Thoughts on the Holy Spirit

​On the night that Jesus Christ was betrayed and arrested He spoke to the Disciples about the changes coming after His departure.  In John 14 Jesus spoke of the unity within the Trinity.  Specifically, His unity with the Father.  In response to Philip’s request that He show them the Father, Jesus replied: Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’ John 14:9.   
 
The Lord went on tell them after He is gone the Father will send another Helper to take His place.  That is the Holy Spirit.  And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you John 14:16-17.  He went on to say: “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you John 14:25-26.  Notice the Holy Spirit is sent in the “Name of Jesus Christ.”  Being sent in Jesus Christ’s name means the Holy Spirit will be working in the interests of Jesus Christ.  This is another statement about the unity within the Trinity.  Jesus Christ worked to Glorify the Father, the Father is one with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, sent by the Father, works to further Jesus Christ’s Church. 
 
One of the Holy Spirit’s initial tasks was to complete the New Testament Scriptures by bringing to the Disciples remembrance all the things that Jesus had taught them.  That included teaching them the meaning of Christ’s words.  All the parables, all the discourses like the Sermon on the Mount and what He told them in the upper room needed clarification.  That seems to imply the Spirit is not going to be imparting anything they had not already heard.  Even Paul stated the things he wrote were first given him by direct revelation from Jesus Christ. 
 
I need to reference 2 other passages.  1st 2 Peter 1: 20-21 “knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”  And 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
 
In 2 Timothy 2:16 Paul called the Holy Spirit God.  The Holy Spirt authored the Bible through the Holy Men Peter referenced.  They were holy in the sense of being set apart as prophets of God.  The Big idea I want to emphasize is the Holy Spirit authored the Bible.  It is as much His revelation as it is the Father’s and Jesus Christ’s.  We have the mind of the Trinity in written form!   So, here is the big question to consider.  Would the Holy Spirit lead someone to do anything contrary to the written word of God?  Think about that.