SECTION 3: CONCLUSION

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043005a0dwnjzk.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDWARD WATSONS WEBWORLD"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> | </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>EDWARD WATS</B><B>ON'S WEBWORLD</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SECTION 3: INTRODUCTION"><U><B>SECTION 3: INTRODUCTION</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1"><U><B>1</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2"><U><B>2</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3"><U><B>3</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4"><U><B>4</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>SECTION 3: CONCLUSION</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABBREVIATIONS"><U><B>ABBREVIATIONS</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>[MORMONISM. The Faith of the Twenty-first Century. Volume 1. Edward K. Watson. (Liahona Publications. Copyright © 1998 Edward K. Watson.) pp. 434-435. MORMONISM: Section 3, Conclusion. All rights reserved.]    </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>CONCLUSION</B></div> <bR> <div>      The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. He is  equal to Jesus and the Father in  nature. <B>Only a being with personality and member of the Godhead can do the things the Holy Ghost does </B>despite the specific Greek word for “spirit” is neuter [neither masculine nor feminine] (“It,” not “He”).<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT> The Holy Ghost knows all things (D&C  42:17). He enlightens our minds (D&C  6:15) and gives us the “peaceable things of immortal glory” (Mos  6:61).</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="647" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="293"><div> <B>JESUS CHRIST</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div> <B>HOLY GHOST</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Comes from/sent by the Father<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  Comes from/  sent by the Father & Son<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Holy<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div>  Holy<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Truth.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT> Teaches Truth<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div>   Truth.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >8</FONT> Teaches Truth<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >9</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Teacher<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >10</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div>  Teacher<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >11</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Paraclete<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >12</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div>  Paraclete<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >13</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Witness of/reveals Heavenly Father<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  Witness of Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >15</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Convinces and condemns the world<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >16</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  Convinces and condemns the world<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >17</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Not received by the world<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >18</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="339"><div>  Not received by the world<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >19</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> God. Equal to the Father in nature<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >20</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  God.   Equal to the Father & Son in nature<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >21</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Inferior in rank/position to the Father<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >22</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>   Inferior in rank/position to the Father & Son<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >23</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Self-aware. Independent thought and will<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >24</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Self-aware. Independent thought and will<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >25</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> In summary:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead, making a divine  Triad or “ Trinity.”<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >26</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Holy Ghost has the same “God” nature the Father and Son have, making him fully “God” and making him equal to the Father and Son.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >27</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Holy Ghost is a self-aware personage, with independent thought and will, and isn't an impersonal force from God.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >28</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Holy Ghost is sent to us by the Father and the Son for our benefit.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >29</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Holy Ghost is a spirit being who doesn't have a glorified immortal body unlike the Father and Son. Despite being in humanoid form, he has the ability to enter into all beings.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >30</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      The NT and the Latter-day Scriptures demonstrate that there isn't just God the Father, but there is also God the Son and  God the Holy Ghost. It was from the NT “ Threeness” of the Godhead (among others) that the later Christian leaders developed the concept of the  Trinity that was finalized in the fourth century.</div> <div>      There are certain passages in the OT which seem to have reference to the Holy Ghost but any insistence various passages only apply to the Holy Ghost and not the pre-mortal Jesus is troublesome due to the difficulty posed by the fact that more often than not,  the “Jehovah” of the OT was the pre-mortal Jesus who didn't possess a body at that time but was an incorporeal spirit. Because of this, either Jehovah or the Holy Ghost can be referred to as the “Holy Spirit” in the OT and any OT passage that has the appearance of referring to the Holy Ghost can refer to Jehovah as well.</div> <div>      The Holy Ghost can simultaneously dwell inside everyone that is worthy due to his functional omnipresence, despite being in anthropomorphic form.</div> <bR> <div> <B>[ENDNOTES]:</B></div> <bR> <div> 1.Despite being neuter, “Spirit” in reference to the Holy Ghost is often combined with masculine pronouns.</div> <div> 2.John  5:30,36-38;  6:38-40; etc.</div> <div> 3.John  14:16,26;  15:26; Acts  2:33. Also see Wis 15:11.</div> <div> 4.Mark  1:24; Acts  4:27,30.</div> <div> 5.The name says it all.</div> <div> 6.John  14:6; 1 Tim  2:7.</div> <div> 7.John  8:43-47.</div> <div> 8.John  14:16-17;  15:26;  16:13; 1 Jn  2:27;  4:6;  5:6-10; D&C  6:15;  88:66;  93:9,11,23,26;  107:71.</div> <div> 9.John  16:13.</div> <div> 10.Matt  11:1; Mark  6:34.</div> <div> 11.Luke  12:12; John  14:26.</div> <div> 12.John  14:16; 1 Jn  2:1; Rom  8:34; Heb  7:25.</div> <div> 13.John  14:16,26;  15:26;  16:7; Rom  8:26-27.</div> <div> 14.Matt  11:27; Luke  10:22; John  1:18.</div> <div> 15.John  15:26-27;  16:13-14.</div> <div> 16.John  3:17-19;  8:26;  9:39;  12:31,47.</div> <div> 17.John  16:8-11.</div> <div> 18.John  3:19;  7:7;  15:18;  16:20.</div> <div> 19.John  14:17.</div> <div> 20.John  1:1; Phil  2:5-6; Heb  1:3;  2:14-18. </div> <div> 21.John  14:16; Acts  5:3-4; 1 Cor  6:19 cf. 1 Cor  3:16-17.</div> <div> 22.John  14:28.</div> <div> 23.John  14:26;  15:26;  16:13; Acts  2:33.</div> <div> 24.Matt  26:38-39,42; Luke  22:42-44; John  5:21,30;  6:38;  7:16-18.</div> <div> 25.John  16:7-8,13-14; Rom  8:16,26-27; Eph  4:30.</div> <div> 26.Matt  3:16-17;  4:1-3;  22:43-44;  28:19; Mark  1:10-11;  12:36; Luke  1:35;  3:21-22;  4:1-3; John  1:33-34;  3:5,34-35;  6:63-65; 1 Ne  10:10-11,17;  11:6,18-19,27;  12:6-7,18;  13:37-38; 2 Ne  2:8;  3:5;  26:11-12; Jac  6:8; Mosi  18:13; Alma  4:14-15; 3 Ne  19:20-22;  21:2; D&C  14:7-9;  }fs19 19:23-24;  21:1-2; Mos  5:9;  7:11,27;  8:24; etc.</div> <div> 27.John  14:16; Acts  5:3-4; 1 Cor  6:19=1 Cor  3:16-17/2 Cor  6:16; Matt  12:31-32; Mark  3:29; Luke  12:10; 2 Pet  1:21; John  14:26;  15:26; 1 Ne  11:11; Moro  6:9; D&C  42:17.</div> <div> 28.John  14:16;  14:17,26;  15:26;  16:7-8,13-14; Acts  5:32;  8:29;  13:2-4;  15:28;  21:11; Rom  8:16,26-27; 1 Cor  2:10-11;  12:11; Eph  4:30; 1 Ne  11:11; 2 Ne  31:18; 3 Ne  28:11; Moro  6:9; D&C  36:2;  42:17;  75:10;  79:2.  </div> <div> 29.John  14:16,26;  15:26;  16:7-8,13-14; Rom  8:26-27; Mark  13:11; Luke  12:12; 2 Ne  31:18; 3 Ne  28:11; D&C  36:2;  75:10;  79:2;  130:22.</div> <div> 30.D&C  130:22; 1 Ne  11:11; D&C  88:5-13; Jer  23:24.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca"><U>e-mail me!</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>