The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
WORK OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WAS THEME
Pastor of First Christian Church
Discusses the Question.
THE HOLY SPIRITS MISSION
Questions Asked and Answered by the
Rev. Mr.. Moore-scrlpture Quo
tatlons With Regard to
the Holy Spirit.
THE HOLY SPIRITS MISSION

The revival meetings at the First Chris
uan church will continue through this
week Services begin at p. m. The
singing of Professor Davis is an attrae-
tive feature of the services.
Yesterday morning large audience was
resent There were several additions to
the membership. The pastor Rev. A. P.
Moore preached on the work of the Holy
Spirit taking his text from st. John 16:s
He spoke as follows:
81 have been asked the questions. DO
you believe in the Holy Splrlt?' and What
is the Holy Spirit? 1t would be impossi-
BILE in a single discourse to exhaust the
teaching of the Bible upon the work of
the Holy Spirit, but perhaps I can say
few things that will aid US in understand
ing this important subject.
II do most assuredly believe In the Holy
Spirit He is the third person in the
| God-head. He is not an influence or a
thing to be expressed by the pronoun 1t,
but He is a person, and is designated In
the Word of God by the pronoun He. Do
you believe in the baptism of the Holy
Spirit? l do, but not for ourselves, nor
I for the present age. The baptism of the
Holy Spirit was promised to the apostles,
and when received, enabled them to
prophecy, speak with tongues and work
miracles. Besides the apostles, this bap-
tism was given to them to convince Peter
that the Gentiles must be received into
the kingdom upon the same terms as the
Jews The baptism of the Spirit was the
same as the 'endurement with power and
was limited to the apostolic age For
that reason l do not pray for the bap-
tism of the Spirit now.
Fourfold Work
But the Spirits work is fourfold- He
did a work for the apostles, He does a
work for believers a work in Providence
and work for sinners. For the apostles
He brought to their memory all that
Jesus had spoken to them. and guided
them into all truth. He is the true vicar
of Christ taking up the work which
Jesus naugurated and pushing 1t to
success through the disciples. For be-
levers He is the indwelling gift the ever
present comforter, the seal and earnest
of the Spirit. They are led by the Spirit
through the Gospel. He helps their In
finities and by Him their mortal bodies
are to be quickened in the great day.
In Providence the Holy Spirit is con-
tinually at work, opening doors of useful
ness and preparing the way for mission
airy effort.
The Spirit also does work for the
sinner but what is it and how is it done
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ture in answering these questions. The
world can not receive Him, for 1t seeth
Him not, nor knoweth Him. Jesus tells
us plainly in this that the sinner can
rot receive His spirit But the Spirit
brings the world under conviction. He
will convict the world of sin, of right
eousness and of judgment. Conviction Is
brought about by testimony, by preach
ing the gospel. The Spirit does His work
upon the sinners heart through the
Word. OF His own will begot He us
through the word of truth If the Spirit
reaches the sinners heart In any other
way than by the use of the Word, the
fact has not been revealed to us in the
Bible. We know that he operates on the
sinners heart through the Word, but 1t
can not be shown from the Bible that
lie reaches the sinner Independent of
the Word, for the world can not receive
Him.
Mission of the Spirit.
THE mission of the Spirit in. the world
is to exalt the Christ. He shall not
speak Of himself but he shall glorify
Me. As Christ revealed the Father SO
the Spirit reveals the Christ and exalts
Him above everything. He is all in ALL No
man cometh to the Father but by Him.
Our salvation Is in Christ. We are to
believe Him, love Him and obey HIM.
God has done His part in the great
scheme Of redemption. Now in view of
eternity it behooves man to do his part
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus but to trust and
obey