New-York tribune., 1897-08-16

II thil is eonce5oh 9y n0s' IS lS dubG o spa
hears upon this thought No doubt the sense in
which the believer is who j. ~ the spirit -
IS ono VINO is in Christ JESUS Between the blessed
Holy Ghos, ana the believer there is no such vital
Lord In many passages OF Scripture We find be-
cv.rs spoken o. as the saints ara brethren m l7t
l M6cre d. do We fd5s nd 5csvsrs spoken Of a; the sas
in the Holy Ghost The senses, IN whch thc
,hIs IS So the s'rntr@ dcciarrs That our uie
bciie4ors is to he lived in the Spirit OF God. How
fuiiy the scripture decar, this one. does no,
adequately realize untl one has specially studied
The matt,r and i IS To- that study that invite YOU
this subject under thre" great lessons.
THE SPHERE or THE BELIEVERS LEE
First OF all We remind ourselves that the Spirit OF
Goa il the element or the sphere OF the believers
Ife Aa water = III" clement and the sphere OF the
Hsh's life as the air round about US is the sphere
or the element Of the animals life as England
may bc Said TO be the sphere ot the Englishman's
he 50 tho Spirit Of God is the sphere of the be-
lovers or th- spiritual mans life. 1t is in the
Spirit. he Is to 1--we: here he is to i've and moe
-ud to have h+ being. The life which j. in Christ
Jesus is h'" l'ved within the sphere oi the
NGw. mere are several matters we must notice
To make tris clear First o. all, noti'e mat this
sphere IL entered hy the spiritual birth As We
Am, rirans ny being American horn 50 we become
spiritual men by spiritual birth. our being spirit
udily born means bcing born again, T. means being
horn nneV. fof. naturally. W. Do not belong 10 this
rgTr Ky M 2r tf4l ~ otn i " are 10 t' rI rn
II must be through the quickenng power OF the
sins must b. qulckencd. We who were ia the
kingdom or darkness must be translated Into the
born again ~ cannot the kingdom OF God"
Except nan be spiritually born he can never live
Be;ore. we proceed further. let mo ask this ques
% ton: HIVE all OF you who are are presen in this
II Is the habit In these conventions to take it for
sranied that We are Christians: it is 50 much ths
h|hit 10 listen 20 addresses given Tor the deepening
90 ING spiritual ne. ana to take ii for granted
mat the spiritual life has begun in each one Of US
Is u 5"f . Examine yourselves whether ye be- in
I'D" iaiiho ~ ms Err'te. o; III chances passed
wG go many am ncao o Gomez o hi h M ,5
a.na get no blessing; indeed, harm instead is that
they are tryins 70 live spiritually before they have
h'"n siifHuniIi born This sphere Is entered 10y
N" believer j. baptized Let call your attention
TO the PASSAGES that speak OF the baptism OF the
You will the phrase is one that christ gavc
again ana again to His disciples. and through thcm
'baptizcd with the Holy Ghost as the phrase
runs Every one who is born % The Spirit is ntant
Win the SPIRIT is onc - ,h ,ot lTaHc fi. DaP@ed ,;
want to throw oui this thought. as unqucstonably
realm OF the spirit uucr The innuencc nf th@ tl@
Spri;. in that spherc Nhi,h the spirit OF God ab.o-
%,h''y % controls is within that sphere that all
Vow if You read the Word Of God de- carSfnIIy you
VIII VIII ma that thcr" are two ideas that are always
connected with hap'ism. The idea is Gods
ownership, and the other idea Is the entering into
n 10. POSITION which God. through Jesus Christ has
obtained for u@ These two ideas are always PROM
in'ntIE put forward wherever we have any refer
] enc" 10 baptism Now. do think, after going
one OF the Scrptura thoughts concerning The han
ard % nnd T ere b 'y 9S T., It Is Gny when our lives
,i ryinE actording to the Spirit that perfectly
enter truly INTO the position Of tho believer.
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
THIS brings us TO the third main point In this
sphere the believer is to be filed born baptized
hiled with the Spirit The construction. as YOU VIII
notice. IL the same In all these cases And be not
drunk with wine. wherein Is excess but be filed
with the Spirit" Now what does this mean?
nrn"vs 1t means that we as believers. are to be
In" water and the water Is in IT, We are too Ike
iiil'u az every por" full OF the ocean that sur
rounds II. Now. there are many Of MS who are In
the Spirit who are not filled with the Spirit: be
iiNe aIds ms Is the condition ot the majority OF
Christan people. II IS quite possible to be- In the
absolutely impossible 20 be- filled with the Spirit
without being in The Spirit 1t is within the realm
God desires FOR Ills children can alone be- expert
snccd nu' God means mat you and who have
the Spirit. our whole life every part OF our being
permcatcd ana possessed by the Spirit Of God.
how The su % de2cop. ~ @ T in % R ;pherc e tn SSp Spnsrg
OF the spft. The believer enjoys the Initial blessings
of cleansing, eousccraton ana acceptance. II l.
very interesting notice how The Bible brings out
the relation oi these blessings the work Of The
Holy Ghost Look carefully Corinthians Vi. H.
To" apostle W describing thr condition OF unrigh,
oous men. II mentions eomc gross and open Sins.
ana hc speaks oi tnc penalty that attaches to such
sin. Nor Thieves. nor coyetous, nor drInkards
nor rcvlcrs cxiortioncr. shall inherit thc king
d"m oi God. Ard such We're some OF you. but ye
an" washed. bur ye ar" sanctihcd (set apart for
Cob. but ye are Justified in TIA" OF the Lord
Jesus and by ihc -pirit II God" tor rather In
the Spr.U. You see what Is brought about by this
Cleansing OF the believer And all takes place in
the sphere OF the Spirit
II back to what we started from-no CON-