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Expert: LEBoyd - 11/23/2007


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Hello - I have a question in regard to Glory and the Holy Spirit - I have seen many passages in scripture where is it actually states (DIRECTLY) that Jesus wants God the Father Glorified and when God the Father wants Jesus Glorified - But I have never seen a passage that directly (not indirectly)states that either the Father or Son want the Holy Spirit Glorified - It seems odd to me and I dont understand it - I was hoping you could either lead me to a passage in which Glory is sought for the Holy Spirit or an explanation of why His' Not being glorified has a purpose. Thankyou

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Pete,

This is a great question, and points directly to the roles of the Trinity.  However, I will add that I know of no one who can answer your question absolutely for sure, because we do not have a really have absolute answers from the Bible.

Not only is the Holy Spirit not glorified, or sought to be glorified, He is also not to be worshipped - only the Father and the Son.  At least that's what the Bible says.

Here's my short answer, as it would take days and pages and pages for the long answer.

From the book of John, we see that God is the head of the Trinity, Jesus is the son of God and the Spirit is the comforter and interface for Christians (Acts).

Then Jesus, who "although being equal to God" the Father (in respect to being Deity) , "emptied Himself".  For giving His (Jesus) life as a sacrifice for us, God elevates Jesus to Lord (See Phillipians 2:1-11).

So, Jesus is raised to be worshipped.  God is still the Father and head of the Trinity, and the Spirit is still the primary comforter and interface for humans.

This is a very short answer to a very long subject.  The key to understanding the Trinity is to not add more to the answer than the Bible says.  Many want to add more to the subject of the Holy Spirit.

Hope this helps.

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I am available to answer questions on most subjects dealing with the Old and New Testaments. I have more than 30 years of detailed study in both Testaments. Additionally, I have studied the many facets of evolution, including a detailed study of Darwin's Origin of the Species. I am a fundamentalist, in that I believe that all Scripture is inspired, or God-breathed, (II Tim. 3:16). I believe that there are no contradictions in the Bible, and that the Bible is complete in telling us our purpose on earth, how to gain salvation and how we should live to obtain salvation. I believe in sin, Satan, heaven, hell, choice-immersion, grace as the free-gift of God and that one can fall from grace. I am a 'layman' in that I taught myself Hebrew (in the English alphabet) and Greek (in the Greek alphabet).

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I have taught many adult classes on the Scriptures on many different subjects over the last 25 years. I have also debated many people (several at once) over subjects such as evolution, original sin, the Diety of Jesus, whether Jesus was perfect by choice, and so-called Biblical contradictions.

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I am a layman, so I come as a self-trained "expert". I can provide copies of sermanets, classes and emails where I have debated Scripture with others. I do have a BBA and an MBA from a Top-10 MBA School. I also have several NASD/SEC licenses.

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In Bibilical areas, I have scored the highest score, or in the top 10, with other adults in an all day annual test on specific Bible books. Some of these books were Luke, Revelation, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronmy, Joshua, Judges, II Kings, and others. Currently, I am teaching an indepth study on the book of Judges.

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