Sixth, There is a striking
analogy between the relations of
the Spirit to the perfect human
nature of Christ, and His
relations to those who are made
partakers of the divine nature.
(1). Christ as a man was born of
the Spirit:
Matt. i. 18-20.—Now the
birth of Jesus Christ was on
this wise: When as his
mother Mary was espoused to
Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband,
being a just man, and not
willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put
her away privily. But while
he thought on these things,
behold the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a
dream, saying, Joseph, thou
son of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy
wife: for that which is
conceived in her is of the
Holy Ghost.
Luke i. 35.—And the angel
answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of
the Highest shall overshadow
thee: therefore also that
holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called
the Son of God.
Heb. x. 5.—Wherefore, when
he cometh into the world, he
saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not,
but a body hast thou
prepared me:
(2). He was anointed and sealed
with the Spirit:
Matt. iii. 16.—And Jesus,
when he was baptized, went
up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens
were opened unto him, and he
saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and
lighting upon him.
Mark i. 10.—And straightway
coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens opened,
and the Spirit like a dove
descending upon him.
Luke iii. 22.—And the Holy
Ghost descended in a bodily
shape like a dove upon him,
and a voice came from
heaven, which said, Thou art
my beloved Son; in thee I am
well pleased.
John i. 32, 33.—And John
bare record, saying, I saw
the Spirit descending from
heaven like a dove, and it
abode upon him. And I knew
him not: but he that sent me
to baptize with water, the
same said unto me, Upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on
him, the same is he which
baptizeth with the Holy
Ghost.
John vi. 27.—Labour not for
the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting
life, which the Son of man
shall give unto you: for him
hath God the Father sealed.
Acts x. 38.—How God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power:
who went about doing good,
and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for
God was with him.
(3). He was led by the Spirit:
Matt. iv. 1.—Then was Jesus
led up of the Spirit into
the wilderness to be tempted
of the devil.
Mark i. 12.—And immediately
the Spirit driveth him into
the wilderness.
Luke iv. 1.—And Jesus being
full of the Holy Ghost
returned from Jordan, and
was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness.
(4). He acted in the power of
the Spirit:
Matt. xii. 28.—But if I cast
out devils by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God
is come unto you.
Luke iv. 14, 18, 19.—And
Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit into Galilee:
and there went out a fame of
him through all the region
round about. * * * * The
Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he hath anointed
me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are
bruised, to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord.
John iii. 34.—For he whom
God hath sent speaketh the
words of God: for God giveth
not the Spirit by measure
unto him.
Acts i. 2.—Until the day in
which he was taken up, after
that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments
unto the apostles whom he
had chosen.
(5). He was justified by the
Spirit:
Rom. i. 4.—And declared to
be the Son of God with
power, according to the
Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead.
I Tim. iii. 16.—And without
controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God
was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached
unto the Gentiles, believed
on in the world, received up
into glory.
(6). He offered Himself by the
Spirit:
Heb, ix. 14.—How much more
shall the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself
without spot to God, purge
your con science from dead
works to serve the living
God?
(7). He was raised up by the
Spirit:
Rom. viii. 11.—But if the
Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up
Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.
1 Pet. iii. 18.—For Christ
also hath once suffered for
sins, the just for the
unjust, that he might bring
us to God, being put to
death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit. See
also
Isa, xi. 2.—And the Spirit
of the LORD shall rest upon
him, the spirit of wisdom
and under standing, the
spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the LORD.
Rev. iii. 1.—And unto the
angel of the church in
Sardis write; These things
saith he that hath the seven
Spirits of God, and the
seven stars; I know thy
works, that thou hast a name
that thou livest, and art
dead.
So Christians are
(1). Born of the Spirit:
John iii. 5, 6, 8.—Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man
be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into
the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh
is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is
spirit. * * * * The wind
bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell
whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is
every one that is born of
the Spirit.
Tit. iii. 5.—Not by works of
righteousness which we have
done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost,
(2). They are anointed and
sealed with the Spirit:
II Cor. i. 22.—Who hath also
sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.
II Cor. v. 5.—Now he that
hath wrought us for the
selfsame thing is God, who
also hath given unto us the
earnest of the Spirit.
Eph. i. 13.—In whom ye also
trusted, after that ye heard
the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in
whom also, after that ye
believed, ye were sealed
with that Holy Spirit of
promise.
1 John ii. 27—But the
anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in
you, and ye need not that
any man teach you: but as
the same anointing teacheth
you of all things, and is
truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him.
(3). They are led by the Spirit:
Rom. viii. 4, 14.—That the
righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God.
I Cor. vi. 19, 20.—What!
know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are
not your own? for ye are
bought with a price: there
fore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit,
which are God's.
Gal. v. 16–18.—This I say
then, Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh. For the
flesh lusteth against the
Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh: and these
are contrary the one to the
other; so that ye cannot do
the. things that ye would.
But if ye be led of the
Spirit, ye are not under the
law.
(4). They act in the power of
the Spirit:
John vii. 38, 39.—He that
believeth on me, as the
Scripture hath said, out of
his belly shall flow rivers
of living water. (But this
spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believe on
him should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet
given; because that Jesus
was not yet glorified.)
Acts i. 8.—But ye shall
receive power, after that
the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea,
and in Samaria, and unto the
utter most part of the
earth.
Rom. viii. 26.—Likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not
what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit
itself maketh intercession
for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
(5). They are justified by the
Spirit:
I Cor. vi, 11.—And such were
some of you: hut ye are
washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
(6). They offer themselves unto
God through the Spirit:
Rom, xv. 16.—That I should
be the minister of Jesus
Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of
God, that the offering up of
the Gentiles might be
acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost.
I Cor. xii. 3-13. Gal. iv.
4-6.—But when the fulness of
the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law,
to redeem them that were
under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of
sons. And because ye are
sons, God hath sent forth
the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father.
Gal. v. 25.—If we live in
the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
I Pet. i. 2, 22.—Elect
according to the fore
knowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of
the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood
of Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be
multiplied. * * * * Seeing
ye have purified your souls
in obeying the truth through
the Spirit, unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, see
that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently.
(7). They are raised up by the
Spirit:
Rom. viii. 11.—But if the
Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in
he that raised up Christ
from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth
in you. you,
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