To the law and to the testimony: if they speak

not according to this word, it is because there is

no light in them. 

Isaiah 8:20

How does the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy

describe the Holy Spirit?

This booklet is free from man’s opinions.

It contains only the pure word of Scripture and
the Inspired writings of Ellen G. White.

May the Lord guide you into all truth as you study
His Word.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God,

and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
 Scriptural Passages about the Holy Spirit



I. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.


II. Philippians 1:19 


For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your
prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


III. Galatians 4:6 


And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 


IV. 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. Now if any man have not the Spirit
of Christ, he is none of his.


V. John 14:16-17; 20:22 


And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 

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. 

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:


VI. John 14:22-23 


Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep
 my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him.


VII. John 15:26


But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:


VIII. Romans 15:19


Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of
God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I
have fully preached the gospel of Christ.


IX. Psalm 143:10 


Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.


X. Matthew 3:16-17 

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.


XI. Romans 8:11


But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell
in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.


XII. Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God.

XIII. Isaiah 40:13 

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his
counsellor hath taught him?

XIV. 2 Corinthians 3:3


Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of
Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit
of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of
the heart.


XV. Luke 4:18 


The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised,


XVI. Isaiah 61:1 


The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent
me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;


XVII. Isaiah 59:21


As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My
spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy
mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the
Lord, from henceforth and for ever.


XVIII. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 


Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. 

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
 Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
as by the Spirit of the Lord.


XIX. Psalms 51:11 


Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit
from me.


XX. 1 Peter 1:11 


Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.


XXI. Isaiah 44:3 


For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon
the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my
blessing upon thine offspring:

XXII. Isaiah 42:1


Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles.


XXIII. Matthew 10:20


For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which
speaketh in you.


XXIV. 1 Corinthians 2:10-14 


But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no
man, but the Spirit of God. 

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit
which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God. 

 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.


XXV. Ephesians 4:4-6, 30


There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one
hope of your calling;

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
and in you all.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed
unto the day of redemption.


XXVI. Nehemiah 9:20,30 


Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and
withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them
water for their thirst.

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against
them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:
therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the
lands.
 SOP Passages about the Holy Spirit



1. “We want the Holy Spirit, which is Jesus Christ.” {Lt66-1894

(April 10, 1894) par. 18}


2. “All professions of Christianity are but lifeless expressions of faith

until Jesus imbues the believer with his spiritual life, which is the
Holy Ghost. The evangelist is not prepared to teach the truth, and
to be the representative of Christ, till he has received this heavenly
gift.” {3SP 242.2}

3. The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The
impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ.
It imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ. {DA 805}


4. The Lord Jesus standing by the side of the canvassers, walking

with them, is the chief worker. If we recognize Christ as the One
who is with us to prepare the way, the Holy Spirit by our side will
make impressions in just the lines needed. {MC 40.3}


5. “The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, which is sent to all men to
give them sufficiency, that through His grace we might be complete
in Him. The Lord has provided that we should always be under the
teaching and influence of the Holy Spirit.” {14MR 84.3}

6. “The Holy Spirit is Christ's representative, but divested of the

personality of humanity, and independent thereof. Cumbered
with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally.
Therefore it was for their interest that He should go to the Father,
and send the Spirit to be His successor on earth. No one could then
have any advantage because of his location or his personal contact
with Christ. By the Spirit the Saviour would be accessible to all.
 In this sense He would be nearer to them than if He had not
ascended on high. {DA 669.2}


7. The reason why the churches are weak and sickly and ready to die, is
that the enemy has brought influences of a discouraging nature to
bear upon trembling souls. He has sought to shut Jesus from their
view as the Comforter, as one who reproves, who warns, who
admonishes them, saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it”. {RH,
August 26, 1890 par. 10}


8. The influence of the Holy Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul.
{RH, October 26, 1897 par. 15}


9. The Holy Spirit, which proceeds from the only begotten Son of
God, binds the human agent, body, soul, and spirit, to the perfect,
divine-human nature of Christ. {RH, April 5, 1906 par. 16}


10. It is His mind that is working through all who yield themselves to
his control. {RH, Jan11, 1887}


11. Abiding in Christ means a constant receiving of His Spirit, a life of

unreserved surrender to His service. {DA 676} 


12. It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells in us; and the Spirit of
God, received into the heart by faith, is the beginning of the life
eternal. {DA 388}


13. "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell
in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you" (Rom. 8:
11). O how precious are these words to every bereaved soul! Christ
is our Guide and Comforter, who comforts us in all our
tribulations…The vitalizing power of the Spirit of Christ dwelling
in the mortal body binds every believing soul to Jesus Christ... By
the power of the Saviour that dwelt in them while living and
 because they were partakers of the divine nature, they are brought
forth from the dead. {2SM 270, 271}


14. As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith pierces the shadow, and we
adore God for His wondrous love in giving Jesus the Comforter.
{19MR 296, 297}

15. He had not a thorough knowledge of the mission of Christ, his

resurrection and ascension, and of the work of his Spirit, the
Comforter which he sent down to remain with his people during
his absence. They accordingly sent for Apollos, and the educated
orator received instruction from them with grateful surprise and joy.
{LP 119}


16. The work of the holy Spirit is immeasurably great. It is from this
source that power and efficiency come to the worker for God; and
the holy Spirit is the comforter, as the personal presence of
Christ to the soul. {RH, November 29, 1892 par. 3}


17. Of the Comforter it is written, "He will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will show you things to come." Through the
Holy Spirit, Christ will open more clearly to those who believe on
him that which he has inspired holy men to write concerning the
truth. {RH, April 12, 1892 par. 24}


18. Christ declared that after his ascension, he would send to his
church, as his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his
place. This Comforter is the Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life, the
efficacy of his church, the light and life of the world. With his
Spirit Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes
away sin. {RH, May 19, 1904 par. 1}


19. Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency
of the third person of the Godhead, who would come with no
 modified energy, but in the fulness of divine power. It is the Spirit
that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's
Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through
the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature.
Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power to overcome all
hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress his own
character upon the church. {RH, May 19, 1904 par. 3}


20. Let them study the seventeenth of John, and learn how to pray and
how to live the prayer of Christ. He is the Comforter. He will
abide in their hearts, making their joy full. {RH, January 27, 1903}


21. The Saviour is our Comforter. This I have proved Him to be.
{8MR 49}


22. As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith pierces the shadow, and we
adore God for His wondrous love in giving  Jesus the
Comforter.” {19MR No. 1405 Preston, Melbourne, July 26, 1892
p. 297 Sons and Daughters of God p.124}


23. There is  no comforter like Christ, so tender and so true. He is

touched with the feeling of our infirmities. His Spirit speaks to the
heart. {Review and Herald Oct 26, 1897}


24. He is coming to us by  His Holy Spirit  today.  Let us recognize

Him now; then we shall recognize Him when He comes in the
clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. {Review and Herald,
April 30, 1901}


25. While Jesus ministers in the sanctuary above,  He is still by His

Spirit the minister of the church on earth. {Desire of Ages p. 166}


26. He gives them His Holy Spirit, the manifestation of His presence

and favor. {Testimonies Vol 9, p. 230 1909}

27. “And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they
are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are
retained.” The Holy Spirit was not yet fully manifested; for
Christ had not yet been glorified. The more abundant impartation
of the Spirit did not take place till after Christ's ascension. Not until
this was received could the disciples fulfill the commission to preach
the gospel to the world. But the Spirit was now given for a special
purpose. Before the disciples could fulfill their official duties in
connection with the church, Christ breathed His Spirit upon
them. He was committing to them a most sacred trust, and He
desired to impress them with the fact that without the Holy Spirit
this work could not be accomplished. {Desire of Ages p. 805}

28. Jesus is waiting to breathe upon all his disciples, and give them
the inspiration of  his sanctifying spirit, and transfuse the vital
influence from himself to his people… Christ is  to live in  his
human agents. Signs of the Times Oct 3, 1892

29. The Holy Spirit, which proceeds from the only begotten Son of
God, binds the human agent, body, soul, and spirit, to the perfect,
divine-human nature of Christ. {Review & Herald April 5, 1906}


30. 'The words that I speak are spirit and life' John 6:63. Christ is not
here  referring  to  His doctrine, but to  His person, the divinity of
His character. {1 Selected Messages p. 249} 


31. Christ is to be known by the blessed name of Comforter.

{Ms7-1902 (January 26, 1902) par. 10}


32. Christ comes as a Comforter to all who believe. He invites your

confidence. He says, "Abide in me." Surely we may trust in our
loving Saviour. {8MR 57}

33. All who consecrate body, soul, and spirit to His service will be
constantly receiving a new endowment of physical, mental, and
spiritual power. The inexhaustible supplies of heaven are at their
command. Christ gives them the breath of His own Spirit, the
life of His own life. The Holy Spirit puts forth its highest energies
to work in mind and heart. {MH 159}


34. "If ye love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the
Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you forever; 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.
I will not leave you comfortless" [John 14:15-18]. Cumbered with
humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally;
therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should leave
them, go to His father, and send the Holy Spirit to be His
successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself divested of the
personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would
represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as
the Omnipresent. {14MR 23}


35. It is not essential for you to know and be able to define just what
the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Holy Spirit is the
Comforter, and the Comforter is the Holy Ghost, "the Spirit of
truth, which the Father shall send in My name." "I will pray the
Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you for ever; 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" [John 14:16, 17]. This refers to the omnipresence of the
Spirit of Christ, called the Comforter. {14MR 179}


36. I wish to impress upon you the fact that those who have Jesus
abiding in the heart by faith, have actually received the Holy
Spirit. Every individual who receives Jesus as his personal Saviour,
 just as surely receives the Holy Spirit to be his Counselor,
Sanctifier, Guide, and Witness. {14MR 71}


37. The teacher must be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Then the mind
and spirit of Christ will be in him, and he will confess Christ in a
spiritual and holy life. {RH, February 9, 1892 par. 21}


38. In His work on earth, Christ lifts the veil that conceals the invisible
world from our view, and reveals the power that is constantly
exercised for our good. The same ministry which He performed
on earth was continued after His ascension to heaven. Through
His representative, the Holy Spirit, God in Christ still ministers
to the children of men. {2MR 43, 44}


39. We are to make supplication according to the will of God, relying

on the precious word, and believing that Christ not only gave
himself for but to his disciples. The record declares, "He breathed
on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” Jesus is
waiting to breathe upon all his disciples, and give them the
inspiration of his sanctifying spirit, and transfuse the vital
influence from himself to his people. He would have them
understand that henceforth they cannot serve two masters. Their
lives cannot be divided. Christ is to live in his human agents, and
work through their faculties, and act through their capabilities.
Their will must be submitted to his will, they must act with his
spirit, that it may be no more they that live, but Christ that liveth
in them. Jesus is seeking to impress upon them the thought that in
giving his Holy Spirit he is giving to them the glory which the
Father has given him, that he and his people may be one in God.
{ST, October 3, 1892 par. 3, 4}


40. What saith our Saviour? "I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you." "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
 When trials overshadow the soul, remember the words of Christ,
remember that He is an unseen presence in the person of the
Holy Spirit, and He will be the peace and comfort given you,
manifesting to you that He is with you, the Sun of Righteousness,
chasing away your darkness. "If a man love me," Christ said, "he
will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him." Be of good cheer;
light will come, and your soul will rejoice greatly in the Lord.--
Letter 124, 1897.{DG 185}


41. There are today many as ignorant of the Holy Spirit's work upon
the heart as were those believers in Ephesus; yet no truth is more
clearly taught in the word of God. Prophets and apostles have dwelt
upon this theme. Christ Himself calls our attention to the growth of
the vegetable world as an illustration of the agency of His Spirit in
sustaining spiritual life. The sap of the vine, ascending from the
root, is diffused to the branches, sustaining growth and producing
blossoms and fruit. So the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit,
proceeding from the Saviour, pervades the soul, renews the
motives and affections, and brings even the thoughts into obedience
to the will of God, enabling the receiver to bear the precious fruit of
holy deeds. {AA 284.1}


42. When God's people search the Scriptures with a desire to know
what is truth, Jesus is present in the person of His representative,
the Holy Spirit, reviving the hearts of the humble and contrite
ones. (John 15:23, 10-11 quoted.)--Ms. 158, 1898. {12MR 145}


43. Who but Jesus Christ, by His Spirit and divine power, guided the
pens of the sacred historians that to the world might be presented
the precious record of the sayings and works of Jesus Christ? {2MR
14}


44. The influence of the Holy Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul.
We do not now see Christ and speak to Him, but His Holy Spirit
 is just as near us in one place as another. {2MR 28}


45. Earthly comforters may do their best. They speak to the ear, but
there is no comfort like Christ's, so tender and so true. He is
touched with the feelings of our infirmities. His Spirit speaks to the
heart. Circumstances may separate friends; the wide, broad sea may
roll its restless waters between us and them. Their words and sincere
wishes may still exist, and yet they be unable to demonstrate them
and do for us that which would be pleasant and gratefully received.
But no distance, no circumstances can separate us from "the
Comforter." Wherever we are, wherever we may go, He is there,
always a Presence, a Person connected with heaven, One given us
in Christ's place, to act in His stead. He is always at our right
hand, to speak to us soothing, gentle words, to support, sustain,
uphold, and cheer.--Letter 89b, 1897, pp. 1, 2. (To Mr. & Mrs.
Herbert Lacey, March 22, 1897.) {2MR 32}


46. Christ, our Mediator, is the one who gives the Holy Spirit; and
by the office work of the Holy Spirit, the atonement made on
Calvary is brought in contact with the soul of man to transform his
character, and change his nature, until it can be said in heaven, "Ye
are laborers together with God, wearing Christ's yoke, bearing his
burden." Through the agency of the Holy Spirit, man becomes the
agent through which souls are brought into the kingdom of heaven.
{YI, July 5, 1894 par. 5, 6}


47. In giving us His Spirit, God gives us Himself, making Himself a

fountain of divine influences, to give health and life to the world.
{7T 273}


48. Never before have the angels listened to such a prayer. They are
eager to bear to their loved Commander a message of assurance and
comfort. But no; the Father Himself will answer the petition of His
Son. Direct from the throne issue the beams of His glory. The
heavens are opened, and upon the Saviour's head descends a
 dovelike form of purest light,—fit emblem of Him, the meek and
lowly One. {DA 112.1}


49. Before the entrance of sin among the angels: Christ the Word, the
only-begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father,—one in
nature, in character, and in purpose,—the only being in all the
universe that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of
God. By Christ, the Father wrought in the creation of all heavenly
beings. {GC 493}


50. Christ by His Holy Spirit will supply the force and the power. This
is His work. {COL 337.1}


51. Jesus draws us to himself through the agency of his divine Spirit;
and through faith in his blood we are cleansed from sin; “for the
blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanest us from all sin.” {RH March
1, 1892 par.8}

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