He restores it to its full fellowship with God and its
kingship over the body.
But while these appetites and desires are not in themselves
sinful, but are necessary for our welfare and our complete
manhood, and while their diseased and abnormal power is cured
when we are sanctified, they are still avenues through which we
may be tempted. Therefore, they must be guarded with care and
ruled in wisdom. Many people stumble at and reject the doctrine
of entire sanctification, because they do not understand these
things. They mistake that which is natural and essential to a
human being for the diseased and abnormal propensity caused by
sin, and so miss the blessed truth of full salvation.
I knew a doctor, who had used tobacco for over sixty years,
delivered from the abnormal appetite instantly through sanctification
of the Spirit. I knew an old man, who had been a drunkard for over
fifty years, similarly delivered. I knew a young man, the slave of a
vicious habit of the flesh, who was set free at once by the fiery
baptism. The electric current cannot transform the dead wire into
a live one quicker than the Holy Spirit can flood a soul with light
and love, destroy the carnal mind, and fill a man with power over
all sin.
3. _Power over the Devil_. The indwelling presence of the
Holy Spirit destroys all doubt as to the personality of the
Devil.
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