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The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 386
CALLING AND REPENTANCE346And He brings that Word to the is God the Holy Ghost. by preachers whom He Himself has endowed with talents, And so wonderfully does He animation', and spiritual insight. conduct that preaching through the channel of the otBce and of the historical developme ...
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!CALLING AND REPENTANCE344the effect of the ordinary call asiscommonlybelieved.isby no means as weak and meagerIn the parable of the sower the fourthclass of hearers alone belong to the elect, for they alone bear fruit.t ...
The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 387
THE COMING OF THE CALLED j5owever,and focusit347not the Holy Spirit's only care in such aisof life to cause theWordtocomewayto a regenerate person,He adds also a second uwrk, viz., that by which the preached Word ...
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CALLING AND REPENTANCE348by the sunin the soil, the heat causes it to sprout.The vital germ can do nothing of Rut when the Holy Spirit causes theAndsoit isremains whathere.itself; itis.fostering rays of the ...
The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 389
XXIX. Conversion of All That Come. " TurnThou me and—Jer. xxxi.Theelect,I shallbe turned."i8.born again and effectually called, converts himself. is impossible but he inclines his ear, heTo remain unconverted;turns his f ...
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CALLING AND REPENTANCE350This fact should be carefully considered.WhenScripture pre-sents conversion as the Spirit's act but six times, and as man's act onehundred and forty times, in preaching the same proportion should be observed. And, therefore, the p ...
The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 393
CONVERSION OF ALL THAT COME Whatever Hethrough us.willsHebrings into our will ;353HecausesHis actions to be effected through the organism of our being. Hence man must be commanded, " Convert thyself." The teacher bids the pupil speak, altho ...
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CONVERSION OF ALL THAT COME point souls are often led astray. "Your conversionisIt is351heard repeatedly these days. life whichnot a momentary act, but an act ofand wo to the man who fails for a single day to be converted anew." And this is altoget ...
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;JUSTIFICATION355by faith " boldly and clearly in opposition to the meritorious works of Rome." " Justification by faith" was in those days the shibboleth of the heroes of faith, Martin Luther intrine of"justification"the van.And when ...
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:CALLING AND REPENTANCE352Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent and do thy first works" (Rev. ii. 5). But in this connection we speak of saving conversion, of which we make the following remarks the faith,Firste.g.—": ...
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