Jesus and the Holy Spirit

[teresaq]

If Jesus is the Holy Spirit how was He able to be in two different places in two different forms at His baptism?

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I've never heard that Jesus is the Holy Spirit.... 

[8thdaypriest]

The Holy Spirit, IS the Spirit of God the Father.  The spirit proceeds from the Father (Jn 15:26).  The Father gives the Spirit (Lk 11:13).  Every good gift is from the Father (Jam. 1:17).  The spirit is a GIFT - from the Father.  And the Father gives the Spirit to us, THROUGH Christ.  We experience the Spirit AS the presence of Christ. 

At the baptism, the glorious dove was a physical representation of the Spirit of HIS FATHER.  Jesus said, "The Father is always with me." 

For those who look to EGW writings:

"The Father gave his Spirit without measure to his Son, and we also may partake of its fullness.  Jesus says;  'If ye then, being evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?'" [Luke 11:13]  Great Controversy pg 477 (1888); Review and Herald Nov. 5, 1908, pr4

"At the Saviour's baptism, Satan was among the witnesses.  He saw the Father's glory overshadowing His Son.  He heard the voice of Jehovah testifying to the divinity of Jesus.  Ever since Adam's sin, the human race had but cut off from direct communion with God;  the intercourse between heaven and earth had been through Christ;  but now that Jesus had come 'in the likeness of sinful flesh'[ (Rom. 8:3), the Father Himself spoke.  He had before communicated with humanity through Christ' now He communicated with humanity in Christ.  Satan had hoped that God's abhorrence of evil would bring an eternal separation between heaven and earth, but now it was manifest that the connection between God and man had been restored."  Desire of Ages pg. 385 (1898)

"All His life, Jesus had lived in the presence of His Father.  The Spirit of God had been His constant guide and support."  The Story of Jesus pg 101 (1896)

"The Father's presence encircled Christ, and nothing befell Him but that which infinite love permitted for the blessing of the world.  Her ws tHis source of comfort, and it is for us.  The Ministry of Healing pg 488 (1905).

"In that thick darkness God's presence was hidden.  He makes darkness His pavilion, and conceals His glory from human eyes.  God and His holy angels were beside the cross.  The Father was with His Son, yet His presence was not revealed.  Had His glory flashed forth from the cloud, every human beholder would have been destroyed.  And in that dreadful hour, Christ was not to be comforted with the Father's presence."  Desire of Ages pg 753 (1898)