(Heb. 10:5–7), showed compassion for this world (Matt. 15:32), and stated that the Spirit was upon Him (Luke 4:18). The Spirit’s fruit is love (Gal. 5:22–23). At His baptism the Father said, “This is my Son, whom I love” and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him (Matt. 3:17). All three Persons in the Trinity were involved in the plan of loving and saving this world. Paul says, “God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ” (2 Cor. 5:19). The Spirit is the one who sanctifies (2 Thess. 2:13). The
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