The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-04-18

pour out My Spir-
it. After this | will pour out My Spirit
upon all fieSh."-JOel OPS, %.
The Pastor called attention to the
| fact that he had transposed the parts
of this text. to make their true mean-
! ing more apparent He declared that
the Prophet unquestionably taught two
outpourings Of the Holy Spirit. only
one of which had vet come-thht upon
| Gods faithful servants and Handmade
ems The second is to be upon all flesh.
Prior to Pentecost. the Pastor said.
no one except Jesus had received spir-
| it. begetting-the Holy Spirit of SON
ship. God had held all humanity at
distance from Himself. declaring that
He could not accept them as sons I'M
I'll their sins had been atoned for This
| condition of alienation from God had
continued for more than four thousand
years before Jesus came. Adam was
called son of God. but after him none
was so styled until Jesus.
After Jesus had received the Holy
| Spirit ut baptism. He spoke of Himself
as the Son of God Of His disciples
we read. THE Holy Spirit was not yet
given; because that Jesus was not yet
gloritied." t.Iohn 7:39l Before leaving
them. Jesus admonished them to tarry
at Jerusalem until endued with power
from on High
When Pentecost Was Fully Come.
For ten days the disciples tarried.
praying in the upper room. and wait
ing for the promised demonstration or
Divine acceptance. This would 1ndl-
cate that Jesus had appeared in the
presence of God. and hat the Father
had accepted Jesus sacrifice as salts
faction for their sins. and by the be-
getting of the Holy Spirit recognized
them as sons The sonship to which
Jesus and the Church have been begot-
ten during this Gospel Age is to the d.
vine nature. as st. Peter explains
Peter a.
The Pentecostal blessing. therefore
was double attestation. 1t proved
that Jesus as the great Redeemer mad
accomplished the work which the Faith
err gave Him to do. 1t also proved that
those who had received the Spirit were
accepted as sons of God. original sin
having been cancelled through the mer-
| it of Christ'S sacrifice. And although
the miraculous manifestations of Gods
favor have not been repeated during
this Age yet we know that all OF the
same class are sharers. participants in
the same blessing-the same accep-
lance Of the Father. THE God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. which
according to His abundant Mercy hath
begotten us again."-1 Peter B.
Our faith has its sure footing in that
original Pentecostal manifestation. Be-
cause the Church is one Body. al
though composed of many members.
no repetition of Pentecost has been
necessary. AS soon as we by conse-
Grafton come into the one Body. we are
sharers in all blessings belonging to
that Body. the start of which came on
the Memorable PentecOst Day. On
this basis. the gathering OF the Church
has progressed for nearly nineteen nun
dred years. Soon. we believe. it will be
completed. The last member having
proved faithful and passed beyond the
veil, the Body thenceforth will be COM
plete in glory-united to the Head.
The Greater Jubilee.
To the Church. Pentecost represents
liberation from the thralldom OF sin
and death, as well as introduction into
the family of God Thus it signifies
the beginning OF all the blessings
which the people Of God have known.
These are expressed in various spirit
ual terms as the fruits of the Spirit.
fellowship with God and our Lord.
The Pastor explained that those won
derful blessings are not complete. The
resurrection change from imperfections
in the flesh to perfection on the spirit
plane will be the consummation of the
Churchs hopes. Although near, this
has not yet been attained.
God purposely deferred the secondary
outpouring of His Holy Spiritual
upon the world-"all fesh," until the
establishment Of His Kingdom. That
will be great Jubilee. In Tsrael's ex-
periences. every fiftieth year wa q
Jubilee. Every Israelite was set free
from bondage and from debts of every
kind. and had fresh start. God thus
pictured how during Messiah's glorious
reign as Mediator of the New Cove
nant, God will. on account Of Jesus
sachhce. cancel the sins Of the whole
world. and grant release fr0m all
weaknesses, and assistance back to the
J fitness Of Divine favor. What Jubi.
lee that viii be!