“He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute and a temple of God. He has become a harp by preserving the harmony of the virtues; a flute by receiving the inspiration of the Spirit through divine contemplation; and a temple by becoming a dwelling place of the Logos through the purity of his intellect.” SoulBodyInspirationChristianSpiritualSpiritVirtueDivineBecomingHarmonyIntellectContemplationPurityTemplesOrthodoxReceivingDwellingOrthodox ChristianHarpsLogosFlutesDwelling PlaceSpiritual Knowledge Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Created man cannot become a son of God and god by grace through deification, unless he is first through his own free choice begotten in the Spirit by means of the self-loving and independent power dwelling naturally in him.” MenFirstsMeanSelfSpiritualSpiritChoicesGraceSonIndependentDwellingFree ChoiceSelf Loving Author:Maximus the Confessor
“It is that the Spirit is the outbreathing of God, His inmost life going forth in a personal form to quicken. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive the inmost life of God Himself to dwell in a personal way in us. When we really grasp this thought, it is overwhelming in its solemnity. Just stop and think what it means to have the inmost life of that infinite and eternal Being whom we call God, dwelling in a personal way in you. How solemn and how awful and yet unspeakably glorious life becomes when we realize this.” ThinkingWayMeanFormSpiritRealizingHolyEternalInfiniteAwfulHoly SpiritGloriousOverwhelmingSolemnDwellingSolemnityGlorious Life Book:THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Source: THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.” MayHappensSpiritUnderstandingConsciousnessSafeGoldEternityGood ThingsRichesGatesLastingForgivenDwelling Author:J. C. Ryle