THE SPIRIT OF GOD: There is no separating God and his power. “God is a spirit” … John 4:24. In his book, “Christendom Astray” Robert Roberts says: “The Father and the Spirit are one. Yet there is a distinction between the Father and the spirit as to the form in which they are presented to our apprehension. Of the former (God) as we have seen, it is testified that he dwells “in heaven” in unapproachable light” (1Timothy 6:16) and is therefore, located; while of the later, it is declared that it is everywhere alike.”
This describes God in conjunction with His spirit power. The spirit is further described in John 3:8 by comparing it to the wind which blows and we cannot see it, but we can see the effect of the wind. So is the spirit! When the ‘spirit’ is in man, he has been ‘moved’ by the power of God to conform to Godly principles.
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HOLY SPIRIT GIFTS
The “Holy” Spirit is God’s power sanctified or ‘set apart’ for the outworking of a particular purpose: Acts 13:2-4, 16:6; The writers of the inspired word were guided by the Holy Spirit, 2 Peter 1:19-20 & 2 Timothy 3:16. This ‘power’ was given to men to perform miracles, Acts 10:38. It was also the means by which Mary was able to conceive the Lord Jesus Christ, Luke1:35. Also, “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” Job 33:4