Editing Christadelphians (section)

=== The Holy Spirit ===

Christadelphians believe that the [[Holy Spirit#Christadelphians|Holy Spirit]] is the power of God used in creation and for [[salvation]].<ref name="spirit">{{cite book | last =Tennant| first =Harry | title =The Holy Spirit—Bible Understanding of God's Power | publisher =CMPA | location =Birmingham, UK | url =http://www.christadelphia.org/pamphlet/holysprt.htm }}</ref> They also believe that the phrase ''Holy Spirit'' sometimes refers to God's character/mind, depending on the context in which the phrase appears,<ref name="trinity2">{{cite book|last=Broughton |first=James H. |author2=Peter J Southgate |title=The Trinity: True or False? |publisher=The Dawn Book Supply |location=UK |url=http://www.biblelight.org/trin/trinind.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118003323/http://www.biblelight.org/trin/trinind.htm |archive-date=18 November 2011 }}</ref> but reject the view that people need strength, guidance and power from the Holy Spirit to live a Christian life,<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Whittaker | first1 =Edward | last2 =Carr| first2 =Reg | title ='Spirit' in the New Testament| publisher =The Testimony }}, p. 117,132,145</ref> believing instead that the spirit a believer needs within themselves is the mind/character of God, which is developed in a believer by their reading of the Bible (which, they believe, contains words God gave by his Spirit) and trying to live by what it says during the events of their lives which God uses to help shape their character.<ref>{{cite book | last =Pearce | first =Graham | title =The Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit Gifts | publisher =Logos | url =http://www.antipas.org/books/holy_spirit_pearce/hsp_toc.html | access-date =2010-10-24 | archive-date =2010-10-26 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101026015938/http://antipas.org/books/holy_spirit_pearce/hsp_toc.html | url-status =dead }}, p. 27-29. Also see the collated quotations from various other Christadelphian authors in [http://www.antipas.org/books/holy_spirit_pearce/hsp_09.html pp. 71–83] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030200422/http://antipas.org/books/holy_spirit_pearce/hsp_09.html |date=2010-10-30 }} of Pearce's book.</ref><ref>'I believe that the Holy Spirit is the only Authoritative, infallible, efficient, and sufficient teacher of the Christian religion, in all its parts. If I be asked, what is the manner in which he teaches this religion, I reply in the same way that all teachers convey instruction to their pupils; ''by words, either spoken or written''. ... Now Paul says that the ''sacred Scriptures are able to make us wise to salvation, by the faith'' (or gospel) ''which is through Jesus Christ''. What more do we want than wisdom in relation to this matter? If the sacred Scriptures are able to make us wise, we need no other instrumentality. The Holy Spirit by the word, without infusing a single idea into it more than it actually and ordinarily contains, and without any collateral influence, teaches us all wisdom and knowledge that is necessary ...' John Thomas, ''The Apostasy Unveiled'', as quoted in G. Pearce, ''The Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit Gifts'', pp. 71–2</ref> Christadelphians deny the personhood of the Holy Spirit<ref name="trinity1"/><ref name="jesus"/><ref name="spirit"/><ref name="trinity2"/> and the present-day possession of the Holy Spirit (both "gift of" and "gifts of") (see [[cessationism]]).<ref name="spirit"/><ref name="trinity2"/><ref name="zilmer"/>