Questions about the Holy Spirit

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I am a very new Christian, from just a few days ago, and I have a few questions about the Holy Spirit.

I haven’t read the Bible in it’s entirety (although I’m working on it!), but I’ve read that in the Bible the Holy Spirit was symbolized as a dove, water, wind, fire, light and other aspects of nature. Is it wrong to find divine inspiration in nature? I know that pantheism is against Biblical teachings, but aren’t there times when God (the Holy Spirit) gives us guidance or inspiration through natural forces? What are your thoughts?

If you could elaborate a bit about your views regarding the Holy Spirit, I would really appreciate it! 🙂
 
Well, the Holy Spirit is God, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity…co-equal with the Father and the Son and proceeding from them. That is regarding the internal life of God.

Externally, all divine actions are actually preformed by all three of the Persons together. But some are attributed to one or the other Person because it is more fitting given their role in the internal relations of God.

The Holy Spirit is the Person commanly associated with inspiration and graces given to the soul. He is symbolized by natural forces because light and fire and water, are good symbols for grace. God enlightens our soul with grace, and like fire it grows the more it is tended, and like water it flows and cleanses. The Holy Spirit is the Person associated with God guiding the soul, and certainly it may inspire you to find truth and beauty in nature, not in a pantheistic way, but as tools of God.
 
The Book of Wisdom
Chapter 131 1 For all men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan; 2 2 But either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water, or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods. 3 Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods, let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these; for the original source of beauty fashioned them. 4 Or if they were struck by their might and energy, let them from these things realize how much more powerful is he who made them. 5 **For from the greatness and the beauty of created things their original author, by analogy, is seen. **
 
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