Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14


~. REV. TINsLEY be filled"
THE BIBLE reveals the comforting fact that this
blessing is the brtrght of every child of God Through
th IN Me e nq with the
Spirit of the hundred and twenty on the Day OF Pente
cost Peter speaking to the multitude said Repent and be
baptized every of you in the of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins and We shall receive the Holy
Spirit for the promise is unto and to children
and to all that afar off, even as many as the Lord our
God shall call" u
who they or where they may be fund Just the
disciples hundred and twenty of Them were filled
the Day of Pentecos be filled Just as Corne-
Illus house. recorded in Acts 1O44 were filled so may
you and be filled with His Spirit We also read Acts
Acts 11:M it tells that Barnabus good man and
full of the Holy Spirit History records notable men
ness this blessing. Savanroa, Martin Luther, John
Knox, George Fox, John Wesley, G. G. Penney, D: l.
Moody and host of others were all filled with the full
ness of the Spirit
HERE IS something that we should bear in minds This
is distinct blessing from being born of the Spirit But
will object BY y that h an
John McNel points out there is difference in having the
Spirit and being filled with the Spirit In illustrating this
point he says Egypt always has the River Nile but Egypt
waits every for the River Nile to overflow Having
the Nile is thing but having the Nile overf!owng is
quite another thing 1t is the Niles overflow that Egypts
salvation and to overflow must be filled So it is the
Christians overflow that is the worlds salvation but be-
fore there be overflow there must first be filling
Now it seems to me that I can hear someone saying
why is it that there Christians who do not
this blessing? is not because they not
scious need and doubt with many it is not because
they are not willing to pay the price for it. Then why
there many hungry, weak and many times defeated
children Of God in the world? In trying to this
would say that oftentmes it is for lack of knowledge
that keeps many out of this higher spiritual life They
Holy Spirit Not much is taught of His work in the Sum
day school quarterlles. zig.
WE HEAR sermons about God and Christ but not
much about the Holy Spirit Consequently not many Reo.
abide their hearts their Blessed Comforter So gnor
people about the Holy Spirit that when they hear
Him mentioned they Immediately become fearful of
kind of wild fanatcal demonstration They lack an IN
tegent understanding of the Office Work of the Holy
Spirit.
SIM and witnesses the work of conversion through faith
in the blood Of Christ it is He who guides into all truth
ordnates the whole being into blessed harmony with
the Lord Christ It is the Holy Spirit who gives
Il is He who brings rest and comfort to the heart
He evopes the soul in all of the Divine Graces There
nothing unnatural about Spirit filled He clothes
the spirit of man right mind and enables him act
perfectly natural He brings the strength of Christ into
the heart and makes Him real
dear preacher friend of mine said to me few days
before crossed the Great Divide Christ has become
real to than earthly friend There is story
one day stopped him and sad How is Mr.
Luther today which he replied Martin Luther doesn't
live there any more Jesus Christ does He that real
to Luther Let me you this personal question Is He
that real to you? If not, why not?
IT IS both your duty and your privilege to thus know
Him revelation of His Spirit to your inner nature.
We hear and preach much about the Reformation that
restored the great fundamental doctrines to the Church
But after all if we observe the letter without the Spirit
we are dead in the funess OF the strength of the
Holy Spirit that led Luther and other great reformers to
go forth and declare anew the of the Chris
ton Faith need of the present age for Spirit filled
men to go forth and reprove the worldly corrupt self
seeking Spirit of the Age you of Gods children
who feel deep hunger and thirst in your heart for that
which as yet you not let me urge you to turn
Yourself over to Christ with the words of my friend
Dan Nerson pray,
Spirit of the Living God
fall afresh on me.
Mold me- make me; melt mo.
Fill me; Use Me;
Spirit of the Living God
Breathe afresh on me-