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Preface 
 
 THE Person and Work of the Holy Spirit are 
 probably receiving more thoughtful and devout 
 attention to-day, than at any time since Pente- 
 cost. The rarest spirits of the church are bend- 
 ing their noblest powers to elucidate the mystery, 
 that enshrouds His operations, and to make all 
 men see the laws of His procedure. 
 
 And it is well: not for the gratification of our 
 curiosity, but that we may be able to pour the 
 molten metal of our obedience into the mould of 
 law; and comply with those first principles, on 
 which all healthy fellowship with God’s Spirit 
 must proceed. 
 
 How greatly the race is indebted to men of 
 science, for their careful observation of the prin- 
 ciples on which great natural forces operate! 
 These have been in existence from creation, but 
 unavailed of, because man had not penetrated 
 their secret. The electric current, for instance, 
 was as potent in Paradise, as in any modern city, 
 but of no avail to lessen human labor, because 
 no one had studied or systematized the science of 
 its working. Similarly through all the dark ages 
 there was as much of the Spirit in the church, 
 as at Pentecost; but His gracious power was re- 
 strained, since men were largely ignorant of, and 
 indifferent to its laws. Thank God, that the 
 time of apathy has passed it, as modern literature 
 bears witness. 
 
 q 
 
Preface 
 
 In the front rank of other books published on 
 this great theme, the present claims special notice, 
 not only for its author’s sake, but because it con- 
 tains, in scripture language, the important princi- 
 ples on the observance of which depends the 
 communion or fellowship of the human spirit 
 with the Divine. That this little book may en- 
 able many to live in that co-partnership with the 
 Holy Spirit for the glory of Christ, and the bless- 
 ing of men, is my earnest desire. 
 
 F. B. MEYER. 
 
Contents 
 
 CHAPTER 
 PREFATORY NOTE See 4 
 INTRODUCTION BY REv. F. B. MEYER. 
 
 I, THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT . 
 § x. His Name. § 3. His Acts, 
 § 2. His Attributes, § 4. Actions done to Him, 
 
 II. THE DEITY OF THE SPIRIT . 
 § 1. His Name. 
 § 2, His Attributes, 
 _ III. THE NAMEs AND TITLES OF THE GHOST . 
 
 § x1. Old Testament Titles, 
 § 2. New Testament Titles. 
 
 IV. THE DIVINE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT . 
 
 Site: pends... 
 
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 SORT se 3 
 § 4. Pour Out . 
 § 5. Minister 
 
 V. THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT... 
 
 § 1. Creation 
 
 § 2. Inspiration 
 
 § 3. Conviction 
 
 § 4. Regeneration 
 § 5. Sanctification 
 § 6. Equipment 
 
 VI. THE RELATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OUR 
 
 LorD JEsUS CHRIST 
 
 § 1. Birth . 
 
 § 2. Baptism. . 
 §' 45> Life 2. 
 
 § 4. Work. . 
 eS. seath 33 
 § 6. Resurrection. . 
 § 7. Outpouring . 
 
Contents 
 
 VII. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. 
 I. THE SPHERE OF THE LIFE . 
 § 1. Born of the Spirit 
 
 . The Fullness of the Spirit . 
 . The Blessings of the Spirit. 
 . Prayer in the Spirit . 
 
 A PWN HE 
 
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 § 2. The Walk in the Spirit . 
 
 Te TH ESPOW ER Gacy. are tte Wlare eal aten ue 
 
 § 1. Personal blessing gained. . 
 
 § 2. Personal blessing retained . . 
 
 § 3. Blessing passedon. . . 
 
 To 
 
 . The Baptism of the Spirit sah 
 
 . The Indwelling of the Spirit 
 
 TISSCHE RULE OW. Rote Lok oteeets 2a ks aan: 
 § 1. The Reception of the Spirit . 
 
CHAPTER I 
 THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT 
 
 In studying the doctrine of the Spirit, the first 
 thing to be grasped is His personality. The chief 
 doctrine of Christianity is its doctrine of God, 
 and the Christian doctrine of God is the doctrine 
 of the Trinity. God has revealed Himself as one 
 God in Three Persons, and of these Persons, the 
 third is the Holy Ghost. That He is a Person is 
 proved by these considerations :— _ 
 
 I, 
 
 He is associated with the Father and with the 
 _ Son in the One Name of God. 
 
 (1.) Ln the Baptismal Formula. 
 
 Matt. xxviii. 18, 19.—And Jesus came and 
 spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto 
 me in heayen and in earth. Go ye therefore, 
 and teach all nations, baptizing them into the 
 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 (2.) Ln the Apostolic Benediction. 
 
 2 Cor. xiii. 14.—-The grace of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, and the love of God, and the communion 
 of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 
 
 II. 
 He possesses attributes belonging only to per- 
 sons. / 
 (1.) Understanding and Knowledge. 
 t Cor. ii. g-11.—Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
 II 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 heard, neither have any entered into the heart of 
 man, the things which God hath prepared for 
 them that love Him. But God hath revealed 
 them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit search- 
 eth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For 
 what man knoweth the things of a man, save the _ 
 spirit of a man which is in him? even so the 
 things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
 God. 
 
 (2.) Love. 
 
 Rom. xv. 30.—Now I beseech you, brethren, 
 for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love 
 of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in 
 your prayers to God for me. 
 
 (3. Azl7. 
 
 r Cor. xii. 11.—But all these worketh that one 
 and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man 
 severally as He will. 
 
 III. 
 
 He performs actions that can only be per- 
 formed by a person. 
 
 ((1.) He teaches. 
 
 John xvi. 13, 14. _Howbeit 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. 
 
 (2.) He directs. 
 Acts vill. 29.—Then the Spirit said unto Philip, 
 Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 
 And similarly in nearly 60 passages in the Old 
 Testament, and in too passages in the New. 
 I2 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 IV. 
 
 He is the Object of Actions which can only be 
 done to a Person. 
 
 (1.) He can be hed against. 
 
 Acts v. 3.—But Peter said, Ananias, why hath 
 Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, 
 and to keep back part of the price of the land ? 
 
 (2.) He can be tempted. 
 
 Acts v. g.—Then Peter said unto her, How is 
 it that ye have agreed together to tempt the 
 Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them 
 which have buried thy husband are at the door, 
 and shall carry thee out. 
 
 (3.) He can be reststed. 
 
 Acts. vil. 51.—Ye _ stiff-necked and uncir- 
 cumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist 
 the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 
 
 Heb. x. 29.—Of how much sorer punishment, 
 suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who 
 hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and 
 hath counted the blood of the covenant, where- 
 with he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
 hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 
 
 (4.) He can be grieved. 
 
 Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
 of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
 redemption. 
 
 1 Thess. v. 19.—Quench not the Spirit. 
 
 (5.) He can be vexed. 
 
 Isa. lxili. 10.—They rebelled, and vexed His 
 Holy Spirit. 
 
 (6.) He can be blasphemed. 
 
 Matt. xii. 31, 32.—Wherefore I say unto you, 
 All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be for- 
 given unto men: but the blasphemy against the 
 
 aS 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son 
 of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever 
 speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
 forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in 
 the world to come. 
 
 Mark iii. 29.—But he that shall blaspheme 
 against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, 
 but is in danger of eternal damnation. 
 
 Luke xii. 10..-Whosoever shall speak a word 
 against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: 
 but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy 
 Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 
 
 14 
 
CHAPTER II 
 THE DEITY OF THE SPIRIT 
 
 IN connection with the doctrine of the Spirit, 
 the second thing to be grasped is His Deity. 
 This is taught by the following passages :— 
 
 I 
 
 He is expressly called God. 
 
 Acts. v. 3, 4.—Why hath Satan filled thy 
 heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? . . . Why hast 
 thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou 
 hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 
 
 2 Cor. ili, 17,18.—Now the Lord is that 
 Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there 
 is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding 
 as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed 
 into the same image from glory to glory, even as 
 by the Lord, the Spirit. 
 
 II. 
 
 Attributes are ascribed to Him which belong 
 to God alone. 
 
 (1.) Eternity. 
 
 Heb. ix. 14.—How much more shall the 
 blood of Christ, who, through the Eternal Spirit 
 offered Himself without spot to God, purge your 
 conscience from dead works to serve the living 
 and true God. 
 
 (2.) Omnipresence. 
 
 Psa. cxxxix. 7.—Whither shall I go from 
 Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy 
 presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art 
 there, if I make my bed in hell, behold Thou art 
 there. If I take the wings of the morning, and 
 dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there 
 
 zs 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand 
 shall hold me. 
 
 (3.) Omntpotence. 
 Micah ui. 8.—Truly I am full of power by the 
 Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment of might. 
 
 (4.)  Omnisctence. 
 
 Isa. xl. 13.—Who hath directed the Spirit 
 of the Lord, or being His Counsellor hath taught 
 Him? 
 
 1 Cor. il. 10, 11.—The Spirit searcheth all 
 things, yea, the deep things of God. For what 
 man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit 
 of man which is in him? even so the things of 
 God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 
 
 (5.) Soreknowledge. 
 
 Acts 1. 16.—Men and brethren, this scripture 
 must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy 
 Ghost by the mouth of David spake before con- 
 cerning Judas, which was guide to them that took 
 Jesus. 
 
 Acts xi. 27, 28..And in these days came 
 prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And 
 there stood up one of them named Agabus, and 
 signified by the Spirit that there should be great 
 death throughout all the world: which came to 
 pass in the days of Claudius Ceesar. 
 
 (6.) Sovereignty over the Church. 
 
 Acts xili. 2, 3.—As they ministered to the 
 Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate 
 me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I 
 have called them. And when they had fasted 
 and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they 
 sent them away. 
 
 Rey. ii. 7.—He that hath an ear, let him hear 
 what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 
 
 and in six other places in Revelation. 
 
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CHAPTER III 
 THE NAMES AND TITLES OF THE HOLY GHOST 
 
 In the Scripture we do not find that distinction 
 between nominal and real, which is so familiar 
 to us in the usage of ordinary life. What any- 
 thing is in name, that it is in reality. The 
 supreme example of this is found in the names of 
 God. What God calls Himself is a revelation 
 of what He is. Therefore, in the names of the 
 Holy Spirit we have a rich revelation of His 
 character and work. 
 
 Section Lirst 
 
 Old Testament Names and Titles. 
 
 In the Old Testament there are ninety passages 
 in which direct reference is made to the Holy 
 Spirit. In these passages we find eighteen dif- 
 ferent designations applied to Him. These fall 
 into three groups :— 
 
 1h 
 
 The first group contains those names which 
 express His relation to God. Of these there are 
 seven :— 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Spirit of God ... a ae 
 The Spirit of the Lord... 2 Sm 
 The Spirit of the Lord God ieee 
 The spirit... A Sas rok 4. 
 
 My Spirit ... Tyee = aL 
 Thy Spirit ... eae Se ARAL 
 His Spirit ... oes ive Geet 
 
 17 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 2. 
 
 The second group contains those names which 
 express His character. Of these there are five :— 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 Thy Good Spirit 
 A Free Spirit 
 Thy Holy Spirit 
 His Holy Spirit 
 A New Spirit 
 
 oO oS = = & 
 
 The third group contains those names which 
 indicate His operations upon men. Of these 
 there are six :— 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Spirit of Wisdom ay FU a3 
 The Spirit of Understanding Re 
 
 The Spirit of Counsel and Might... 1 
 The Spirit of Knowledge and of the 
 Fear of the Lord ; I 
 The Spirit that was on Moses os Sage 
 The Spirit of Grace and Supplication 1 
 
 Section Second 
 
 New Testament Names and Titles. 
 
 In the New Testament there are two hundred 
 and sixty-three passages in which direct reference 
 is made to the Holy Spirit. In these passages 
 we find thirty-nine different designations applied 
 to Him. These fall into five groups. 
 
 a3 
 The first group contains the names which ex- 
 press His relation to God the Father. Of these 
 there are fourteen :— 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Spirit of God aa aM © Ss 
 
 The Spirit of the Lord... cn at 
 
 18 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 My Spirit 
 
 His Spirit ... 
 
 The Spirit of your Father . 
 
 The Promise of My Father 
 
 The Promise of The Father 
 
 The Gift of God 
 
 The Spirit of Him that raised up 
 Jesus : 
 
 The Spirit which is of God 
 
 The Spirit of our God ___.... 
 
 The Spirit of the Living God 
 
 The Holy Spirit of God 
 
 The Spirit which He gave us 
 
 = = = me GN O&O 
 
 a = = = SS SS 
 
 2. 
 
 The second group contains those names which 
 express His relation to God the Son. Of these 
 there are five :— 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Spirit of Christ " 
 The Spirit of Jesus (R. V. N 
 The Spirit of Jesus Christ . 
 The Spirit of His Son 
 Another Comforter 
 
 2) 
 
 The third group contains those names which 
 express His own essential Deity. Of these there 
 are five :— 
 
 se mM mM ND 
 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The spirit... ume mas Vente Q Ona 
 The Same Spirit a3 7 es 0 
 The One Spirit... oh ees 
 The Eternal Spirit ... eras 
 The Seven Spirits ... 4 
 
 4. 
 The fourth group contains those names which 
 19 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 set forth His own essential character. Of these 
 .there are two :— 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Holy Ghost... ots By eS 
 
 The Holy Spirit — ... an Soke Lee 
 
 55 
 The fifth group contains those names which 
 set forth His relations to the people of God. Of 
 these there are thirteen :— 
 Designation. Number of times used. 
 The Spirit of ‘Truth . 
 The Comforter 
 The Spirit of Holiness 
 The Spirit of Life <., 
 The Spirit of Adoption 
 The Spirit of Faith 
 The Holy Spirit of Promise 
 The Spirit of Wisdom and Revela- 
 tion 
 The Spirit of Power and Discipline I 
 The Spirit of Grace se I 
 The Spirit whom He made to dwell 
 in us : ae Bhd 
 The Spirit of Glory oak Res | 
 An Anointing 5 Sr prt jeod 
 
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CHAPTER IV 
 THE DIVINE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT 
 
 THERE are a large number of passages in the 
 Bible, which set forth the relation of God the 
 Father, and God the Son to the Holy Spirit. 
 
 These passages form five groups. 
 
 I. 
 Send. 
 
 From the first group we learn that God SENDS 
 His Spirit to men. This word emphasizes the 
 Divine AUTHORITY. 
 
 Psa. civ. 30.—Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, 
 they are created, and Thou renewest the face of 
 the earth. 
 
 Isa. xlvili. 16. (R. V.)—Come ye near unto me, 
 hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from 
 the beginning; from the time that it was, there 
 am I; and now the Lord God hath sent me, and 
 His Spirit. 
 
 Luke xxiv. 49.—And, behold, I send the 
 promise of My Father upon you; but tarry ye 
 in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with 
 power from on high. 
 
 John xiv. 26.—But when the Comforter is 
 come, whom I will send unto you from the 
 Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
 eth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. 
 
 John xv. 26.—But the Comforter, which is the 
 Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My 
 Name, He shall teach you all things, and bring 
 
 21 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
 have said unto you. 
 
 John xvi. 7.—Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. 
 It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I 
 go not away, the Comforter wili not come unto 
 you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. 
 
 Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God sent 
 forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, cry- 
 ing, Abba, Father. 
 
 I. 
 Give. | 
 
 From the second group we learn that God 
 GIVES His Spirit to men. This word empha- 
 sizes the Divine GRACE. 
 
 Num. xi. 25.—And the Lord came down in 
 a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the 
 Spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the 
 seventy elders. 
 
 Num. xi. 29.—And Moses said unto him, 
 Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all 
 the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the 
 Lord would give (A. V. put) His Spirit to them. 
 
 Neh. ix. 20.—Thou gavest them Thy good 
 Spirit to instruct them. 
 
 Isa. xlii. 1.—Behold My servant whom I up- 
 hold; Mine elect in whom My soul delighteth ; 
 I have given My Spirit to him. (A. V. put.) 
 
 Ezek. xi. 19.—I will give them one heart, and 
 I will give (A. V. put) a new Spirit within you. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27.—A new heart will I give 
 you, and a new spirit will I give (A. V. put) 
 within you; and I will take away the stony heart 
 out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of 
 flesh, and I will give (A. V. put) My Spirit within 
 you, and cause you to walk in My Statutes, and 
 ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. 
 
 22 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 Ezek. xxxvii. 14.—Ye shall know that I am the 
 Lord when I shall give (A. V. put) My Spirit in 
 you. 
 
 Luke xi. 13.—If ye then, being evil, know how 
 to give good gifts unto your children, how much 
 more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy 
 Spirit to them that ask Him ? 
 
 John iii. 34. (R. V.)—For He whom God hath 
 sent speaking the words of God; for He giveth 
 not the Spirit by measure. 
 
 John xiv. 16.—And I will pray the Father, and 
 He shall give you another Comforter, that He 
 may abide with you forever. 
 
 Acts v. 32.—And we are His witnesses of these 
 things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom 
 God hath given to them that obey Him. 
 
 Acts xv. 8.—And God, which knoweth the 
 hearts, bear them witness, giving them the Holy 
 Ghost, even as He did unto us. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 22.._Now He which stablisheth us 
 with you in Christ, and hath anointed us is God. 
 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest 
 of the Spirit in our hearts. 
 
 2 Cor. v. 5.—Now He that hath wrought us 
 for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given 
 unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 
 
 Eph. i. 16, 17.—For this cause I also cease 
 not to give thanks for you, making mention of 
 you in my prayers. That the God of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give unto 
 you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 
 knowledge of Him. 
 
 1 Thess. iv. 8.—He therefore that despiseth, 
 despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given 
 unto us His Holy Spirit. 
 
 1 John iii. 24.—And hereby we know that He 
 abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us. 
 
 23 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 1 John iv. 13.—Hereby know we that we dwell 
 in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us 
 of His Spirit. 
 
 Compare. 
 
 Psa. li. r1.—Cast me not away from Thy 
 presence and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
 
 Ill. 
 TEA t 
 
 From the third group we learn that God PUTS 
 His Spirit upon men. This word emphasizes the 
 Divine SOVEREIGNTY and EFFICIENCY. 
 
 Isa. Ixili. 11.—Where is He that put His Holy 
 Spirit within Him. 
 
 Num. xi. 17.—I will take of the Spirit which 
 is upon thee, and will put it upon them. 
 
 Matt. xii. 18.—Behold My servant, whom I 
 have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is 
 well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him, 
 and He shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 
 
 IV. 
 Pour Out. 
 
 From the fourth group we learn that God 
 POURS OUT His Spirit upon men. This word 
 emphasizes the Divine Bounty. 
 
 Prov. 1. 23.—Turn you at My reproof; be- 
 hold, I will pour out (as an exuberant fountain 
 pours out) My Spirit unto you, I will make known 
 My words unto you. 
 
 Isa. xxxll. 15.—Until the Spirit be poured on 
 us from on; high (as one overturns a vessel to 
 empty it). 
 
 Isa. xliv. 3.—I will pour water on him that is 
 thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will 
 pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing 
 upon thine offspring. | 
 
 24 
 
The Things of the Spirit 
 
 Ezek. xxxix. 29.—Neither will I hide My face 
 any more from them; for I have poured out My 
 Spirit upon the house of Israel. 
 
 Joel ii. 28, 29.—And it shall come to pass 
 afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all 
 flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall 
 prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, 
 your young men shall see visions; and also upon 
 the servants and upon the handmaids in those 
 days will I pour out My Spirit. 
 
 Zech. xii. ro.—And I will pour upon the house 
 of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 the Spirit of grace and of supplications. 
 
 Acts ii. 16-18.—But this is that which was 
 spoken by the prophet Joel; and it shall come 
 to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour 
 out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons 
 and your daughters shall prophesy, and your 
 young men shall see visions, and your old men 
 shall dream dreams; and on My servants and on 
 My handmaidens I will pour out in those days of 
 My Spirit ; and they shall prophesy. 
 
 Acts ii. 33.—Therefore being by the right 
 hand of God exalted, and having received of the 
 Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath 
 shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 
 
 Titus iii. 5, 6.Not by words of righteousness 
 which we have done, but according to His mercy 
 He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and 
 renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on 
 us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 V. 
 Minister. 
 
 From the fifth group we learn that God MIN- 
 ISTERS or SUPPLIES His Spirit to men. This 
 
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 word emphasizes the Divine SoLICITUDE for our 
 spiritual welfare. 
 
 Gal. iii. 5.—He therefore that ministereth to 
 you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, 
 doeth He it by the works of the law, or by the 
 hearing of faith. 
 
 Phil. i. 19.—For I know that this shall turn 
 to my salvation through your prayer, and the 
 supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 
 
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CHAPTER V 
 THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT 
 
 WHEN we come to consider the passages in 
 which the acts of the Holy Ghost are revealed, 
 we find that they tell us of a sixfold ministry of 
 the Spirit. 
 
 Section First 
 Creation 
 
 There is His ministry in connection with the 
 material Creation. 
 
 (1.) He brings order out of chaos. 
 
 Gen. i. 2.—The earth was without form and 
 void; and darkness was upon the face of the 
 deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the 
 face of the waters. 
 
 (2.) He creates the world. 
 
 Psa. xxxili. 6.—By the Word of the Lord were 
 the heavens made; and all the host of them by 
 the breath of His mouth. 
 
 (3.) . He creates man. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 4.—The Spirit of God hath made 
 me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given 
 me life. 
 
 (4.) He beautifies the world. 
 
 Job xxvi. 13.—By His Spirit He hath gar- 
 nished the heavens. 
 
 (s.) He brings death upon it. 
 
 ‘Isa. xl. 7.—-The grass withereth, the flower 
 fadeth ; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth 
 upon it; surely the people is grass. 
 
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 (6.) He brings new life to it. 
 
 Psa. civ. 30.—Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, 
 they are created; and thou renewest the face of 
 the earth. 
 
 Section Second 
 Inspiration 
 
 There is His ministry in connection with the 
 Inspiration of the Bible. 
 
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 He came upon certain individuals that He 
 might cause them to deliver a certain message. 
 
 (1.) On Balaam. 
 
 Num. xxiv. 2.—And Balaam lifted up iis eyes, 
 and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according 
 to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon 
 him. And he took up his parable and said :— 
 
 (2.) On Amasai. 
 
 1 Chron. xii. 8.—Then the Spirit came down 
 upon Amasai, who was chief of the Captains, and 
 he said :— 
 
 (3.) On Azariah. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 1.—And the Spirit of God came 
 upon Azariah, the son of Oded ; and he went out 
 to meet Asa, and said unto him :— 
 
 (4.) On Jahaziel. 
 
 2 Chron. xx. 14.—Then upon Jahaziel, the son 
 of Zechariah, came the Spirit of the Lord in the 
 midst of the congregation; and he said,—Thus 
 saith the Lord :— 
 
 (5.) On Zechariah. 
 
 2 Chron. xxiv. 20.—And the Spirit of God 
 came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the 
 priest, and he said. —Thus saith God :— 
 
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 (6.) On Zacharias. 
 
 Luke i. 67.—And his father Zacharias was 
 filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied. 
 
 Cp )e On: Lier. 
 
 Acts iv. 8.—Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
 Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, 
 and elders of Israel, etc. 
 
 (8.) On Paul. 
 
 Acts. xiii. g9.—Then Saul (who is also called 
 Paul), filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on 
 Him, and said :— 
 
 II. 
 
 Specially He inspired David. 
 
 2 Sam. xxiii. 1, 2.—David the son of Jesse said, 
 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, 
 and His Word was in my tongue. 
 
 Matt. xxii. 42-44.—Jesus asked them, saying, 
 What think ye of Christ? whose Son is He? 
 They say unto Him, The son of David. He 
 saith unto them, How doth David in spirit call 
 Him Lord, saying, The Lorp said unto my 
 Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make 
 Thine enemies Thy footstool ? 
 
 Mark xii. 36.—For David himself said by the 
 Holy Ghost, The Lorp said unto my Lord, Sit 
 Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine ene- 
 mies Thy footstool. 
 
 Acts iv. 34. (R. V.).—Lord, Thou art God, 
 which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
 and all that in them is. Who, by the Holy 
 Ghost, by the mouth of Thy servant David, hast 
 said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people 
 imagine vain things? 
 
 Acts i. 16.—Men and brethren, this scripture 
 must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy 
 Ghost, by the mouth of David, spake before con- 
 
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 cerning Judas, which was guide to them that 
 took Jesus. 
 
 Heb. iv. 7.—Again, he limiteth a certain day, 
 saying in David, To-day, after so long a time; as 
 it is said, To-day if ye will hear His voice, har- 
 den not your hearts. 
 
 Ill. 
 And Isaiah. 
 Acts xxvii. 25.—-Well spake the Holy Ghost 
 by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, saying :— 
 
 IV. 
 
 And Jeremiah. 
 
 Heb. x. 15.—Whereof the Holy Ghost also is 
 a witness to us: for after that He had said be- 
 fore, This is the covenant that I will make with 
 them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put 
 My laws into their hearts, and in their minds 
 will I write them; and their sins and iniquities 
 will I remember no more. 
 
 V. 
 
 And Agabus. 
 
 Acts xxi. 10.—And as we tarried there many 
 “days, there came down from Judea a certain 
 prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come 
 unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his 
 own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the 
 Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind 
 the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver 
 him into the hands of the Gentiles. 
 
 | VI. 
 And certain other disciples. 
 Acts xxi. 4.—And finding disciples, we tarried 
 there seven days: who said to Paul through the 
 Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 
 
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 VII. 
 
 And the New Testament writers. 
 
 Eph. ili. 5.—Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
 understand my knowledge in the mystery of 
 Christ. Which in other ages was not made 
 known unto the sons of men, as it is now re- 
 vealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by 
 the Spirit. } 
 
 VIII. 
 
 He inspired prophecy in general. 
 
 Neh. ix. 20.—Thou gavest them also Thy good 
 Spirit to instruct them. 
 
 Neh. ix. 30.—Thou testifiedst against them by 
 Thy Spirit in Thy prophets. 
 
 Micah iii, 8.—I am full of power by the Spirit 
 of the Lord . . . to declare unto Jacob his trans- 
 gressors, and to Israel his sin. 
 
 Zech. vii. 12.—Yet they made their hearts as 
 an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, 
 and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent 
 in His Spirit by the former prophets. 
 
 1 Tim. iv. 1.—Now the Spirit speaketh ex- 
 
 pressly, that in the latter times some shall depart @ 
 
 from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits, 
 and doctrines of devils. 
 
 Heb. iil. 7.—Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost 
 saith), To-day, if ye will hear His voice, Harden 
 not your hearts. 
 
 Heb. ix. 8.—The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
 that the way into the holiest of all was not yet 
 made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was 
 yet standing. 
 
 1 Pet. 1. ro-12._Of which salvation the proph- 
 ets have enquired and searched diligently, who 
 prophesied of the grace that should come unto 
 you. Searching what, or what manner of time 
 
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 the Spirit of Christ which was in them did sig- 
 nify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of 
 Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto 
 whom it was revealed, that not unto ourselves, 
 but unto us they did minister the things, which 
 are now reported unto you by them that have 
 preached the gospel unto you with the Holy 
 Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the 
 angels desire to look into. ie 
 
 2° PEt; (20, 21.—Knowing this first, that no 
 prophecy of the scripture is of any private inter- 
 pretation. For the prophecy came not in old 
 time by the will of man; but holy men of God 
 spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 
 
 IX, 
 
 And the Scripture as a whole. 
 
 Eph. vi. 17.—And take the helmet of salva- 
 tion, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
 word of God. 
 
 2 Tim. iii. 16.—All scripture is given by in- 
 spiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
 for reproof, for correction, for instruction in 
 righteousness: that the man of God may be per- 
 fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 
 
 1 Cor. 11. g-16.—But as it is written, eye hath 
 not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into 
 the heart of man, the things which God hath 
 prepared for them that love Him. But God hath 
 revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the 
 Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things 
 of God. For what man knoweth the things of a 
 man, save the spirit of man that is in him, even 
 so the things of God knoweth no man, but the 
 Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the 
 spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of 
 God; that we might know the things that are 
 
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 freely given to us of God. Which things also 
 we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom 
 teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; 
 comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But 
 the natural man receiveth not the things of the 
 Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: 
 neither can he know them, because they are spirit- 
 ually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth 
 all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 
 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that 
 he may instruct Him? But we have the mind 
 of Christ. 
 
 Section Third 
 Conviction 
 
 There is His ministry in connection with the 
 Conviction of Men. 
 
 Gen. vi. 3.—And the Lord said, My Spirit 
 shall not always strive with man. 
 
 John xvi, 7-11.—Nevertheless, I tell you the 
 truth; 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; of sin, because they believe not on 
 Me ; of righteousness, because I go to My Father, 
 and ye see me no more; of judgment, because 
 the Prince of this world is judged. 
 
 Heb. vi. 4-6.—For it is impossible for those 
 who were once enlightened, and have tasted of 
 the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the 
 Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of 
 God, and the powers .of the world to come. 
 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto 
 repentance. 
 
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 Section Fourth 
 Regeneration 
 There is His ministry in connection with the 
 Regeneration of Men. ‘This is twofold. 
 
 I 
 
 He comes to quicken and give life. 
 
 John iu, 1~8.—There was a man of the Phari- 
 sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 
 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto 
 Him, Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher 
 come from God ; for no man can do these miracles 
 that Thou doest, except God be withhim. Jesus 
 answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say 
 unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can- 
 not see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith 
 unto Him, How can a man be born when he is 
 old? can he enter the second time into his 
 mother’s womb and be born? Jesus answered, 
 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be 
 born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
 into the Kingdom of God. That which is born 
 of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of 
 the Spirit is Spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 
 thee, Ye must be born again. ‘The wind bloweth 
 where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
 thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and 
 whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of 
 the Spirit. | 
 
 John i. 12, 13.—But as many as received Him, 
 to them gave He power to become the sons of 
 God, even to them that believe on His Name, 
 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will 
 of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 
 
 John vi. 63.—It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; 
 the flesh profiteth nothing ; the words that Ispeak 
 unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 
 
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 Eph. ii. r-7.—And you hath He quickened, 
 who were dead in trespasses and sins, wherein in 
 time past ye walked according to the course of 
 this world, according to the prince of the power 
 of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the 
 children of disobedience among whom also we 
 all had our conversation in times past in the 
 lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh 
 and of the mind; and were by nature the chil- 
 dren of wrath, even as others. But God, who is 
 rich in mercy, for His great love, wherewith He 
 loved us even when we were dead in sins, hath 
 quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye 
 are saved); and hath raised us up together, and 
 made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ 
 Jesus, that in the ages to come He might shew 
 the exceeding riches of His grace in His kind- 
 ness toward us through Christ Jesus. 
 
 Gal. iv. 29.—But as then, he that was born 
 after the flesh persecuted Him that was born after 
 the Spirit, even so it is now. 
 
 Titus ill. 5.—He saved us by the washing of 
 regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 
 which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus 
 Christ our Saviour. 
 
 t John iii. 9.—Whosoever is born of Ged doth 
 not commit sin ; for His seed remaineth in him ; 
 and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 
 
 r John v. 1~4.—Whosoever believeth that 
 Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every 
 one that loveth Him that begat, loveth Him also 
 that is begotten of Him. By this we know that 
 we love the children of God, when we love God 
 and keep His commandments. For this is the 
 love of God, that we keep His commandments ; 
 and His commandments are not grievous. For 
 whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world ; 
 
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 and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
 even our faith. 
 Il. 
 
 He comes to dwell in those whom He has 
 quickened. 
 
 Rom. viii. 9.—But if the Spirit of Him that 
 raised up Jesus dwell in you, He that raised up 
 Christ from the dead shall also quicken your 
 mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. 
 
 1 Cor. iii. 16.—Know ye not that ye are the 
 temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwell- 
 eth in you. | 
 
 2 Tim. i. 14.—That good thing which was 
 committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost 
 which dwelleth in us. . 
 
 LVote. 
 
 In all in whom He dwells He is meant to dwell 
 fully. 
 
 Eph. v. 18.—Be not drunk with wine wherein 
 is excess, but be filled with the Spirit. 
 
 Section Fifth 
 Sanctification 
 There is His Ministry in connection with the 
 Sanctification and Comfort of Believers. 
 
 (1.) On believers He ts to rest. 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 14.—If ye be reproached for the 
 name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of 
 Glory and of God resteth upon you. 
 
 (2.) Over believers He ts to yearn. 
 
 James iv..5.—The Spirit whom He made to 
 dwell in us longeth jealously over us. 
 
 (3.) He reveals the love of God. 
 
 Rom. v. 5.—And hope maketh not ashamed ; 
 because the love of God is shed abroad in our 
 hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 
 
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 (4.) He bears witness to sonship. 
 
 Rom. viii. 14-17.—-For as many as are led by 
 the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For 
 ye have not received the spirit of bondage again 
 to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adop- 
 tion, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit 
 itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 
 the children of God; and if children, then heirs ; 
 heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christss5if 
 so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be 
 also glorified together. 
 
 (5.) He helps in prayer. 
 
 Rom. viii. 26, 27.—Likewise the Spirit also 
 helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what 
 we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit 
 itself maketh intercession for us with groanings 
 which cannot be uttered. And He that search- 
 eth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the 
 Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the 
 saints according to the will of God. 
 
 Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God 
 sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, 
 crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 (6.) He delivers from the power of sin. 
 
 Rom. viii. 2.—For the law of the Spirit of life 
 in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law 
 of sin and death. 
 
 Gal. v. 16-18.—This I say then, Walk in the 
 Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 
 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 
 Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary 
 the one to the other: so that ye may not do the 
 things that ye would. But if ye be led of the 
 Spirit, ye are not under the law. 
 
 (7.) He supplies the basis for a holy life. 
 2 Thess, ii. 13, 14. But we are bound to give 
 
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 thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved 
 of the Lord, because God hath from the begin- 
 ning chosen you to salvation in sanctification of 
 the Spirit and belief of the truth. Whereunto He 
 called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the 
 glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 2.—Elect according to the foreknowl- 
 edge of God the Father, in sanctification of the 
 Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood 
 of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be 
 multiplied. 
 
 Rom. xv. 15, 16.—Nevertheless, brethren, I 
 have written the more boldly unto you in some 
 sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace 
 that is given to Me of God, that I should be the 
 minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, minister- 
 ing the gospel of God, that the offering up of the 
 Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 (8.) He bestows knowledge. 
 
 John xiv. 26.—But the Comforter, which is 
 the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
 My Name, He shall teach you all things, and 
 bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever 
 I have said unto you. 
 
 John xvi. 13.—Howbeit 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 show you things to come. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 12, 13.-Now we have received, not 
 the spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of 
 God; that we might know the things that are 
 freely given to us of God. Which things also we 
 speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom 
 teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; 
 comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 
 
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 1 John ii. 20, 27.—But ye have an unction 
 from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 
 
 But the anointing which ye have received of 
 Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any 
 man teach you: but as the same anointing teach- 
 eth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, 
 and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in 
 Him. 
 
 (9.) Joy, Peace, Hope and Love. 
 
 Rom. xv. 13.—Now the God of hope fill you 
 with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 
 abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 Col. i. 8.—Who also declared unto us your 
 love in the Spirit. 
 
 1 Thess. 1. 6.—And ye became followers of us, 
 and of the Lord, having received the word in 
 much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 (10.) And every spiritual grace. 
 
 Gal. v. 22, 23.—But the fruit of the Spirit is 
 love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good- 
 ness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such 
 there is no law. 
 
 (11.) He seals the believer. 
 
 Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
 of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
 redemption. 
 
 (12.) He bears witness of Christ. 
 
 John xv. 26, 27.—But when the Comforter is 
 come, whom I will send unto you from the 
 Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
 eth from the Father, He shall testify of Me: and 
 ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been 
 with Me from the beginning. 
 
 1 Cor. xii. 3.—Wherefore I give you to under- 
 stand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God 
 
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 calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say 
 that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 
 
 1 John iv. 2.—Hereby know ye the Spirit of 
 God; Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus 
 Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. 
 
 1 John v. 6.—It is the Spirit that beareth wit- 
 ness, because the Spirit is the truth. For there 
 are three that bear witness, the Spirit, the water, 
 and the blood: and the three agree in one. 
 
 (13.) He reveals and glorifies Christ. 
 
 John xvi. 14, 15.—He shall glorify Me: for 
 He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto 
 you, All things that the Father hath are Mine: 
 therefore, said I, that He shall take of Mine, and 
 shall shew it unto you. 
 
 (14.) He transforms us into the tmage of 
 Christ. 
 
 Rom. vill. 29.—For whom did He foreknow, 
 He also did predestinate to be conformed to the 
 image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn 
 among many brethren. 
 
 2 Cor. 111. 18.—But we all, with open face be- 
 _holding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are 
 changed into the same image from glory to glory, 
 even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 
 
 1 John iii. 2.—Beloved, now are we the sons 
 of God, and it doth not yet appear what we 
 shall be: but we know that, when He shall ap- 
 pear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see 
 Him as He is. 
 
 Section Sixth 
 Equipment 
 
 There is His ministry in connection with the 
 equipment of believers for service. 
 
 The number of passages bearing on this sub- 
 ject is so large, that it will be most convenient to 
 
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 deal first with the Old Testament and then with 
 the New. 
 
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 OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES 
 
 From the Old Testament we learn that in order 
 to service — 
 
 (1.) The Spirit comes upon men (literally, 
 clothes Himself with men). 
 
 Judges vi. 34.—The Spirit of the Lord came 
 upon Gideon. 
 
 1 Chron, xii. 18.—Then the Spirit came upon 
 Amasal. 
 
 2. Chron. xxiv. 20.—And the Spirit of God 
 came upon Zechariah. 
 
 (2.) The Spirit COMES MIGHTILY upon men 
 (literally, attacks men). 
 
 Judges xiv. 6.—The Spirit of the Lord came 
 mightily upon him (Samson). 
 
 Judges xiv. 19. ue es 
 Judges xv. 14. cs ‘ 
 Pesan. X..0. s (Saul) 
 I Sam. x. 10. oe es 
 
 1 Sam. xi. 6. a us 
 Tam. xvi. 13. ac (David) 
 
 (3.) The Spirit is UPON men. 
 
 Num. xi. 17.—I will take of the Spirit which 
 is upon thee (Moses). 
 
 Num. xxiv. 2.—And the Spirit of God came 
 (literally, was) upon him (Balaam). 
 
 Judges iii. 10.—And the Spirit of the Lord 
 came (literally, was) upon him (Othniel). 
 
 Judges xi. 29.—Then the Spirit of the Lord 
 came (literally, was) upon Jephthah. 
 
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 1 Sam. xix. 20.—The Spirit of God came 
 (literally, was) upon the messengers of Saul. 
 
 1 Sam. xix. 23.—The Spirit of God came 
 (literally, was) upon Saul. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 1.—The Spirit of God came 
 (literally, was) upon Azariah. 
 
 2 Chron. xx. 14.—Then upon Jahaziel . 
 came (literally, was) the Spirit of the Lord. 
 
 Isa. lix. 21.—-My Spirit that is upon thee, and 
 My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall 
 not depart out of thy mouth. 
 
 Isa. Ix. 1.—The Spirit of the Lord God is 
 upon me. 
 
 Compare. 
 
 1 Kings xxii. 24 and 2 Chronicles xviii. 22. 
 which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me 
 to speak unto thee. 
 
 (4.) The Spirit 1s Iv men. 
 
 Gen. xli. 38.—A man in whom the Spirit of 
 God is. (Joseph.) 
 Num. xxvii. 18.—Take thee Joshua, . . a 
 
 man in whom is the Spirit. 
 
 (5.) The Spirit Rests on men. 
 
 Num. xi. 25.—The Spirit rested upon them. 
 
 Num. xi. 26.—The Spirit rested upon them. 
 
 Isa. xi. 2.—The Spirit of the Lord shall rest 
 upon Him. 
 
 (6.) The Spirit ENTERS INTO men. 
 
 Ezek. ii. 2.—The Spirit entered into me when 
 He spake with me. 
 
 Eizek. ili. 24.—The Spirit entered into me and 
 set me upon my feet. 
 
 (7.) The Spirit Moves men. 
 
 Judges xiii. 25.—And the Spirit of the Lord 
 
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 began to move Sampson at times in the camp of 
 Dan. 
 
 (8.) The Spirit Lirrs men up bodily. 
 
 1 Kings xviii. 12.—The Spirit of the Lord 
 shall carry thee whither I know not. 
 
 2 Kings ii. 16.—Lest peradventure the Spirit 
 of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him 
 upon some mountain. 
 
 Ezek. iii. 12.—Then the Spirit lifted me up, 
 and I heard behind me the voice of a great rush- 
 ing. 
 
 Ezek. iii. 14.—So the Spirit lifted me up, and 
 took me away. 
 
 Ezek. viii. 3.—And the Spirit lifted me up be- 
 tween the earth and the heaven. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 1.—Moreover, the Spirit lifted me 
 up, and brought me unto the east gate of the 
 Lord’s house. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 24.—And the Spirit lifted me up, 
 and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of 
 God into Chaldea. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvii. 1.—The hand of the Lord was 
 upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the 
 Lord, and set me down in the midst of a valley 
 which was full of bones. 
 
 (9.) - The Spirit raLLS UPON men. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 5.—The Spirit of the Lord fell upon 
 me. 
 
 (10.) The Spirit FILLS men. 
 
 Exod. xxviii. 3.—All that are wise-hearted, 
 whom I have filled with the Spirit of Wisdom. 
 
 Exod. xxxi. 3.—I have filled him with the 
 Spirit of God, in wisdom. 
 
 Exod. xxxv. 31. He hath filled him with the 
 Spirit of God in wisdom. 
 
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 ii; 
 NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES 
 
 From the New Testament we learn that in 
 order to service :— 
 
 (1.) The Spirit CoMEs upon believers. 
 
 Matt. iil. 16,17.—And Jesus, when He was 
 baptized, went up straightway out of the water: 
 and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and 
 He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, 
 and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice from 
 heaven saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom 
 I am well pleased. 
 
 Mark 1. ro.—And straightway coming up out 
 of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and 
 the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him. 
 
 Luke i. 22.-And the Holy Ghost descended 
 in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him. 
 
 John i. 32, 33.—I saw the Spirit descending 
 from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon 
 Him. And I knew Him not: but He that sent me 
 to baptize with water, the same said unto. me, 
 Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, 
 and remaining on Him, the same is He which 
 baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts i. 8.—But ye shall receive power, after 
 that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye 
 shall be witnesses unto Me. 
 
 Acts li. 1-4.—-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 
 there 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 
 
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 speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
 utterance. 
 
 Acts xix. 6.—And when Paul had laid his 
 hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; 
 and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 
 
 (2.) The Spirit Besrows GirTs for work. 
 
 1 Cor. xii. 1-13.—Now concerning spiritual 
 gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 
 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away 
 unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 
 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man 
 speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus 
 accursed : and that no man can say that Jesus is 
 the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there 
 are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And 
 there are differences of administrations, but the 
 same Lord. And there are diversities of oper- 
 ations, but it is the same God which worketh all 
 in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is 
 given to every man to profit withal. For to 
 one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; 
 to another the word of knowledge by the same 
 Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to 
 another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; to 
 another the working of miracles ; to another proph- 
 ecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another 
 divers kinds of tongues ; to another the interpreta- 
 tion of tongues; But all these worketh that one 
 and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man 
 severally as He will. For as the body is one, 
 and hath many members, and all the members of 
 that one body, being many, are one body; so 
 also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all 
 baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or 
 Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have 
 been all made to drink into one Spirit. 
 
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 (3.) The Spirit apporns to work. 
 
 Acts xiil. 1-4.—-Now there were in the church 
 that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers ; 
 as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, 
 and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had 
 been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and 
 Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
 fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barna- 
 bas and Saul for the work whereunto I have 
 called them. And when they had fasted and 
 prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent 
 them away. So they, being sent forth by the 
 Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from 
 thence they sailed to Cyprus. 
 
 Acts. xx. 28.—Take heed therefore unto your- 
 selves, and to all the flock, over the which the 
 Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the 
 church of God, which He hath purchased with 
 His own blood. 
 
 (4.) The Spirit GumpEs to work. 
 
 Acts. vili. 29, 39, 40.—Then the Spirit said 
 unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to ‘this 
 chariot. And when they were come up out of 
 the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away 
 Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and 
 he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was 
 found at Azotus : and passing through he preached 
 in all the cities, till he came to Ceesarea. 
 
 Acts x. 19, 20.—-While Peter thought on the 
 vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three 
 men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee 
 down, and ‘go with them, doubting nothing: for 
 I have sent them. 
 
 Compare. 
 
 Acts xi. 11, 12.—And, behold, immediately 
 there were three men already come unto the house 
 
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 where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. And 
 the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubt- 
 ing. 
 
 ase xill, 4.—So they, being sent forth by the 
 Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia: and from 
 thence they sailed to Cyprus. 
 
 Acts xvi. 6-8.—Now when they had gone 
 throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, 
 and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach 
 the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, 
 they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit 
 suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia 
 came down to Troas. 
 
 Rev. xvil. 3.—So he carried me away in the 
 spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman 
 sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of 
 blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 1o.—And he carried me away in the 
 spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed 
 me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descend- 
 ing out of heaven from God. 
 
 (5.) Helps in work. 
 
 Matt. x. 19, 20.—-But when they deliver you 
 up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : 
 for it shall be given you in that same hour what 
 ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but 
 the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 
 
 Mark xili. 11.—But when they shall lead you, 
 and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand 
 what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: 
 but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, 
 that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Luke xii. 11, 12.—And when they bring you 
 unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and 
 powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye 
 
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 shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy 
 Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye 
 ought to say. 
 
 Acts xv. 28.—For it seemed good to the Holy 
 Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater 
 burden than these necessary things ; 
 
 1 Cor. vil. 40..—But she is happier if she so 
 abide, after my judgment: and I think also that 
 I have the Spirit of God. 
 
 John vii. 37~-39.—In the last day, that great 
 day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 
 If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and 
 drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture 
 hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of 
 living water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, 
 which they that believe on Him should receive : 
 for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because 
 that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 
 
 Acts 1. 8.—Ye shall receive power after that 
 the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall 
 be witnesses unto Me. 
 
 Acts il. 4.—And they were all filled with the 
 Holy Ghost and began to speak . . . as the 
 _ Spirit gave them utterance. 
 
 Acts vi. 9, 10.—Then there arose certain of 
 the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of 
 the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, 
 and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing 
 with Stephen. And they were not able to resist 
 the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake. 
 
 Rom. xv. 18, 19.—For I will not dare to speak 
 of any of those things which Christ hath not 
 wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, 
 by word and deed, through mighty signs and 
 wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so 
 that from Jerusalem, and round about unto IIlyr- 
 icum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 
 
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 t Cor. ii. 2~-5.—For I determined not to know 
 anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and 
 Him crucified. And I was with you in weak- 
 ness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And 
 my speech and my preaching was not with en- 
 ticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstra- 
 tion of the Spirit and of power: that your faith 
 should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in . 
 the power of God. 
 
 1 Cor. xiv. 2._For He that speaketh in an un- 
 known tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto 
 God: for no man understandeth Him; howbeit 
 in the Spirit He speaketh mysteries, 
 
 1 Thess. i. 5.—For our gospel came not unto 
 you in word only, but also in power, and in the 
 Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know 
 what manner of men we were among you for your 
 sake. 
 
 2 Cor. ili. 5, 6.—Not that we are sufficient of 
 ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but 
 our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made 
 usable ministers of the New Testament; not of - 
 the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, 
 but the Spirit giveth life. 
 
 Heb. ii. 3, 4.—How shall we escape, if we 
 neglect so great salvation; which at the first be- 
 gan to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed 
 unto us by them that heard Him; God also 
 bearing them witness, both with signs and won- 
 ders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the 
 Holy Ghost, according to His own will? 
 
 1 Pet. i. 12.—Unto whom it was revealed, 
 that not unto themselves, but unto us they did 
 minister the things, which are now reported unto 
 you by them that have preached the gospel unto 
 you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; 
 which things the angels desire to look into. 
 
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 Rey. xxii. 17.—And the Spirit and the bride 
 say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. 
 And let him that is athirst come. And whoso- 
 ever will, let him take the water of life freely. 
 
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CHAPTER VI 
 
 THE RELATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OUR LORD 
 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 Section First 
 Birth 
 
 Jesus Christ was born of the Spirit. 
 
 Matt. 1. 18-25.—-Now the birth of Jesus Christ 
 was on this wise: When as His mother Mary 
 was espoused to Joseph, before they came to- 
 gether, she was found with child of the Holy 
 Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just 
 man, and not willing to make her a public ex- 
 ample, was minded to put her away privily. But 
 while he thought on these things, behold, the 
 angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, 
 saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to 
 take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is 
 conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she 
 shall bring forth ason, and thou shalt call His name 
 JESUS: for He shall save His people from their 
 sins. -Now all this was done, that it might be 
 fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the 
 prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with 
 child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall 
 call His name Emmanuel, which being inter- 
 preted is, God with us. Then Joseph being 
 raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord 
 had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 
 And knew her not till she had brought forth her 
 firstborn son: and he called His name JESUS. 
 
 Luke i. 26-38.—-And in the sixth month the 
 
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 angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of 
 Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin, espoused 
 to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house 
 of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary; and 
 the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou 
 that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee; 
 blessed art thou among women. And when she 
 saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast 
 in her mind what manner of salutation this 
 should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear 
 not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God ; 
 and, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 
 and bring forth a son, and shalt call His name 
 JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called 
 the Son of the Highest ; and the Lord God shall 
 give unto Him the throne of His father David, 
 and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for- 
 ever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end. 
 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this 
 be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel 
 answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
 shall come upon thee, and the power of .the 
 Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also 
 that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall 
 be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy 
 cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son 
 in her old age; and this is the sixth month with 
 her, who was called barren; for with God noth- 
 ing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold 
 the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me ac- 
 cording to Thy word. And the angel departed 
 from her. 
 
 Section Second 
 Baptism 
 Jesus Christ was anointed with the Spirit. 
 
 Matt. 11. 13-17.—Then cometh Jesus from’ 
 
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 Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of 
 him; but John forbade Him, saying, I have 
 need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou 
 to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, 
 Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us 
 to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered Him. 
 And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up 
 straightway out of the water; and lo, the heavens 
 were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of 
 God descending like a dove, and lighting upon 
 Him. And, lo, a voice from heaven saying, 
 This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well 
 pleased. 
 
 Mark i. 9, ro..-And it came to pass in those 
 days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, 
 and was baptized of John in Jordan; and 
 straightway coming up out of the water, He saw 
 the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove 
 descending upon Him. 
 
 Luke iii. 21, 22.—Now when all the people 
 were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus, also 
 being baptized, and praying, the heaven was 
 opened and the Holy Ghost descended ina 
 bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice 
 came from heaven, which said, Thou art my be- 
 loved Son; in Thee I am well pleased. 
 
 John i. 32~-34.—-And John bare record, say- 
 ing, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like 
 a dove, and it abode upon Him and I knew Him 
 not; but He that sent me to baptize with water, 
 the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt 
 see the Spirit descending, and remaining on 
 Him, the same is He which baptizeth with the 
 Holy Ghost. And I saw and bare record that 
 this is the Son of God. 
 
 Luke iv. 18, 19.—The Spirit of the Lord is 
 upon me, because He hath anointed me to 
 
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 preach the gospel to the poor! He hath sent me 
 to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance 
 to the captives, and recovering of sight to the 
 blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to 
 preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 
 
 Acts x. 38._-God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
 with the Holy Ghost and with power; Who 
 went about doing good, and healing all that were 
 oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him. 
 
 Section Third 
 Life 
 
 Jesus Christ lived in the Spirit. 
 
 Matt. iv. 1.—-Then was Jesus led up of the 
 Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the 
 devil. 
 
 Mark i. 12.—And immediately the Spirit 
 driveth Him into the wilderness. 
 
 Luke iv. 1.—-And Jesus, being full of the Holy 
 Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the 
 Spirit into the wilderness. 
 
 Luke iv. 14.—And Jesus returned in the power 
 of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a 
 fame of Him through all the region round about. 
 
 1 Tim. iil. 16.—And without controversy great 
 is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in 
 the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, 
 preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the 
 world, received up into glory. 
 
 Luke x. 21. (R. V.)—In+that hour Jesus re- 
 joiced in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Section Fourth 
 Work 
 Jesus Christ worked in the power of the Spirit. 
 Matt. xii. 18.—Behold My Servant whom I 
 have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is 
 
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 well pleased ; I will put My Spirit upon Hin, 
 and He shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 
 
 Matt. xii. 28.—But if I cast out devils by the 
 Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come 
 unto you. 
 
 Luke iv. 18.—The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
 Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach. 
 
 Acts i. 2.—Until the day in which He was 
 taken up, after that He, through the Holy Ghost, 
 had given commandments unto the apostles whom 
 He had chosen. 
 
 Section Fifth 
 Death 
 
 Through the Spirit Jesus Christ offered Himself 
 to God. 
 
 Heb. ix. 14.—How much more shall the blood 
 of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered 
 Himself without spot to God, purge your con- 
 science from dead works to serve the living God ? 
 
 Section Sixth 
 Resurrection 
 
 By the Spirit, Jesus Christ was raised from the 
 dead. 
 
 t Pet. iii. 18.—-For Christ also hath once suf- 
 fered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He 
 might bring us to God, being put to death in the 
 flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 
 
 Rom. i. 4.—And declared to be the Son of 
 God with power, according to the spirit of holi- 
 ness, by the resurrection from the dead. 
 
 Section Seventh 
 The Outpouring of the Spirit 
 Being raised from the dead, He receives the 
 Spirit, and with the Spirit baptizes His. people. 
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 Acts li. 32, 33.—This Jesus hath God raised 
 up, whereof we are all witnesses. Therefore be- 
 ing by the right hand of God exalted, and having 
 received of the Father the promise of the Holy 
 Ghost, He hath shed forth this, which we now 
 see and hear. 
 
 Matt. 111. 2, I indeed baptize you with water 
 unto repentance; but He that cometh after me 
 is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy 
 to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy 
 Ghost, and with fire. 
 
 Mark 1. 7, 8.—There cometh one mightier 
 than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am 
 not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed 
 have baptized you with water: but He shall bap- 
 tize you with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Luke iii. 16.—John answered, saying unto 
 them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but 
 one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose 
 shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall bap- 
 tize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 
 
 John i. 33.—Upon whom thou shalt see the 
 Spirit descending and remaining on Him, the 
 - same 1s He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 John xx. 21, 22..-Then said Jesus to them 
 again, Peace be unto you: as My Father hath 
 sent Me, even so send I you. And when He had 
 said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto 
 them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Luke xxiv. 49.—And behold, I send the 
 promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in 
 the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with 
 power from on high. 
 
 Acts i. 4, 5..-And, being assembled together 
 with them, commanded them that they should 
 not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
 promise of the Father, which saith He, ye have 
 
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 heard of Me. For John truly baptized with 
 water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy 
 Ghost not many days hence. 
 
 Acts xi, 16.—Then remembered I the word of 
 the Lord, how that He said, John indeed bap- 
 tized with water: but ye shall be baptized with 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 1 John ii, 20.—-Ye have an Unction from the 
 Holy One. 
 
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CHAPTER VII 
 LIFE IN THE SPIRIT 
 
 In connection with the believer’s life in the 
 Spirit, three principles must be stated :— 
 
 FIRST PRINCIPLE: 
 The Sphere 
 
 THE SPIRIT IS THE ELEMENT OR SPHERE OF THE 
 BELIEVER’S LIFE 
 
 Section First 
 Born of the Spirit 
 
 THE believer enters this sphere by a spiritual 
 birth. 
 
 John iii. 3~8.—Jesus answered and said unto 
 him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a 
 -man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom 
 of God. Nicodemus saith unto Him, How 
 can a man be born when he is old? can he 
 enter the second time into his mother’s womb, 
 and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I 
 say unto thee, Except a man be born of water 
 and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
 dom‘of God. That which is born of the flesh is 
 flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is 
 spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must 
 be born again. ‘The wind bloweth where it list- 
 eth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but 
 canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it 
 goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 
 
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 John i. 12, 13.—But as many as received Him, 
 to them gave He power to become the sons of 
 God, even to them that believe on His Name: 
 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of 
 the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 
 
 James i. 18.—-Of His own will begat He us 
 with the word of truth, that we should be a kind 
 of first-fruits of His creatures. 
 
 r Pet. i. 23.—Being born again, not of cor- 
 ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word 
 of God, which liveth and abideth forever. 
 
 Section Second 
 ~ The Baptism of the Spirit 
 
 In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is bap- 
 tized. 
 
 Matt. iii. 11.—I indeed baptize you with water 
 unto repentance: but He that cometh after me 
 is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy 
 to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy 
 Ghost, and with fire. 
 
 Mark i. 8.—I indeed have baptized you with 
 water: but He shall baptize you with the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 Luke iii. 16.—John answered, saying unto 
 them_all, I indeed baptize you with water; but 
 one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose 
 shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall bap- 
 tize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 
 
 Acts i. 5.—For John truly baptized with water ; 
 but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not 
 many days hence. 
 
 Acts viii. 15-17.—Who, when they were come 
 down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
 the Holy Ghost. (For as yet He was fallen upon 
 none of them: only they were baptized in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their 
 
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 hands on them, and they received the Holy 
 Chost. 
 
 Acts x. 44-48.—While Peter yet spake these 
 words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which 
 heard the word. And they of the circumcision 
 which believed were astonished, as many as came 
 with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was 
 poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they 
 heard them speak with tongues, and magnify 
 God. Then answered Peter, Can any man for- 
 bid water, that these should not be baptized, 
 which have received the Holy Ghost as well as 
 we? And he commanded them to be baptized 
 in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they 
 him to tarry certain days. 
 
 Acts x1. 15, 16..-And as I began to speak, 
 the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the be- 
 ginning. ‘Then remembered I the word of the 
 Lord, how that He said, John indeed baptized 
 with water; but ye shall be baptized with the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts xix. 6.—And when Paul had laid his 
 hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on 
 ‘them; and they spake with tongues, and prophe- 
 sied. 
 
 Section Third 
 The Fullness of the Spirit 
 In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is to be 
 filled. 
 
 THE COMMAND :— 
 
 Eph. v. 19.—Be not drunk with wine wherein 
 is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. 
 
 THE EXAMPLES :— 
 
 (a) Full (adjective) of the Spirit. 
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 (1.) Joshua. 
 
 Deut. xxxiv. 9.—Joshua, the Son of Nun was 
 full of the Spirit. 
 
 (2.) Our Lord. 
 
 Luke vi. 1.—And Jesus being full of the Holy 
 Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the 
 Spirit into the wilderness. 
 
 (3.) Stephen. 
 
 Weise vies) -\V heretore,u uretiren,, looks ye 
 out among you seven men of honest report, full 
 of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may 
 appoint over this business. 
 
 Acts vi. 5.—And the saying pleased the whole 
 multitude ; and they chose Stephen, a man full 
 of faith and of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts vii. 55.—But he, being full of the Holy 
 Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and 
 saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the 
 right hand of God. 
 
 (4.) Barnabas. 
 
 Acts xi. 22, 24.—-And they sent forth Barnabas 
 
 . . . He was a good man, and full of the Holy 
 Ghost and of faith. 
 
 (b) Filled (verb) with the Spirit. 
 
 (1.) - Certain Israelites. 
 
 Exod. xxviii. 3.—All that are wise-hearted, 
 whom I have filled with the Spirit of Wisdom. 
 
 (2.) Bezaleel. 
 
 Exod. xxxi. 3.—I have filled him with the 
 Spirit of God. 
 
 Exodus xxxv. 31.—He hath filled him with the 
 Spirit of God. 
 
 (3.) John Baptist. 
 
 Luke i. 15.—For he shall be great in the sight 
 of the Lord, and shall drink, neither wine nor 
 
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 strong drink; and he shall be filled with the 
 Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. 
 
 (4.) &lzabeth. 
 
 Luke i. 41.—-And it came to pass, that, when 
 Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe 
 leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled 
 with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 (5.) Zacharias. 
 Luke i. 67.—And his father Zacharias was 
 filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied. 
 
 (6.) Zhe disciples at Pentecost. 
 
 Acts ii. 1-4.—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 
 there appeared unto them cloven tongues 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. 
 
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 Acts iv. 8.—Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
 Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, 
 and elders of Israel, etc. 
 
 (8.) Zhe Disciples. 
 
 Acts iv. 31.—-And when they had prayed, the 
 place was shaken where they were assembled to- 
 gether; and they were all filled with the Holy 
 Ghost, and they spake the word of God with 
 boldness. 
 
 (9.) Paul. 
 
 Acts ix. 17.—And Ananias went his way, and 
 entered into the house; and putting his hands on 
 him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, 
 
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 that appeared unto thee in the way as thou 
 camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive 
 thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 (10.) Paul again. 
 
 Acts xill. 9.—Then Saul, (who also is called 
 Paul, ) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on 
 him. | 
 
 (11.) Zhe Disciples. 
 
 Acts xili. 52.—And the disciples were filled 
 with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Section Four th 
 The Blessings of the Spirit 
 
 In the sphere of the Spirit the believer receives 
 all blessing. 
 
 Cleansing, consecration, acceptance. 
 
 1 Cor. vi. 9-11.—Know ye not that the un- 
 righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 
 Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor 
 idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor 
 abusers. of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, 
 nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
 extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 
 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, 
 but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
 God. 
 
 Fellowship. 
 
 Phil. ii. 1.—If there be therefore any consola- 
 tion in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fel- 
 lowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies. 
 
 Righteousness, peace, soy. 
 
 Rom. xiv. 17.—For the kingdom of God is not 
 meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, 
 and joy, in the Holy Ghost. 
 
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 Hope. 
 
 Rom. xv. 13.—Now the God of hope fill you 
 with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 
 abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 Access. 
 
 Eph. ii. 18.—For through Him we both have 
 access by one Spirit unto the Father. 
 
 Every blessing. 
 
 Eph. i. 3.—Blessed be the God and Father of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with 
 all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. 
 
 Section Fifth 
 Prayer in the Spirit 
 
 In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is to 
 pray. 
 
 Rom. viii. 15, 26, 27.—For ye have not re- 
 ceived the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye 
 have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
 cry, Abba, Father. Likewise the Spirit also 
 helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we 
 should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Him- 
 self maketh intercession for us with groanings 
 which cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth 
 the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the 
 Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the 
 saints according to the will of God. 
 
 Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God 
 hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your 
 hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 Eph. vi. 18.—Praying always with all prayer 
 and supplication in the Spirit and watching 
 thereunto with all perseverance and supplication 
 for all saints. 
 
 Jude 20, 21.—But ye, beloved, building up 
 
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 yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in 
 the Holy Ghost. Keep yourselves in the love of 
 God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ unto eternal life. 
 
 Section Sixth 
 The Indwelling of the Spirit | 
 
 In the sphere of the Spirit the believer become 
 a habitation of God, and is sealed unto the day 
 of redemption. 
 
 Eph. ii. 22.—In whom ye also are builded to- 
 gether for an habitation of God through the 
 Spirit. 
 
 t Cor. iii. 16, 17.—Know ye not that ye are 
 the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God 
 dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple 
 of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple 
 of God is holy, which temple ye are. 
 
 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.—What? know ye not that 
 your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which 
 is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not 
 your own? For ye are bought with a price: 
 therefore glorify God in your body and in your 
 spirit, which are God’s. 
 
 John xiv. 23.—Jesus answered and said unto 
 him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words 
 and My Father will love him: and we will come 
 unto him, and make our abode with him. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 16.—And what agreement hath the 
 temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple 
 of the living God; as God hath said, I will 
 dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be 
 their God, and they shall be My people. 
 
 Eph. i. 12~-14.—That we should be to the praise 
 of His glory, who first trusted in Christ. In 
 whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the 
 word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in 
 
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 whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed 
 with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the 
 earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of 
 the purchased possession, unto the praise of His 
 glory. 
 
 Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
 of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
 redemption. 
 
 SECOND PRINCIPLE 
 The Rule 
 
 WITHIN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE, THE SPIRIT IS THE 
 DIRECTOR, AND HIS WILL THE RULE OF THE 
 BELIEVER’S LIFE 
 
 Section First 
 The Reception of the Spirit 
 This Spirit he is to receive as the Gift of God. 
 
 (1.) Only believers can receive Him. 
 
 John xiv. 17.—The Spirit of Truth, whom the 
 world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, 
 neither knoweth Him. 
 
 Jude 17--19.—But, beloved, remember ye the 
 words which were spoken before of the apostles 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ ; how that they told you 
 there should be mockers in the last time, who 
 should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These 
 be they who separate themselves sensual, having 
 not the Spirit. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 14.—The natural man receiveth not 
 the things of the Spirit of God. 
 
 r John iv. 6.—We are of God: he that know- 
 eth God heareth us; he that is not of God hear- 
 eth not us. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, 
 and the Spirit of error. 
 
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 (2.) Believers receive Him from Christ. 
 
 John xx, 22.—-He breathed on them, and said 
 unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts il. 33.—Having received of the Father 
 the promise of the Holy Ghost He hath shed 
 forth this. 
 
 (3-) Lhe conditions of reception are :— 
 
 i. Repentance. 
 
 Acts. ii. 37-39.—Now when they heard this 
 they were pricked in their heart, and said unto 
 Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and 
 brethren, what shall we do? ‘Then Peter said 
 unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of 
 you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission 
 of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
 Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to 
 your children, and to all that are afar off, even as 
 many as the Lord our God shall call. 
 
 Te bath: 
 
 John vii. 38, 39.—He that believeth on Me, as 
 the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow 
 rivers of living water. (But this He spake of the 
 Spirit, which they that believe on Him should 
 receive; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, 
 because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 
 
 Gal. 11. 2~-5.—This only would I learn of you, 
 Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, 
 or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? 
 having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made 
 perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many 
 things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He there- 
 fore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and 
 worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the 
 works of the law, or by the hearing of faith P 
 
 Gal. iii. 13,14.—Christ hath redeemed us from 
 the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: 
 
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 for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth 
 on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might 
 come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that 
 we might receive the promise of the Spirit through 
 faith. 
 
 lil, Prayer. 
 
 Acts. iv. 31.—And when they had prayed, the 
 place was shaken where they were assembled 
 together ; and they were all filled with the Holy 
 Ghost, and they spake the Word of God with 
 boldness. . 
 
 Luke xi. 13.—If ye then, being evil, know how 
 to give good gifts unto your children; how much 
 more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy 
 Spirit to them that ask Him? 
 
 Acts viii. 15.—Who when they were come 
 down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 iv. Obedience. 
 
 Acts v. 32. And we are His witnesses of these 
 things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God 
 hath given to them that obey Him. 
 
 v. But He cannot be obtained for money. 
 
 Acts viii. 18-23.—And when Simon saw that 
 through laying on of the apostles’ hands the 
 Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money. 
 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whom- 
 soever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy 
 Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money 
 perish with thee, because thou hast thought that 
 the gift of God may be purchased with money. 
 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for 
 thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Re- 
 pent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray 
 God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may 
 be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou 
 
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 art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of 
 iniquity. 
 
 (4.) The reception of Him ts necessary to a 
 fully developed spiritual life. 
 
 Acts viii. 14-17.—Now when the apostles 
 which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had 
 received the Word of God, they sent unto them 
 Peter and John: who, when they were come 
 down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
 the Holy Ghost: (for as yet He was fallen upon 
 none of them; only they had been baptized in 
 the name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid they 
 their hands on them, and they received the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 Acts xix. 1-6.—And it came to pass, that, 
 while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having 
 passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus ; 
 and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, 
 Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye be- 
 lieved? And they said unto him, We have not 
 so much as heard whether there be any Holy 
 Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then 
 were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s 
 baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized 
 with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the 
 people that they should believe on Him which 
 should come after Him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 
 When they heard this, they were baptized in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had 
 laid his hands upon them the Holy Ghost came 
 upon them, and they spake with tongues and 
 prophesied. 
 
 Second Section 
 The Walk in the Spirit 
 By the Spirit he is to be led and guided, and 
 in the Spirit he is to walk. 
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 Psa. cxliii. 10.—Teach me to do Thy will; 
 for Thou art my God; Thy Spirit is good; lead 
 me into the land of uprightness. 
 
 Isa. lxiii. 14.—The Spirit of the Lord caused 
 him to rest ; so didst Thou lead Thy people. 
 
 Rom. vill. 1-27.—There is therefore now no 
 condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, 
 who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
 hath made me free from the law of sin and 
 death. For what the law could not do, in that 
 it was weak through the flesh, God sending His 
 own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for 
 sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the 
 righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, 
 who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things 
 of the flesh ; but they that are after the Spirit the 
 things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded 
 is death ; but to be spiritually minded is life and 
 peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against 
 God: for it is not subject to the law of God, 
 _ neither indeed can be. So then they that are in 
 the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in 
 the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit 
 of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not 
 the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if 
 Christ be in you, the body is dead because of 
 sin ; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 
 But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from 
 the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ 
 from the dead shall also quicken your mortal 
 bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. There- 
 fore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to 
 live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, 
 ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do 
 mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live, For 
 
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 as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
 are the sons of God. For ye have not received 
 the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have 
 received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, 
 Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself beareth wit- 
 ness with our spirit, that we are the children of 
 God. And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, 
 and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we 
 suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified 
 together. .. . Likewise the Spirit also helpeth 
 our infirmities: for we know not what we should 
 pray for us as we ought: but the Spirit Himself 
 maketh intercession for us with groanings which 
 cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth the 
 hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 
 because He maketh intercession for the saints ac- 
 cording to the will of God. 
 
 Gal. v. 16-26.—This I say then, Walk in the 
 Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 
 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 
 Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary 
 the one to the other: so that ye may not do the 
 things that ye would. But if ye be led of the 
 Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works 
 of the flesh are manifest, which are these: 
 Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 
 ness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
 emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 
 envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and 
 such like: of the which I tell you before, as I 
 have also told you in time past, that they which 
 do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of 
 God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
 peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
 meekness, temperance: against such there is no 
 law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified 
 the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live 
 
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 in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let 
 us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one 
 another, envying one another. 
 
 Phil. iii. 3.—For we are the circumcision, 
 which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in 
 Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 
 
 Luke il. 25~30.—And, behold, there was a 
 man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and 
 the same man was just and devout, waiting for 
 the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost 
 was upon him. And it was revealed unto him 
 by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, 
 before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he 
 came by the Spirit into the temple; and when 
 the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for 
 Him after the custom of the law, then took he 
 Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 
 Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in 
 peace, according to Thy word: For mine eyes 
 have seen Thy salvation. 
 
 Acts 1x. 31.—Then had the churches rest 
 throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, 
 and were edified; and walking in the fear of the 
 Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, 
 were multiplied. 
 
 Acts xx. 22, 23.-And now, behold, I go bound 
 in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the 
 things that shall befall me there: Save that the 
 Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that 
 bonds and afflictions abide me. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 3-6.—Giving no offence in any- 
 thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in 
 all things approving ourselves as the ministers of 
 God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessi- 
 ties, in distresses . . . in the Holy Ghost, in 
 love unfeigned. 
 
 2 Cor. xii. 18.—I desired Titus, and with him 
 
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 I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? 
 walked we not in the same Spirit? walked we 
 not in the same steps? 
 
 Gal. v. 5.—For we through the Spirit wait for 
 the hope of righteousness by faith. 
 
 Eph. iv. 1-6.—I therefore, the prisoner of the 
 Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vo- 
 cation wherewith ye are called. With all lowli- 
 ness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
 ing one another in love; endeavoring to keep 
 the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 
 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye 
 are called in one hope of your calling: one Lord, 
 one faith, one baptism, one God and father of 
 all, who is above all, and through all, and in you 
 all. 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 6.—For this cause was the gospel 
 preached also to them that are dead, that they 
 might be judged according to men in the flesh 
 but live according to God in the Spirit. 
 
 ‘EHIRDZPRINGIPLE 
 The Power 
 
 WITHIN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE, THE SPIRIT IS THE 
 SOURCE OF THE BELIEVER’S POWER 
 
 Micah ii. 7.—Is the Spirit of the Lord strait- 
 ened ? 
 
 Section First 
 
 By the Spirit he lays hold of personal blessing 
 for himself. 
 
 Deliverance. 
 
 Rom. vii. 2.For the law of the Spirit of life 
 in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law 
 of sin and death. 
 
 Rom. viii. 13.—For if ye live after the flesh, 
 
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 ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do 
 mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 
 
 Obedience. 
 
 1 Pet. i. 22.—Seeing ye have purified your 
 souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit into 
 unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love 
 one another with a pure heart fervently. 
 
 Knowledge of love of Christ. 
 
 Eph. ili. 14-19.—For this cause I bow my 
 knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
 named, that He would grant you, according to 
 the riches of His glory, to be strengthened in the 
 might by His Spirit in the inner man; that 
 Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that 
 ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be 
 able to comprehend with all saints what is the 
 breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and 
 to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowl- 
 edge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness 
 of God. 
 
 BT gees be 
 
 Gal. vi. 8.—For he that soweth to his flesh 
 shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that 
 soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life 
 everlasting. 
 
 freshness and fullness. 
 
 John iv. 13, 14.—Jesus answered and said unto 
 her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst 
 again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that 
 I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water 
 that I shall give him shall be in him a well of 
 water springing up into everlasting life. 
 
 Section Second 
 By the Spirit he retains the blessing he has 
 received. 
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 2 Tim. i. 14.—That good thing which was 
 committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost 
 which dwelleth in us. 
 
 Section Third 
 
 By the Spirit he is enabled to become a source 
 of blessing to others. 
 
 Zech. iv. 6.—Not by might, nor by power, but 
 by My Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts. 
 
 John vii. 37.—In the last day, that great day 
 of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any 
 man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. 
 He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath 
 said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
 water. But this spake He of the Spirit, which 
 they that believe on Him should receive; for the 
 Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus 
 was not yet glorified. 
 
 Luke xxiv. 49.—And, behold, I send the prom- 
 ise of My Father upon you; but tarry ye in the 
 city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power 
 from on high. 
 
 Acts i. 8.—But ye shall receive power, after 
 that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye 
 shall be witnesses unto Me. 
 
 t Cor. iii. 3.—Forasmuch as ye are manifestly 
 declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by 
 us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of 
 the living God; not in tables of stone, but in 
 fleshy tables of the heart. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 13.—We, having the same Spirit of 
 faith, according as it is written, I believed, and 
 therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and 
 therefore speak. : 
 
 1 Thess. i. 5.—For our gospel came not unto 
 you in word only, but also in power, and in the 
 Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 
 
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 1 Pet. i. 12.—The things which are now re- 
 ported unto you by them that have preached the 
 gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down 
 from heaven. 
 
 Mark xvi. 20.—And they went forth, and 
 preached everywhere, the Lord working with 
 them, and confirming the Word with signs follow- 
 ing. Amen. 
 
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