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The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, pastor, and statesman. He founded the Free University of Amsterdam, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, edited a daily newspaper, and served as prime minister from 1901 to 1905. His Princeton Stone Lectures, published as Calvinism, and his great work The Work of the Holy Spirit are both in our library, along with many of his meditations.

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First published
1900
Category
Theology
Length
253k words · about 17 hours
Chapters
128

About this book

Abraham Kuyper's major treatise on the person and work of the Holy Spirit, published in English in 1900. Kuyper traces the Spirit's work from creation and the Old Testament through regeneration, sanctification, and the gifts given to the church. A substantial statement of Reformed pneumatology from the leader of the Dutch neo-Calvinist movement.

Contents

  1. Preface of the Author
  2. Explanatory notes to the American edition
  3. Introductory Note
  4. Preface of the Author
  5. I. Careful Treatment Required
  6. II. Two Standpoints.
  7. III. The indwelling and outgoing works of God.
  8. IV. The work of the Holy Spirit distinguished.
  9. V. The principle of life in the creature
  10. VI. The Host of Heaven and of Earth.
  11. VII. The Creaturely Man
  12. VIII. Gifts and Talents 🔒
  13. IX. Creation and Re-Creation 🔒
  14. X. Organic and Individual 🔒
  15. XI. The Church Before and After Christ 🔒
  16. XII. The Holy Scripture 🔒
  17. XIII. The Scripture a Necessity 🔒
  18. XIV. The Revelation to Which the Scripture of the Old Testament Owes Its Existence 🔒
  19. XV. The Revelation of the Old Testament in Writing 🔒
  20. XVI. Inspiration 🔒
  21. XVII. Like One of Us 🔒
  22. XVIII. Guiltless and Without Sin. 🔒
  23. XIX. The Holy Spirit in the Mystery of the Incarnation 🔒
  24. XX. The Holy Spirit in the Mediator 🔒
  25. XXI. Not Like unto Us 🔒
  26. XXII. The Holy Spirit in the Passion of Christ 🔒
  27. XXIII. The Holy Spirit in the Glorified Christ 🔒
  28. XXIV. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit 🔒
  29. XXV. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Other than in the Old 🔒
  30. XXVI. Israel and the Nations 🔒
  31. XXVII. The Signs of Pentecost 🔒
  32. XXVIII. The Miracle of Tongues 🔒
  33. XXIX. The Apostolate 🔒
  34. XXX. The Apostolic Scriptures 🔒
  35. XXXI. Apostolic Inspiration 🔒
  36. XXXII. Apostles To-Day? 🔒
  37. XXXIII. The Holy Scriptures in the New Testament 🔒
  38. XXXIV. The Need of the New Testament Scripture 🔒
  39. XXXV. The Character of the New Testament Scripture 🔒
  40. XXXVI. The Church of Christ 🔒
  41. XXXVII. Spiritual Gifts 🔒
  42. XXXVIII. The Ministry of the Word 🔒
  43. XXXIX. The Government of the Church 🔒
  44. I. The Man to be Wrought upon. 🔒
  45. II. The Work of Grace a Unit. 🔒
  46. III. Analysis Necessary 🔒
  47. IV. Image and Likeness 🔒
  48. V. Original Righteousness 🔒
  49. VI. Rome, Socinus, Arminius, Calvin 🔒
  50. VII. The Neo-Kohlbruggians 🔒
  51. VIII. After the Scripture 🔒
  52. IX. The Image of God in Man 🔒
  53. X. Adam Not Innocent, but Holy 🔒
  54. XI. Sin Not Material 🔒
  55. XII. Sin Not a Mere Negation 🔒
  56. XIII. Sin a Power in Reversed Action 🔒
  57. XIV. Our Guilt 🔒
  58. XV. Our Unrighteousness 🔒
  59. XVI. Our Death. 🔒
  60. XVII. What Is It? 🔒
  61. XVIII. What It Is Not. 🔒
  62. XIX. Old and New Terminology 🔒
  63. XX. Its Course 🔒
  64. XXI. Regeneration the Work of God. 🔒
  65. XXII. The Work of Regeneration. 🔒
  66. XXIII. Regeneration and Faith. 🔒
  67. XXIV. Implanting in Christ 🔒
  68. XXV. Not a Divine-Human Nature 🔒
  69. XXVI. The Mystical Union with Immanuel 🔒
  70. XXVII. The Calling of the Regenerate 🔒
  71. XXVIII. The Coming of the Called 🔒
  72. XXIX. Conversion of All That Come 🔒
  73. XXX. Justification 🔒
  74. XXXI. Our Status 🔒
  75. XXXII. Justification from Eternity. 🔒
  76. XXXIII. Certainty of Our Justification. 🔒
  77. XXXIV. Faith in General. 🔒
  78. XXXV. Faith and Knowledge 🔒
  79. XXXVI. Brakel and Comrie. 🔒
  80. XXXVII. Faith and the Sacred Scriptures. 🔒
  81. XXXVIII. The Faculty of Faith 🔒
  82. XXXIX. Defective Learning 🔒
  83. XL. Faith in the Saved Sinner Alone 🔒
  84. XLI. Testimonies 🔒
  85. I. Sanctification 🔒
  86. II. Sanctification Is a Mystery 🔒
  87. III. Sanctification and Justification 🔒
  88. IV. Sanctification and Justification (Continued) 🔒
  89. V. Holy Raiment of One's Own Weaving 🔒
  90. VI. Christ Our Sanctification 🔒
  91. VII. Application of Sanctification 🔒
  92. VIII. Sanctification in Fellowship with Immanuel 🔒
  93. IX. Implanted Dispositions. 🔒
  94. X. Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees. 🔒
  95. XI. The Pietist and the Perfectionist. 🔒
  96. XII. The Old Man and the New. 🔒
  97. XIII. The Work of God in Our Work 🔒
  98. XIV. The Person Sanctified 🔒
  99. XV. Good Works 🔒
  100. XVI. Self-Denial 🔒
  101. Second Chapter. LOVE 🔒
  102. XVIII. Love in the Triune Being of God. 🔒
  103. XIX. The Manifestation of Holy Love 🔒
  104. XX. God the Holy Spirit the Love which Dwells in the Heart. 🔒
  105. XXI.The Love of the Holy Spirit in Us. 🔒
  106. XXII. Love and the Comforter. 🔒
  107. XXIII. The Greatest of These is Love. 🔒
  108. XXIV. Love in the Blessed Ones. 🔒
  109. XXV. The Communion of Saints. 🔒
  110. XXVI. The Communion of Goods. 🔒
  111. XXVII. The Communion of Gifts. 🔒
  112. XXVIII. The Suffering of Love. 🔒
  113. XXIX. Love in the Old Covenant. 🔒
  114. XXX. Organically One. 🔒
  115. XXXI. The Hardening Operation of Love 🔒
  116. XXXII. The Love Which Withers 🔒
  117. XXXIII. The Hardening in the Sacred Scripture. 🔒
  118. XXXIV. Temporary Hardening 🔒
  119. XXXV. The Hardening of Nations 🔒
  120. XXXVI. The Apostolic Love 🔒
  121. XXXVII. The Sin Against the Holy Ghost 🔒
  122. XXXVIII. Christ or Satan 🔒
  123. XXXIX. The Essence of Prayer 🔒
  124. XL. Prayer and the Consciousness 🔒
  125. XLI. Prayer and the Unconverted 🔒
  126. XLII. The Praer of the Regenerated 🔒
  127. XLIII. Prayer for and with Each Other 🔒
  128. Subject Index 🔒

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