The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 137

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XXI. Not Like unto Us. "Then was

Jesus led

up

into the wilderness."

The

representation that Christ's

human

of the Spirit

Matt.

iv. i.

nature received anima-

ting and qualifying influences and impulses directly from His divine nature, altho on the whole incorrect, contains also

some

truth.

We often distinguish between our ego and nature. We say " I have my nature against me," or " My nature is in my favor"; hence :

it

follows that our person animates and actuates our nature.

Ap-

we must distinguish between His human nature and His Person. The latter existed from eternity, the former He adopted in time. And since in the

plying this to the Person of the Mediator,

Son the divine Person and the divine nature are nearly one,

it

must

be acknowledged that the Godhead of our Lord directly controlled

human

This is the meaning of the confession of God's Godhead supported His human nature. But it is wrong to suppose that the divine Person accomplished in His human nature what in us is effected by the Holy Spirit. This would endanger His true and real humanity. The Scripture

His

nature.

children that His

positively denies

it.

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Second The work of the Holy Spirit in the consecration of Jesus to His office (see " First," on p. 93). This ought to be carefully noticed, especially since the Church has never sufficiently confessed the influence of the Holy Spirit exerted upon the work of Christ. The general impression is that

work of the Holy Spirit begins when the work of the Mediator on earth is finished, as tho until that time the Holy Spirit celebrated His divine day of rest. Yet the Scripture teaches us again and again that Christ performed His mediatorial work controlled and impelled by the Holy Spirit. We consider this influence now with reference to His consecration to His office. the

By

the spirit of the prophets already Christ testified of this say7

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