Himself without spot to God through the working of the
XXII
The Work" of the Holy Spirit In Jesus Christ
CHRIST Himself is the one perfect mani-
festation in history of the complete work of the
JESUS
Holy Spirit in man.
1 . Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit. We
read in Luke i. 35, R. V., " And the angel answered
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee; and the power of the Most High shall over-
shadow thee : wherefore also that which is to be born
shall be called holy, the Son of God." As we have
already seen, in regeneration the believer is begotten of
God, but Jesus Christ was begotten of God in His
original generation. He is the only begotten Son of God (John iii. 16). It was entirely by the Spirit's power working in Mary that the Son of God was
formed within her. The regenerated man has a carnal
nature received from his earthly father and a new na-
ture imparted by God. Jesus Christ had only the one
holy nature, that which in man is called the new nature.
Nevertheless, He was a real man as He had a human
mother.
2. Jesus Christ led a holy and spotless life and offered
Himself without spot to God through the working of the
Holy Spirit. We read in Heb. ix. 14, u How much
more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal