What are three names for the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit, who was the Spirit of the Lord that would rest on the messiah, is the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
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What are other names for the Holy Spirit?

Holy Spirit
  • Dove.
  • comforter.
  • intercessor.
  • paraclete.
  • presence of God.
  • spirit.
  • spirit of God.
  • spirit of Truth.
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What are the 7 names of the Holy Spirit?

The sevenfold ministry of the Spirit

Including the Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirits of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, here are represented the seven Spirits, which are before the throne of God.
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What are the 3 symbols of the Holy Spirit?

The symbols of the Holy Spirit are: Dove, Fire, Oil, Wind and Water. The Dove: This can be seen in the description of the baptism of Christ (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:30-34). A dove symbolises peace (Psalms 55:6; Song of Songs 2:12); purity (Song of Songs 5:2; 6:9); innocence (Matt.
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What is the Holy Spirit's name?

Holy Spirit, also called Paraclete or Holy Ghost, in Christian belief, the third person of the Trinity.
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How many names are there for the Holy Spirit?

Three separate terms, namely Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth and Paraclete are used in the Johannine writings. The "Spirit of Truth" is used in John 14:17, 15:26, and 16:13.
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What is the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit?

Trinity, in Christian doctrine, the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead.
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Is the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit the same?

In the scriptures, the Holy Ghost is called by several names, such as: “the Spirit,” “the Spirit of God,” “the Spirit of the Lord,” “the Spirit of Truth,” “the Holy Spirit,” and “the Comforter.” Some of these same terms are also used to refer to the Light of Christ, which may also be called “the Spirit of Christ,” and ...
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What is the Holy Spirit's name in Hebrew?

The Hebrew language phrase ruach ha-kodesh (Hebrew: רוח הקודש, "holy spirit" also transliterated ruacḥ ha-qodesh) is used in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish writings to refer to the spirit of YHWH (רוח יהוה).
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Is the Holy Spirit Yahweh?

The Holy Spirit is the power emanating from Yahweh, the Heavenly Father. It is Yahweh's power that puts all things into motion. It is Yahweh's power through His ruach that breathes life into His creation and makes things live.
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How does Jesus call the Holy Spirit?

In this sense, Christ can call the Holy Ghost “my Spirit”—the agent or medium whereby the Savior reveals his Father's truth to mankind, for Christ is the chosen spokesman, “the Word, even the messenger of salvation” (D&C 93:8), whose “words … are spirit” (John 6:63).
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Who is the Holy Ghost in the Bible?

The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He is a personage of spirit, without a body of flesh and bones. He is often referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter.
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Is Holy Spirit a person?

In the New Testament, the divine Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost, becomes more personal. He now comes to be sealed within the believer.
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Is the Holy Spirit the Third person of the Trinity?

Holy Spirit: Third Person of the Trinity.
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How do I receive the Holy Spirit?

If you want to receive the gifts of the Spirit, you have to want them for the right reasons. Your purposes must be the Lord's purposes. The path to receiving the Holy Ghost is to exercise faith in Christ unto repentance. We can become clean through qualifying for the effects of the Savior's Atonement.
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Is it wrong to baptize in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit?

According to the Didache, we find the following words pertaining to baptism: “But concerning baptism, thus baptize ye: having first recited all these precepts, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in running water,” (Didache 7:1).
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Is the father the son and the holy spirit the same person?

"The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" are not names for different parts of God, but one name for God because three persons exist in God as one entity. They cannot be separate from one another.
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What is crossing yourself called?

Making the sign of the cross (Latin: signum crucis), or blessing oneself or crossing oneself, is a ritual blessing made by members of some branches of Christianity.
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Is the Holy Spirit male or female?

Most English translations of the New Testament refer to the Holy Spirit as masculine in a number of places where the masculine Greek word "Paraclete" occurs, for "Comforter", most clearly in the Gospel of John, chapters 14 to 16.
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Does the Holy Spirit live in us?

Sadly, the Spirit of truth does not dwell in unbelievers; however, Jesus said that the disciples did know Him (as they were followers of Christ), and the Spirit dwelled within them. The Holy Spirit Dwells Within Us.
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What are the 7 characteristics of the Holy Spirit?

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. While some Christans accept these as a definitive list of specific attributes, others understand them merely as examples of the Holy Spirit's work through the faithful.
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What is the name of God's wife?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar.
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What is the one sin God will not forgive?

Matthew 12:30: "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Is the Holy Spirit God himself?

The Holy Spirit is God Himself. When we accept Christ as our Savior, The Holy Spirit comes and lives within us. We cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit draws us unto Him. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin and we admit we are sinners.
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