Augustine of Hippo (354-430): "The Holy Spirit is the ineffable God who we cannot adequately describe with words."
Martin Luther (1483-1546): "The Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith."
John Calvin (1509-1564): "The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ effectually binds us to himself."
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. This is the essence of the Holy Spirit's work in us."
John Wesley (1703-1791): "I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death."
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892):
"Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds."
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899): "The Holy Spirit does not dwell in temples made with hands, but in the hearts of those who love God and keep His commandments."
A.W. Tozer (1897-1963): "The Holy Spirit never enters a man and then lets him live like the world. You can be sure of that."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945): "The Church is the presence of Christ in the same way that the Holy Spirit is the presence of Christ."
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963): "God is not merely mending, not simply restoring a status quo. Redeemed humanity is to be something more glorious than unfallen humanity."
Francis of Assisi (1181-1226): "Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. The Holy Spirit brings both into the hearts of the faithful."
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983): "Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."
Fanny Crosby (1820-1915): "The Holy Spirit was my comforter, my guide, and my power source throughout my life."
Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994): "If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him does it matter whom we displease? The Holy Spirit both challenges us and empowers us to live this truth."
Watchman Nee (1903-1972): "The Holy Spirit is grieved when we do not recognize Him as a person."
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936): "The simplification of anything is always sensational, which is exactly how the Holy Spirit works."
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917): "The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance."
R.A. Torrey (1856-1928): "The baptism with the Holy Spirit is not an experience that we ought to wait for, it is an experience that we should claim now."
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): "The Holy Spirit is ever at work, bringing to mind the truths of Christ, exactly when we need them."
George Müller (1805-1898): "The only way to maintain a true Christian walk is by being constantly led by the Holy Spirit."
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951): "If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them."
Andrew Murray (1828-1917): "The Spirit of God is always the Spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression."
Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015): "The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman."
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905): "God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on Him."
J.I. Packer (1926-2020): "The Holy Spirit leads us into truth, supports us in stress, equips us with abilities, and makes us more like Christ."
Charles Finney (1792-1875): "Revival is the renewal of the first love of Christians, resulting in the conversion of sinners to God. It is the work of the Holy Spirit."