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Faithful, Earnest Warnings
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Manifest Working of the Holy Spirit
Just before He left them, Christ gave His disciples the promise,
“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 Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” While these
words were upon His lips, He ascended, a cloud of angels received
Him, and escorted Him to the City of God. The disciples returned
to Jerusalem, knowing now for a certainty that Jesus was the Son
of God. Their faith was unclouded, and they waited, preparing
themselves by prayer and by humbling their hearts before God, until
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the baptism of the Holy Spirit came.
“And when the Day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting. And their appeared unto them cloven tongues like
as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave them utterance.” In that assembly there were mockers, who did
not recognize the work of the Holy Spirit, and they said, “These men
are full of new wine.
“But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: for these are not
drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel.” Read the
history. The Lord was at work in His own way; but had there been
such a manifestation among us, upon whom the ends of the world
are come, would not some have mocked, as on that occasion? Those
who did not come under the influence of the Holy Spirit knew it not.
To this class the disciples seemed like drunken men.