By James H. Brookes
Fourth, He is Revealed in the New Testament after a new manner and for a new purpose, and hence His coming is said to depend upon the finished work of Christ. He is present now in the world to gather out a people unto the name of Jesus, to regenerate them, to abide with them for ever, to dwell in them, to sanctify them, to give them their place and portion in the heavens, and to. constitute them the body of which the risen Saviour on the right hand of the Majesty on high is the living Head. Acts xv. 14.—Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name, Matt. iii. 11.—I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is. mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost,. and with fire. John iii. 5.—Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John vii. 39.—(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John xiv. 16, 17, 26.—And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. * * * * But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what soever I have said unto you. John xv. 26.—But when the Comforter is cone, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. John xvi. 7.—Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if i depart, I will send him unto you. Acts xix. 2.—He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. Rom. v. 5.—And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. viii. 9.—But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. I Cor. vi. 19.—What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? I Cor. xii. 13.—For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Eph. ii. 22.—In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. Eph. iv. 4.—There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. Heb. iii. 1.—Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. Heb. x. 34.—For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. I Pet. i. 2.—Elect according to the foreknow ledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. I John iv. 17.—Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so we in this world. are
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