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be presented in clear-cut lines. Much of that which today is called
testing truth is twaddle which leads to a resistance of the Holy Spirit
Defective Presentation Regarding the Holy Spirit
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
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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 carried 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. These theories were invented by men who had not learned the
first great lesson, that God’s Spirit and life are in His Word. If they
had received in the heart the eternal element contained in the Word of
God, they would see how tame and expressionless are all efforts to get
something new to create a sensation. They need to learn the very first
principles of the Word of God; they would then have the word of life
for the people, who will soon distinguish the chaff from the wheat, for
Jesus left His promise with His disciples.—
Letter 132, 1900
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