4. The distinction between the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
is very clearly brought out in Luke 3:21, 22: +"Now it came to
pass, when all the people were baptised, that, Jesus also having been
baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit
descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out
of heaven, thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."+
Here _a clear distinction is drawn between Jesus Christ who was on the
earth, and the Father who spake to Him from heaven, and the Holy Spirit
who descended in bodily form as a dove from the Father upon the Son_.
5. Still another striking illustration is found in Matthew 28:19:
+"Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptising
them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit."+ _Here a clear distinction is drawn between the name "of
the Father," and the name "of the Son," and the name "of the Holy
Spirit."_
6. A very striking setting forth of a clear distinction between the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit is found in John 14:16, 17: +"And I will
pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter that He may be
with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth."+ Here _the clearest
possible distinction is drawn between the Son who prays, and the Father
to whom He prays_, and _"another Comforter," who is given in answer to
His prayer_. Nothing could possibly be plainer than the distinction
that Jesus Christ draws in this passage between Himself and the Father
and the Holy Spirit.
7. We find the same thing again in John 16:7: +"Nevertheless I tell
you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go
not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will
send Him unto you."+ _Here the Lord Jesus Himself draws a clear
distinction between Himself, who is about to go away, and the Holy
Spirit, the other Comforter who is coming to take His place after He
has gone away._
8. The same thing is brought out again in Peter's sermon on the day of
Pentecost in Acts 2:33, where Peter is recorded as saying: +"Being
therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this, which
ye see and hear."+ _Here a clear distinction is drawn between the
Son exalted to the right hand of the Father, and the Father Himself,
and the Holy Spirit whom the Son receives from the Father, and sheds
upon the Church. To sum up all under this head: again and again the
Bible draws the clearest possible distinction between the Holy Spirit,
and the Father, and the Son. They are three separate personalities,
having mutual relations to one another, acting upon one another,
speaking of or to one another, applying the pronouns of the second and
third persons to one another._
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