ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit is a companion volume to The God and Father of Us All (i.e. The Person and Work of the Father), and The Person and Work of Christ. These three sets of studies were used in Schools conducted by New Creation Teaching Ministry. They were originally set out in duplicated note form.

We believe the material is valuable. Even though we have published other material on the same theme, e.g. Spirit-Baptism: Spirit-Living (1978), and The Day of the Spirit (1985), we believe this set of studies has its own value. The studies themselves are concise, contain enough material to fill out their subjects, and as a total work cover the person and work of the Spirit quite thoroughly.

All study books leave something to be desired, since they have little opportunity to be descriptive and applicative. Even so, the great themes of this study book, with the panoramic view of the Spirit's work in history, can be of immense value.

To get the most out of the book, the reader needs to have his Bible with him, and to look up the references, reading them along with the written material of this volume. Then the amazing work of the Spirit will come to life, and into the light of understanding. To know the Spirit personally is as rich in experience as knowing the Father and the Son. Indeed it is not really possible to know one or two Persons of the Godhead unless one knows the Spirit. In fact we only know them truly when we know them simultaneously.

May we then approach both the Person and the subject with humility of spirit and with awe in our hearts.

Geoffrey Bingham, Coromandel, June 1985.