The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-05

and deliver you up. take no thought 30.
iorchand what Sc shall speak, neither do
ye prcmeditatc. but whatsoever shall Doe
given you in that hour. that speak Sc for
10 Is not We that speak but The HOLY
Ghost Luke -. ~ -- "for the Holy
Ghost shall teach you in the same hour
what Sc ought 10 saw"
The HOLY Ghost never encourages idle.
ness. We are not teaching the lesson that
one need simply open biz mouth and cx
pect the Lord 60 fll ii bot thc ideal posi-
ti0n is for everyone 90 BE- pa filled with The
message al the time that If he were called
10 speak any number Of times during The
day he would alwav8 be mre chat he had
n message from God Notice what the
Scriptures say. Rev J.. 10 was in the
Spirit on the Lords day and heard be-
hind me a great voice. as oi N trumpet
Rev. 4: 2-"And immediately ] was m the
Spirit; and behold % throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne II
one is saturated with us message, and Is.
In the Spirit, there viii be no question AZ
70 his power in the presentation Of what
he has 20 say.
These conditions having resulted the re.
suits are guaranteed Mark Is. IBIS
and He said unto them. Go We into all
the world, and preach the gospel 90 every
creature. He that beheveth and Is ban.
tiled shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned And these signs
shall follow them that believe: in NV
name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; they shall
take up serpents and If they drink any
deadly thing. IL shall not hurt them. thew
shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover" Heb. 2: 4-"God also bearing
them witness, both with signs and won.
ders and with divers miracles and gifts OF
| the Holy Ghost, according TO His own
will" There is absolutely no limit to
| Gods power; He can do all things.
There is a very significant expression
used in Scripture. Rev. IA: l3-"And
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
| Write, Blessed are the dead which die in
| the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the
| Spirit, that they may rest from their la
| bors and their works do follow them"
| The Rev +. B. Meyer thinks that this is
| TO be interpreted as Amen, saith the
/ Spirit" and that it is the Spirits approx
al of what we have done in the name Of
Christ. 1t will be glad day for the church
when for every pastors work the Spirit
| shall breathe amen" for the service OF
every elder deacon and trustee He shall
say again "Amen;" when the living Of all
| the saints shall live so nearly according to
Gods will that at the close of each day
the Spirit shall say amen and amen"
But the filling Of the Holy Ghost is not
to he confined to those who are called
ministers OF the gospel. Every deacon
ought to be filed: Acts 6: g. 4-"Where-
fore. brethren, look We out among you
seven men of honest report full of the
| Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business. But we Will
give ourselves continually to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word"
There was time in the history of the
church when men were chosen to fill the
church's offices. not because of their social
position or their financial ability, but sim
ply because they were men filled with The
Holy Ghost; so that there can be but one
real test of fitness for such an office
feel very sure that we should expect a
Pentecostal outpouring of the Spirit Of
God only when this principle IS recognized
V.
If the Holy Ghost is the life Of The
church-as we find in Scripture: Eph. 4:
81, 32-"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
; anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice, and
be We kind one to another, tenderhearted
forgiving one another, even as God fol
ChFist's sake hath forgiven you"-then we
; are TO be exceedingly careful with respect
! to everything that would Grieve Him in
the least. 1t is new thought to some thai
the presence of bitterness or wrath or an
ger would grieve the Spirit. Such is IN
e deed the case.
e The Holy Ghost is to work out in Vi
t that which Christ has accomplished for III
4 on the throne. There can only be one hin
drance to the working out of this plan o
God, and that is found in the church 1t
( self There is a solemn warning for all thu
e members of the church: Thess. 5: 49,
- "Ouench not the Spirit" Acts 5: 80
It "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath S9tai
:. filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghos
/. and to keep back part of the price of tn
Il land? Whites it remained, was it not thin
h own? And after it was sold, was 1t not Il
thine own power? Why hast thou con
" ceived this thing in thine heart? Tho
{. hast not lied unto men, but unto God
# And Ananias hearing these words, fe
e down, and gave up the ghost, and grea
is fear came on all them that heard thes
If things. And the young men arose, Woun
. him up and carried him out and burle
il him. And it was about the space OF thre
If hours after. when his wife, not known
d what was done, came in. And Peter al
d swered unto her, Tell me whether We sol
the land for so much? And she said, YET
le for so much. Then Peter said unto he
st How is it that We have agreed together {
s. tempt the Spirit of the Lord? BeholC
ID the feet of them which have buried tn
E. husband are at the door, and shall carr
~ thee out" While men may not nowaday
i have been stricken down as were Ananit
l. and Sapphira, yet it is true that becau'
" of the fact that we are living in a spir
ID that is contrary to the Holy Ghost, we B
n. come dead spiritually, if not PHYSICAL
le and it is a possible thing to so near
u ouench the Spirit that from the huma
ne standpoint there will be 10 life at all.
ID Thus while the individual member
at the church may miss his reward and !
!" saved, vet so as by fire" the same thir
he may be true of the church as whole
to would be a sad thing for the Bridegroo
I'd to be disappointed in his bride.
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