Category: Writings by R. A. Torrey
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 22, The Work of the Holy Spirit In Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ Himself is the one perfect manifestation in history of the complete work of the Holy Spirit in man. 1. Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit. We read in Luke i. 35, Revised Version, And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee; and the…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 21, The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles.
The work of the Holy Spirit in apostles and prophets is an entirely distinctive work. He imparts to apostles and prophets an especial gift for an especial purpose. We read in 1 Corinthians xii. 4, 8-11, 28, 29, Revised Version, Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit…. For to one is given…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 20, The Baptism With the Holy Spirit.
One of the most deeply significant phrases used in connection with the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures is baptized with the Holy Ghost. John the Baptist was the first to use this phrase. In speaking of himself and the coming One he said, I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 19, The Holy Spirit and the Believer’s Body.
The Holy Spirit does a work for our bodies as well as for our minds and hearts. We read in Romans viii. 11, Revised Version, But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 4, The Subordination of the Spirit to the Father and to the Son.
From the fact that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, it does not follow that the Holy Spirit is in every sense equal to the Father. While the Scriptures teach that in Jesus Christ dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead in a bodily form (Colossians 2:9) and that…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 18, The Holy Spirit Sending Men Forth to Definite Lines of Work.
We read in Acts xiii. 2-4, As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 17, Praying, Returning Thanks, Worshipping in the Holy Spirit.
Two of the most deeply significant passages in the Bible on the subject of the Holy Spirit and on the subject of prayer are found in Jude 20 and Ephesians vi. 18. In Jude 20 we read, But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, and in Ephesians vi. 18, Praying always with…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 16, The Holy Spirit as a Teacher.
Our Lord Jesus in His last conversation with His disciples before His crucifixion said, But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (John xiv. 26).…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 15, The Holy Spirit Bearing Witness to our Sonship.
One of the most precious passages in the Bible regarding the work of the Holy Spirit is found in Romans viii. 15, 16, Revised Version, For ye received not the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself beareth witness…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 14, The Holy Spirit Guiding the Believer Into a Life as a Son.
The Apostle Paul writes in Romans viii. 14, Revised Version, For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. In this passage we see the Holy Spirit taking the conduct of the believer’s life. A true Christian life is a personally conducted life, conducted at every…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 13, The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character.
There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Galatians v. 22, 23, Revised Version, The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Paul tells us that they…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 12, The Holy Spirit Forming Christ Within Us.
It is a wonderful and deeply significant prayer that Paul offers in Ephesians iii. 16-19 for the believers in Ephesus and for all believers who read the Epistle. Paul writes, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that He…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 11, The Holy Spirit Setting the Believer Free From the Power of Indwelling Sin.
In Romans viii. 2 the Apostle Paul writes, The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. What the law of sin and death is we learn from the preceding chapter, the ninth to the twenty-fourth verses. Paul tells us that there…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 10, The Indwelling Spirit Fully and Forever Satisfying.
The Holy Spirit takes up His abode in the one who is born of the Spirit. The Apostle Paul says to the believers in Corinth in 1 Corinthians iii. 16, Revised Version, Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? This passage…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 9, The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit.
The Apostle Paul in Titus iii. 5, Revised Version, writes, Not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. In these words we are taught that the Holy Spirit renews men, or makes men new,…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 8, The Holy Spirit Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ.
When our Lord was talking to His disciples on the night before His crucifixion of the Comforter who after His departure was to come to take His place, He said, But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 7, The Holy Spirit Convicting the World of Sin, of Righteousness and of Judgment.
Our salvation begins experimentally with our being brought to a profound sense that we need a Saviour. The Holy Spirit is the One who brings us to this realization of our need. We read in John xvi. 8-11, Revised Version, And He, when He is come, will convict the world in respect…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 6, The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Material Universe.
There are many who think of the work of the Holy Spirit as limited to man. But God reveals to us in His Word that the Holy Spirit’s work has a far wider scope than this. We are taught in the Bible that the Holy Spirit has a threefold work…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 5, The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names.
At least twenty-five different names are used in the Old and New Testaments in speaking of the Holy Spirit. There is the deepest significance in these names. By the careful study of them, we find a wonderful revelation of the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. 1. The Spirit. The…
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 3, The Distinction of the Holy Spirit from the Father and from His Son, Jesus Christ.
We have seen thus far that the Holy Spirit is a Person and a Divine Person. And now another question arises, Is He as a Person separate and distinct from the Father and from the Son? One who carefully studies the New Testament statements cannot but discover that beyond a…
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