Required reading
Systematic Theology Volume 1 by Charles Hodge (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 8 (The Holy Spirit).
My summary
Today Hodge teaches us about the Holy Spirit.
We learn about his:
(i) nature (personality and divinity);
(ii) office (in nature, in redemption and in history).
What grabbed me
I liked Hodge's description of the Holy Spirit's office in redemption: 'It is the special office of the Spirit to convince the world of sin ; to reveal Christ, to regenerate the soul, to lead men to the exercise of faith and repentance ; to dwell in those whom He thus renews, as a principle of a new and divine life. By this indwelling of the Spirit, believers are united to Christ, and to one another, so that they form one body. This is the foundation of the communion of saints, making them one in faith, one in love, one in their inward life, and one in their hopes and flnal destiny. '
Without the Holy Spirit, we are lost.
Next week's reading
Read Chapter 9 (The decrees of God).
Now it's your turn
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