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The Holy Spirit - Is Given and Received
The Holy Spirit - Is Given and Received
Acts 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,
giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Romans 5:5 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.
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the
believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given His
Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated
tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon His
church. {DA 671.2} (1898); {RH, May 19, 1904 par. 3}
(1904.05.19); {RH November 19, 1908, Art. B, par. 5} (1908.11.19)
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https://egwwritings.org/?ref=en_RH.May.19.1904.par.3¶=821.24252
https://egwwritings.org/?ref=en_RH.November.19.1908.Art.B.par.5¶=821.29494
Only to those who wait humbly upon God, who watch for His
guidance and grace, is the Spirit given. The power of God awaits their
demand and reception. This promised blessing, claimed by faith, brings
all other blessings in its train. It is given according to the riches of the
grace of Christ, and He is ready to supply every soul according to the
capacity to receive. {DA 672.1} (1898)
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2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of
the Spirit in our hearts. (KJV)
2 Corinthians 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is
God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Friday and Sabbath were very important days to our brethren and
sisters. Friday afternoon I spoke upon the unity of the church and
invited those forward who wished a nearness to God and those that had
unhappy differences. This was a time of humiliation of soul. Many
confessions were made and many hearts were broken before God. The
Lord indicted prayer, and we had the earnest of the Spirit. When we
rose from prayer, Brother Gray’s face was shining with a holy light.
This is the man that was once a gambler, a liquor drinker and tobacco
devotee. What a transformation! He confessed that he never felt as he
did then. He could say he knew his sins were forgiven. Sweet peace and
unexpressible joy pervaded his soul, and all believed it for his very face
expressed it. {Lt27-1880 (May 2, 1880) par. 2} (1880)
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Jesus gives the Holy Spirit in large measure for great emergencies,
to help our infirmities, to give us strong consolation, to illuminate our
minds, and purify and ennoble our hearts. Christ becomes unto us
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. From the first to
the last of the Christian life, not one successful step can be taken
without Christ. He has sent his Spirit to be with us constantly, and by
confiding in Christ to the uttermost, surrendering our will to him, we
may follow him whithersoever he goeth. {RH June 26, 1894, par. 8}
(1904.06.26)
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John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for
God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. (KJV)
Acts 8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the
Holy Ghost. (KJV)
Acts 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
1 Corinthians 2:12 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.
Galatians 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit
by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Christ prayed for His disciples, “I pray not that thou shouldest take
them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the
evil.” [John 17:15.] This prayer is the rule by which you are to regulate
your life. Those who receive the Spirit of Christ realize that there is in
His words more than appears on the surface. The Christianity of the true
believer looks beneath the surface, and sees in Christ’s teaching a
religion perfectly adapted toe very human being—a religion ever
actively engaged in doing good. {Lt4a-1902 (January 3, 1902) par. 17}
(1902.01.03); {Lt4-1903 (January 3, 1903) par. 17} (1903.01.03)
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