God, the Holy Spirit Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? —1 Corinthians 3:16 Our blunder (or shall we frankly say our sin?) has been to neglect the doctrine of the Spirit to a point where we virtually deny Him His place in the Godhead. This denial has not been by open doctrinal statement, for we have clung closely enough to the biblical position wherever our credal pronouncements are concerned. Our formal creed is sound; the breakdown is in our working creed. This is not a trifling distinction. A doctrine has practical value only as far as it is prominent in our thoughts and makes a difference in our lives. By this test the doctrine of the Holy Spirit as held by evangelical Christians today has almost no practical value at all. In most Christian churches the Spirit is quite entirely overlooked. Whether He is present or absent makes no real difference to anyone. Brief reference is made to Him in the doxology and the benediction. Further than that He might as well not exist. So completely do we ignore Him that it is only by courtesy that we can be called Trinitarian. The Christian doctrine of the Trinity boldly declares the equality of the Three Persons and the right of the Holy Spirit to be worshiped and glorified. Anything less than this is something less than Trinitarianism. POM060-061 Father, help me to be conscious of the Holy Spirit within me today. I yield my temple to Him, that He might indeed make a difference in my life. Amen. Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-Day Devotional.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:27:42 +0000
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