The Work of the Holy Spirit
hearing and the understanding of the words which it uttered required a peculiar, spiritual operation that was lacking in the peo ...
as they. It was an operation of holy energies; not intended to compel doubters to a mere outward faith, but simply to accomplish ...
making it an unreliable report. Hence inspirationwas indispensable; for by it the apostle was kept from error while he recorded ...
179 Tenth Chapter. The Church of Christ Tenth Chapter. The Church of Christ Tenth Chapter. The Church of Christ ...
XXXVI. The Church of Christ "It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is ruth."—1 Johnv. 6. Wenow proceed to di ...
grace. But when He imparts spiritual giftsHe adorns us with holy ornaments. The first refers to our salvation; the last to our t ...
some what He withholds from others; but with the persons thus endowed to adorn and favor the whole Church. We do not put a lamp ...
in the one way or the other, the office remains the same, so long as we have the assurance that King Jesus has called and ordain ...
184 XXXVII. Spiritual Gifts "But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And a still more excellent way show I unto you." —1 Cor.xii ...
every one must know it to be his duty readily and cheerfully to employ his gifts for the ad- vantage and salvation of other memb ...
This apostolic standpoint is also against the foolish notion that for eighteen centuries the Church has received no gifts whatev ...
188 have faith, God is free to let it manifest itself more strongly in the one than in another. Of one degree Scripture says: "B ...
190 XXXVIII. The Ministry of the Word "He shall lead you into all truth." —John xvi. 13. Let us now consider the second activity ...
culty could also be removed, we would still ask: Is it not cruel to give spiritual assurance only to Greek and Hebrew scholars? ...
However, this testimony does not work by magic. It does not cause the confused mind of unbelief suddenly to cry out: "Surely the ...
194 interpretation. For they wrote things the comprehensive meaning of which they did not understand. E g.,when Moses wrote abou ...
only attainable when one lives as deeply in the Word as in the Church. Besides this there is also an application of the Word bro ...
196 XXXIX. The Government of the Church "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."—1 Cor.xii. 3. The last w ...
church government serves almost exclusively to keep the preaching pure and the sacraments from being profaned. Hence it is not e ...
to the best of his ability. But to the child of God, with an eye for the work of the Holy Spirit, these church assemblies assume ...
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