The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 455

;

XL. Faith

in

the Saved Sinner Alone. '»

And

they believed in the Scripture."

—John

ii.

22.

natural not the working of a faculty inherent in the soul-function new a nor five the to added man nor a new sense disposition, mode of nor a faculty first dormant now active; but a and will consciousness the in Spirit Holy the action, implanted by

Faith

is

;

;

enabled to accept Christ. of the regenerate person, whereby he is can not be implanted in disposition this that From this it follows as the sinner ceases to soon as disappears sinless man, and that it but no longer. Or dies, he until believes saint be a sinner. The enters heaven, for he as soon as disappears more correctly faith :

then he lives no more by faith, but by sight. The importance of this distinction is obvious. The Ethical disposition, theologians, denying that faith is a specially implanted can awakened, then dormant first organ, its or but rather a sense opintheir basing perpetual, is faith that repeat but not admit this, According to their theory, there is no ion upon I Cor. xiii. 13. the sinner and the sinless they do not between difference absolute

;

an extraorbelieve that to save the sinner the Holy Spirit introduces persistent their Hence person. spiritual his into dinary expedient the fall, before believed Adam that understand us effort to make

walked and that even Jesus, the Captain and Finisher of our faith, by faith. But this whole presentation is opposed by the apostolic words " We walk by faith, and not by sight" (2 Cor. v. 7). And again,

;

"

Now

known"

(i

that which

away"

in part, but then shall I

know

I

know even

as also

I

am

in connection with the preceding: "When part shall be done is perfect is come, then that which is in And not less by the word of our Lord, that we

Cor.

xiii.

12),

(vs. 10).

shall see

And

God

as soon as

we

are pure in heart (Matt. v.

starting from this point,

we know

8).

positively that faith in

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