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Summary: Ignorance dismissed...
Review: I read this book because I felt totally ignorant of the Holy Spirit. I know of the Holy Spirit's power and influence in today's world, but I couldn't say I understood it. I have read chapters on it from Systematic Theology books by Erickson and Grudem, but those books hardly touched on the subject. They both left so many questions unanswered. So here comes this little book, barely less than 200 pages in length and I give it a try. The very first chapter addressed my ignorance of it... saying that the Holy Spirit is part of the triune God, but we know nothing of it. We study Jesus the Son and God the Father, but our knowledge of the Holy Spirit is pititful in comparison. RC Sproul is dead on. The book goes head on in explaining the Spirit's role in the trinity, and logically explains how the trinity can exist. He goes into an entire chapter about the sentence "Three in person, one in being" with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit's role. Sproul addresses the trinity in his other books, but it was interesting to see it from this perspective. But my favorite chapter in this book is his analysis of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, aka the second baptism, which implies two tiers of Christians. I have personally been exposed to this phenomena, and have seen it positively affect people and negatively destroy people... so I felt very uncertain when discussions came about on this matter. This chapter completely answered my questions and went further. Epiphanies upon epiphanies rained down. I love Sproul because he DOES take a stance and doesn't cower upon these issues, but gives his opinions on his stance. And his explanations are always Biblically thought out. His Biblical analysis isn't just throwing in some verses and letting the verses explain for themselves. I read so many Christian books today where the author just throws in some verses and does hardly any analysis of it, and in doing so, endangers the purpose of the verse by isolating it and taking it out of context. I'll end it here b/c you'll do much better by reading this enlightening book.
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Summary: Mystery Of The Holy Spirit By RC Sproul
Review: This book is for every believer who wants to know more about God's Spirit. Sproul shows how the Holy Spirit was present in creation to being active in our prayers. A bit heady at times but you can get through it. This book is a must for the time we live in where counterfeits are masquerading blessings as The Holy Spirit's work.
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