The Spirit as Judge and Power
Waiting to see at the second appearance. For this is what both 'he will expose the ungodly by the Spirit through lips' (Isa 63:9) and what is said elsewhere to the same prophet: 'in a spirit of judgment and in a spirit of burning' (Isa 34:3) means. And David says in Psalm 139: 'Where shall I go from your Spirit? And from your face where shall I flee?' The 'where shall I go' and 'where shall I flee' have a broad emphasis; for it means to be present everywhere and that the Holy Spirit is a judge. For it is 'fearful', truly, according to the apostle, 'to fall into the hands of the living God' (Heb 10:31), he who says in Psalm 51: 'I will confess and present your sins before your face' (Ps 51:5). And the prophecy of Michael also mentioned briefly contributes to this point. And what stronger proof could anyone say to this, regarding the Savior speaking through John about the Holy Spirit: 'He will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment' (John 16:8)?
For Paul, in the power of the Spirit, blinded the magician Elymas; for in the surpassing power of the Holy Spirit, Paul in Cyprus blinded the magician Elymas, who was campaigning against the saints and ravaging with the truth, by a word. For the Scripture, showing the power to be of the Spirit, says to them by names thus: 'Then Paul, being filled with the Holy Spirit, said to him: Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun' (Acts 13:11). For truly, it is not that he, not having the all-working power of the Spirit, was saving by human magic and trusting in demons, that the seeing was extinguished by a word. For that the heavens, having been opened by the power of the All-Holy Spirit, were seen by the holy Stephen (Acts 7:56). For that the heavens, having been unfolded by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit, were seen by the one with the double crowns.
Greek
δευτέρᾳ παρουσίᾳ ἰδεῖν περιμενόμενον. τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τό τε: «ἐν πνεύματι διὰ χειλέων ἀνελεῖ ἀσεβεῖς», καὶ τὸ ἀλλαχοῦ εἰρημένον τῷ αὐτῷ προφήτῃ· «ἐν πνεύματι κρίσεως καὶ ἐν πνεύματι καύσεως.» ∆αυὶδ δὲ ἐν ρληʹ ψαλμῷ φησιν· «ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου; καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω»; τό· «ποῦ πορευθῶ» καὶ «ποῦ φύγω» πλατεῖαν ἔχει ἔμφασιν· σημαίνει γὰρ πανταχοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ κριτὴν ὑπάρχειν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. «φοβερόν», γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς, κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον, «ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖ ρας θεοῦ ζῶντος», τοῦ λέγοντος, ἐν μθʹ ψαλμῷ· «ἐλέγξω καὶ παραστήσω κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου.» καὶ τοῦ Μιχαίου δὲ ἡ μικρῷ πρόσθεν λεχθεῖσα προφητεία καὶ εἰς τόδε συντελεῖ τὸ κεφάλαιον. ποίαν δὲ ἀπόδειξιν ἂν εἴποι τις ἰσχυροτέραν εἰς τοῦτο τοῦ καὶ σωτῆρα παρ' Ἰωάννῃ λέγειν περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος· «ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ περὶ δικαιο σύνης καὶ περὶ κρίσεως»; 7.10ν ὅτι ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος Ἐλύμαν τὸν μάγον ἐξετύφλωσεν ὅτι ἐν τῇ ὑπερβαλλούσῃ δυνάμει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ὁ Παῦλος ἐν Κύπρῳ Ἐλύμαν τὸν μάγον, ἐπιστρατεύοντα τοῖς ἁγίοις καὶ λυμαινόμενον τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, ἐξετύφλωσεν λόγῳ. τοῦ πνεύματος γὰρ εἶναι τὴν δύναμιν δεικνῦσα ἡ γραφή, λέγει αὐτοῖς ὀνόμασιν οὕτως· «τότε ὁ Παῦλος πλησθεὶς πνεύματος ἁγίου, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλὸς μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον.» ἀληθῶς γὰρ οὐκ αὐτόν, μὴ ἔχοντα τοῦ πνεύματος τὴν πάντα ἐνεργοῦσαν δύναμιν, ἀνθρώπου μαγγανείαις σώζοντος καὶ δαίμοσι πεποιθότος τὸ βλέπειν ῥήματι ἀποσβέσαι. 7.11ν ὅτι τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ παναγίου πνεύματος ἀνεῳχθέντες οἱ οὐρανοὶ ὤφθησαν τῷ ὁσίῳ Στεφάνῳ. ὅτι τῇ δυνάμει καὶ χάριτι τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἀναπτυχθέντες οἱ οὐρανοὶ ὤφθησαν τῷ διπλοῦς στεφάνους
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Didymus the Blind defends the full divinity of Father, Son, and Spirit against those who rank them.
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