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Evangelism
Life, Original, Unborrowed, Underived—Jesus declared, “I am
the resurrection, and the life.” In Christ is life, original, unborrowed,
underived. “He that hath the Son hath life.” The divinity of Christ is the
believer’s assurance of eternal life.—
The Desire of Ages, 530
(1898).
With the Father at Sinai—When they [Israel] came to Sinai,
He took occasion to refresh their minds in regard to His require-
ments. Christ and the Father, standing side by side upon the mount,
with solemn majesty proclaimed the Ten Commandments.—Historical
Sketches, p. 231. (1866).
The Eternal Dignitaries of the Trinity—The eternal heavenly
dignitaries—God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit—arming them [the
disciples] with more than mortal energy, ... would advance with them
to the work and convince the world of sin.—
Manuscript 145, 1901
.
Personality of the Holy Spirit—We need to realize that the Holy
Spirit, who is as much a person as God is a person, is walking through
these grounds.—
Manuscript 66, 1899
(From a talk to the students at
the Avondale School.).
The Holy Spirit is a person, for He beareth witness with our spirits
that we are the children of God. When this witness is borne, it carries
with it its own evidence. At such times we believe and are sure that
we are the children of God....
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The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness
to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God. He
must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the secrets
which lie hidden in the mind of God. “For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the
things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”—
Manuscript
20, 1906
.
The Power of God in the Third Person—The prince of the power
of evil can only be held in check by the power of God in the third
person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.—Special Testimonies, Series
A, No. 10, p. 37. (1897).
In Co-operation With the Three Highest Powers—We are to
co-operate with the three highest powers in heaven,—the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost,—and these powers will work through us,
making us workers together with God.—Special Testimonies, Series
B, No. 7, p. 51. (1905).