -- in Acts 2:4 for example:
    "...they all became filled with HOLY SPIRIT & started to speak with different tongues,
    just as     THE SPIRIT was GRANTING them to make utterance".
    (granting = didomi G1325 found 413x)

    		•
      Scripture Context & Focus = AWESOME "POWER"
    1 Mt.1:18 She was found to be PREGNANT BY holy spirit
    2 Mt.1:20 That which has been BEGOTTEN in her is BY holy spirit
    3 Mt.3:11 That One will BAPTIZE you people WITH holy spirit
    4 Mk.1:8 He will BAPTIZE you WITH holy spirit
    5 Lk.1:15 He will be FILLED WITH holy spirit
    6 Lk.1:35 holy spirit will COME UPON you, & POWER OF the Most High will overshadow you
    7 Lk.1:41 Elizabeth was FILLED WITH holy spirit
    8 Lk.1:67 Zechariah its father was FILLED WITH holy spirit
    9 Lk.2:25 holy spirit was UPON him
    10 Lk.3:16 He will BAPTIZE you people WITH holy spirit
    11 Lk.4:1 Jesus, FULL OF holy spirit
    12 Lk.11:13 GIVE holy spirit to those asking Him
    13 Jn.1:33 This is the One that BAPTIZES IN holy spirit
    14 Jn.20:22 He blew upon them & said to them: "RECEIVE holy spirit"
    15 Acts 1:2 After He had given commandment THROUGH holy spirit
    16 Acts 1:5 You will be BAPTIZED IN holy spirit not many days after this
    17 Acts 2:4 They all became FILLED WITH holy spirit
    18 Acts 4:8 Then Peter FILLED WITH holy spirit, said to them
    19 Acts 4:25 And who THROUGH holy spirit said BY the mouth of our forefather David
    20 Acts 6:5 Stephen, a man FULL OF faith & holy spirit
    21 Acts 7:55 But he, being FULL OF holy spirit
    22 Acts 8:15 And prayed for them to GET holy spirit
    23 Acts 8:17 And they began to RECEIVE holy spirit
    24 Acts 8:19 That anyone upon whom I lay my hands may RECEIVE holy spirit
    25 Acts 9:17 And be FILLED WITH holy spirit
    26 Acts 10:38 How God ANOINTED him WITH holy spirit & POWER
    27 Acts 11:16 But you will be BAPTIZED IN holy spirit
    28 Acts 11:24 He was a good man & FULL OF holy spirit
    29 Acts 13:9 Paul, becoming FILLED WITH holy spirit
    30 Acts 13:52 The disciples continued to be FILLED WITH joy & holy spirit
    31 Acts 19:2 Did you RECEIVE holy spirit when you became believers?
    32 Acts 19:2 We have never heard WHETHER THERE IS holy spirit
    33 Rom.5:5 THROUGH holy spirit, which was GIVEN us
    34 Rom.9:1 My conscience bears witness with me IN holy spirit
    35 Rom.14:17 For the kingdom of God... (means) righteousness & peace & joy WITH holy spirit
    36 Rom.15:13 That you may abound in hope with POWER OF holy spirit
    37 Rom.15:16 Being SANCTIFIED WITH holy spirit
    38 Rom.15:19 With the power of signs & portents, with the POWER OF holy spirit
    39 1Cor.12:3 Nobody can say: "JESUS is LORD!" except BY holy spirit
    40 2Cor.6:4,6 We recommend ourselves as God's ministers... BY holy spirit
    41 2Tim.1:14 This fine trust guard THROUGH holy spirit which is dwelling in us
    42 Titus 3:5 Through the making of us new BY holy spirit
    43 Heb.2:4 And with DISTRIBUTIONS OF holy spirit according to His will
    44 Heb.6:4 and who have become PARTAKERS OF holy spirit
    45 1Pet.1:12 Declared the good news to you WITH holy spirit sent forth from heaven
    46 2Pet.1:21 But men spoke from God as they were BORNE ALONG BY holy spirit
    47 Jude 1:20 Praying WITH holy spirit

    See A4 in chart below for info re: "AWESOME "PERSON" that shows the DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE when "the" is PRESENT !!!

    RESEARCH about: " THE > SPIRIT -- THE > HOLY (ONE) "
    Is "The Holy Spirit" a FORCE, or a Sentient BEING -- or BOTH ?

    The Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society's view on "The Holy Spirit"
    deviates dramatically from the over-whelming majority of Bible-believing Christians, scholars, & researchers.
    WT dictionaries contain the following very brazen & shocking statement that summarizes their view
     & executes THE SPIRIT THE HOLY ONE !!!.

    " The Scriptures themselves unite to show that
    God's HOLY SPIRIT is NOT a     PERSON
    but is God's active FORCE
    by which he accomplishes his purpose and executes his will     ."
    Insight p.1019, & Aid p.1543 ~ INSIGHT On The Scriptures (1988) is the updated version of AID To Bible Understanding (1971)

    WOW !!! ~ IF The Holy Spirit is just a force, then I (& any truth-seeker)
    would be compelled by intellectual honesty & integrity, to abandon belief in the Trinity & become a JW !!!
    An honest, careful, thorough comparison of WT opinion with Scriptural evidence, shows there is no need to accept WT conclusions.
    I don't view my work as a THEOLOGICAL DEBATE. There's no prize for the winner.
    This research is to help JWs think about their eternal destiny -- it's about you & God, not about me.
    If WT teaching is wrong, you are picking a fight with the most AWESOME BEING in the universe!
    The Holy Spirit has emotion (intellect & will) & can be INSULTED & OUTRAGED !!!
    Heb.10:26-31 warns:
    For if we practice sin willfully {or stubbornly, or mindlessly, or blindly, or foolishly} after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, 27 but [there is] a certain fearful expectation of judgment & [there is] a fiery jealousy that is going to consume those in opposition. 28 Any man that has disregarded the law of Moses dies without compassion, upon the testimony of two or three. 29 Of how much more severe a punishment, do YOU think, will the man be counted worthy who has trampled upon the Son of God & who has esteemed as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, & who has OUTRAGED THE SPIRIT of undeserved kindness with contempt? 30 For we know him that said: "Vengeance is mine; I will recompense"; & again: "Jehovah will judge his people." 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of [the] living God.
    According to WT opinion:
  • only God the Father is Jehovah
  • The (Paraclete) Holy Spirit = God's Active Force
  • Jesus is a sub-God (a.k.a Michael the archangel).
    		•  According to Scripture:
  • Jesus is our Paraclete (Lawyer / Advocate) ~ 1Jn.2:1
  • The Holy Spirit is also our Paraclete ~ Jn.14:16,26; 15:26; 16:27

    • (Greek allos = another of the same kind -- not different-kind-heteros).

    Therefore:
  • God The Father -- as the Active Force PARACLETE -- is same as Jesus, & must be demoted to the archangel level.


  • Or, God The (Paraclete) Son must be elevated to equality with God The Father.
  • And God The Spirit -- as same as Jesus PARACLETE -- must be promoted to equal Personhood & Godhood !!!

    • In other words, The Trinity is alive & well.
    Like the atheist who doesn't believe in God, JWs are in for a shock when they meet THE SPIRIT THE HOLY Paraclete-Lawyer-Advocate.
    Because of deliberate, consistent, repeated, systematic emphasis, programming & reinforcement
    (a.k.a. re-education, conditioning, mind control, thought reform, brain washing),
    JWs automatically equate & substitute the Bible expression     "The Holy Spirit" with the WT's phrase "Active Force",
    e    ven though     the "Active Force" phrase is a MISTRANSLATION & found only ONCE in their own Bible!!! See the NWT at Gen.1:2.

    Click here for more detail, & the WT's 28 Meanings / Senses / Interpretation-opinions for "ruach" & "pneuma" ( spirit ).

    SCRIPTURE distinguishes between:

  • The Awesome PERSON & the awesome POWER of The Holy Spirit (throughout Scripture)

  • The GIVER & the GIFT -- in Acts 2:4 for example:
    "...they all became filled with HOLY SPIRIT & started to speak with different tongues,
    just as     THE SPIRIT     was GRANTING them to make utterance".
    So obviously "pneuma" is not POWER-only or PERSON-only.
    The truth is that HE is an Awesome PERSON     AND demonstrates HIS Awesome POWER.

    		•
     

    WT Basis for "FORCE" Concept

    My Response

    		  

    Scripture Basis for "PERSON" Concept
    A Absent Greek Definite Article 'the' Fact, BUT... A1 Comparison Chart: - DEMON pneuma (spirit)
    A2 Demon-Pneuma-Spirits are Sentient Beings
    A3 ABSENT Greek 'the' = Awesome POWER
    A4 PRESENT Greek 'the' = Awesome PERSON
    B Pneuma = Neuter Gender noun Fact, BUT... B1 Greek Nouns & Pronouns prove Awesome Person
    C holy spirit Associated with Impersonal Things Fact, BUT... C1 EMOTION = Personality
    C2 INTELLECT = Personality
    C3 WILL = Personality
    D The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Voice F A L S E D1 SPEAKS DIRECTLY & via Humans & Scripture
    E The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Name Unknown,
    but so what?    		 E1 Names / Titles of The Holy Spirit
    E2 Testimony of Jesus (GOD-THE-WORD)
    F A 'Person' only because of Personification WT's FAULTY
    conclusion CONTRADICTS
    a host of
    "inconvenient" Scriptures    		 F1 Testimony of the Whole NT
    F2 Comparison Chart: - PARACLETE (Advocate)
    F3 Awesome Scriptural Warnings
    F4 Greek Facts / Scholarship
    F5 Does the WT Misquote Scholars ?
    F6 Convincing Evidence (& "Michael")
    Click here for Kingdom Interlinear ~ Definite Article chart to see the various spellings of the neuter gender "the".

    Click here to Search a Greek Interlinear NT
    (Good info in "Tips".)
    Under "Online Bible Search" enter "spirit" beside "Search For ".
    Under "Version(s) " scroll down to "Greek Texts" & click on the next entry.
    Go back to "Search For:" box & click "Search:".
    You will be able to see (in the Greek text) when the definite article "the" is Absent (A3) or Present (A4) before or after "pneuma".
         For verses with TWO definite articles see Acts 1:16; 5:3,32; 7:51; 13:2; 20:23,28; 21:11; Heb.3:7; 9:8.
     (For more verses with double articles, click A1 above & see box 5 in all 3 columns.)

    Click here to Search a Greek NT. ~ Enter "pneuma" beside "Search" & click "GO" (top right).
    Click here for MULTIPLE Greek (& other) Bible CHOICES.
    Chart of interesting LINKS & other RESEARCH

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