Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” Romans 8: 26 – 27.

According to this text the Holy Spirit is also our intercessor before the Father. This is clear proof that the Holy Spirit is an individual being who intercedes for us like Christ. Please comment.

Answer:

This text is used to suggest that God the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf before God the Father. But the verse does not mention the words "before the Father". The comments of Paul, in the body of Romans 8, are very clear as to the identity of this Spirit who intercedes for us.

Romans 8:27 “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

Romans 8:34 “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

Paul plainly states that Christ is our intercessor. It is Christ who searches our hearts (Revelation 2:23) and it is Christ who alone is qualified to be our intercessor for He alone is our High Priest (Hebrews 2:17; 3:1). Only Christ can help our infirmities (Hebrews 4:15; 5:2). Paul tells us further that Christ Jesus is the only mediator between us and God; there can be no other mediator or intercessor (1 Timothy 2:5).

The verse in Romans 8 is simply telling us that Christ, by His Spirit, intercedes for us and helps us to know what to pray for. These prayers, inspired by His Spirit, are presented to the Father by our only intercessor. Thus Christ is doing a twofold work of intercession. He is physically in heaven and by His Spirit He is in our hearts. Only thus can Christ be a true mediator and intercessor (Ephesians 2:18).

Finally, Paul defines exactly what that Spirit is that he is referring to. In the same chapter we read:

Romans 8:9-11 “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

Spirit of Prophecy:
Listen to what the prophet of the Lord had to say:

“We have only one channel of approach to God. Our prayers can come to him through one name only,- -that of the Lord Jesus our advocate. His Spirit must inspire our petitions. No strange fire was to be used in the censers that were waved before God in the sanctuary. So the Lord himself must kindle in our hearts the burning desire, if our prayers are acceptable to him. The Holy Spirit within must make intercessions for us, with groanings that cannot be uttered.” {EGW, RH, February 9, 1897 par. 10}.

Wonderful statement! The Holy Spirit is not “interceding for us before God” as many have suggested. No, the prophet plainly says that the Holy Spirit is “within” making intercessions for us. Our prayers come through only ONE channel, not two! That one channel is our Lord Jesus. The spirit of Jesus, “His Spirit”, inspires us as we pray. It is “the Lord himself” who kindles our hearts! Who is this “Lord”? It is Jesus, not anyone else! It is clear that only Christ is the one who inspires our petitions. He draws them out and He presents them before His Father in heaven.

“While Jesus ministers in the sanctuary above, He is still by His Spirit the minister of the church on earth.” {DA 166}

How many ministers are mentioned here? Is it not only the one minister, the Lord Jesus? Yes, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5. This one mediator works on two levels. He is in heaven in the flesh interceding before the Father, and He (the same one: Jesus) is in our hearts by His Spirit. But it is the one and the same Jesus in both cases who is in heaven and who is also in our hearts. (see Colossians 1:27; 3:11, Galatians 1:16, John 6:56, John 14:17, 18, 20, 23, John 15:4, John 17:23, Romans 8:10 etc.)

In every one of those texts it plainly says that Christ is in us, not someone else. Yet Christ is not in us in His physical flesh form, but He is in us by His Spirit for He is both flesh (John 1:14) and He is also Spirit (1Cor. 15:45). We do not have two intercessors; only one, the man Christ Jesus

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1Timothy 2:5