Work of Holy Spirit

Introduction:      There are certain works which are more particularly ascribed to the Holy Spirit.  We will attempt to explore the work of the Holy Spirit in the general economy of God and in the special economy of redemption.

 1         In the general economy of God: In general it may be said that it is the special task of the Holy Spirit to bring things to completion by acting immediately upon and in the creature.  Just as he himself is the person who completes the trinity, so his work is the completion of God’s contact with his creatures and the consummation of the work of God in every sphere.   It follows the work of the Son, just as the work of the Son follows that of the Father.  It is important to bear this in mind, for if the work of the Holy Spirit is divorced from the objective work of the Son; false mysticism is bound to result.  The work of the Holy Spirit includes the following in the natural sphere:

The Person of the Holy Spirit

Introduction:

            The terms ‘Spirit of God’ or ‘Holy Spirit’ do not suggest personality as much as the term ‘Son’ does.  Moreover, the person of the Holy Spirit did not appear in a clearly discernible personal form among men, as the person of the Son of God did.  As a result the personality of the Hoy Spirit was often called in question, and therefore deserves special attention.  Here we will study first the name applied to the Holy Spirit (third person of the trinity) and the personality of the Holy Spirit including his relation to other persons in the trinity and his divinity in brief.