The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit finds this holy disposition in its required form, not in the Father, nor in Himself, but in Immanuel, who as the ...

Surety He appears before the Father in our behalf, having deposited in the treasury of His merits all that we still lack, in our ...

464 IX. Implanted Dispositions. “Perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord.”—2 Cor.vii. 1. To deny that the Holy Spirit create ...

So we oppose pantheistic Mysticismand deadly Pelagianism.. The essential mistake of the latter is, that it gives man as such a c ...

disposition is out of the question. As a mirror, man is dead, and all that can be seen in him is but a faint and passing reflect ...

468 X. Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees. And the very God of peace sanctify, you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit ...

result of growth, of gradual increase, despite many ups and downs, almost imperceptible. Hence there are steps, ascendingfrom le ...

every wind of doctrine”; and among the Philippians he distinguishes the perfect and the not perfect, saying: “Let us, therefore, ...

472 others as a perfect believer. He is only a babe, says the apostle, a partaker of milk; and a babe can not be expected to ass ...

474 XI. The Pietist and the Perfectionist. “He chastens us for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.”—Heb.xii. ...

Pharisaism altogether one must descend into the lowest pest-holes of society, where nothing bridles the passions of men. And thi ...

body and soul, including sins which are spiritual as well as sensual; hence sanctification aims at once at the change of man’s s ...

man, and always busy themselves adorning the new. And they who say that sin is the loss 478 of original righteousness, and deny ...

of God actually possesses the entire new man, even tho he should die to-morrow; but he has not yet the enjoyment of it. Being we ...

480 XII. The Old Man and the New. “That we being dead unto sin should live unto righteousness.”—1 Peteriv. 24. The Psalmist sing ...

tion, the severed parts separated more and more. Our person is no longer identified with the old man, but opposes him. Even tho ...

trary, it refers to the fruit of the cross of Christ. The question, “What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and d ...

the old man, once having entered the soul, is a power that simply overwhelms us. Even when enticed by him; we can not but hate h ...

485 XIII. The Work of God in Our Work “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul ...

complete inability to receive a holy disposition otherwise than as a gift of free grace, and then they will earnestly pray for t ...