The Holy Spirit (John Owen)

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. Originally published in 1674 as Pneumatologia, or A Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit, it is a massive work, taking up 650 pages in the Banner of Truth edition of Owen's Works (volume 3).

It deals with the name, nature, personality, and operations of the Spirit, and urges the necessity of gospel holiness as distinct from mere human morality. The work is both doctrinal and pastoral in character. The very length and exhaustiveness of the original book could easily deter us from attempting to read it, but this abridged and modernized version, like the other Owen volumes in the Puritan Paperback series, will make Owen's teaching more accessible to modern readers.

This edition has been abridged and made easy to read by Dr R. J. K. Law.

Table of Contents

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 to 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

Product Details

Title: The Holy Spirit

Author: John Owen

Publisher: Banner of Truth

Pages: 248

Binding: Paperback

Size: 18.1 x 12.0 x 1.4 cm

ISBN: 9781800402126