Yes, the Holy Spirit is the power of God, but this does not make the Holy Spirit an IT or an active force. The Holy Spirit is MUCH MORE than just the power of God.
You seem to take a mighty leap here. You go from the Holy Spirit being the power of God, to calling Him an active force. The Holy Spirit is NEVER referred to as such in the Scriptures, therefore, you shouldn't be calling Him that either. The Holy Spirit dwells within Christians, and it is through His power that we are convicted of sin and able to overcome it. The Holy Spirit empowers us.
Matthew 28:19 teaches us to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, three very distinct personalities.
ING - Actually this should probably be translated -
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and with the Holy Pneuma/POWER:
If the Holy Spirit is a mere active force, why did Jesus command baptism IN THE NAME OF the Holy Spirit along with the Father and the Son?
ING - It doesn't call pneuma a name.
The Father has a personality. The Son has a personality. The Holy Spirit has a personality.
All three can be described as having the same essence. A mere force could not possess these attributes. Only our GOD can.
The Holy Spirit is eternal (Heb. 9:14),
ING - YHVH's POWER would be - would it not?
He is omnipresent (Psalm 139:7),
ING - His POWER would be - would it not?
He is omniscient (1 Cor. 2:10-11)
ING - 1Co 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Pneuma/POWER and of Dunamis/Strength/Mighty works/Miracles:
1Co 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the Pneuma/Power of God.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Pneuma/POWER: for that POWER searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Pneuma/Power of God.
The above attributes belong to GOD alone.
ING - They show that Pneuma - Holy Spirit - is the POWER of YHVH.
How can an active force experience the following?
The Holy Spirit speaks (Acts 13:2).
ING -
Act 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, lay forth the Pneuma/POWER of the Most Sacred, Separating me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Act 13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Act 13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Pneuma/POWER, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
We are not to grieve the Holy Spirit (
Ephesians 4:30).
ING - Eph 4:30 And grieve not the Holy Pneuma/POWER of God,
whereby/by which ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
The Holy Spirit can be sinned against (
Isaiah 63:10)
ING - Isa 63:10 But they rebelled, and provoked his Holy Ruach/ANGER/Power: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
The Holy Spirit can be lied to (
Acts 5:3).
ING - Act 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart/MIND to attempt to lie to the Holy Pneuma/POWER, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Act 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart/MIND? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
We are to obey Him (
Acts 10:19–21)
ING - Act 10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Pneuma/POWER (of YHVH) conveyed unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Act 10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Act 10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
and honor Him (
Psalm 51:11).
ING - Psa 51:10 A heart pure create in me, O Elohiym; a Ruach/Spirit/Power appoint anew within me.
Psa 51:11 Don't cast me out from your presence; Your Holy Ruach/Power don't take from me.
He guides (
Romans 8:14)
He comforts (
John 14:26)
He convicts (
John 16:8)
He teaches (
John 16:13)
He gives commands (
Acts 8:29).
He has a will (1Cor.12:11)
ING - I'm not going to do all of these - as you can see above,
that every one of them means POWER of God - not a third person.
Both apostles, Peter and Paul refer to the Holy Spirit as GOD.
ING - God's POWER, not a third person.
In Acts 5:3-4, Peter referred to the Holy Spirit as God, stating,
“Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that
you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing?
You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
ING - Answered above.
Paul likewise referred to the Holy Spirit as God in
2 Corinthians 3:17–18, stating,
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
Can you, without the help of Watchtower, explain all of the verses I have given you to consider?