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- The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit and possesses all the characteristics of a divine personality (see D&C 130:22; 1 Nephi 11:11). The Holy Ghost knows all things (see D&C 35:19; Moroni 10:5; Moses 6:61). The Holy Ghost testifies of the Father and the Son (see D&C 20:27; 3 Nephi 28:11).
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Holy Ghost. The third member of the Godhead and a personage of Spirit, not possessing a body of flesh and bones (D&C 130:22). The Holy Ghost has been manifest in every dispensation of the gospel since the beginning, being first made known to Adam (1 Ne. 10:17–22; Moses 6:51–68).
- Five Bible Verses That Teach Us about the Holy Ghost
The Holy Ghost is often also called the Holy Spirit or the...
- Five Bible Verses That Teach Us about the Holy Ghost
The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He is a personage of spirit, without a body of flesh and bones. He is often referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter.
The Holy Ghost conveys the gifts of the Spirit to the children of God (see 1 Corinthians 12:1–11; Moroni 10:9–17; D&C 46:13–26). The Holy Ghost brings to our remembrance truths that we have been taught earlier (see John 14:26). The Holy Ghost reproves the world for sin (see John 16:8; D&C 121:43).
- The Holy Ghost is a male spirit personage, a spirit son of God the Father. In a sermon delivered in 1857, President Heber C. Kimball stated: “The Holy Ghost is a man; he is one of the sons of our Father and our God; and he is that man that stood next to Jesus Christ, just as I stand by Brother Brigham.”
- He has form, shape, and occupies space. For a time during his grand panoramic vision, Nephi was tutored by the Spirit. He had seen the tree of life and desired to know what it represented, “for I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another” (1 Nephi 11:11).
- As a member of the Godhead, the Holy Ghost possesses all attributes, qualities, and divine characteristics in perfection. Indeed, he is God (Acts 5:3–4).
- His person must not be confused with his powers and influence. Once again from Elder Talmage: “Much of the confusion existing in human conceptions concerning the nature of the Holy Ghost arises from the common failure to segregate His person and powers.
- Matthew 3:11: The Holy Ghost Sanctifies Us
- John 3:5: We Must Receive The Holy Ghost to Enter God’s Kingdom
- John 14:26: The Holy Ghost Can Comfort Us and Teach Us All Things
- John 15:26: The Holy Ghost Testifies of Jesus Christ
- Galatians 5:22–23: When We Have The Holy Ghost, We Feel Love, Joy, and Peace
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Latter-day Saints believe that just as baptism by water is important that we may be cleansed from our sins, so is the reception of the Holy Ghost, or baptism by fire. Matthew 3:11 records that Jesus Christ would baptize those first baptized by water “with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” Likewise, Boyd K. Packer, a general Church leader from 1961 un...
Latter-day Saints believe what the Bible teaches about the importance of baptism: “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). Latter-day Saint doctrine teaches that we must be baptized to return to God’s kingdom after we die, and that for the ordinance of baptism to be complete, we must als...
Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ’s teaching that “the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). The Holy Ghost is a teacher of truth and if we are willing to listen, He can teach us all thi...
Jesus taught that “when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me” (John 15:26). Latter-day Saints believe that one of the main roles of the Holy Ghost is to testify of truth, especially of Jesus Christ and His divinity! It is only through the...
The Holy Ghost is often also called the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of the Lord. Galatians 5:22–23teaches that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance.” Latter-day Saints believe that when we have the Holy Spirit with us, we can experience all the positive feelings and attri...
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The Holy Ghost is a Spirit Man, Probably a Son of Heavenly Father. Very little on the Holy Ghost has been canonized. D&C 130:22 (added to the D&C in 1867) is our best source; it tells us that the Holy Ghost is a spirit so that He can “dwell in us,” but even that verse has been modified from how it was originally written by Joseph Smith: [ii]
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Sep 30, 2023 · In Mormonism, the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of God, the divine Comforter. He’s not holy simply because he’s pure and sinless; he’s holy because he sanctifies or ‘makes holy.’ It’s a seminal moment in any Latter-day Saint’s spiritual journey when he or she prays about whether the text is true.
