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The Bible: The Symbols Of The Holy Spirit

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THE SYMBOLS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Bible uses a number of symbols to describe the person of the Holy Spirit. The symbols of the Holy Spirit are essential for gaining an understanding of His functions. Nearly all the symbols of the Holy Spirit are symbols of motion. The following paragraph enumerates the different symbols of the Holy Spirit:

1. Rushing water: The Holy Spirit is the River of Living Water that is continually at work within the inward man (John 7:31-39). The righteous is like a tree planted by the streams of water (Psalms 1:3). The Holy Spirit fills the temple; He is at work in the Church (Jeremiah 31:9). The Holy Spirit is the river that no man can walk through, He subdues every man, no one can withstand Him (Ezekiel 47:5). He is the brook that slakes the spiritual thirst …show more content…

The Holy Spirit comes as the Rain. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of transformation. The Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon King Saul, he prophesied; and he was changed into a different person (1 Samuel 10:6). The Holy Spirit is the rain that changes the wilderness into a fruitful field. "Till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest" (Isaiah 32:15). The term "pour out" refers to the Holy Spirit as the rain that brings about the hastening of the harvest and fruitful crops (Acts 2:17).

7. The Holy Spirit is the dew of heaven (Psalms 133:3). The Holy Spirit is once again seen as the refreshing dew that strengthens believers.

8. The Holy Spirit is the New Wine: You cannot put new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved (Matthew 9:17). The Holy Spirit is the New Wine and He abides in the hearts of born-again people. The Holy Spirit is a Spirit of power. He transforms the whole person; He works from the inside to the outside of the believer.

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