This paper will trace the views of the author regarding the role of the Holy Spirit as presented in John’s Gospel. A summary of John’s major ideas regarding the Holy Spirit will be surveyed and critiqued according to literary and social context. The historical background and the larger context of the Fourth Gospel will be analyzed along with various articles, commentaries, and scholarly works to determine the author’s intent. Relevant life applications will be documented. Sources will be cited and to explain and defend the position regarding John’s views. A critique of the major viewpoints and a conclusion of the issues will also be included. Topics to be explored and analyzed include: The roles of the Holy Spirit; the unique use of words and names to describe the Holy Spirit and their significance; the relationship between the glorification of Jesus and the sending of the Spirit included promises made by Jesus; John’s use of the glorification of Jesus and the role it plays in the larger Gospel context and use in Old Testament passages; the relationship between the sending of the Spirit and Jesus position with the Father and what it means for worship in the contemporary church; the promises of God and how the Scriptures are viewed and used in modern church settings based on John’s view of glory and truth; John’s crucial understanding of the reality of the deity of the Spirit; the Holy Spirit as a person uniquely portrayed and revealed in John’s Gospel.

“The Spirit and Imitatio Christi in 1 John.” In Eds. Archie Wright, Ronald Herms, John R. Levinson, Inspiration and Interpretation in Israel, Jewish and Early Christian Texts (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2021, Ss. 219-229, 2021

A brief piece on the Spirit in 1 John: a pneumatology, the profile of which has less to do with "dogmatics" than with being a function of how Jesus' death is controversially debated between the writer (+ community/ideal audience) and "the opponents".

The Spirit in John, 1988

This booklet discusses the background and implications of the Spirit passages in John's Gospel. It examines the various interpretations of 'Paraclete'. It outlines how the 'Holy Spirit' as part of the Triune God found its way into the early Christian Creed.

The Gospel of John gives a place of prominence to the Holy Spirit. While the Old Testament has numerous references to the Spirit of God, the mystery of the Trinity was not revealed until the Incarnation. The Gospel of John builds an airtight case for the deity of Christ, but in doing so it also portrays the Holy Spirit as the third member of the Godhead.

hcommons.org, 2024

Holy Spirit in Judaism and Christ 1. Ruach Hakodesh All the Prophets spoke “in the Holy Spirit”; and the most characteristic sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit is the gift of prophecy, in the sense that the person upon whom it rests beholds the past and the future. In Judaism, the Holy Spirit (Hebrew: שדוקה חור, ruach ha-kodesh) refers to the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the universe or over God’s creatures, in given contexts. 2. The Holy Spirit of Christ - The synoptic Gospels, generally have less to say about the Holy Spirit than the gospel of John. The Gospel of Mark has the least to say and mentions the Holy spirit only six times. Like all the Gospels, Mark highlights baptism by the spirit as the hallmark of Jesus. In fact, that is the highlight of Mark’s writing about the Holy spirit – that the work of Christ is superior and better precisely because he baptizes in the Holy Spirit, not just water. Luke mirrors what Mark says in Chapter 24 verse 49: The “promise of the Father” is the baptism of the Holy Spirit.” 1 John 2:27 says "the anointing which you have received of him abides in you" (1 John 2:27). The metaphor for “baptism with the Holy Spirit” became in “Christianity” a pivotal aspect of “Christ.” The metaphor takes the idea of purification of the human body through baptism with water and extends it to purification of the human spirit by baptism in the Holy Spirit.