The offices of the Holy Spirit, as treated of in this book, may be summed up as follows:

1. The Holy Spirit operates upon the hearts of sinners, to awaken them, to convince them of sin, to lead them to repentance, and to enable them to believe in Jesus. In direct connection with their justification He also, by His own divine energy, regenerates them.

2. Having now become children of God by the new birth, the Spirit witnesses to their adoption.

3. The Spirit dwells with the justified believer, strengthening him in the Lord, enabling him to grow in grace, showing him the remains of the carnal nature still existing, and causing him earnestly to desire a clean heart.

4. When the believer, following the Holy Spirit’s leadings and receiving His divine aid, consecrates himself to the Lord and trusts fully to His promises, he receives the baptism with the Holy Ghost.

5. As the results of this baptism, the Holy Spirit “purifies his heart by faith,” endues him with power, fills him, and abides in him.

6. The indwelling Spirit operates in the heart of the sanctified believer as a teacher, guide, strengthener, comforter, expounder of the Scriptures, and glorifier of Jesus.

7. By the Holy Spirit, Christ exercises His headship and authority in the Church. The Spirit leads and directs all true worship, and imparts His gifts to individual members, male or female. By the exercise of these gifts, God is glorified and the Church edified.

8. The Holy Spirit gives us the true spirit of prayer, enabling us to pray believingly, to have the petitions that He leads us to desire, to “ask and receive that our joy may be full.”

And now let all my beloved readers unite with me in the ascription of heartfelt praise to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. AMEN.