Claim 9 of 15 · Case 12 · Jehovah’s Witnesses
The New Testament describes the Holy Spirit doing things only a person can do, which does not fit an impersonal force.
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The Witness view is that the Spirit is power God uses. The texts describe the Spirit speaking, deciding, being lied to, and being grieved. You cannot lie to electricity or grieve a battery, so the language of the New Testament points to a personal “who,” not a thing.
The full case is made in The Trinity, claim 8 (the New Testament treats the Holy Spirit as a person); this claim keeps only what is specific to this audience.
Backed by 3 pieces of evidence
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 5, verses 3 to 4
This works on two fronts at once. Lying is something you do to a person, and Peter equates lying to the Spirit with lying to God, touching both the personhood and the deity of the Spirit.
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15, verse 28
A force does not form judgments or join in a decision. The council speaks of the Spirit the way it speaks of itself, as an agent with a will.
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 30
Naming an experience only a person can have. Walking through these verbs (speaks, decides, can be lied to, can be grieved) lets the text make the case rather than an argument imposed on it.