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The Spirit Speaks to Us, January 23
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
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The Lord has condescended to give you an outpouring of His Holy Spirit.
At the camp meetings, and in our various institutions, a great blessing has
been showered upon you. You have been visited by the heavenly messengers
of light and truth and power, and it should not be thought a strange thing that
God should thus bless you. How does Christ subdue His chosen people to
Himself? It is by the power of His Holy Spirit; for the Holy Spirit, through
the Scriptures, speaks to the mind, and impresses truth upon the hearts of
men.
Before His crucifixion, Christ promised that the Comforter should be sent
to His disciples. He said: “It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go
not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send
him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment” (
John 16:7, 8
). “When he, the Spirit of truth,
is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things
to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it
unto you” (
verses 13, 14
).
This promise of Christ has been made little enough of, and because of a
dearth of the Spirit of God, the spirituality of the law and its eternal obligations
have not been comprehended. Those who have professed to love Christ have
not comprehended the relation which exists between them and God, and it is
still but dimly outlined to their understanding. They but vaguely comprehend
the amazing grace of God in giving His only begotten Son for the salvation
of the world. They do not understand how far-reaching are the claims of
the holy law, how intimately the precepts of the law are to be brought into
practical life. They do not realize what a great privilege and necessity are
prayer, repentance, and the doing of the words of Christ.
It is the office of the Holy Spirit to reveal to the mind the character
of the consecration that God will accept. Through the agency of the Holy
Spirit, the soul is enlightened, and the character is renewed, sanctified, and
uplifted.—
The Review and Herald, January 30, 1894
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