And when our will is really blended with His,
what liberty we may have in asking for what we want!"
Hallelujah!
"My soul, ask what thou wilt,
Thou canst not be too bold;
Since His own blood for thee He spilt,
What else can He withhold?"
"HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED?"
XVI.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANOINTED PREACHER.
"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you."
Since God saves men by "the foolishness of preaching," the
preacher has an infinitely important work, and he must be fitted
for it. But what can fit a man for such sacred work? Not
education alone, not knowledge of books, not gifts of speech, not
winsome manners, nor a magnetic voice, nor a commanding presence,
but only God. The preacher must be more than a man--he must be a
man plus the Holy Ghost.
Paul was such a man. He was full of the Holy Spirit, and in
studying his life and ministry we get a life-sized portrait of an
anointed preacher living, fighting, preaching, praying,
suffering, triumphing, and dying in the power and light and glory
of the indwelling Spirit.
In the second chapter of the First of Thessalonians he gives us a
picture of his character and ministry which were formed and
inspired by the Holy Spirit, a sample of His workmanship, and an
example for all Gospel preachers.
At Philippi he had been terribly beaten with stripes on his bare
back, and roughly thrust into the inner dungeon, and his feet
were made fast in the stocks; but that did not break nor quench
his spirit.
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