The Ministry of the Spirit

by Adoniram Judson Gordon

Publisher:

American Baptist Publication Society

, 1894

Overview

In The Ministry of the Spirit, A. J. Gordon emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is present in the contemporaneous church, and that Christians are living under the dispensation of the Spirit, now.

Contents

Top Highlights

“the church, but the heavenly Christ,—the Christ re-invested with his eternal power, re-clothed” (Page 41)

“ a word, as God the Son fulfills to men the work of God the Father, so God the” (Page 27)

“As the Father revealed himself through the Son, so the Son by the Holy Spirit now reveals himself through the church; as Christ was the image of the invisible God, so the church is appointed to be the image of the invisible Christ; and his members, when they are glorified with him, shall be the express image of his person.” (Pages 24–25)

“This promise was fulfilled at Pentecost, and the first two Persons of the Godhead now hold residence in the church through the Third.” (Page 20)

“An unsanctified church dishonors the Lord, especially by its incongruity. A noble” (Page 59)

Product Details

• Title: The Ministry of the Spirit
• Author: Adoniram Judson Gordon
• Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
• Print Publication Date: 1894
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Holy Spirit
• Resource ID: LLS:HLYSPRTGORDON02
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:53:01Z

About Adoniram Judson Gordon

Adoniram Judson (A. J.) Gordon (1836–1895) came to prominence in the United States as the evangelical pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church in Boston for more than twenty-five years. During his tenure there, he saw the church completely transformed into one of the most spiritual and aggressive churches in America, with an unsurpassed effort in missions. A missionary training school and publishing house were associated with the church, and Gordon preached at many of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Conferences, along with other notable preachers such as A. B. Simpson, A. T. Pierson, and R. A. Torrey. His training school eventually became Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He also founded Gordon College, in Wenham, Massachusetts. He wrote his most famous book, The Ministry of Healing, in 1882, but he also wrote at least fifteen hymns, including “My Jesus, I Love Thee,” as well as other books of Christian instruction.