Holy Spirit Research Paper

The supreme being of God exists in a trinity composed of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each member of triune has distinguishable characteristics as well as sharing common ones. In the act of salvation, these three beings contribute in different ways. “God the Father purposes redemption, Jesus, the Son, secures it, and the Holy Spirit applies it to the lives of those who receive it”(Packer 15). Just as the human body is composed of three main parts, the body, mind, and soul, but is all one person, The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three beings in one. “Abba,” Hebrew for “Father” is a name for God used numerous times in the Bible. Scribes copying the word of the Lord would bathe and change clothes before writing the name of God. Many different names were used to refer to the Lord to emphasize individual traits such as “Jehovah,” meaning “Self-Existent One,” which refers to the eternality of God. No one created God, He simply has always been in existence and will continue to exist for all of eternity. God the Father is “attributed the beginning of activity, and the fountain and wellspring of all things” (“God the Father”).

Consequently, when unbelievers hear Christians describe their God as being jealous, they may think of these sinful things and become resistant. However, another name referring to God, “Qanna” meaning “jealous”, does not translate similarly. Exodus 34:14 reads, “For thou shalt not worship any other God: for the Lord: whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Holy Bible King James Version). The context of this verse depicts the outlawing of idols and heathen gods the Israelite people were being exposed to while wandering in the desert. The Lord requires all of the praise and reverence from His people due to His absolute