CHAPTER FOUR

THE DEFINITION OF THE SPIRIT

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Scripture Reading: Exo. 30:22-30; 2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 27; Eph. 1:13, 11, 14; 4:30b; 2 Cor. 1:22; Gal. 3:8, 14; John 3:5-6; Heb. 2:10; Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:14-16; 15:16; 8:26; Titus 3:5b; 2 Cor. 5:17

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2. In the New Testament the Spirit is:
3. The compound anointing Spirit—Exo. 30:22-30:
1. Compounded with the unique God, as the base, as the divinity of Christ, typified by the one hin of olive oil—v. 24b.
2. With God's Divine Trinity, typified by the three units of five hundred shekels of the spices—vv. 23-24a.
3. With Christ's humanity, typified by the four kinds of spices.
4. With Christ's death and its killing effectiveness, typified by myrrh and cinnamon—v. 23a.
5. With Christ's resurrection and its repelling power, typified by calamus and cassia—vv. 23b-24a.
6. As an ointment for the anointing of all the things and persons related to the worship of God—vv. 25-30; 2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 27.
7. As the Holy Spirit to seal the believers of Christ—Eph. 1:13; 4:30b; 2 Cor. 1:22a:
1. To dispense the divine element of the processed Triune God into the believers and saturate them with it.
2. Transforming the believers into the inheritance of God—Eph. 1:11.
8. As the sealing Spirit to be a pledge to the believers—Eph. 1:14; 2 Cor. 1:22b:
1. Guaranteeing God as the inheritance of the believers.
2. Giving the believers a foretaste of God as their heritage.
4. The blessing of the gospel—Gal. 3:8, 14:
1. To regenerate the believers, begetting them as the many sons of God — John 3:5-6; Heb. 2:10.
2. As the Spirit of the Son to cry "Abba, Father" in the believers' heart and to lead the believers to walk as the sons of God—Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:14-16.
3. As the Spirit for the priesthood of the gospel to sanctify the believers—Rom. 15:16.
4. To intercede for the believers—Rom. 8:26.
5. To renew the believers, making them the new creation of God—Titus 3:5b; 2 Cor. 5:17.