No one can be saved unless he is born again by the power of God’s Holy Spirit. “Ye must be born again,” says Jesus. The necessity is absolute; not merely, “Ye may be born again,” but “Ye must be born again.” See: How Are We to Understand Satan’s Battle for the Christian Mind? Nothing else will take... Continue Reading →
Biblically How Would You Explain the Holy Spirit and the World?
Hitherto in other CPH blog articles, we have been treating the Holy Spirit in terms of the past, but now we come to the present tense. Is the Holy Spirit a power in the present age? If so, what kind of a power? Is he making an issue with men as a direct power and working upon them immediately, or is he working through an instrumentality, and, if so, what is the instrumentality?
How Are We to Understand the Holy Spirit and the Apostolic Church?
That the Holy Spirit sustained a relation to the apostolic church that it does not sustain to the church of today is clearly evident to the student of the Word of God. The church of the apostolic age had no New Testament as we have today. Hence, the necessity of ...
How Would You Explain the Holy Spirit and the Apostles?
In interpreting Scripture, attention should be paid not only to the speaker and his message but also to the parties addressed. Some passages are universal in their application, others that are national, and still others that are addressed to individuals only.
How Are We to Understand the Holy Spirit and Jesus?
The relation sustained by the Holy Spirit to Jesus Christ is a twofold one. ...
What Does the Bible Really Say About the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
1 Corinthians 3:16 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? Before delving into the phrase, “indwelling of the Holy Spirit, let us consider the mistaken view of ...