005 The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit by David Harsha. The Spirit is given to supply the Savior's absence and to apply to our souls the redemption finished on Calvary. It is His blessed work to glorify Jesus, to testify of Him. Through His power we are renewed and sanctified, filled with all joy and peace in believing and abound in hope of a blissful immortality. The Spirit reveals the Savior to our souls in a manner that renders Him exceedingly precious in our estimation. He shows us His excellence, the perfection of His divine nature as the brightness of the Father's glory, His power as the creator of all things, His wisdom, His immutability, His eternity. The Spirit exhibits to us the amazing love of Jesus to sinners, the wonders of His incarnation, the amiableness of His life on earth, the spotless purity of His character, the unparalleled sufferings of His life, the fruits of His death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession. The Spirit shows us Christ's suitableness to our needs as sinners. He points us to Calvary and whispers in our ears the cheering truth that we have redemption through the blood of Jesus, even the forgiveness of sins. The Spirit comforts us amid all the tribulations of earth by assuring us that our trials are but light and momentary, by perfecting His strength in our weakness, by bringing to our remembrance that many precious words of the Lord Jesus, by communicating to us the things of God, by lifting our hearts above the world, and by pointing us to a home of rest and glory beyond the skies where tribulation and anguish and death never come. Yes, by His divine power thus operating on our minds, He enables us to look far beyond the present. He directs faith's far- reaching eye to our Father's house and the fountains of immortal life flowing through those sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, the site of which makes us long to be there, that we may see Jesus as He is and taste His goodness on the shores of the promised land.