The Acts of the Holy Spirit
Overview
The Acts of the Holy Spirit examines the book of Acts with two goals in mind: first, to trace the Lord’s unseen but actual continuance of divine teaching and working; and secondly, to trace the active ministry of the Holy Spirit as the abiding presence in the church.
Top Highlights
“Matthew exhibits him as the ‘Wonderful’ Messianic King; Luke as the gracious human ‘Counselor’*; Mark as the ‘Mighty God,’ the miracle-worker; John as the ‘Everlasting Father,’ in his essential nature; and in the Acts we have him as the ‘Prince of Peace,’ ascended to his throne and sending the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, as his ascension gift to believers, to conduct, in his name and behalf, the great work and warfare of this dispensation, the age of outgathering from all nations.” (Page 7)
“The Acts of the Apostles should therefore be studied mainly for this double purpose: first, to trace our Lord’s unseen but actual continuance of his divine teaching and working; and, secondly, to trace the active ministry of the Holy Spirit as the abiding presence in the church. For it must be observed that Luke’s former treatise of ‘all that Jesus began both to do and teach’ implies that this latter treatise has to do with what he continues to do and teach, in the person of the Paraclete.” (Page 8)
“God cares little for numerical increase in church-membership, but much for all real additions to himself and his mystical body in Christ; and to such body only the Holy Spirit can make any real addition.” (Page 31)
“the hand of the Lord. The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit, and a sword needs a hand to grasp, hold, and wield it; the truth of God is a hammer, and needs a hand to give effectiveness to its blows. If vessels are to be molded and fitted for service, a hand must do the shaping and filling and carrying. Surely wherever the gospel is triumphant it is the Holy Spirit who is the hand of the Lord, breaking hard hearts with his hammer, piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit with his sword, molding vessels unto honor for the Master’s use upon his potter’s wheel.” (Page 91)
- Title: The Acts of the Holy Spirit
- Author: Arthur Tappan Pierson
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
- Print Publication Date: 1895
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Holy Spirit › Biblical teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:ACTSHSPIERSON
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:59:59Z