Alt text: Cover of "The Holy Spirit" by John Owen, featuring a landscape painting with trees and a river, published by Puritan Paperbacks, emphasising Christian teachings.

The Holy Spirit

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Alt text: Cover of "The Holy Spirit" by John Owen, featuring a landscape painting with trees and a river, published by Puritan Paperbacks, emphasising Christian teachings.
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Weight 0.24 kg
Dimensions 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.4 cm
ISBN 9781800402126
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Paperback
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Book
Page Count

216
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Puritan Paperbacks
Original Pub Date

1674
Banner Pub Date

Dec 1, 1998
This Edition

2021

Book Description

Owen on the Holy Spirit, as this work has been known to generations of Christians, was written by the greatest theologian of the Puritan era. It is, without question, one of the truly great Christian books.

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Publisher’s Preface v
1 The Work of the Holy Spirit 1
2 The Spirit of God 6
3 How the Holy Spirit Comes to Us and Does His Work 11
4 The Special Preparatory Works of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament 14
5 The Work of the Holy Spirit in the New Creation 19
6 The Holy Spirit and the Human Nature of Christ 22
7 The Work of the Holy Spirit on the Mystical Body of Christ, His Church 35
8 The Holy Spirit’s Work of Regeneration 43
9 How the Holy Spirit Prepares a Soul for His Work of Regeneration 52
10 How the Mind is Corrupted and Depraved by Sin 56
11 Natural and Spiritual Death Compared 67
12 Regeneration Itself 76
13 The Work of Conversion 94
14 The Nature of Sanctification and Gospel Holiness 99
15 Sanctification a Lifelong Work 105
16 Believers Only are Sanctified 114
17 The Work of Sanctification Itself 121
18 The Work of the Spirit in Purging Believers from Sin 126
19 The Work of the Spirit in Renewing the Spiritual Life of Believers 136
20 The Activities and Duties of Holiness 155
21 Dealing with Sin 163
22 The Necessity of Holiness 179
23 Election a Motive to Holiness 188
24 Commanded to be Holy 195
25 Holiness and the Work of Christ 200
26 Holiness in an Unholy World 204

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  1. Jonathan Morse –

    There may not be any other doctrine that has experienced more doctrinal “drift” or “dilution” than the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. As one blessed to grow up in Bible-believing home, I ashamedly worshiped a Trinity closer to the “Father, Son, and HOLY BIBLE,” neglecting the Holy Spirit in my spiritual conscious and practice. Yet this neglect still permeates the church even at the highest levels. For example, I recently attended the Shepherds Conference where I listened to one pastor preach for an entire hour about the power of God’s Word, while never ONCE mentioning the Holy Spirit. Such a neglect is catastrophic to the sanctification of the church while stealing from the glory of God.

    Here John Owen, arguably the most Trinitarian-focused of the Puritans, lays out one of the most compelling writings on the work of the Holy Spirit and why this doctrine matters in both ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘orthopraxy.” This is not a cold doctrine meant for the mind, but one that should warm the heart and be the ultimate basis of being able to boldly come daily before the throne of grace.

    John Owen begins by saying that the Holy Spirit is the person of the Godhead who “carries out all that God has planned.” While making it clear that as the triune God, the Trinity is involved in every action, “yet at the same time each person has a special role to fulfill in that work.” This is beautifully seen in the gift of salvation, where the Father’s “special role” was to plan it, the Son’s to purchase it, and the Holy Spirit to enable sinners to receive it. Regarding this later role, Owen describes it as being the “good wine which was kept to the last” (Isa. 35:7, 44:3, Joel 2:28, Ezek. 11:19; 36:27).

    Owen’s thesis is to explain that there are three things necessary to “fit man for life with God.” He must be able to 1. Know the mind and will of God, 2. Have a heart that desires and loves the will of God, and 3. Have the ability to carry out the will of God. Because all three of these faculties were lost when sin entered the world, the Holy Spirit is the decisive actor in making man fit for communion with God.

    I especially loved how Owen systematically described the integral work of the Holy Spirit in the entire ministry of Jesus Christ. I’ve often unintentionally imagined Christ as the God man carrying out his works on earth independent of any reliance on the Spirit. Yet this could not be further from the truth and serves as a compelling example to us on our pilgrimage of the primacy of the Holy Spirit’s work in EVERY act of ours.

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