Holy Ghost
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, John 14:26; John 15:26; 1 Cor 2:10, 1 Cor 2:11; 1 Cor 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7–13; Rom 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; Acts 15:28; Acts 16:6; Acts 28:25; 1 Cor 2:13; Heb 2:4; Heb 3:7; 2 Pet. 2 Pet 1:21).
His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Ex 17:7; Ps 95:7; comp. Heb 3:7–11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Ps 139:7; Eph 2:17, Eph 2:18; 1 Cor 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor 2:10, 1 Cor 2:11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom 8:11); eternity (Heb 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Gen 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt 12:28; 1 Cor 12:9–11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isa 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom 9:1; Rev 1:4; Matt 28:19).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
