[Footnote A: History of the Church, Vol. V, pp. 260, 261.]
That exposition, as it excels all other attempts at exposition in beauty and rationality, so does it make it possible to hold to the thought of the Holy Ghost as a Spirit-Personage in form like man—nay, rather, like his two associates of the holy Trinity as to form—the most perfect in beauty and stately grandeur of all forms living—although differing in substantive nature, as spirit matter differs from spirit matter united with tabernacles of flesh and bone.
LESSON XVII.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
WHO MAY RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.
ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
I. Preparation for Union. | Works and the Scriptures cited in the body of the lesson. |
II. Holy Temples for Indwelling Holy Spirit. | |
III. The World and Holy Spirit Incompatible. | |
IV. The Case of Cornelius. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in yon? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (Doc. and Cov. iii:16, 17.)
DISCUSSION.
1. Preparation for Union With the Holy Ghost: It will be remembered that John the Baptist was sent to preach repentance and baptism before the coming of him who was to baptize with the Holy Ghost. It will also be observed, in the teachings of Peter on the day of Pentecost, after his arguments and the power of the Spirit by which he spake had aroused belief in the minds of the people, that he required them to repent and to be baptized for the remission of their sins before he gave them the promise of the Holy Ghost.[A]
[Footnote A: Acts ii:38.]