The Work of the Holy Spirit

Sin is non-conformity of an act, person, or condition to the divine law; guilt, encroach- 272 ment by act, person, or condition ...

273 XV. Our Unrighteousness “My Spirit shall not always strive with man.”—Gen. vi. 3. Beforediscussing the work of the Holy Spir ...

The fathers have always strongly emphasized this point. They taught that Adam’s ori- ginal righteousness was not accidental, sup ...

goodness, and holiness have equally a tangible, independent existence, measurable and ap- portionable. This is not so. We may co ...

277 we oppose the application to sinless Adam of the conditions of the Covenant of Grace, as tho he lived in Christ, so strongly ...

278 XVI. Our Death. “You who were dead in trespasses and sin.”—Ephes. ii. 1. Next in order comes the discussion of death. There ...

Applying our definition of life to the soul as a living creature, it follows that the soul lives only when it moves, when acts p ...

all its workings accomplish nothing to restore a harmonious utterance before God. All its utterances are sinful, even as the dea ...

282 education and other agencies. These differences among different persons depend upon the divine grace. Dissolution in a body ...

283 Third Chapter. Preparatory Grace Third Chapter. Preparatory Grace Third Chapter. Preparatory Grace ...

XVII. What Is It? “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brothe ...

Regarding the work of preparatory grace, it was before all things necessary to examine whether the knowledge of God had been ret ...

and repentance. They deny not God’s gracious election and foreordination, neither His care for His elect in their birth; but the ...

Sooner or later the Sun of Grace will rise upon him, and, since much depends upon the condition in which grace shall find him, i ...

288 XVIII. What It Is Not. “We are His workmanship.” —Ephes. ii. 10. In the preceding article we contended that there is prepara ...

And this is the confession not of Augustine, but of Pelagius; not of Calvin, but of Cas- tellio; not of Gomarus, but of Arminius ...

upon regeneration, but upon conversion; and this makes the salvation of our deceased infants impossible. Nay, standing by the gr ...

our life, arranges its course, and directs our development that being quickened by His ex- clusive act, we shall possess the dis ...

293 Fourth Chapter. Regeneration Fourth Chapter. Regeneration Fourth Chapter. Regeneration ...

XIX. Old and New Terminology “That which is born of the flesh is flesh.”—Johniii. 6. Beforewe examine the work of the Holy Spiri ...