5 Basic Biblical Facts About the Holy Spirit

Pneumatology is the study of the personhood, deity, and ministries of the Holy Spirit.

1. The Spirit Has Life

Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

2. The Spirit Has Intellect

Romans 8:27
And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 2:10-11
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

3. The Spirit Has Emotions

Romans 15:30
Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.

Ephesians 4:30
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

4. The Spirit Has Will

Acts 13:2
While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

1 Corinthians 12:11
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

5. The Spirit has Personal Relationships

…with Apostles

Acts 15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials.

…with Unbelievers

John 16:8
“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.”

…with Believers

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 12:7
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Ephesians 4:3-4
Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling.