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Ray Pritchard

Only the Holy Spirit can show us spiritual truth. Anyone can hear the facts, study other people’s teaching, and gain something of an intellectual understanding about the meaning of Scripture. But apart from the Holy Spirit, the Bible will utterly fail to penetrate and transform the human heart. With the Spirit of God comes illumination – true understanding of what has been written. Every believer has the Holy Spirit, the One who inspired the writers of Scripture, and without His illuminating ministry to us, the truth of Scripture could not penetrate our hearts and minds… However, the Holy Spirit’s illuminating ministry cannot replace conscientious study. They work together. We should keep in mind that God Himself requires that we be diligent (2 Tim. 2:15). As we explore Scripture carefully and thoroughly, the Holy Spirit uses whatever tools we acquire, whatever godly wisdom we expose ourselves to, as the means to illuminate our hearts.
John MacArthur

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    EXCELLENCY and Glory of the Chu

    EXCELLENCY and Glory of the Church, The

    1. Derived from God # Isa 28:5
    2. Derived from Christ # Isa 60:1 Lu 2:34
    3. Result from the favour of God # Isa 43:4
    4. God delights in # Ps 45:11 Isa 62:3-5
    5. Saints delight in # Isa 66:11
    6. CONSIST IN ITS 6a) Being the seat of God’s worship

      # Ps 96:6

    6b) Being the temple of God # 1Co 3:16,17 Eph 2:21,22 6c) Being the body of Christ # Eph 1:22,23 6d) Being the bride of Christ # Ps 45:13,14 Re 19:7,8 21:2 6e) Being established # Ps 48:8 Isa 33:20 6f) Eminent position # Ps 48:2 Isa 2:2 6g) Graces of character # So 2:14 6h) Perfection of beauty # Ps 50:2 6i) Members being righteous # Isa 60:21 Re 19:8 6j) Strength and defence # Ps 48:12,13 6k) Sanctification # Eph 5:26,27 7) Augmented by increase of its members # Isa 49:18 60:4-14 8) Are abundant # Isa 66:11 9) Sin obscures # La 2:14,15

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