WEEK 50
DWELL SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS
The Holy Spirit is our Guide, not only to show us the way, but to go with us by continued aids and influences. To be led into a truth is more than barely to know it; it is not only to have the notion of it in our heads, but the relish, and savour, and power of it in our hearts.1
"[T]he Helper, the Holy Spirit will teach you all things." (John 14:26 ESV).
'The abiding Indweller, the Spirit, is perpetually admonishing, leading, drawing, and constraining the soul."2
It is the Holy Spirit who guides us into the right path for us to walk and convicts us of our sin if we stray from that path. It is the Holy Spirit who reminds us of the truth of God's Word and teaches us how to apply God's Word to our daily lives. It is the Holy Spirit who works in us to conform us to the image of Christ Jesus, and who works through us to minister the presence and power of Christ to others.3
"We are lacking in great doctrinal hymns concerning the Holy Spirit and His work. [T]hese hymns that beseech Him to come into the Church and to come upon us, and to do this and that – are thoroughly unscriptural."4
The below hymn "which as a plea for spiritual realism, responsiveness, repentance, righteousness, and reviving of spirit in and through Christ is as near perfect as we are ever likely to get."5 The verses are almost verbatim from the hymn, "Come, Holy Spirit, Come."
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Dwell Spirit in our hearts, show us that loving Man
The Lord of Hosts, the Mighty God, the Eternal Prince of Peace.
Convince us of our sin, then lead to Jesus's blood,
And to our won'dring view reveal the secret love of God
'Tis thine to cleanse the heart, to sanctify the soul,
to pour fresh life in ev'ry part, and new-create the whole.
Revive our drooping faith, our doubts and fears remove.
Then shall we know, and praise, and love, the Father, Son, and Thee.6
"Humans become like what they adore. The Spirit works to foster adoration of Christ so that people will become like him. Thus, sanctification flows from adoration, and both are accomplished by the Spirit in the believer's life."7
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ENDNOTES
(50) Go With the SPIRIT
1. Matthew Henry, "Complete Commentary on John 16," 1706, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 09 April 2021 https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/mhm/john-16.html.
2. Octavius Winslow, Evening Thoughts (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2005) August 9th.
3. Charles F. Stanley, Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2005) ix.
4. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Great Doctrines of the Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2003) 2:6.
5. J.I. Packer, Keep in Step With the Spirit (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1984) 261-262.
6. Joseph Hart, "Come, Holy Spirit, Come," 1759, Hymnary, 09 April 2021 https://hymnary.org/text/come_holy_spirit_come_let_thy_bright_bea.
7. ESV Study Bible, English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001, ESV Text Edition: 2011) 2521.
8. "Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. . . ." (Psalm 127:1 ESV).
9. " . . . all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. . . ." (Isaiah 64:6 ESV).
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