#3. The Holy Spirit was sent to continue where Jesus left off.
"Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you." (John 14:16)
"The Helper whom I will send to you from the Father will come. This Helper, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, will declare the truth about Me." (John 15:26)
"The Spirit will come and convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment." (John 16:8)
"The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on His own. He will tell you only what He has heard from Me, and He will let you know what is going to happen." (John 16:13)
There could be no redemption without the atonement. But if redemption is not appropriated, the atonement still remains.
The work of atonement was the act of one person, but redemption involves several agencies. Christ, by suffering the death of the cross, made the atonement.
In effecting redemption, the subject works, the teacher works in presenting God's truth, the Holy Spirit works and applies the Gospel with power to the heart.
By this threefold agency, redemption is effected.
The atonement came without the world's request.
Redemption never comes without the earnest seeking of the individual.
