And why do we neglect the fact that the Church of Christ is the 'elect lady'; Heavenly Jerusalem, the 'bride' (Rev 22:17) of the 'bridegroom' which is Christ? Would not the Spirit within the Church and the Spirit within God's people be The same Spirit? And would not this be the Holy Spirit? If God's Wisdom, Kingdom, and People are expressed as female, it can be seen that the Holy Spirit; from which we are spiritually born, is also best represented as a ' female aspect' within the trinity symbol of the Godhead (John 3:6).

In Iranian Sufism, Sophia is Perfect Nature, the object of ecstatic vision. She is also called: the philosopher's Sun, the Daena—the visionary organ of the soul"; personal master and suprasensory guide, sun of the heart, etc. She is the guide in exile, the watcher and shepherd, and paradoxically, the essential individuality and the "pre-terrestrial vision of the celestial world." Perfect Nature was described in an 11th century text as '"the philosopher's angel,' his initiator and tutor, and the object and secret of all philosophy, the dominant figure in the Sage's personal religion. She has been equated with the Purple Archangel of Supreme Illumination in the writings of the Persian Neoplatonists. Socrates declared Perfect Nature to be the sun of the philosopher, the "original root of his being and at the same time the branch springing from him." The philosopher's Angel is the Form of light, the heavenly Sophia "conjoined with his star, which rules him and opens the doors of wisdom for him, teaches him what is difficult, reveals to him what is right, in sleeping as in waking." (Corbin, 1978, 17) : (Thunder Perfect Mind; 2 Sophias, higher & lower—Sophia Achamoth, the generative wisdom of the world).> Alchemy (Sapientia, moon, tree, ogdoad, alchemical salt—the psychic form of the body, the ash remaining that serves to fix the 'volatile' spirit.)

The Holy Spirit is a real person who came to reside within Jesus Christ's true followers after Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven (Acts 2). Jesus told His apostles... "I will ask the Father, and She will give you another Helper, that She may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Her or know Her, but you know Her because She abides with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:16-18) The Holy Spirit is not a vague, ethereal shadow, nor an impersonal force. She is a person equal in every way with God the Father and God the Son. She is considered to be the third member of the Godhead. Jesus said to His apostles... "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matt. 28:18-20) God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And all the divine attributes ascribed to the Father and the Son are equally ascribed to the Holy Spirit. When a person becomes born again by believing and receiving Jesus Christ (John 1:12-13; John 3:3-21), God resides in that person through the Holy Spirit (1Cor. 3:16). The Holy Spirit has intellect (1Cor. 2:11), emotion (Rom. 15:30), and will (1Cor. 12:11). A primary role of the Holy Spirit is that She bears "witness" of Jesus Christ (John 15:26, 16:14). She tells people's hearts about the truth of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit also acts as a Christian's teacher (1Cor. 2:9-14). She reveals God's will and God's truth to a Christian. Jesus told His disciples... "The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, She will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." (John 14:26) "When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, She will guide you into all the truth; for She will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever She hears, She will speak; and She will disclose to you what is to come." (John 16:13) The Holy Spirit was given to live inside those who believe in Jesus, in order to produce God's character in the life of a believer. In a way that we cannot do on our own, the Holy Spirit will build into our lives love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal. 5:22-23). Rather than trying to be loving, patient, kind, God asks us to rely on Her to produce these qualities in our lives. Thus Christians are told to walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25) and be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18). And the Holy Spirit empowers Christians to perform ministerial duties that promote spiritual growth among Christians (Rom. 12; 1Cor. 12; Eph. 4). The Holy Spirit also performs a function for non-Christians as well. She convicts people's hearts of God's truth concerning how sinful we are -- needing God's forgiveness; how righteous Jesus is -- She died in our place, for our sins; and God's eventual judgment of the world and those who do not know Her (John 16:8-11). The Holy Spirit tugs on our hearts and minds, asking us to repent and turn to God for forgiveness and a new life.

 

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