The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 141

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NOT LIKE UNTO US influence of the sun.

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the ear can not hear without sound, and

is our human nature incomand indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Wherefore, when the Son assumed human nature He took it just as it is, i.e., incapable of any holy action without the power of the Holy Spirit. Hence He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, that from the beginning His human nature should be richly endowed The Holy Spirit developed these powers; and He with powers. was consecrated to His office by the communication to His human nature of the Messianic gifts by which He still intercedes for us as our High Priest, and rules us as our King. And for this reason He was guided, impelled, animated, and supported by the Holy Spirit

the eye can not see without light, so

plete without the light

at every step of His Messianic ministry.

There are three differences between this communication of the Holy Spirit to the human nature of Jesus and that in us First, the Holy Spirit always meets with the resistance of evil Jesus' s heart was without sin and unrighteousness. in our hearts. Hence in His human nature the Holy Spirit met no resistance. Secondly, the Holy Spirit's operation, influence, support, and guidance in our human nature is always individual, i.e., in part, imperfect; in the human nature of Jesus it was central, perfect, leaving no void.

Holy Spirit meets with an ego which nature opposes God while the Person which He

Thirdly, in our nature the in

union with that

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met in the human nature of Christ, partaking of the divine nature, was absolutely holy. For the Son having adopted the human nature in union with His Person, was cooperating with the Holy Spirit.

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