The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 67

VI.

The Host

of

Heaven and of Earth. "

The

Spirit of

me."—/od

God hath made

xxxiii. 4.

Understanding somewhat the characteristic note of the work of Holy Spirit, let us see what this work was and is and shall be. The Father brings forth, the Son disposes and arranges, the Holy Spirit perfects. There is one God and Father of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ through whom are all things; but what does the Scripture say of the special work the Holy Spirit did in creation and is still doing? For the sake of order we examine first the account of the creation. God says in Gen. i. 2 " The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the waters." See also Job xxvi. 13: " By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens His hand hath formed the the

:

;

crooked serpent [the constellation of the Dragon, or, according to others, the Milky Way]." And also Job xxxiii. 4: "The Spirit of

God hath made me and ;

life."

And

the breath of the Almighty hath given

again Psalm xxxiii. 6:

"

By

the

Word

of the

me

Lord were

them by the breath of His So also Psalm civ. 30: "Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created, and Thou renewest the face of the earth." And with different import, in Isa. xl. 13: " Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord [in creation], or being His counselor hath taught Him?" These statements show that the Holy Spirit did a work of His the heavens made, and all the host of

mouth."

own in creation. They show, too,

that His activities are closely connected with

Psalm xxxiii. 6 presents them The first clause reads: " By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made"; the second: "And all the host of them by the breath [Spirit] of His mouth." It is well known that in Hebrew poetry parallel clauses express the same thought in

those of the Father and the Son. as almost identical.

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