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the blessing, and it will come. The outpouring of the Spirit in apostolic
days was the “former rain,” and glorious was the result. But the “latter
rain” will be more abundant.
Joel 2:23
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All who consecrate soul, body, and spirit to God will be constantly
receiving a new endowment of physical and mental power. The in-
exhaustible supplies of heaven are at their command. Christ gives
them the breath of His own spirit, the life of His own life. The Holy
Spirit puts forth its highest energies to work in heart and mind. The
grace of God enlarges and multiplies their faculties, and every per-
fection of the divine nature comes to their assistance in the work of
saving souls. Through co-operation with Christ they are complete in
Him, and in their human weakness they are enabled to do the deeds of
Omnipotence.
The Saviour longs to manifest His grace and stamp His character
on the whole world. It is His purchased possession, and He desires to
make men free, and pure, and holy. Though Satan works to hinder this
purpose, yet through the blood shed for the world there are triumphs
to be achieved that will bring glory to God and the Lamb. Christ will
not be satisfied till the victory is complete, and “He shall see of the
travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied.”
Isaiah 53:11
. All the nations
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of the earth shall hear the gospel of His grace. Not all will receive His
grace; but “a seed shall serve Him; it shall be accounted to the Lord
for a generation.”
Psalm 22:30
. “The kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to
the people of the saints of the Most High,” and “the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” “So shall
they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the
rising of the sun.”
Daniel 7:27
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Isaiah 11:9
;
59:19
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“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good,
that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! ...
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places: ... for the Lord
hath comforted His people.... The Lord hath made bare His holy arm
in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our God.”
Isaiah 52:7-10
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