The Role Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinity

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The Holy Spirit is often discounted in the Trinity, leaving the Father and the Son. We always hear and read a lot about the work of the Father and the Son, but the work of the Holy Spirit is often ignored. However, the Holy Spirit is always working in us. Even though people often forget about the Holy Spirit, it plays a huge role in the Church today.
I think the Holy Spirit is often discounted as a member of the Trinity because people do not understand the role it plays in their lives. It is easy to grasp the concept that God the Father created us and the world. God is often the person we pray to so it is unlikely that we would discount him from the Trinity. In addition to that Jesus is God’s only son. We hear countless stories about the Son of God. We know he was sent to save us from original sin. We celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas and the resurrection of Jesus on Easter. The role of God and Jesus Christ in the Trinity are easy for most people to understand. Contrary to that, the role of the Holy Spirit is more complex. I think people do not understand what the Holy Spirit does, and little do they know how important it is in the Trinity and the Church.
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Jesus was conceived by the Virgin Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit. So from the beginning Jesus and the Holy Spirit were working together to share God’s grace. Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus was able to preform miracles such as healing the blind and the sick. The Holy Spirit was also present at Jesus’s baptism and again at his death and resurrection. When Jesus reappeared to his disciples on Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak in tongues, or different languages, so they too could share God’s grace. The Holy Spirit worked throughout the New Testament, as it did in the Old Testament and does today, to continue God’s

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