While equal to one another, each Person of the Godhead is distinct from the others. Though distinct, no one Person is inferior to the others. Because the Holy Spirit is a member of the Godhead, He is God. The title Spirit of God emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is equal to God.
In the same way, the titles Spirit of Christ or Spirit of Jesus emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s equality to Christ.
- For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. - 1 Corinthians 2:11
In the same way, the titles Spirit of Christ or Spirit of Jesus emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s equality to Christ.
- They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; - Acts 16:6-7
- However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. - Romans 8:9-11
- seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. - 1 Peter 1:11
- There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; - Ephesians 4:4
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