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聖靈的神性 The Deity of the Holy Spirit
作者: 史鮑爾
(R.C. Sproul) 譯者: 姚錦榮
摘自《神學入門》《Essential
Truths of the Christian Faith》P101 ,更新傳道會出版http://www.crmnj.org/
在教會的敬拜儀式中，我們常常聽到這些話：奉父、子、聖靈的名，阿們。這些話道出了三位一體的神性。
同樣地，我們也在聚會中高唱「榮耀頌」：「但願榮耀歸於父、子、聖靈，起初這樣，現在這樣，以以後也這樣，永無窮盡。阿們，阿們！」
這首聖詩將永恒的榮耀同時歸給三一真神的三個位格：聖靈和聖父、聖子同享榮耀。
雖然基督的神性歷世歷代以來都引起爭議，但是聖靈的神性通常卻都被教會所接受。聖靈的神性未被質疑，也許是因聖靈從來沒有取人形態顯現之故。
聖經清楚說明聖靈擁有神性，而且施行神的權柄。自第四世紀以來，所有相信聖靈擁有位格的人，都接受聖靈的神性。
舊約聖經亦將神說的話，稱作神的靈說的話，神說和神的靈說二語是可以互換的。這在新約聖經中亦然，其中最有力的一段經文就是彼得在使徒行傳五章3至4節所說的：「亞拿尼亞，為什麼撒旦充滿了你的心，叫你欺哄聖靈，把田地的價銀私自留下幾份呢？ 田地還沒有賣，不是你自己的嗎？既賣了，價銀不是你做主嗎？你怎麼心裡起這意念呢？你不是欺哄人，是欺哄神了！」這裏聖經很直接了當地說，欺騙聖靈就是欺騙神。
聖經也將神的屬性歸給聖靈，保羅在哥林多前書二章10節至11節形容聖靈的無所不知：「只有神藉著聖靈向我們顯明了。因為聖靈參透萬事，就是神深奧的事也參透了。 除了在人裡頭的靈，誰知道人的事？像這樣，除了神的靈，也沒有人知道神的事。」詩人也曾在詩篇一百三十九篇7至8節見證聖靈的無所不在：「我往哪裡去躲避你的靈？我往哪裡逃躲避你的面？ 我若升到天上，你在那裡；我若在陰間下榻，你也在那裡。」。此外，聖靈還參與創造的工作，運行在水面上（創1：1-2）。
有關聖靈的神性，可用保羅在哥林多後書的祝福語作總結：「願主耶穌基督的恩惠、神的慈愛、聖靈的感動，常與你們眾人同在！」（林後13：14）
總結
1.
教會的禮拜儀式指出聖靈具有神性。
2.
舊約聖經將神的屬性和權柄歸給聖靈。
3.
新約聖經亦說明聖靈具有神性。101
思考經文：
創1：1-2；徒5：3-4；羅8：9-17；林前6：19-20；弗2：19-22
The
Deity of the Holy Spirit
In
the liturgy of the church we frequently hear the words, "In the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen." This expression
is a trinitarian formula that ascribes deity to all three persons in the
Godhead.
Likewise,
we sing the Gloria:
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
This
song ascribes eternal glory to all three persons of the Trinity. The Holy Ghost
is ascribed eternal glory along with the Father and the Son.
While
the deity of Christ has been debated for centuries, and the debate continues
today, the deity of the Holy Spirit is generally accepted in the church.
Perhaps the reason the deity of the Holy Spirit has not been very controversial
is because the Spirit never took on human form.
The
Bible clearly represents the Holy Spirit as possessing divine attributes and
exercising divine authority. Since the fourth century, nearly all who agree
that the Spirit is a person also agree that He is divine.
In
the Old Testament what is said of God is also often said of the Spirit of God.
The expressions "God said" and "the Spirit said" are
repeatedly interchanged. In the New Testament this pattern continues, perhaps
no more forcefully than in Acts 5:3-4, where Peter said, "Ananias, why has
Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the
price of the land for yourself? . . . You have not lied to men but to
God." Simply put, lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God Himself.
Scripture
also ascribes divine attributes to the Holy Spirit. Paul writes of the Spirit's
omniscience in 1 Corinthians 2:10-11, "The Spirit searches all things,
yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the
spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God
except the Spirit of God." The psalmist attests to the omnipresence of the
Spirit in Psalm 139:7-8: "Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I
flee from Your presence? If I ascend unto heaven, You are there; if I make my
bed in hell, behold, You are there." The Spirit also works in creation,
hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).
As
a concluding statement on the deity of the Holy Spirit, we have Paul's
benediction in his second letter to the Corinthians, "The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be
with you all. Amen" (2 Corinthians 13:14).
The
liturgy of the church ascribes deity to the Holy Spirit.
The
Old Testament ascribed divine attributes and authority to the Holy Spirit.
The
New Testament assigns divine attributes to the Holy Spirit.
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