“To everyone who honestly desires to know that he has the Spirit and to know Him in His person as a personal possession and teacher, we say: Study the teaching of the word in regard to the Spirit. Be not content with the teaching of the church or of men about the Spirit but go to the word… Be determined to accept nothing but what the word teaches, but also to accept heartily all that it teaches.”[8] Andrew Murray
“Let us not fail to grasp this precious truth that as Jesus Christ while on earth never did anything without the Holy Spirit, so now the Holy Spirit never does anything apart from Jesus.”[9] A.B. Simpson
“Our cravings for more of God’s word aren’t hunger pains we work up. A holy appetite grows inside of us through the work of the Holy Spirit that causes us to crave truth.”[10] Jim Cymbala
“The ultimate criterion for the Spirit’s activity is the exaltation of Jesus as Lord. Whatever takes away from that, even if they be legitimate expressions of the Spirit, begins to move away from Christ to a more pagan fascination with spiritual activity as an end in itself.”[11] Gordon Fee
“A sure sign of the Holy Spirit’s working is that Christ is magnified, not people… The Spirit is here to accomplish God’s purposes, not ours.”[12] Francis Chan
“The purpose of the Holy Spirit in the church is to glorify Jesus Christ, and He cannot be glorified while competing with celebrities and personalities.”[13] A.W. Tozer
“Instead of understanding the full benefits of the new covenant in Christ, most in the church live in a no-man’s land between Jesus and Moses.”[14] Jim Cymbala
“The new covenant comes with ‘batteries included’… The Spirit internalizes the new covenant so that the people of God are motivated to do God’s will.”[15] Carl B. Hoch
“The whole dispensation of the Spirit, the whole economy of grace in Christ Jesus, the whole of our spiritual life, the whole of the health and growth and strength of the church, has been laid down and provided for, and secured in the new covenant.”[16] Andrew Murray
“Christian worship is new covenant worship; it is gospel-inspired worship; it is Christ-centered worship; it is cross-focused worship.”[17] D.A. Carson
“The Holy Spirit is mentioned about 78 times in the Old Testament, and about half of these refer to His new covenant ministries.”[18] Bruce Waltke
“In the New Testament we are breathing different air… The New Testament is our main guide for the age in which we live, and the Old Testament must be read in light of it.”[19] Jim Cymbala
“Renewed interest in the Spirit does not always mean clarity or consistency with respect to historic Christian teaching. It is not to be assumed that the Spirit people have in mind is the Spirit identified in Scripture.”[20]Michael Horton
