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To Transform My Character, Fabruary 11
The Work of the Holy Spirit
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit
the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given
His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated
tendencies to evil and to impress His own character on His church....
When the Spirit of God takes possession of the heart, it transforms
the life. Sinful thoughts are put away, evil deeds are renounced; love,
humility, and peace take the place of anger, envy, and strife. Joy takes
the place of sadness, and the countenance reflects the joy of heaven. No
one sees the hand that lifts the burden or beholds the light descend from
the courts above. The blessing comes when by faith the soul surrenders
itself to God. Then that power which no human eye can see, creates a
new being in the image of God.
The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impar-
tation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. It imbues the
receiver with the attributes of Christ....
The religion that comes from God is the only religion that will lead
to God. In order to serve Him aright, we must be born of the divine
Spirit. This will purify the heart and renew the mind, giving us a new
capacity for knowing and loving God. It will give us a willing obedience
to all His requirements. This is true worship. It is the fruit of the working
of the Holy Spirit. By the Spirit every sincere prayer is indited, and such
prayer is acceptable to God. Wherever a soul reaches out after God,
there the Spirit’s working is manifest, and God will reveal Himself to
that soul. For such worshipers He is seeking. He waits to receive them
and to make them His sons and daughters.
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