A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING. Jesus has the Father who IS HERE and is a spirit "God is a spirit.". Jesus talks about TWO Persons: the Son and the Father over and over again, a very long list. Thus, when He talks about the TWO blasphemies of course you expect the second blasphemy to be directed to the Father. The name "Holy Spirit" surprisingly appears there instead! Well, you can figure out that probably "Holy Spirit" is just the "Spirit-name" given by Jesus to the "SPIRIT who is the Father", in order to distinguish Him from other spirits (e.g., from the Spirit of truth). In other words the "Father WHO IS A SPIRIT" is called "FATHER" by Jesus. But inversely the "SPIRIT who is the Father" (nothing changes, He is the same God, Jesus just emphasizes He is a spirit) is called "HOLY SPIRIT" by Jesus. Thus, "HOLY SPIRIT" is simply a SECOND EQUIVALENT NAME of "FATHER," NOT a third divine person. The two fully EQUIVALENT NAMES are used interchangeably in the various events disclosed by the gospels (Mary's pregnancy, Jesus' baptism (the Father - AKA Holy Spirit - speaks and takes actions in heaven), the same Father-Spirit also helps Jesus in his journey into the wilderness and in speaking, see the 2 blasphemies...). (In that latter event Jesus could have said that blasphemy against THE FATHER will not be forgiven, there would be no difference.) You have strong PROOF that the name "Holy Spirit" identifies the Father: the Holy Spirit is with Jesus, but you know that THE FATHER is the ONLY ONE Person with Jesus "I am not ALONE because the Father is with me" (reiterated many times in all different ways, Father and Son, Son and Father...). Therefore, the Holy Spirit with Jesus can only be the Father, who is the ONLY PERSON there with Him. All that means NO THIRD divine person exists, just Father and Son ("I am in the Father and the Father is in me"). PERIOD.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, that is one very recent, very modern understanding. It is not what most Christians believed from the time of Paul on. Without the Spirit, we miss the action of God working within us, enabling us to believe, bringing us into the relationship between Father and Son.
Peace.
A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING. Jesus has the Father who IS HERE and is a spirit "God is a spirit.". Jesus talks about TWO Persons: the Son and the Father over and over again, a very long list. Thus, when He talks about the TWO blasphemies of course you expect the second blasphemy to be directed to the Father. The name "Holy Spirit" surprisingly appears there instead! Well, you can figure out that probably "Holy Spirit" is just the "Spirit-name" given by Jesus to the "SPIRIT who is the Father", in order to distinguish Him from other spirits (e.g., from the Spirit of truth). In other words the "Father WHO IS A SPIRIT" is called "FATHER" by Jesus. But inversely the "SPIRIT who is the Father" (nothing changes, He is the same God, Jesus just emphasizes He is a spirit) is called "HOLY SPIRIT" by Jesus. Thus, "HOLY SPIRIT" is simply a SECOND EQUIVALENT NAME of "FATHER," NOT a third divine person. The two fully EQUIVALENT NAMES are used interchangeably in the various events disclosed by the gospels (Mary's pregnancy, Jesus' baptism (the Father - AKA Holy Spirit - speaks and takes actions in heaven), the same Father-Spirit also helps Jesus in his journey into the wilderness and in speaking, see the 2 blasphemies...). (In that latter event Jesus could have said that blasphemy against THE FATHER will not be forgiven, there would be no difference.)
You have strong PROOF that the name "Holy Spirit" identifies the Father: the Holy Spirit is with Jesus, but you know that THE FATHER is the ONLY ONE Person with Jesus "I am not ALONE because the Father is with me" (reiterated many times in all different ways, Father and Son, Son and Father...). Therefore, the Holy Spirit with Jesus can only be the Father, who is the ONLY PERSON there with Him. All that means NO THIRD divine person exists, just Father and Son ("I am in the Father and the Father is in me"). PERIOD.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, that is one very recent, very modern understanding. It is not what most Christians believed from the time of Paul on. Without the Spirit, we miss the action of God working within us, enabling us to believe, bringing us into the relationship between Father and Son.
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The Holy Spirit is not a third divine person, He is the Father in the form of a spirit.