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all of these only adds to your condemna.
ton. For inasmuch as you are trying to
, be teacher or IA leader of others in the
, mysteries pertaining to tie church of the
living God, you ought to be filled with
+ and taught by the Holy Spirit alone
! All the book knowledge or all the college
taught tEeologies put together can never
I lead soul into Il vital union with our
! Living Head" or into the mysteries of
our joint heirship with the Christ of
God. These things may serve to lead us
around on the outside. They may give
us stray inklings of the interior, but only
the Holy Spirit can lead soul into the
Holy of Holes, for to Him alone is tho
duty assigned
= Have YOU received Him: Oh, then re-
ceive Him to-day ii you have not. Moth
ing can take His place; no experience,
no man-made appointment, however hon
orable. whether in tho church to which
you telong or out of it. Do noS he de
ceived by these things. They are all right
in themselves and good enough in their
places, but they must not take the place
of tho Holy Ghost. They may be result
after receiving Him, but they can never
be substitute for receiving Him, nor are
you to conclude from these things hat you
have received Him. EXternals cannot
decide this matter. The only way to
know you have received the Holy Ghost
is simply to receive Him to do His Office
work in you. Sanctiiication is not coy
cred nor is it included in justification.
1t ism additional and higher type uf faith
and is the beginning of IL deeper work OF
grace in you. You know thst you have
definitely taken Jesus as your justtica-
tion-no difficulty about answering-that
was definite step OF faith in Gods Word,
wasn't it? Well now did you ever so take
Him as your specification? 1t is your
privilege, nay it is demanded of you, for
without holiness no man shall SEQ the
Lord.
You cannot sanc;ify yourself nor can
you grow into it. 1t, like justification,
is yours if you will meet the conditions
and accept it, And gut in here comes
the need for the Holy Spirit. 1t is an
absolute necessity that you receive Him,
for to Him is committed the work of
making you Holy, if you ever are. And
you do not have the Holy Ghost in you
in this sense until Ivy faith yop receive
Him to do this work in you. Have YOU
ever so received Him? Did you ever
yield yourself once and for all and nnrc-
scrvedly to the Holy Spirit to be" filed
with Himself: TO b, used of Him for
Gods glory alone? Jesus received
Him, was filled with Him, was used of
Him to gloriy the Father. Jesus could
not get along without the Holy Ghost =
iIe 'Hro'ninS anu lnuWeillnS--De'
fore He entered upun His ministry And
the Holy Spirit never left Him till He
was seated mt the right hand of the
Father; then He sent the Comforter to
us. Have YOU received Him? Oh do
you wonder that there are so many starry.
ed Christians in our churches to day.
So few in our pulpits know anything
about Pentecost. So few are there
"baptized with the Holy Ghost" So
few, oh, so few, hold. more than mans
commission to preach the Gospel
Is it any wonder then that in the ne VS.
of our comfortable churches are sitting
starved souls-hungry, oh, so hungry,
for what? They hardly know And
with hearts burripg and yearning for
more of Jesus, they cry out, ~ shall I've
satisfied when awake with Thy like
ness
And they think so longng!y of Heaven.
| know, for used to so cry out in my
longing for Holiness-for deliverance
from the body of this death Dear
reader, he you in the pulpit or in the
pew you may be satisfied here, and now.
The provision is complete fnr complete
salvation. You may be like Jesus here in
this world 'Receve We the Holy
Ghost "And howbeit that when He
the Spirit or truth has come He will
guide yon into all truth; for He shall not
speak OF Himself. = He shal!
glorify me-" Jesus said Do you long
70 know Jesus: effective We the Holy
Ghost" il is His Joy TO talk to you OF
Jesus. DO you long to he like Jesus?
Receive We the Holy Ghost He is
just longing for the Opportunity to come
in and tnl,e mp His abode in you that He
may transform you into the very image
of Jesus. Nay, more. lie desires to
possess you with Jesus 50 that for you
'to live is for Christ to live Do YOU
see the point? 1t is that YOU have the
privilege of heing 81 filled with the Shirt
of Jesus that you will at all times do
just as Jesus would were He placed just
as you are; that you would at all times
he Just where He wanted you 10 be and
would always do just what Ile wanted
you to do. Are you II pastor? Are yc
willing to lay yonr church, your salary,
your reputation, yea, all you hold dear,
down. down at the foot OF the cross.
while you receive the Holy Spirit? If not
you never have received Him. nor can
you receive Him until You are willing TO
let Him be all and in all toyon. lie nav
give you back all and more than YOU laid
down now or at some future time. You
may receive all these things from Him:
but If they are not so received and held
subject to His command at all times Won
have not yet received Himself That
which we hold in trust, consequent on
His indwelling, we received after we re-
celved Him. and not before. no matter by
whom committed. 1t must be laid down
subject to His will when you receive
Him. Does this look nard? Oh. it may
from Your side. 1t looked stupenhous
to that rich young mnn. when Jesus told
him to sell all he had. Gust one thing
thou lackest," Jesus said. Dear one,
whoever sou may be, do not sell your