The Work of the Holy Spirit

560 XXVII. The Communion of Gifts. “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con- science, a ...

Every child of God knows from his own experience that Christ is all his treasure. When Mary Magdalen cries out, “They have taken ...

patient according to the nature of his complaint. Better than the patient himself does He understand the nature of his infirmity ...

564 And by this God’s true children are best known; and they know themselves best in the gracious operation of which they are th ...

565 XXVIII. The Suffering of Love. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.”—John xv. 1 ...

his conversation becomes constraint, when, regarding her as jealous of his pleasures, with a rebellious heart he will turn away ...

Love can bear, but not tolerate, all things. It bears sufferings, because it does not tolerate the worldly spirit; but the cry o ...

569 And this grieves the soul of the saint, who seeks in vain for the evidence of his sonship in the love of his own fickle hear ...

570 XXIX. Love in the Old Covenant. “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.”— John xiii. 34. In connection ...

thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest f ...

Spirit, and of the new relation which henceforth God’s people shall sustain to the Messiah. From Paradise to the Lord’s return t ...

574 ration. So it is here. So long as they were with Jesus, the disciples loved one another; yet they never understood the close ...

575 XXX. Organically One. “From whom the whole body, fitly joined together and compacted, maketh increase unto the edifying of i ...

The newness of the commandment, “Love one another,” consists in the fact that, being freed from the bonds of the Jewish national ...

they seem to be of one piece. But the truth is lost; the wheels are no longer cogwheels. The teeth which made them so are missin ...

579 last. This is why it is not lawful to cherish and cultivate an affection which excludes His love. In their mutual affection ...

580 XXXI. The Hardening Operation of Love “Being grieved for the hardness of their heart.”—Markiii. 5. Love may also be reversed ...

in spring it occupies the right position in relation to the sun. And this applies to the Sun of Righteousness. Standing in the p ...

bend in a different direction. At first, divine Love, watching over him, prevents him from gratifying these desires. And for thi ...

a one the subject of saving grace is like casting pearls before swine; then Immanuel must hide His love, that seeing he see not, ...