The Bible is a collection of writings by men who were inspired by the Spirit of God. God chooses to use His creation to speak on His behalf. He uses the stars, mountains, oceans, animals, people and everything else we see, to show us His power and beauty. God also used the minds and pens of human beings to reveal Himself to the rest of mankind. God’s letter to mankind starts off with creation.

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16

a) Does God have a body?

Genesis 1:1,2 "The Spirit of God was hovering. God doesn’t have a body. God is Spirit."

John 4:24 “God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Genesis 1:26 “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…”

b) Does God think? When did God start thinking?

God is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End – Revelation 1:8. God was always conscious and self-aware. God was always thinking.

c) How well does God know Himself?

God is perfect (Matthew 5:48). “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Perfect: Lacking nothing essential. Excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement: Pure: Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings.

• God is beyond improvement.
• God cannot get better at being God.
• He has no potential because He is perfect.
• That is why God said to Moses “I AM WHO I AM”. -  Exodus 3:14.

He knows Himself perfectly and exhaustively. There is nothing about Himself that He does not know. God knows Himself so perfectly that there is no difference between His self awareness and Himself.  There is no difference between Himself and His self-concept.

God’s Self-image: a mental representation perceived, in the absence of original stimulus.

Jesus is God’s Eternal and Perfect Self-image in the flesh. – Colossians 1:15-20.

Colossians 1:15-20

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (as in sharing created blood and flesh like us) of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn (check Hebrews 2:14) from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him (physical body) all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross."

The Word of God became Flesh. God's Self-image is also called the Word of God.

The Second person in the Trinity "became flesh" – John 1:1-3, 14, 17-18.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:1-3

Verse 17-18 “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.”

God has only One Self-image and He was revealed to us in human form.
Jesus is God incarnate: God embodied in flesh.

Jesus explained His intimate connection with the Father: John 14:5-11. (Read)

Colossians 1:21-23 as follows

“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation – if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.”

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Well, we know that God has an Image/self-concept.  And we know that God’s Eternal Image (The Second Person in the Trinity) contains every attribute of God.

And since God has a perfect self-awareness/Image, does God have a Will?

God has an Eternal and Perfect Will —Synonyms;  a) Desire. b). Delight. c). Pleasure, disposition, inclination. d) Choice. e). Resolution.

See if you can follow my train of thought:

• God desires the greatest good.
• What is the greatest good? God is the greatest good.
• God has an Eternal Inclination (preference).
• Is there any difference between God’s Eternal Preference/Delight and His Eternal Image?
• God's greatest Desire is Himself.
• The Holy Spirit is God’s Eternal Will for Himself.
• The Eternal and Perfect Will of God lives within those who believe in the Son of God (Jesus - The second person in the Trinity/God-head).
• The Holy Spirit is called the Holy Spirit because His job description is to make us holy. His job is to Sanctify us – set us apart as God’s holy people.
• We make distinctions between the three "persons" in the God-head by giving them names that fit their role/job description.
• The Father is the Creator, the initiator.
• The Son is the Redeemer of mankind. The Son is called the Son because He comes from the mind of God, but He is also eternal.
• The Holy Spirit is called the Holy Spirit because His role is to conform our will to the perfect Will of God. In essence, the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts, regenerates us, Counsels us, and molds us into Christ-like people.

John 14:15-17, 25-27. – Jesus tells his disciples about the Holy Spirit.

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."

“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 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 that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."

Romans 8:9-11 Paul used the names "Spirit of God" and "Spirit of Christ" interchangeably. He placed the "Spirit of God" and the "Spirit of Christ in the place of the Holy Spirit. Paul was trying to indicate to his readers that the Trinity are ONE in essence, they are the Same Spirit. One Spirit, three persons. Here is the passage

"You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you."

The God-head, The Trinity, Three persons in One essence. They are they Same Spirit, but distinct persons that relate to each other, even in conversation. For example, Jesus prayed/communicated with the Father a lot. This is mind-boggling for us humans because God is unlike anyone we have ever known. He is literally in a league of His own.

What does God want from me?