The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 235

THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD the end in view, it

to every age, nation, church,

and individual

be applied in such a way that every saint shall receive at

shall

last

when

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whatever portion was reserved for him in the Scripture.

Hence only

this

work

He knows

to every

As

of application belongs to the

one of God's

to the

Holy

Spirit alone, for

the relation which the Scripture must sustain at last

manner

elect.

in

which the work

is

performed,

it is

either

direct or indirect.

The istry,

indirect application

which attains

its

comes most generally through the min-

highest end

when standing

before his con-

of the Word Holy Spirit intends for you." An awful claim, indeed, and only attainable when one lives as deeply in the Word Besides this there is also an application of the as in the Church. gregation the minister can say

which at

:

"

This

is

the message

this time the

Word brought about by which sometimes

is

the spoken or written word of a brother,

as effectual as a long sermon.

some exposition

The

quiet

sometimes stirred the soul more effectually than a service in the house of prayer. The direct application of the Word the Holy Spirit effects by the reading of the Scripture or by remembered passages. Then He brings to remembrance words deeply affecting us by their singular power. And, altho the world smiles and even brethren profess perusal of

ignorance concerning

it,

of the truth has

it is ovir

moment was

conviction that the special appli-

and not for them, and that in our inward souls the Holy Spirit performed a work peculiar to Himself. cation of that

for us

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