" Glory
be to God for ever and ever!
And shall all these mighty agents and this heavenly provision,
and these gracious purposes of God, fail to destroy sin out of
any obedient, believing heart? Is sin omnipotent? No!
If you, my brother, my sister, will look unto Jesus just now,
trusting the merits of His blood, and receive the Holy Spirit
into your heart, you shall be "made free from sin"; it "shall not
have dominion over you." Hallelujah! Under the fiery touch of His
holy presence, your iniquity shall be taken away, and your sin
shall be purged. And you yourself shall burn as did the bush on
the mount of God which Moses saw; yet you, like the bush, shall
not be consumed; and by this holy fire, this flame of love,
that consumes sin, you shall be made proof against that
unquenchable fire that consumes sinners.
"Come, Holy Ghost, Thy mighty aid bestowing;
Destroy the works of sin, the self, the pride;
Burn, burn in me, my idols overthrowing:
Prepare my heart for Him, for my Lord crucified."
"HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED?"
VI.
POWER.
"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you."
JUST before His ascension, Jesus met His disciples for the last
time, and repeated His command that they should "not depart from
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father," and
reiterated His promise that they should be "baptised with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence.
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