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difference between the two is, therefore, a decisive argument
against the hypothesis of their being one and the same
person.
(a) In Luke xi. 13 the Holy Spirit is declared to be
a "gift" of God. The contrast between the "good gifts"
which are given by wicked parents and the Holy Spirit which
is bestowed upon the believers by God entirely excludes the
idea of any personality of the Spirit. Can we conscien-
tiously and positively affirm that Jesus Christ, when he
made the above contrast, meant to teach his hearers that
"God the Father" makes a gift of "God the Holy Spirit"
to His earthly "children"? Did he ever insinuate that he
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against the hypothesis of their being one and the same
person.
(a) In Luke xi. 13 the Holy Spirit is declared to be
a "gift" of God. The contrast between the "good gifts"
which are given by wicked parents and the Holy Spirit which
is bestowed upon the believers by God entirely excludes the
idea of any personality of the Spirit. Can we conscien-
tiously and positively affirm that Jesus Christ, when he
made the above contrast, meant to teach his hearers that
"God the Father" makes a gift of "God the Holy Spirit"
to His earthly "children"? Did he ever insinuate that he
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