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At Times, Human Machinery Set Aside, November 11
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13
.
If we will open the door to Jesus, He will come in and abide with us.
Our strength will always be reinforced by His actual representative, the Holy
Spirit.
The truth is a living principle made to shine in precious clearness to the
understanding, and then, oh, then, it is time to speak words from the living
Christ. “We are labourers together with God” (
1 Corinthians 3:9
).
Under the showers of the latter rain, the inventions of man, the human
machinery, will at times be swept away, the boundary of man’s authority
will be as broken reeds, and the Holy Spirit will speak through the living,
human agent with convincing power. No one will then watch to see if the
sentences are well rounded off, if the grammar is faultless. The living water
will flow in God’s own channels.... I am sure that there is a heaven full of the
richest, enduring treasures to be freely given to all who will appropriate them
to themselves, and becoming enriched, thereby, will impart freely to others. I
know this to be the truth.
We need to obtain a rich, daily experience in prayer; we should be like the
importunate widow, who, in her conscious need, overcame the unjust judge
by the bare force of her determined pleadings. God will be inquired of to do
these things for us; for this is giving depth and solidity to our experience. The
soul that seeks God will need to be in earnest. He is a rewarder of all those
that seek him diligently....
We want the truth spoken to human hearts by men that have been baptized
with holy love for Christ, and for the purchase of His blood, men who are
themselves thoroughly impressed with the truth they are presenting to others;
and who are practicing the same in their own life.—
The General Conference
Bulletin, February 15, 1895
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