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Essay / The role of the Holy Spirit - 918
He does not indwell believers just for the sake of it. He is fully Divine, as decided by the Council of Constantinople. He is omnipresent (Psalm 139:7-10), omniscient (John 16:13, I Cor. 2:10-11), eternal (Hebrews 9:14) and equal to the other two Persons of the Trinity (Matt. 28) . :19, I Cor. 12:4-6, II Cor. 13:14, I Peter 1:2). Jesus sent him as a “helper” (John 14:16, ESV) and the Holy Spirit fulfills this role in myriad ways. It fills the believer, the ruler, the sanctifier, and the inspirer (Sutton Class Notes, Pneumatology Handout, 3). He is the “Giver of life”, the Christian’s direct access to the presence of God. (Pocket dictionary,