Ryrie posed the question to his readers whether the Holy Spirit is a person or “a mere thing or influence or personification or power or emanation.” Actions of the Holy Spirit are those of a personality, or person, because He has intelligence, emotions and a will. For the apostles John and Paul “the Holy Spirit was more than a mere influence - He was [is] a person. . . . Since He is a person, then my dealings with Him are on a person-to-person basis.”
In my writings I have endeavored to present in compelling fashion that in our time we have a restored, personal, intimate relationship with God by His grace through His Holy Spirit made possible by the atoning death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. It is a two-way communion when we are in repentance and seek to live by His Counsel.