Romans 8:26 ¶ Likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered. 27 And he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he
maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.
Paul says here that many times
we cannot even pray for what we should or as we ought to and the Holy Spirit
opens up that communication channel with the throne and says the things that
need to be said. The Holy Spirit, the very mind of God, makes the throne of the
universe just a whisper away. As God has made man being composed of three
parts; soul, body, and spirit, so is God composed of those three parts and yet
being one God.
God has a soul we call God the Father, invisible, the seat of will
and self-identity.
Psalm
11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but
the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
God has a Spirit, how He
moves throughout creation and acts on it and in it.
Genesis
1:2 And the earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
Romans
8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
This Spirit is called the
Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
1Corinthians
12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no
man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
John
14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you…26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The Holy Spirit in
its function, the Holy Ghost in His identity, is the mind of God and also God.
For contexts where the Spirit
of God or the spirit of man can be synonymous with mind please see the
following;
Romans
8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind
of the Spirit, because he
maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
1Corinthians
2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may
instruct him? But we have the mind of
Christ.
Ephesians
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit
of your mind;
Philippians
1:27 Only let your conversation be as it
becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the
faith of the gospel;
2Timothy
1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
God not only has a
soul and a mind but has a body, His person, whom man can see, and has even
touched, as God in the flesh, called the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and
the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his
power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of
the Majesty on high;
God searches you through your
spirit, lowercase s, in you, using your very mind to see what you are about.
Proverbs 20:27 The spirit
of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
He knows your every thought.
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