The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

Yacob Godebo, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

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English

Wipf & Stock Publishers
03 July 2025

Christianity; Pentecostal Churches; Christian theology; Christian social thought & activity

The Scriptures teach the church that in biblical times the coming of the Holy Spirit equally entailed objective gift of divine reality and subjective experience of his presence, gifts, and works. There was objective pouring out and imparting of the Holy Spirit from the divine side and subjective experiential demonstration from the receivers' side, which resulted from the gifts endowed and power imparted along with the Holy Spirit. Having given them either verbally uttered or visibly performed gifts, the Holy Spirit then moved believers towards practical demonstration through subjective experience. Believers' subjective experience took place only as a result of the objective gift of the Holy Spirit and the resulting endowment and empowerment. Thus, in the objective content of his manifestation, the Holy Spirit is the objective gift of God to indwell his people. In the subjective content of his manifestation, the Holy Spirit endows people with audibly uttered or visibly performed gifts. The subjective experience of the Holy Spirit's presence, therefore, is an original theological input from God just like the objective impartation of the Holy Spirit. Practitioners were just objects of divine purpose and their subjective experience was divine-provided and divine-initiated genuine experience beyond their consciousness and calculation. Reception of the Holy Spirit, therefore, means equally an experience of his presence, gifts, power, and works in the church and in, with, and through believers from Hosanna to Maranatha.

By: Yacob Godebo
Foreword by: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9798385243334
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 03 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yacob Godebo is a professor of systematic theology and director of post graduate studies at Mekane Yesus Seminary, Addis Ababa. He earned his MTh and PhD from the University of Chester, UK.

Reviews for The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

""The global church could avoid a lot of conflicts if she would listen to the wise counsel of Yacob Godebo. He is dogmatic when the Bible is dogmatic and flexible when the Bible is flexible. Without such an approach, it is impossible to understand the work of the Holy Spirit."" --Sigurd Grindheim, Missionary, Norwegian Mission Society ""I highly recommend Dr. Yacob Godebo's monograph to every serious student of the Holy Spirit. Dr. Godebo skillfully offers a comprehensive overview of the person, gifts, and works of the Holy Spirit, encompassing the entirety of God's salvific economy. Although the book is written from the perspective of an African/Ethiopian Lutheran theological educator addressing the real challenges faced by African theological students, it also contributes valuable ecumenical insights to the field of global pneumatology."" --Jacob Chengwei Feng, University Lecturer, University of California, Irvine ""This book provides an excellent overview and discussion of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The book is scholarly and comes to a judicious assessment of the issues relating to pneumatology. The chapters carefully and accurately lay out the different sources, options, and opinions available. Seminarians, students, and ministers will find it very helpful indeed. This is a wonderful primer for anyone who wishes to learn more about the Holy Spirit."" --Professor Tom Greggs, Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton