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The Holy Spirit Agrees With the Word, January 5
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me.
John 15:26
.
Those who have Jesus abiding in the heart by faith, have actually received the
Holy Spirit. Every individual who receives Jesus as his personal Saviour, just as
surely receives the Holy Spirit, to be his Counselor, Sanctifier, Guide, and Witness.
The more closely the believer walks with God, the clearer his witness, and, as a
sure result, the more powerful will be the influence of his testimony upon others
of a Saviour’s love; the more he will give evidence that he prizes the Word of God.
It is his meat, it is his drink, to satisfy the thirsty soul. He prizes the privilege of
learning the will of God from His Word.
Some souls who claim to be believers have slighted, and turned from, the
Word of God. They have neglected the Bible, the wonderful Guidebook, the true
Tester of all ideas, and claim that they have the Spirit to teach them, that this
renders searching the Scriptures unnecessary. All such are heeding the sophistry
of Satan, for the Spirit and the Word agree, say the Scriptures, “To the law and to
the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no
light in them” (
Isaiah 8:20
). He only is a free man whom the truth makes free....
The Lord loves you, and His guardian angels are round about you. If you are
doers of the Word you will obey the instructions of Jesus Christ.... In our own
strength we are perfect weakness, but, when we put our whole trust in Jesus Christ,
we are kept by His power, for He is fully able to keep every soul that puts his trust
in Him. The peril to which every soul is exposed is very great.
The great adversary of God, and the enemy of man, is watching to find an
opportunity to take us when we are off our guard. Jesus has told us of our danger
and warned us against the wily foe. He has repeatedly enjoined upon us the duty of
always watching and praying, lest we enter into temptation. Believe in Jesus, trust
in Jesus with living, constant faith, and rely without doubt upon Jesus to keep and
save you. One mighty to save has hold upon you, and as long as you will submit
to be led by Him, to learn of Him, to confide in Him, He will keep you from
falling. And, when God engages to keep you, He is a sure defense.—
Manuscript
1, January 5, 1894
, “The Holy Spirit Agrees With the Word.”
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