The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 142

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—

"

XXII.

The Holy

Spirit in the Passion of Christ. •'Who through the Eternal offered Himself."

Thirdly

—Let

us

now

trace the

work

of the

suffering, death, resurrection, atid exaltation

Holy

Spirit

ix. 14.

Spirit in the

of Christ (see

"

First

"

Second," pp. 93 and 97). In the Epistle to the Hebrews the apostle asks:

and

Heb.

" If

the blood of

goats and calves and the ashes of the heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purification of the flesh,

how much more

shall

the blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead works?" add-

ing the words

:

"

Who

through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself

The meaning of these words has been much Beza and Gomarus understood the Eternal Spirit to signify Christ's divifie nature. Calvin and the majority of reformers

without spot to God." disputed.

made

it

to refer to the

Holy

Expositors of the present day,

Spirit.

especially those of rationalistic tendencies, understand

the tension of Christ's

human

by

it

merely

nature.

With the majority of orthodox expositors we adopt the view of The difference between Beza and Calvin is that already referred to. The question is, whether as regards His human nature Christ substituted the inworking of the Son for that of the Holy Spirit; or did He have the ordinary operation of the Holy Spirit? At the present time many have adopted the former view without clearly understanding the difference. They reason thus " Are the two natures not united in the Person of Jesus? Why, then, should the Holy Spirit be added to qualify the human nature? Could the Calvin.

:

Son Himself not do this?" since the Mediator

Holy

Spirit in the

is

And

so they reach the conclusion that

God, there could be no need of a work of the

human nature of

Christ.

And yet this view must

be rejected, for First,

Spirit

it

God has so created human nature that without the Holy can not have any virtue or holiness. Adam's original

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