when, in arguing against sins of the flesh, he affirms that the body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and also declares of it that the temple of GOD is holy.  Divine properties are ascribed to the Holy Spirit.  Thus Omnipotence is attributed to Him—­“The Spirit shall quicken your mortal bodies",[169] Omniscience—­“The Spirit searcheth all things",[170] Omnipresence—­“Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?"[171] Divinity is attributed to the third Person in the statement that “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,"[172] taken in connection with the other statement, “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God."[173]

Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and, because of this, though born of a woman, He was in His human nature the Son of God.  “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee ... therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."[174] Each of the three Persons has part in the work of redemption.  The Father gave the Son, and accepted Him as man’s Sinbearer and Sacrifice; the Son gave Himself, and assumed human nature that He might suffer and die in the room and stead of sinners, and the Holy Ghost applies to men the work of redeeming love, taking of the things of Christ and making them known,[175] till they produce repentance, faith, and salvation.  The Father’s gift of the Son and the Son’s sacrifice of Himself are of the past; the work of the Holy Spirit has gone on day by day, ever since the risen and glorified Redeemer sent Him to make His people ready for the place which He is preparing for them.  It is through Him that we understand the Scriptures, and receive power to fear God and keep His commandments.  He comes to human hearts, and when He enters He banishes discord and bestows happiness and peace.  Then with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and the fruits of the Spirit are manifested in his life.  The love of the Father and the redemption secured by the Son’s Incarnation and Passion fail to affect us if we have not our share in the Spirit’s sanctification.  There is a sense in which the Holy Ghost comes nearer to us, if we may so speak, than the other Persons of the Godhead.  If we are true believers, the Holy Ghost is enthroned in our hearts.  “He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."[176] Our bodies become the temples of the Holy Ghost.[177] It is through Him that the Father and the Son come and make their abode in the faithful.[178] We are made “an habitation of God through the Spirit."[179] “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."[180] When we consider the work He carries on in convicting men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, and in converting, guiding, and comforting those whom He influences, we can understand that it was expedient for us that Christ should go away, in order that the Comforter might come.[181] If we are receiving and resting on Jesus as our Saviour, then His Spirit is within us as the earnest of our inheritance.[182]