HOLY
SPIRIT-SALVATION
In our
evangelism we must be partners with the Holy Spirit, presenting the Gospel but
relying on the Holy Spirit of God to do the true convicting and convincing and
converting.
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Crossway,
2000, p. 16.
There is not
a better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit
The devil
would have Christ prove Himself to be God, by turning stones into bread; but
the Holy Ghost shows His Godhead by turning stones into flesh (Eze. 36:26).
Thomas Watson
The Trinity.
You might as
well expect to raise the dead by whispering in their ears, as hope to save
souls by preaching to them, if it were not for the agency of the Spirit.
C.H. Spurgeon
I shall not
attempt to teach a tiger the virtues of vegetarianism; but I shall as hopefully
attempt that task as I would try to convince an unregenerate man of the truths
revealed by God concerning sin, and righteousness and judgment to come. These spiritual truths are repugnant to
carnal men, and the carnal mind cannot receive the things of God. Gospel truth is diametrically opposed to
fallen nature; and if I have not a power much stronger than that which lies in
moral suasion (persuasion), or in my own explanations and arguments, I have
undertaken a task in which I am sure of defeat….Except the Lord endow us with
power from on high, our labour must be in vain, and
our hopes must end in disappointment.
C.H. Spurgeon
A sinner can no more repent and believe
without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.
C.H. Spurgeon
If God should
please, the Holy Spirit could at this moment make every one of you fall on your
knees, confess your sins, and turn to God.
He is an Almighty Spirit, able to do wonders.
C.H. Spurgeon
Sermons, 3.38.
There has not
only been an objective, public act of divine self-disclosure in the crucifixion
of God’s own Son, but there must be a private work of God by His Spirit, in the
mind and heart of the individual. If we
should express unqualified gratitude to God for the gift of His Son, we should
express no less gratitude for the gift of the Spirit who enables us to grasp the
gospel of His Son…Unless the Spirit enlightens us, God’s thoughts will remain
deeply alien to us.
D.A. Carson
The Cross and Christian Ministry: An
Exposition of Passages from 1 Corinthians, Baker, 1993, p. 52.
We are so
dead, so blind, so perverse, that neither can we feel when we are pricked, see
the light when it shines, nor assent to the will of God when it is revealed,
except the Spirit of the Lord Jesus quicken that which is dead, remove the
darkness from our minds, and bow our stubborn wills to the obedience of the
blessed gospel.
Scottish Confession