This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of such things being announced beforehand by God to men. We must hold, on grounds of Scripture and reason alike, that the predictions of the prophets were the outcome of the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. As we have already seen, the Holy Spirit was an Agent in the teaching of the Lord Jesus when He was here on earth. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of such things being announced beforehand by God to men. We must hold, on grounds of Scripture and reason alike, that the predictions of the prophets were the outcome of the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. As we have already seen, the Holy Spirit was an Agent in the teaching of the Lord Jesus when He was here on earth. The Spirit of the Lord was upon Him when He stood up for the first time in the Synagogue of Nazareth; and the same agency was recognized throughout His ministry. It is, however, more especially with the teaching of the Holy Spirit after the Ascension of Christ and the Creation of the Church on the Day of Pentecost that we have here to do. ii. Our Lord's words on this subject are most clear and explicit. Much that He had to communicate His disciples were not prepared to receive. But they would enter into a new sphere of experience when He was taken away from them in bodily presence, and the Holy Spirit should come in His place as Teacher: Yet, even then, the teaching of the Spirit would be but the development and completion of the teaching of Jesus. This thought is presented to us in various forms. Thus, in one part of the valedictory address, our Lord says: "The Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you." And again, "He shall not speak of Himself... He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of mine and declare it unto you." f If Jesus Christ is the Truth and the sum of all revelation, in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, then we can understand the relation of the work of the Holy Spirit to that which He had accomplished during His ministry upon earth. But we can also understand that there was much...
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