Listen to Spurgeon on the absolutely crucial role that the Holy Spirit plays in our redemption. The Son accomplishes our redemption, but the Spirit applies it. And without His application, the work of the Son would be of no benefit to us.
Let us ever remember that Christ on the cross is of no value to us, apart from the Holy Spirit in us.
In
vain that blood is flowing, unless the finger of the Spirit applies the
blood to our conscience; in vain is that garment of righteousness
wrought out, unless the Holy Spirit wraps it around us and arrays us in
its costly folds.
The river of the water of life cannot quench our thirst, till the Spirit presents the goblet and lifts it to our lips.
All
the things which are in the paradise of God could never be blissful to
us, so long as we are dead souls — and dead we are, until that heavenly
wind comes and breathes upon us, that we may live.
We do not hesitate to say that we owe as much to God the Holy Spirit as we do to God the Son.
--Charles Spurgeon
HT: Of First Importance
