X. Why the Holy Ghost is necessary.
The passages of Scripture here cited plainly teach why, and for what reasons the Holy Ghost is necessary: “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.” “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.” “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” (John 3:5. 1 Cor. 15:50. 2 Cor. 3:5. Rom. 8:9.) Hence we may thus conclude: He is necessary for our salvation without whom we cannot think, much less do anything that is good, and without whom we cannot be regenerated, know God, obey him, or obtain the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven. But these things cannot be accomplished in us on account of our blindness, and the corruption of our nature, except by the Holy Ghost. Therefore the Holy Ghost is necessary for our salvation.