_199. What do you mean when you say, "I believe in the Holy Ghost"?_ I trust with all my heart in the Holy Ghost as my guide and my sanctifier, who gives me strength to believe in Jesus and to live according to His will. =1 Cor. 12:3. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.= _200. Who is the Holy Ghost?_ The Holy Ghost is true God together with the Father and the Son. =1 Cor. 2:10. The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.= =1 Cor. 3:16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.= _201. What is the work of the Holy Spirit?_ To call, enlighten, sanctify, and preserve. _202. How does the Holy Spirit call us?_ The Holy Spirit calls us by awakening in our hearts a deep sense of sin, and by inviting us to accept the grace of God in Christ. =Eph. 5:14. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.= _203. By what means does the Holy Spirit call us?_ By the Word of God; using the law to awaken our hearts, and the gospel to invite us to Christ. =Rom. 3:20. By the law is the knowledge of sin.= =2 Thess. 2:14. He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.= =Matt. 22:1-14.= _204. What means does God use to make us heed the call of the Holy Spirit?_ To this end He often uses suffering, often blessings, often the example of others, and such other means as may lead us to reflect. _205. Do all obey the call of the Holy Spirit?_ No; many resist the Holy Spirit, and will not repent and come to Christ. =Acts 7:51. Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost.= =Isa. 65:2. I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people.= _206. When does a person harden his heart?_ A person hardens his heart when he persistently despises and opposes the voice of the Holy Spirit in his conscience. _207. Who obey the call of the Holy Spirit?_ They who repent their sins and believe the Gospel. =Mark. 1:15. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.= _208. What is it to repent?_ He who truly repents, feels his sins with shame and sorrow, he freely confesses his sins to God, and earnestly seeks the grace of God in Christ. =Isa. 55:7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.= =2 Cor. 7:10. [R. V.] Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.= =Ps. 32:5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.= _209. How do we learn that the grace of God is found in Christ?_