![]() Throughout the Old Testament the Spirit worked upon and in men for the glory of God. Since the fall, the plan of salvation has encompassed the replenishment of the defiled image of God by the operation of the Spirit upon wicked men who receive mercy through mediation. The image of God that Adam was first created in was wholly corrupted and defiled by his sin in the garden under the temptation of the devil (Gen. As a result of the fall of man, the Spirit withdrew from him and he was then designated as “flesh” (Gen. Adam attained originally what Christ would later replenish in some fallen men – the gift of the Spirit. Man, one being among all things, is also created and filled with the breath of life, or a special operation of the Spirit imparting His image upon man. In the Old Testament the Spirit of God is first introduced as the Creator of all things (Gen. Their order of subsistence is the ground and reason there are three names or designations of the Godhead – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This operation teaches that the first Person has life in Himself (John 5:26) and that the second and third Persons subsist and act from the first. ![]() Between these three persons of the Godhead, there exists a natural order of subsistence and operation. The same numerical divine essence is common to three divine Persons known as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. ![]() Truths surrounding the Trinity and the person of the Holy Spirit are directly related. Historically and exegetically truths about this doctrine are classified within the larger framework of the Trinity. In contrast to historical exclusion, Scripture is permeated with truths identifying and explaining the person and work of the Holy Spirit in creation, through the Messiah, and in the work among believers. Throughout the greater part of church history one of the most neglected among doctrines is the biblical teaching concerning the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. One of the most neglected topics in the history of the church is the theology surrounding the Holy Spirit and His Work.
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