Christ; God’s grace in reviving this truth in view of the Lord’s speedy coming; exhortation to younger brethren and sisters; the word of God the only standard ; “the world,” and “within and without;” my place as a Christian; separation; conclusion.
LECTURE II.
ONE SPIRIT.
Personality of the Holy Ghost; work of the Holy Ghost in former dispensations; Jewish and Gentile view of Christ; disappointment of Jewish hopes; Holy Ghost sent down from heaven is, next to Christ, the central truth of the New Testament; disciples prepared for the doctrine of the Spirit; Holy Ghost not merely a power, a Person; why He cannot be known by the world; the Holy Ghost sent by the Father in Christ’s name, and sent by Christ from the Father; God glorified in exalting the Man Christ Jesus; the righteousness of God; Peter’s boldness by reason of a purged conscience in the Trinity, subordination of Persons unscriptural; the double relation of the Holy Ghost—to the world and to the saints; communication of risen life by the Holy Ghost; Holy Ghost on earth in the absence of Christ; miraculous tokens of the Spirit’s presence at the outset; grieving the Spirit; the testimony of the Acts to the working of the Holy Ghost; the teaching of the Epistles as to His presence both in the individual and in the Church; the opening of 1st Corinthians shows the perpetuity of the Holy Ghost’s action in the Church so long as it is here below; reason for the discontinuance of miracles; God’s wisdom in withholding them now; the Spirit the pledge of God’s delight in the work of His Son: Christ’s twofold reception of the Holy Ghost; practical importance of these truths; how the Holy Ghost works in the assembly; duty of a Christian to be where the Holy Ghost is owned; why the Church is so weak; owning the Holy Ghost does not hinder individual ministry; true reason of meeting is to please the Lord Jesus; charge of bigotry weighed; why ask people to come with me, while I do not go with them? search the word of God for yourself; conclusion.
