Is Jesus the Holy Ghost? Ephesians 4:4-6, "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling: (v. 5) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (v. 6) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Paul explicitly proclaims the oneness of God: one body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. Considering the fact there is but one Spirit, let us examine the words of Jesus in John 14:15-18, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. (v. 16) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (v. 17) Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him" (Carefully note this next statement.) "But ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." At this point in time, Jesus was with them but he was soon to be in them as the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. (v.18) "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." (v.26) "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name…" In John 14:26-27, Jesus said the Father would send the Comforter. In John 15:26, Jesus said, "But 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: (v. 27) And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." How and why could these disciples witness? Because they had been with the physical Jesus, and now they are going to experience the supernatural indwelling of that same Jesus as spirit by the magnificent miracle of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is beautifully put in Colossians 1:26-27, "Even the mystery which hath been hid from the ages and from generations, but now is made known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." How could Christ be in us? He could not be in us in the physical form, so there had to be a transformation from physical to spiritual. Let us further explore the words of Jesus concerning his bodily departure. John 16:6-7, "But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. (v.7) Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, The Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you." Now we see the mystery made manifest: "Christ in you, the hope of glory." The expediency of Christ's leaving in order for the Holy Ghost to come should give us a clue as to the identity of the Holy Ghost. Let us remember the faithful words of Jesus in the great commission, "Lo, I am with you always," and now he prepared his followers for his leaving. Has he failed to keep his word? A thousand times no. He is opening their understanding to the glorious truth that the man Christ Jesus was going away to be replaced by the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, who is "Christ in you, the hope of glory." The terms Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ are used synonymously in Romans 8:9. "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." We find a similarity of interchangeable terms used in reference to God and the Holy Ghost in Acts 5:3-4. "But Peter said, Ananias, why hat Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price for the land? (v.4) while it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Whey hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men but unto God. In verse 9 of this same chapter, the wife of Ananias repeated the same lie to Peter and was rebuked thusly: "Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?" Here we have the term Spirit of the Lord. If we keep in mind Ephesians 4:4, "There is one body, and one Spirit," it is imperative for the sake of scriptural consistency that we reconcile these references to the Spirit. The prophecy concerning the coming era in which the Holy Ghost would be poured out upon all flesh as stated in Joel 2:28 has God using the possessive term, "I will pour out my Spirit." However, John the Baptist in his forerunner message of Jesus said in Matthew 3:11, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he (Jesus) shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire." The same reference of persons and terms as related to the Godhead is further exemplified by the following scriptures:P> Luke 24:49, "And, behold, I (Jesus) send the promise of my Father upon you" John 15:26, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I (Jesus) will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me." John 14:17-18, "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the work cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he (Jesus) dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. (v.18) I will not leave you comfortless: I (Jesus) will come to you." 2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit Act 9:5 And he said who art thou Lord? And he said I am Jesus