A scriptural view of the office of the Holy Spirit
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- A scriptural view of the office of the Holy Spirit
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A scriptural view of the office of the Holy Spirit
Author: Richardson, Robert, 1806-1876
Year: 1875
TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Genesis of the Old Testament — Genesis of the New — Anointing of Jesus by the Spirit — Christ's Function to Baptize in the Holy Spirit and in Fire — Holy Spirit a prominent subject in his Teachings — His Farewell Discourse. Pages 11-28. CHAPTER II. Christ's Prayer for the Holy Spirit — Not an Intercessory Prayer — Why recorded — Its Peculiar Features — Its Limitation to the Disciples — Relation of the Holy Spirit to Christian Unity — Analysis of the Prayer of Christ — Its main Purport, Pages 29-47. CHAPTER III. Christ's Prayer not for "Christian Union" — First Disciples already united — Difficulties — Distinction between Union and Unity — Unity the "Unity of the Spirit" — How Maintained and Lost — A Divine Gift — World not converted by Union but by Unity — This a Constant Result — The Divine Promises. Pages 48-67. CHAPTER IV. Objections of Materialists — Matter and Spirit differ in Nature — Original Facts un demonstrable — Demoniac Possessions — Satanic Power— The Indwelling of the Spirit — Distinguishable from an Incarnation — From the Divine Omnipresence — The Term Guest Inappropriate — The Spirit not to be confounded with the Word. Pages 68-87. CHAP