The-Person-and-Work-of-the-Holy-Spirit-by-R.A.-Torrey (continued)
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The Work" of the Holy Spirit In Jesus Christ
CHRIST Himself is the one perfect manifestation in history of the complete work of the
JESUS
Holy Spirit in man.
1 . Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit. We read in Luke i. 35, R. V., " And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee; and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee : wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God." As we have already seen, in regeneration the believer is begotten of God, but Jesus Christ was begotten of God in His original generation. He is the only begotten Son of God (John iii. 16). It was entirely by the Spirit's power working in Mary that the Son of God was formed within her. The regenerated man has a carnal nature received from his earthly father and a new nature imparted by God. Jesus Christ had only the one holy nature, that which in man is called the new nature.
Nevertheless, He was a real man as He had a human mother.
2. Jesus Christ led a holy and spotless life and offered
Himself without spot to God through the working of the Holy Spirit. We read in Heb. ix. 14, u How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal