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The Holy Spirit QUOTES

The Holy Spirit QUOTES

1 " But of that day and hour no one knows neither the angels in heaven nor the Son but only the Father.’ We are not to think that the Son of God as he is God did not know the day or hour but only that his human nature did not know it because his divine nature had not chosen to reveal it to his human nature. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

2 " Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

3 " Before the work of grace the heart is ‘stony.’ It can do no more than a stone can do to please God. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

4 " When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men he does not come on them with great powerful feelings and emotions which cannot be resisted. He does not possess men as evil spirits take possession of their victims. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

5 " But the Spirit was not limited to doing surprising and extraordinary things. He was present in the Old Testament period in giving civil rule and government ... moral virtues ... physical strength ... and intellectual abilities. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

6 " Clearly the Holy Spirit is not merely a quality to be found in the divine nature … He is a holy intelligent person. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

7 " That it is the work of the Holy Spirit to enable us to believe the Scripture to be the word of God, or the supernatural, immediate revelation of his mind unto us, and infallibly to evidence it unto our minds, so as that we may spiritually and savingly acquiesce therein. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

8 " Interpretis officium est, non quid ipse velit, sed quid sentiat ille quem interpretatur, exponere,” Hieron. Apol. adv. Rufin.;—for when the mind is really affected with the discovery of truth itself, it will be guided and directed in the declaration of it unto others. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

9 " It is not, we see, of ourselves, that we either know the truth, or love it, or abide in the profession of it. We have nothing of this kind but what we have received. Humility in ourselves, usefulness towards others, and thankfulness unto God, ought to be the effects of this consideration. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

10 " It is, moreover, evident from hence that it is a greater matter to be truly and really holy than most persons are aware of. We may learn eminently how great and excellent a work this of sanctification and holiness is from the causes of it. How emphatically doth our apostle ascribe it unto God, even the Father: 1 Thess. v. 23, “Even the God of peace himself sanctify you.” It is so great a work as that it cannot be wrought by any but the God of peace himself. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

11 " It is not to learn the form of the doctrine of godliness, but to get the power of it implanted in our souls. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

12 " And if a minister be obliged to consider the ways, light, knowledge, and walking of his flock, in his preaching unto them, that what he teacheth may be suited unto their edification, he is no less bound unto the same consideration in his prayers also with them and for them, if he intend to pray unto their use and profit. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

13 " It is sufficient unto our present purpose that in and by these promises we are made partakers of the divine nature, and are therein endowed with a constant, habitual disposition and inclination unto all acts and duties of holiness; for our power followeth our love and inclinations, as impotency is a consequent of their defect. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

14 " What we cannot comprehend in things divine and infinite, as unto their own nature, that we are not to believe in their revelation. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

15 " testify by what means he would subdue the souls and consciences of men unto the obedience of Christ and the gospel, and by what means he would maintain his kingdom in the world. Now, this was not by force and might, by external power or armies, but by the preaching of the word, whereof the tongue is the only instrument. And the outward sign of this gift, in tongues of fire, evidenced the light and efficacy wherewith the Holy Ghost designed to accompany the dispensation of the gospel. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

16 " That we affix no sense unto any obscure or difficult passage of Scripture but what is materially true and consonant unto other express and plain testimonies. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

17 " There is a use herein of the natural abilities of invention, memory, and elocution. Why should not men use in the service and worship of God what God hath given them that they may be able to serve and worship him? "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

18 " The true notion of holy, evangelical truths will not live, at least not flourish, where they are divided from a holy conversation. As we learn all to practice, so we learn much by practice. There is no practical science which we can make any great improvement of without an assiduous practice of its theorems; much less is wisdom, such as is the understanding of the mysteries of the Scripture, to be increased, unless a man be practically conversant about the things which it directs unto. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

19 " This is that which gives spiritual beauty and order unto the duty of prayer,—namely, the suiting of wants and supplies, of a thankful disposition and praises, of love and admiration, unto the excellencies of God in Christ, all by the wisdom of the Holy Ghost. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit

20 " Be of good courage, all ye that trust in the Lord; you may, you ought, without fear or dauntedness of spirit, to engage into the pursuit of universal holiness. He who hath commanded it, who hath required it of you, will bear you out in it. "

― John Owen , The Holy Spirit