The Work of the Holy Spirit

After three-quarters of a century, Dr. Abraham Kuyper's exhaustive study of the work of the Holy Spirit -- now available for the first time in a paperback edition -- still stands undiminished as a comprehensive Protestant statement about a central but much-misunderstood part of the Christian faith.

Few men of his era accomplished as much in as many diverse areas of human life as Abraham Kuyper. When he died at 82 in 1920, he was one of the Netherlands' most famous citizens. As pastor, educator, author, editor, and politician, he was tireless in his efforts to apply the Christian faith to every department of life, and thus earned the esteem of his countrymen and the respect of many beyond the borders of Holland. He was the founder of the Free (Reformed) University of Amsterdam in 1880, and served from 1901 to 1905 as Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Preface	p. ix
Explanatory Notes to the American Edition	p. xv
Partial List of the Works of Dr. Kuyper	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxv

Introduction
Careful Treatment Required	p. 3
Two Standpoints	p. 8
The Indwelling and Outgoing Works of God	p. 13
The Work of the Holy Spirit Distinguished	p. 18
The Creation
The Principle of Life in the Creature	p. 22
The Host of Heaven and of Earth	p. 27
The Creaturely Man	p. 32
Gifts and Talents	p. 38
Re-Creation
Creation and Re-Creation	p. 43
Organic and Individual	p. 48
The Church Before and After Christ	p. 52
The Holy Scripture of the Old Testament
The Holy Scripture	p. 56
The Scripture a Necessity	p. 60
The Revelation to Which the Scripture of the Old Testament Owes Its Existence	p. 65
The Revelation of the Old Testament in Writing	p. 70
Inspiration	p. 74
The Incarnation of the Word
Like One of Us	p. 79
Guiltless and Without Sin	p. 84
The Holy Spirit in the Mystery of the Incarnation	p. 88
The Mediator
The Holy Spirit in the Mediator	p. 93
Not Like unto Us	p. 97
The Holy Spirit in the Passion of Christ	p. 102
The Holy Spirit in the Glorified Christ	p. 107
The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit	p. 112
The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Other than in the Old	p. 117
Israel and the Nations	p. 123
The Signs of Pentecost	p. 128
The Miracle of Tongues	p. 133
The Apostolate
The Apostolate	p. 139
The Apostolic Scriptures	p. 146
Apostolic Inspiration	p. 152
Apostles To-Day?	p. 158
The Holy Scriptures in the New Testament
The Holy Scriptures in the New Testament	p. 164
The Need of the New-Testament Scripture	p. 169
The Character of the New-Testament Scripture	p. 174
The Church of Christ
The Church of Christ	p. 179
Spiritual Gifts	p. 184
The Ministry of the Word	p. 190
The Government of the Church	p. 196

Introduction
The Man to be Wrought upon	p. 203
The Work of Grace a Unit	p. 208
Analysis Necessary	p. 213
Image and Likeness	p. 218
Original Righteousness	p. 222
Rome, Socinus, Arminius, Calvin	p. 227
The Neo-Kohlbruggians	p. 232
After the Scriptures	p. 238
The Image of God in Man	p. 242
Adam Not Innocent, but Holy	p. 247
The Sinner to be Wrought Upon
Sin Not Material	p. 252
Sin Not a Mere Negation	p. 258
Sin a Power in Reversed Action	p. 263
Our Guilt	p. 268
Our Unrighteousness	p. 273
Our Death	p. 278
Preparatory Grace
What It Is	p. 283
What It Is Not	p. 288
Regeneration
Old and New Terminology	p. 293
Its Course	p. 299
Regeneration the Work of God	p. 304
The Work of Regeneration	p. 310
Regeneration and Faith	p. 315
Implanting in Christ	p. 322
Not a Divine-Human Nature	p. 327
The Mystical Union with Immanuel	p. 333
Calling and Repentance
The Calling of the Regenerate	p. 338
The Coming of the Called	p. 343
Conversion of All that Come	p. 349
Justification
Justification	p. 354
Our Status	p. 361
Justification from Eternity	p. 367
Certainty of Our Justification	p. 372
Faith
Faith in General	p. 378
Faith and Knowledge	p. 384
Brakel and Comrie	p. 390
Faith in the Sacred Scriptures	p. 397
The Faculty of Faith	p. 402
Defective Learning	p. 407
Faith in the Saved Sinner Alone	p. 415
Testimonies	p. 420

Sanctification
Sanctification	p. 431
Sanctification a Mystery	p. 435
Sanctification and Justification	p. 440
Sanctification and Justification (Continued)	p. 444
Holy Raiment of One's Own Weaving	p. 448
Christ Our Sanctification	p. 452
Application of Sanctification	p. 456
Sanctification in Fellowship with Immanuel	p. 460
Implanted Dispositions	p. 464
Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees	p. 468
The Pietist and the Perfectionist	p. 474
The Old Man and the New	p. 480
The Work of God in Our Work	p. 485
The Person Sanctified	p. 490
Good Works	p. 496
Self-Denial	p. 502
Love
Natural Love	p. 508
Love in the Triune Being of God	p. 513
The Manifestation of Holy Love	p. 517
God the Holy Spirit the Love which Dwells in the Heart	p. 522
The Love of the Holy Spirit in Us	p. 527
Love and the Comforter	p. 532
The Greatest of These Is Love	p. 538
Love in the Blessed Ones	p. 543
The Communion of Saints	p. 548
The Communion of Goods	p. 554
The Communion of Gifts	p. 560
The Suffering of Love	p. 565
Love in the Old Covenant	p. 570
Organically One	p. 575
The Hardening Operation of Love	p. 580
The Love which Withers	p. 584
The Hardening in the Sacred Scripture	p. 589
Temporary Hardening	p. 594
The Hardening of Nations	p. 598
The Apostolic Love	p. 603
The Sin Against the Holy Ghost	p. 608
Christ or Satan	p. 613
Prayer
The Essence of Prayer	p. 618
Prayer and the Consciousness	p. 623
Prayer in the Unconverted	p. 629
The Prayer of the Regenerated	p. 636
Prayer for and with Each Other	p. 643
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