The Work of the Holy Spirit

538 XXIII. The Greatest of These is Love. “The greatest of these is Love.”— 1 Cor. xiii. 13. That the shedding abroad of Love an ...

“Without apparent cause, at the end of a digression upon the excellency of love, the apostle mentions faith and hope before love ...

hope, without love. No Christian hope nor Christian love without Christian faith. And, on the other hand, no Christian faith wit ...

“Lastly, love never faileth. When this corruptible shall have put on incor- ruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortali ...

“They are noble companions even when we consider each by herself: Faith, not merely a certain confidence of the soul in the real ...

the first time it was born in the heart. Even there the bond of perfection is at once the condition and the pledge of an infinit ...

543 XXIV. Love in the Blessed Ones. “That God may be all in all.”— 1 Cor.xv. 28. Sanctificationand the shedding abroad of love a ...

of His elect, yet their warfare against selfishness is not ended. For even from heaven Christ wages war, until the hour when, as ...

that in them, not individually, but collectively as the body of Christ, Love’s triumph shall be complete. But even then the work ...

Owing to the many obstacles that now prevent Love’s light and brightness from pervading 547 them, this indwelling is very imperf ...

548 XXV. The Communion of Saints. “There is one body and one Spirit; even as ye are called in one hope of your call- ing.”—Ephes ...

love, or bond of union for the family. Love does indeed exert its influence upon him, and cares for him, but does not yet live i ...

the communion of saints breaks through the clouds, and vouchsafes unto them a glimpse of its brightness and glory. But, altho su ...

552 how it shall be when distance shall be no more, when material aids shall be superfluous, when God’s children, active in what ...

faith which, escaping from the present limitations, glories in the unbounded communion of God’s saints, who still bear the cross ...

554 XXVI. The Communion of Goods. “If we walk in the light, we have fellowship one with another.”— 1 Johni. 7. The communion of ...

on a smaller and more careful scale met with similar failures. And the secular enterprises of Proudhon and others led to similar ...

There is not only an immortality of the soul, but also a resurrection of the body. Wherefore the glory of the New Jerusalem may ...

sinful hearts are produced in a very powerful manner, they will soon be effaced; and with 558 this in view it must be acknowledg ...

This Love wrought by the Holy Spirit is the Bride’s love for her Bridegroom; and thus the communion of saints finds its completi ...