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Office of the Holy Spirit (1872)

 

T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S .

C H A P T E R   I .
Genesis of the Old Testament--Genesis of the New--Anointing of Jesus by the Spirit--Christ's
      Function to Baptize in the Holy Spirit and in Fire--Holy Spirit a prominent subject in his
      Teachings--His Farewell Discourse. Pages 11-28.
 
C H A P T E R   I I .
Christ's Prayer for the Holy Spirit--Not an Intercessory Prayer--Why recorded--Its Peculiar
      Features--Its Limitation to the Disciples--Relation of the Holy Spirit to Christian Unity--
      Analysis of the Prayer of Christ--Its main Purport. Pages 29-47.
 
C H A P T E R   I I I .
Christ's Prayer not for "Christian Union"--First Disciples already united--Difficulties--Distinction
      between Union and Unity--Unity the "Unity of the Spirit"--How Maintained and Lost--A
      Divine Gift--World not converted by Union but by Unity--This a Constant Result--The
      Divine Promises. Pages 48-67.
 
C H A P T E R   I V .
Objections of Materialists--Matter and Spirit differ in Nature--Original Facts undemonstrable--
      Demoniac Possessions--Satanic Power [7] --The Indwelling of the Spirit--Distinguishable
      from an Incarnation--From the Divine Omnipresence--The Term Guest Inappropriate--The
      Spirit not to be confounded with the Word. Pages 68-87.
 
C H A P T E R   V .
John's Version of the Commission--Holy Spirit not given until after Christ's Ascension--Election
      of Matthias not ratified--Advent of the Comforter--Its great Importance--Completion of the
      Redemptive Work--The Gift of the Holy Spirit--Literal and Real. Pages 88-100.
 
C H A P T E R   V I .
Metaphorical Expressions relating to the Gift of the Spirit--Outpouring, Drinking, Baptizing--
      Various Impartations of the Spirit, directs indirect--The Fact the same in all Cases--Unity
      effected by one Spirit--Supernatural Powers a transient Accompaniment. Pages 101-127.
 
C H A P T E R   V I I.
The Kingdom of Heaven--Its Nature and Design--Supernatural Powers in the Primitive Church--
      Paul's Reasoning in regard to them--Test of Discipleship--Martyrdom--Spiritual Gifts--Their
      Purposes--Miraculous Faith--The Human Will--Spiritual Gifts to be Distinguished from the
      Permanent Fruits of the Spirit. Pages 128-150.
 
C H A P T E R   V I I I .
Manifestations of the Spirit prior to Pentecost--Compared with Miraculous powers of Apostolic
      Age--Differ from the Gift of the Holy Spirit--Speculation and Sensuism--Different
      Dispensations of Religion--Position of the People of God under the Patriarchal, Jewish and
      Christian Institutions. Pages 151-178. [8]
 
C H A P T E R   I X .
Permanent Fruits of the Spirit--Nature of the Change produced in the Disciples at Pentecost--
      Renovation due to the Presence of the Spirit--Effects the same in all--Not from Ethical
      Precepts or Example--New Testament now replaces Supernatural Gifts, but not the Paraclete
      --The Impartation of the Spirit, the Design of the Gospel Ministry--An Earnest, a Seal, a
      Witness--Interior State of the Believer--Scripture the only Test of Religious Truth and
      Feeling--Love the Fulfilling of the Law. Pages 179-208.
 
C H A P T E R   X .
Means of obtaining the Holy Spirit--Faith, Obedience, Prayer--Example of Christ--Household
      of Cornelius, an Exceptional Case--Importance of the Gospel Order--Unavailing if alone--
      Delusions--Value of Truth--Requirements of the Church--Larger Measures of Spiritual
      Power--Efficient means of Perfection and Christian Unity. Pages 209-225.
 
C H A P T E R   X I .
Influence of the Spirit in Conversion confounded with the Gift of the Spirit--Modern Views--State
      of the Question--Office of the Spirit in relation to the World--Conviction of Sin, of
      Righteousness, of Judgment--Accomplished by the Divine Testimony--Results of Modern
      Theories--Theories Unnecessary. Pages 226-251.
 
C H A P T E R   X I I .
The Nature and Necessity of Regeneration generally agreed upon--Importance of the Change--
      How Represented in Scripture--Not an Act but a Process--Different Parts of this Process--
      Baptism, how related to it--Extreme Views--Scripture the only Guide. Pages 252-274. [9]
 
C H A P T E R   X I I I.
Theories of Faith--False View of Regeneration--Spirit never given prior to Belief--Power of the
      Gospel--Superadded Agencies--Truth as a Power, as an Instrumentality--Change of Heart--
      Mode in which Truth acts--Theory of "Spiritual Operations" Unnecessary. Pages 275-298.
 
C H A P T E R   X I V.
The Gospel a Divine Message--A Person and not Doctrines the Object of Faith--Christianity a
      Life--Parable of the Sower--Obstacles to the Reception of the Gospel--Their Removal--
      Theories of Conversion Unnecessary--Full Assurance of Faith--Influences of the Spirit,
      external, internal. Pages 299-324. [10]
 

 

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