The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
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“Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit Himself.” The first line of The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, R. A. Torrey provides a powerful explanation of the Holy Spirit, and why the Holy Spirit “is a divine person, worthy to receive our adoration, our faith, our love, and our entire surrender to Himself.”
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“It is that the Spirit is the outbreathing of God, His inmost life going forth in a personal form to quicken. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive the inmost life of God Himself to dwell in a personal way in us.” (Page 40)
“II. Many acts that only a Person can perform are ascribed to the Holy Spirit.” (Page 16)
“A man may be regenerated by the Holy Spirit and still not be baptized with the Holy Spirit. In regeneration, there is the impartation of life by the Spirit’s power, and the one who receives it is saved: in the baptism with the Holy Spirit, there is the impartation of power, and the one who receives it is fitted for service.” (Page 176)
“the baptism with the Holy Spirit is always connected with, and primarily for the purpose of testimony and service.” (Page 179)
“III. An office is predicated of the Holy Spirit that can only be predicated of a person.” (Page 20)
- Title: The Person & Work of the Holy Spirit
- Author: R. A. Torrey
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
- Publication Date: 1910
- Pages: 262
R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) was both an evangelist and a Bible scholar. Long associated with evangelist D. L. Moody, he became most prominent during world preaching tours in 1902 and 1921. His preaching in Wales in 1902 has been noted as one cause for the Welsh revivals of the early 1900s. He was the first superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute and wrote numerous devotional and theological books. Spiritual awakening followed R. A. Torrey throughout his career as an evangelist. In revivals with the popular gospel singer Charles W. Alexander, Dr. Torrey filled meeting halls with his magnetic presence, passion, and earnestness.
(Excerpted from a biography at Biola University's Reuben Archer Torrey Honors Institute)
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