HOLY SPIRIT CLASS l "Divine References " l School of the Bible l VidDevoChurch

Divine References

Divine references also are made concerning  the Holy Spirit. For example,  in Acts 5:3,  Peter  first  accuses  Ananias  of  lying  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  then  quickly  adds, "You have not lied to men but to God."

Peter reasons  that if someone has  lied to the Spirit, he has  lied to God. The two are equal; the Spirit is God.

In II Corinthians 3:18, Paul  speaks of our being transformed  from glory  to glory "by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord."  

The  newer  translations  have  more  correctly  and literally  rendered  the  phrase,  "By  the  Lord,  the  Spirit"  (in  Greek,  hupo  kurios pneumatos). 

He means the  Lord is the Spirit, or the Spirit is the Lord. They are
one and the same.