This paper will analyze both the Person and the work of the Holy Spirit as it is expounded in John’s Gospel. This paper will appear how the Person of the Holy Spirit ought to be comprehended and all the more critically, how His work influences followers of Jesus Christ living in the twenty-first century.
The primary reference to the Person of the Holy Spirit in John 's Gospel is found in 1:32, where the Gospel records the affirmation of John the Baptist that the Spirit descended on Jesus as a dove from heaven, a record which blends with the Synoptic accounts, which all record a comparative testimony. John 's Gospel starts with a mention to the Old Testament book of Genesis and its opening section with his utilization of the expression, "in the beginning." John proceeds with that parallel with the affirmation of the Spirit at …show more content…
These works will be considered in three general classes for the Luke gives the account of the promise of the Father in Acts 1:4. And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which saith he, ye have heard of me. Luke’s Gospel summarizes 40 days after the Resurrection and goes immediately to final exhortation for the 120 to tarry in Jerusalem until they receive the promise of the Father, which Jesus himself had given (Luke 24:49; John 14:16; 15:26; 16:7; 13. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is essential in the church today. The church is profoundly successful when they embrace the ministry of the Holy Spirit, as did the Acts of the Apostles in the New