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as some assume without proof and

of the promise of the Holy Ghost read
John XIV, 16, II, 26, XIV, 81, XVII
But that this wondrous advent of the
Holy Ghost should be the special de-
sire and prayer of his disciples. our
Savior during his forty days sojourn
on earth after his resurrection, said to
them Behold | send the promise of
my Father upon you, but tarry We at
Jerusalem till ye te enduad with pow
er from on high" Luke XIV, 49.
John indeed baptized with water
but ye shall be baptized with the Ho-
ly Ghost not many days hence" Acts
|, 5. As the sequel shows it was ten
days after his ascension that Pente-
cost occurred.
During these ten days, hundred
and twenty disciples, including the
twelve apostles, and the holy women
with Mary the mother of Jesus con-
tinued in prayer and supplications in
an upper room in the temple. Acts. I,
IA. And when the day Of Pentecost
was come the advent of the Holy
Ghost was accompanied by "a sound
from heaven as of rushing mighty
wind and it filled all the house where
they were sitting? Acts IL.
1t is important to distinguish be-
tween the gift of the Holy Ghost"
and the miraculous accompaniments
of the day Of Pentecost, as ''the Glow
en- tongues like as of fire. which sat
upon each of them, and the speaking
with other tongues as the Spirit gave
them utterance. The 'cloven tongues
like as of fire" like the dove at the
baptism Of Jesus were visible manifes-
tations Of the presence of the Holy
Spirit.
In the first ages of the world there
were appropriate miracles which at
tested the personality Of God as our
Heavenly Father. When our Lord
Jesus came his divinity, his equality
with the Father was attested by mir
acles, even the resurrection of the dead,
and by his own resurrection. We
would expect miraculous accompani-
ments at the coming of the Holy
Ghost, in his personality, to the
church.
''This pouring out Of the gift of
the Holy Ghost" upon the church is
in fulfillment Of several direct prophe-
cies. Il will pour my Spirit upon
i thy seed and my blessing upon thine
offspring" Isaiah XLIV,3. Il will
put my Spirit within you and cause
you to walk in my statutes" Eek
lei XXXVI, 81.
Peter arose on the day of Pentecost
to explain the situation. Said he,
This is that which was spoken by
the prophet Joel Joel ii, %, 29], It
shall come to pass in the last days
that l will pour out of my Spirit up
on all flesh and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy and your
young men shall see visions, and your
old men shall dream dreams. And on
my servants and on my handmaidens
will pour out of my Spirit in those
days, and they shall prophesy" Acts
III, II, IS.
The gift of the Holy Ghost can not
be confined to the apostles or to the
apostolic age There were hundred
and twenty disciples in the upper
room Of the temple, who received the
baptism of the Holy Ghost at Pente-
cost The twelve apostles and the no.
ly women were of that number.
"The last days" of the prophecy Of
Joel, means the last age of the church
which we call Christianity The
words, "all fesh"-"I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all fesh"- mean
various nations, that is upon both Jews
and Gentiles. "All flesh" is more
specific phrase than "all nations"
would be. The words Of the prophe-
cy, "the last days" and upon all
fesh'' include all generations until
Gabriel shall blow his trumpet to
awake the dead to Judgment.
In the latter part of Peters discourse
he said, Repent and be baptized every
one of you in the name of the
Lord Jesus for the remission of
sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost. For the promise is
unto you and to your children and to
all that are afar off even as many as
the Lord our God shall call. Acts II,
38, 80.
The promise, what promise? "The
promise of my Father" as Jesus called
1.-THE promise of the gift of the Ho-
ly Ghost. This promise is to you
Jews and to your children. But it
extends to the Gentiles. ''To all that
are afar off even as many as the Lord
our God shall call" Has the Lord
called you? If so, you are included in
the promise of the gift of the Holy
Ghost. No language could be NOR,
comprehensive than the words. "all
that are afar off, even as mary as the
Lord our God shall call.'' God is now
revealed to the church as the Father
the Son and the Holy Ghost. We
can no more deny the presence Of the
Holy Ghost, than we can deny the
presence of the Father or that of the
Son
No man can reject the Holy Ghost
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