The Works of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit is the spirit of conviction, enlightenment, quickening, in the sinner: and of revelation, remembrance, witness, sanctification, consolation, to the saint. The spirit of the sinner is struggling for light as it is stumbling on the edge of a precipice at midnight; enlightens the Christian, as the rising sun reveals a landscape which was all there before, but which was hidden from sight until the great luminary of Jesus, love made it visible. This morning light did not create the lovely prospect it revealed; it only showed the real state of what the darkness had concealed. Without the Holy Spirit at work redemption would be impossible, and the revelation of God's true love for us would be just a shadow idea. Christ is God entering into human history, but without the Holy Spirit Christianity would be only history. The Holy Spirit is God entering into human hearts. The Holy Spirit turns creed into the love for life. Christ is the physician...