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Imbued by the Power of the Holy Spirit, April 26
Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 1:8
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It is our privilege to preach the Word in the demonstration of the Spirit. It is
the privilege of every soul to exercise faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. But pure
spiritual life comes only as the soul surrenders itself to the will of God through
Christ, the reconciling Saviour. It is our privilege to be worked by the Holy Spirit.
Through exercise of faith we are brought into communion with Christ Jesus, for
Christ dwells in the hearts of all who are meek and lowly. Theirs is a faith that
works by love and purifies the soul, a faith that brings peace to the heart, and leads
in the path of self-denial and self-sacrifice.
The promise is that if we follow on to know the Lord, we shall know that
“his going forth is prepared as the morning.” It is essential that we have daily
the converting grace of God in the heart, that all our words and deeds may give
evidence that we are in submission to the mind and will of God. In doing with
meekness and humility our appointed service, we are to reveal the converting
power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Then we become the Lord’s agencies to do
His work.
With humility and meekness and yet with great earnestness we are to render
our service to God. Christ is our pattern, our example in all things. He was filled
with the Spirit, and the Spirit’s power was manifested through Him, not by bodily
movements, but by a zeal for good works.
Among God’s people there is need of deep, thorough heart searching, that we
may be able to understand what constitutes true religion. Christ is a wonderful
educator. His life and words are based upon sound principles. His manner of
teaching was very simple. He was fashioned after the divine similitude, and if we
follow Him, we shall make no mistakes....
Our lives must be hid with Christ in God. We must have a personal knowledge
of Christ. Then only can we rightly represent Him before the world. Wherever we
are, we must let our light shine forth to the glory of God in good works. This is the
great, the important work of our lives. Those who are really under the influence
of the Holy Spirit will reveal its power by a practical application of the eternal
principles of truth. They will reveal that the holy oil is emptied from the two olive
branches into the chambers of the soul temple. Their words will be imbued with
the power of the Holy Spirit to soften and subdue the heart. It will be manifest
that the words spoken are spirit and life.—
Letter 352, 1908
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