“When
God planned the great work of saving sinners, he provided two gifts. He
gave his Son and he gave his Spirit. In fact each person of the Trinity
was involved in the great work of salvation. The love, grace and wisdom
of the Father
planned it; the love, grace and humility of the Son
purchased it; and the love, grace and power of the Holy Spirit
enabled
sinners to believe and receive it.
The first great truth in this work of salvation is that God sent his
Son to take our nature on him and to suffer for us in it. The second
great truth is that God gave his Spirit to bring sinners to faith in
Christ and so be saved.”
— John Owen
The Holy Spirit, ed. R. J. K. Law
(Edinburgh, UK: Banner of Truth, 1998)
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