The Holy Spirit proceeds from both God the Father, and God the Son, One God (Three in One) Mystery of the Trinity. Although this is beyond human nature and understanding, they are three in One, (three persons in one). Mutual love, and one understanding.
The Holy Spirit is of special significance for us, (1) Holy Spirit is the point at which the Trinity becomes personal to the believer. We often tend to think of the Father as transcendent and far off in heaven; similarly, the Son may seem far removed in history and thus also relatively unknowable. But the Holy Spirit is active within the lives of believers; He is resident within us. He is the person of the Trinity through whom the entire Triune Godhead currently works in us.
(2) The Holy Spirit’s work is more prominent than that of the other members of the Trinity. The Father’s work was the most conspicuous within the Old Testament period, as was the Son’s within the period covered by the Gospels and up to His ascension. The Holy Spirit has occupied the center of stage from the time of Pentecost on, that is, the period covered by the book of Acts and the Epistles, and the ensuing periods of Church history.
(3) The importance of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is that in a culture that stresses the experiential, it is primarily through the Holy Spirit’s work that we feel God’s presence within, and the Christian life is given a special tangibility.
The Holy Spirit is a person, not a vague force. Thus, He is someone with whom we can have a personal relationship, someone to whom we can and should pray. Secondly, The Holy Spirit, being fully Divine, is to be accorded the same honor and respect that we give to the Father and the Son. It is appropriate to worship Him, adore Him as we do to the Father and the Son. He should not be thought of as in any sense inferior to them, although His role may sometimes be subordinated to theirs. Thirdly, The Holy Spirit is one with the Father and the Son. His work is the expression and execution of what the three of them have planned together. There is no tension among their Persons and activities.
Fourthly, God is not far off, the Triune God comes close, so close as to enter each believer. He is even more intimately involved with us now than in the incarnation. Through the operation of the Spirit, He has truly become Immanuel, “God with us.”
Amen!