The Work of the Holy Spirit

with the holy apostle in the fact, “That God has before ordained the good works that we should walk therein” (Eph. ii. 10); yet ...

The Word is a vital power in the Church which pierces even to the dividing asunder of the joints and the marrow, and, as such i ...

490 XIV. The Person Sanctified “The putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh.”—Col. ii. 11. Sanctification embraces the ...

However, the starting-point of this grace lies not in the body, but in the soul. Sin started in the soul, not in the body; hence ...

to it, and thus enables it to feel the pressure which proceeds from that which is written on the heart. Hence the sanctification ...

(Rom. vii. 17, 20) And no passion can overtake him which in the power of God he can not master and control. 494 Sanctification e ...

496 XV. Good Works “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we ...

Altho we heartily agree with the Confession, “That a regenerated person has in him a twofold life: the one temporal and corporea ...

well intentioned, but absolutely conformable to what God has determined to be good with regard to that work. It is readily seen ...

500 furnished and well equipped, if left to himself he produces nothing; not a single good work, however small. The most skilful ...

composition, and succeeds. However, the writing of the speech did not end the matter, and it could not be ended until the boy ha ...

502 XVI. Self-Denial “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”—Matt. xvi. 24. ...

Superficial minds, poor in grace and godliness, speak of self-denial but rarely, and then without understanding its meaning. The ...

roof of leaves; and like that tree with its roots far and wide in the earth, and its branches high and broad in the air, are we ...

506 our ego is our intention. The rudder determines the course of the ship; not its rigging and cargo; nor the character of the ...

thus, in the growing and ripening of spiritual fruit, God uses our thoughts, words, and deeds as instruments of sanctification. ...

508 Second Chapter. LOVE XVII. Natural Love. “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts ...

Turning from the love of instinct to the world of men, we are surprised to meet phenom- ena closely resembling it. A coquettish ...

this is done out of custom and from love of display, yet essentially it is the declaration that a human child is greater than yo ...

But even in this highest form, most closely approaching the divine mercies, it is frequently without any connection with the Ete ...