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The Indwelling Spirit, February 20
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he
in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit
which he hath given us.
1 John 3:24
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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 Holy Spirit will enter the heart that can boast of nothing. The
love of Jesus will fill the vacuum that is made by the emptying out of
self.
Those who see Christ in His true character, and receive Him into
the heart, have everlasting life. It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells
in us; and the Spirit of God, received into the heart by faith, is the
beginning of the life eternal.
We do not see Christ and speak to Him, but His Holy Spirit is just
as near us in one place as in another. It works in and through every one
who receives Christ. Those who know the indwelling of the Spirit reveal
the fruits of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith.
The Holy Spirit is to be continually present with the believer. We
have need more carefully to consider the fact that the Comforter is to
abide with us. If we individually comprehended this truth, we should
never feel alone. When assailed by the enemy, when overwhelmed by
temptation, we are to repose our faith in God; for we have His pledged
word that we are never to be left to battle alone. Every soul, pardoned
of sin, is precious in His sight—more precious than the whole world. It
has been purchased at infinite cost, and Christ will never abandon the
soul for whom He has died.
Christ is represented by the Holy Spirit; and when this Spirit is
appreciated, when those controlled by the Spirit communicate to others
the energy with which they are imbued, an invisible chord is touched
which electrifies the whole. Would that we could all understand how
boundless are the divine resources.
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