The Work of the Holy Spirit

conversionand sanctification, the light enters. For since quickening is an unaided act of God in us, independent of the Word, an ...

322 XXIV. Implanting in Christ “Having become one plant with Him.” —Rom.vi. 5. Havingdiscussed regeneration as God’s act wrought ...

grafted upon a good olive, and lastly of broken branches restored to the original olive, makes no reference whatever to the impl ...

one plant, does not introduce the idea of ingrafting, nor make the slightest allusion to the manner in which this “becoming one ...

entered into the union with Christ, and the latter has not. And upon this union everything depends; it makes a difference in men ...

327 XXV. Not a Divine-Human Nature “I in them, and they in Me.” —Johnxvii. 23. The union of believers with the Mediator, of all ...

in this cup, and once inebriated the soul has lost its desire for the sober clearness of the divine Word. To escape from the wit ...

In like manner do we confess in article 19 of our Confession: “We believe that by this conception the person of the Son is insep ...

time a pantheistic meaning, denoting that the contrast existing between God and man did not exist in Jesus, but that in Him the ...

scious”; conscious confession and expression of thought is immaterial; the principal thing is to be endowed with this new, highe ...

333 XXVI. The Mystical Union with Immanuel “Christ in you the hope of glory.” —Col.i. 27. Theunion of believers with Christ thei ...

Hence this glorious, apostolic word should no longer be used in pantheistic sense. As it is unlawful to say that we are the esse ...

we must carefully distinguish between the five stages in which the union with Immanuel unfolds itself: The firstof these five st ...

came fully consciousof their treasurein Christ, the union itself existed (even subjectively) from the moment of their first cry ...

338 Fifth Chapter. Calling and Repentance Fifth Chapter. Calling and Repentance Fifth Chapter. Calling and Repentance ...

XXVII. The Calling of the Regenerate: “Whom He did predestinate, them He also called.”—Rom. viii. 30. In order to hear, the sinn ...

Let there be clear insight into this truth, which is after all very simple. The elect but unregenerate sinner can do nothing, an ...

(Eph. iv. 1); and not to mention more: “Give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things ye shal ...

342 outside of the Word, is to make the office Arminian; not the Holy Spirit, but the dominie, is the worker; he works with all ...

343 XXVIII. The Coming of the Called “That the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that c ...