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The Spirit
The Third of
the Trinity is the Spirit. As the Father is the source of the Divine
Trinity, the Spirit is the consummation of the Divine Trinity. All
that the Father has and is, is embodied in the Son; and all that the
Son is, is realized as the Spirit. For this reason, He is called the
Spirit of reality (John 15:26; 16:13; 1 John 5:6). The reality of
what Christ is and even of what the Triune God is, is the Holy
Spirit. This Holy Spirit carried out the incarnation of Christ (Luke
1:35; Matt. 1:18, 20). Because He bears to us the humanity, human
living, and death of Jesus, He is called the Spirit of Jesus (Acts
16:7); and because the divinity and resurrection of Christ are made
real to us by Him, He is called the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9). He
is also called the Spirit of Jesus Christ, indicating that He is the
source of the bountiful supply to the believers (Phil. 1:19). The
Spirit of Jesus Christ is compounded with His humanity and death and
with His divinity and resurrection. This Spirit is the Spirit of life
and the indwelling Spirit (Rom. 8:2, 11). As the Lord Spirit, He
transforms us by renewing us (2 Cor. 3:18; Titus 3:5). The all-inclusive
Spirit is our holy anointing (2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 27), as
typified by the compound ointment in Exodus 30:23-31. As such, He
becomes a seal and a pledge to us (Eph. 1:13-14). Daily the Spirit
comforts us as our Paraclete (John 14:16-17), supplies us in our
Christian walk, and intercedes for us (Rom. 8:4, 26). Such a Spirit
was breathed into us as our life essentially (John 20:22) and was
poured out upon us as power economically (Acts 2:14, 17). In the age
of degradation, this wonderful Spirit is intensified sevenfold as the
seven Spirits of God (Rev. 1:4; 4:5; 5:6). Eventually this
intensified Spirit, as the consummation of the Triune God, becomes
one with the redeemed, regenerated, renewed, transformed, and
glorified church, which is His bride, for the manifestation and
expression of the Triune God in eternity (Rev. 22:17).
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