King's Business - 1922-01

Deity o f tne JHioly) Spirit nality and Divine Attributes of the Spirit and the Divine Works Attributed to Him By DR. EDWARD BICKERSTETH, 1871

adore the presence^ of the same Spirit. Go where you will, He is there. He fills heaven and earth. He is Omniscient. Not only, as be­ fore proved, is the Holy Spirit a per­ sonal Being possessed of intelligent un­ derstanding; but His knowledge em­ braces infinity and spans eternity, Jesus says, “No one knoweth the Son but the Father, neither knoweth any one the Father save the Son.” But of the Divine Spirit we read, “ The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the depths of God; for what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.” Thus He alone, with the infinite Son, comprehends the incomprehensible Je­ hovah. The most intimate counsels, yea, the essential depths of Deity are open to His scrutiny. By His knowl­ edge as embracing the past He has re-, vealed in the Scriptures, which are written by His inspiration, things which took place before men drew breath, and even before the foundations of the world were laid: and by His prescience of the future He discloses “ things to come.” Thus He answers Jehovah’s challenge, “Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? de­ clare, if thou hast understanding,” etc.: and thinks it not robbery to share the glory'of Him who says, “ Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me declaring the end from the beginning and £rom ancient times the things which are not yet done, say­ ing, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.” Yesterday, today.

personality of the Holy jst has been proved to rest the firmest and widest ba- of Scripture testimony. It

remains for us to consider the proof of His essential Deity. This is a distinct subject of inquiry. 1. The Holy Spirit’s attributes are those of Godhead. He is Omnipresent. For this I first appeal to the direct testimony of the Psalmist. “ Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there.” Having already proved the personality of the Spirit, this Scripture affirms His omnipresence, for it declares it to be impossible to find any spot, however re­ mote, in the boundless universe from which He is absent. And the same truth appears from the gracious work He is carrying on in ten thousand thou­ sand hearts, not on earth only, but also in heaven, at one and the same time. When the Lord Jesus says, “ Where two or three are gather­ ed together in my name, there am I in the midst of them,” we argue from it, and rightly. His omnipres­ ent Deity. The argument regard­ ing the Holy Spirit is the same. “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?” is the language of every saint in every clime, of the assemblies of God’s peo­ ple, through the length and breadth of Christendom, of those scattered far off among the heathen, of the blessed dead who rest from their labors, of the an­ gels before tho throne. Bach and all

Made with FlippingBook Annual report