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The Spirit Brings Peace and Joy, November 20
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:13
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Much is being said regarding the impartation of the Holy Spirit, and by
some this is being so interpreted that it is an injury to the churches. Eternal
life is the receiving of the living elements in the Scriptures and doing the will
of God. This is eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God.
To those who do this, life and immortality are brought to light through the
gospel, for God’s Word is verity and truth, spirit and life. It is the privilege of
all who believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour to feed on the Word
of God. The Holy Spirit’s influence renders that Word, the Bible, an immortal
truth, which to the prayerful searcher gives spiritual sinew and muscle.
“Search the Scriptures,” Christ declared, “for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (
John 5:39
). Those who
dig beneath the surface discover the hidden gems of truth. The Holy Spirit
is present with the earnest searcher. Its illumination shines upon the Word,
stamping the truth upon the mind with a new, fresh importance. The searcher
is filled with a sense of peace and joy never before felt. The preciousness of
truth is realized as never before. A new, heavenly light shines upon the Word,
illuminating it as though every letter were tinged with gold. God Himself has
spoken to the mind and heart, making the Word spirit and life.
Every true searcher of the Word lifts his heart to God, imploring the aid of
the Spirit. And he soon discovers that which carries him above all the fictitious
statements of the would-be teacher, whose weak, tottering theories are not
sustained by the Word of the living God.—
Manuscript Releases 21:131, 132
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