And the same Spirit that spoke through
Joel now made Peter to see and declare that this Pentecostal
baptism was that of which Joel spoke.
By the mouth of David He had said: "Thou wilt not leave My soul
in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption";
and now Peter, by the inspiration of the same Spirit, applies
this Scripture to the resurrection of Jesus, and so proves to the
Jews that the One they had condemned and killed was the Holy One
foretold in prophecy and psalm.
And so to-day the Holy Spirit inspires men who receive Him to use
the Scriptures to awaken, convict, and save men.
When Finney was a young preacher, he was invited to a country
school-house to preach. On the way there he became much
distressed in soul, and his mind seemed blank and dark, when all
at once this text, spoken to Lot in Sodom by the angels, came to
his mind: "Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will
destroy this city." He explained the text, told the people about
Lot, and the wickedness of Sodom, and applied it to them. While
he spoke they began to look exceedingly angry, and then, as he
earnestly exhorted them to give up their sins and seek the Lord,
they began to fall from their seats as though stricken down in
battle, and to cry to God for mercy. A great revival followed;
many were converted, and a number of the converts became
ministers of the Gospel.
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