The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 157

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XXV. The Holy

Spirit in the

New Testament

Other than

in

the Old. "

By His you."

Spirit

Horn.

which dwelleth viii.

in

ii.

Pentecost we In order to understand the change inaugurated on Holy Ghost the which in ways various the between must distinguish enters into relationship with the creature. With the Christian Church we confess that the true

and

Holy

Spirit is

eternal God, and therefore omnipresent; hence

no crea-

man or angel, is excluded from His presence. His omniscience and omnipresence, David to reference With " Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee sings

ture, stone or animal,

:

there if I from Thy presence? If I ascend up to heaven, Thou art make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there. If I take the wings parts of the sea, even of the morning and dwell in the uttermost hand shall hold me." right Thy and me lead hand Thy shall there belongs to the Holy omnipresence that positively state words These ;

Spirit

;

west,

is

in the that neither in heaven nor in hell, in the east nor there a spot or point from which He is excluded.

of This simple consideration is, for the matter under discussion, not Holy Spirit can the greatest importance; for it follows that the to another; to have place one from moved have to ever said be been presbeen among Israel, but not among the nations to have All such before. ent after the day of Pentecost where He was not omnipresence, representations directly oppose the confession of His The Omnipresent One can not go trom eternity, and immutability. ;

is already. one place to another, for He can not come where He not at and And to suppose that He is omnipresent at one time testimony The another is inconsistent with His eternal Godhead. heaven like " I saw the Spirit descending from of John the Baptist. "The Holy Luke. a dove, audit abode on Him." and that of St.

Spirit fell

on

all

them which heard the Word," may not therefore

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