Distinct, Personifies, Holy Spirit Jesus distinct from the Father.
The Holy Spirit represents both Christ and the Father but is a different Person. When He represents Christ He is described as the Spirit of Christ. When representing the Father, He is called the Spirit of the Father. When representing the Godhead, then the Spirit of God.
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Personate / Personify
The Holy Spirit is not actually Christ. He only personifies or personates Christ according to Ellen White.
The Holy Spirit is promised to all who will ask for it. When you search the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit is by your side, personating Jesus Christ. {GCB February 15, 1895, par. 5}
Personate definition – play the part of, to portray, to assume the identity of, impersonate, to assume the person, to portray another person,
“The Holy Spirit exalts and glorifies the Saviour. It is his office to present Christ.” CE 59.2
“The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ’s name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality.” Ms93.1893.8
Distinct means “not the same as” “another” Definition of Personify
Personify- embody, epitomize, exemplify, manifest,typify, express, image, imitate, impersonate, , mirror, substantiate.
“The prince of the power of evil can only be held in check by the power of God in the third Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.”-Series A, no. 10, 37 (Evangelism, 617).
Until you understand what it means by personify you will struggle with how the Holy Spirit can “become Christ to us” while a distinct Person. He takes on the personality, thoughts and words of Christ on his behalf. He knows the mind and thoughts of Christ and the Father. 1 Corinthians 2:11 – even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
The Holy Spirit (Raised Christ) is Distinct from Christ
Because the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, therefore He is distinct from Jesus.
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.
Christ distinct from Father
“Christ is one with the Father, but God and Christ are two distinct personages. Read the prayer of Christ in the seventeenth chapter of John, and you will find this point clearly brought out. How earnestly the Saviour prayed that His disciples might be one with Him as He was one with the Father. But the unity that is to exist between Christ and His followers does not destroy the personality of either.” {Ms58-1905.14}
The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity, a distinct person, yet one with the Father. He was the surpassing glory of heaven. He was the commander of the heavenly intelligences, and the adoring homage of the angels was received by Him as His right. This was no robbery of God. 1SM 247
In the Father’s bosom means in a close relationship with the Father.
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This one quote by EG White explains how the Holy Spirit who is a distinct person can become Christ to us by personification.
The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ’s name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality. Ms93.1893.8
Because Christ, in his voluntary incarnation is no longer omnipresent therefore through the Holy Spirit he can manifest himself.
Personify- embody, epitomize, exemplify, manifest,typify, express, image, imitate, impersonate, materialize, mirror, substantiate.