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is the Holy Spirit who leads us to true repentance and confession
and amendment of life; and when our repentance is complete, and
our surrender is unconditional, it is He who reasons with us, and
calms our fears, and soothes our troubled hearts, and banishes
our darkness, and enables us to look to Jesus, and believe on Him
for the forgiveness of all our sins and the salvation of our
souls. And when we yield and trust, and are accepted of the Lord,
and are saved by grace, it is He who assures us of the Father's
favour, and notifies us that we are saved. "The Spirit Himself
beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."
He is "the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
"And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of even;
That checks each thought, that calms each fear,
And speaks of Heaven."
It is He who strengthens the new convert
to fight against and overcome sin, and it is
He who "begets within him a hope of fuller
righteousness through faith in Christ."
"And every virtue we possess,
And every victory won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His alone."
Blessed be God for this work of the Holy Spirit within the heart
of every true child of His!
But, great and gracious as is this work, it is not the fiery
pentecostal baptism with the Spirit which is promised; it is not
the fullness of the Holy Ghost to which we are exhorted.
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