وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III





How can Christ be the Creator if creation is attributed to God alone?
The Lord Jesus Christ was creating with the power of His Divinity, being the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, that is, the Reason of God. Who then created all things? Was it the Lord Jesus Christ or God the Father? God the Father created the whole universe by the Son; by His Reason; by His Knowledge; by His Word, that is, by the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Apostle says: "...through whom also He made the worlds" (Heb.1:2), that is, by His Reason, by His Wisdom.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



God Is Spirit
This is clear from the words of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (Jn.4:24), and also from the Apostle's words: "Now the Lord is the Spirit" (2 Cor. 3:17).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



God Is the One Who Pours out His Spirit


This is clear from the Lord's words in the Book of Joel: "I am the Lord your God and there is no other... And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams" (Joel 2:27-29)..

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




God Sends His Spirit to the World
The Psalm says: "You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth" (Ps. 104:30). The Lord says in the Book of Ezekiel: "I will put My Spirit within you" (Ez. 36:27). And in the Book of Numbers the Lord says: "Oh, that all the LORD'S people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!" (Num. 11:29) St. Paul the Apostle says:
"God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit" (1 Thes. 4:8).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




The Lord Jesus Christ Pours out God's Spirit on His Disciples
This is obvious from the Book of Acts, chapter 2, verse 33. This point to Jehovah's Witnesses does not need any proving. They confess in their book Let God Be True that "the Spirit of God was poured out on the disciples by the hand of Jesus on the Day of Pentecost."

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



The Lord Jesus Christ Sends God's Spirit
This is clear from the Gospel according to St. John, where the Lord said to His disciples: "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me" (Jn. 15:26), and: "For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you" (Jn. 16:7).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


The Lord Jesus Christ Breathes God's Spirit
This is clear from the Gospel according to St. John, in which we read: "And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit' " (Jn. 20:22).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Christ Is God
(a) Who can pour out the Spirit of God, send the Spirit of God and breath the Spirit of God on people, except God Himself? And if the Lord Jesus Christ did these, is He not God, then?

(b) God says in the Book of Joel: "I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh." And St. Peter the Apostle uses this verse as a testimony on the Day of Pentecost at the descent of the Holy Spirit, saying: "'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh"' (Acts 2:16,17), Moreover he says in the same chapter that the Lord Jesus, "being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear" (Acts 2:33). Then who is the Lord Jesus Christ who pours out the Spirit of God on people, but God Himself?
(c) We cannot imagine, nor can Jehovah's Witnesses, that there is a power other than God who can send the Spirit of God or pour out the Spirit of God.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III





Jesus' Relations with the Holy Spirit


With Respect to His Other Relations with the Holy Spirit
In this proof, we will present two important points:
(A) The Holy Spirit Takes of What Is Christ's
In the Lord's discourse with His disciples about the Holy Spirit, He said: "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you" (Jn. 16:14), and: "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you" (Jn. 15:16).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III







How is it possible that the Spirit of God takes from another to give to people? How can this possibly be said about the Spirit of God who spoke through the prophets and taught them everything and granted them different gifts? How can the Spirit of God take from Christ unless Christ is God Himself?
What is the spiritual interpretation of the Holy Spirit taking of what is Christ's?


Christ is the Incarnate Second Person of the Holy Trinity. The Second Person is the Person of Reason, Knowledge, Understanding and Rational Expression in the Holy Trinity. Therefore, theologically speaking, the Holy Spirit can take from the Person of Knowledge. The Lord Jesus Christ explained this when He said: "All things that the Father has are Mine" (Jn. 16:15).