ll be rewarded, not on account of their good
works, but because of the atonement and righteousness of Christ; yet
their works will be the test of their sanctification and the proof that
they are members of Christ and regenerated by His Spirit.

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ARTICLE 8

_I believe in the Holy Ghost_

The eighth article of the Creed declares belief in the third Divine
Person--the Holy Ghost.

The words "I believe," implied in every clause, are here repeated, to
mark the transition from the Second to the Third Person of the Trinity.

While this doctrine underlies all the teaching of the Old Testament
Scriptures, it was yet in a measure not understood or realised by the
Jews, and as Christ came to make known the Father, so to Him we owe also
the full revelation of the Holy Spirit. Prophets and Psalmists had
glimpses of the doctrine, but they lived in the twilight, and saw
through a glass darkly many truths now clearly made known.

While we speak freely of spiritual life, our conception of it is so
vague that we are apt to overlook, or to regard lightly, the work of the
Holy Spirit in redemption. The disciples of John, whom Paul met at
Ephesus, believed in Jesus and had been baptized, and yet they told the
Apostle that they had not so much as heard whether there was any Holy
Ghost.[165] John tells us that even while Jesus was on earth the Holy
Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.[166]

That the Holy Ghost is a Person, and not, as some hold, a mere energy or
influence proceeding from the Father, or from the Father and the Son, is
apparent from the passages of Scripture which refer to Him. An energy
has no existence independent of the agent, but this can not be
maintained with reference to the Holy Ghost. He is associated as a
Person with Persons. In the baptismal formula and in the apostolic
benediction the Holy Spirit is spoken of in the same terms as the Father
and the Son, and is therefore a Person as they are Persons. He is said
to possess will and understanding. He is said to teach, to testify, to
intercede, to search all things, to bestow and distribute spiritual
gifts according to His will.

The Holy Ghost addresses the Father, and is therefore not the Father. He
intercedes with the Father, and so is not a mere energy of the Father.
Jesus promised to send the Spirit from the Father, but the Father could
not be sent from or by Himself. It is s