Anyone wishing to honor the Spirit would do well to honor the Scriptures he inspired and means to illuminate. The Spirit will unpack the things that are to come, insofar as he will reveal to the apostles see v. The Spirit, speaking for the Father and the Son, would help the apostles remember what Jesus said and understand the true meaning of who Jesus is and what he accomplished John This means that the Spirit is responsible for the truths the apostles preached and that in turn were written down in what we now call the New Testament.
To insist on exegetical precision, theological rigor, and careful attention to the word of God should never be denigrated as stuffing our heads full of knowledge, let alone as somehow opposed to the real work of the Spirit. Third, we grieve the Holy Spirit when we suggest he is jealous of our focus on Christ. He speaks only what he hears John He declares what he is given; his mission is to glorify another John All three persons of the Trinity are fully God, yet in the divine economy the Son makes known the Father and the Spirit glorifies the Son.
Yes, it is a terrible thing to be ignorant about the Spirit and unwise to overlook the indispensable role he plays in our lives. But we must not think we can focus on Christ too much, or that when we exalt Christ to the glory of God the Father that somehow the Spirit is sulking off in the corner. The Spirit means to shine a light on Christ; he is not envious to stand in the light himself.
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Stay in Touch. Coram Deo Just as we experience the joy of restoration upon repentance, so we makeamends for grieving the Spirit when we turn from our sin and seek to do Hiswill. When we sin against the gospel. When we slight Christ in the gospel.
Christ is who the Spirit is most passionate about. When we have a corrupt judgment of things. When there is plotting and contriving. To wound your conscience and to plan out a course of sin is terribly grievous to the Spirit. When we commit sins which were easily avoidable. Sibbes, likely has in mind the fool in Proverbs who walks by the harlots home.
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