How shall we think of the Holy Spirit? The Bible declares that He is God. Every quality belonging to Almighty God is freely attributed to Him. All that God is, the Spirit is declared to be. The Spirit of God is one with and equal to God just as the spirit of a man is equal to and one with the man. This is so fully taught in the Scriptures that we may without loss to the argument omit the formality of proof texts. The most casual reader will have discovered it for himself.
The historic Church when she formulated her “rule of faith” boldly wrote into her confession her belief in the Godhood of the Holy Spirit. The Apostles’ Creed witnesses to faith in the Father and in the Son and in the Holy Spirit, and makes no difference between the Three. The Fathers who composed the Nicene Creed testified in a passage of great beauty to their faith in the deity of the Spirit:
And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
The Lord and Giver of Life,
Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
Who with the Father and Son together
Is worshiped and glorified.
Verse
No eye has seen, / no ear has heard, / no mind has conceived / what God has prepared for those who love him—but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:9–10
Thought
The Spirit of God is one with and equal to God just as the spirit of a man is equal to and one with the man.
Prayer
Let us worship and glorify the Spirit as is due Him!