In Romans 1-8 at the end of the section on the development of the Christian's sanctification, the work of the Holy Spirit, the agent of the whole Trinity, is brought into full force in the eighth chapter. In Romans 8:13 this is drawn together in this great central chapter of the work of the Holy Spirit to and for the Christian: "For [because] if you live after the flesh ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." The Holy Spirit is specifically introduced to us here as the agent of the power and the person of the glorified Christ...
...we find in the early church not a group if strong men labouring together, but the work of the Holy Spirit bringing to them the power of the crucified and glorified Christ. It must also be for us.
TS, p51 (boldface mine)
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