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77. Fresh Outpourings of the Spirit

From: Answers to Correspondents: From Things New and Old 1858-1863 By: Charles Henry Mackintosh

“A. Z.,” Needham. We believe the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost, as the witness of Christ’s glorification, and He has been in the Church on earth ever since. We do not, therefore, consider it intelligent to speak of a fresh outpouring of the Spirit, although many who use the expression may probably mean a right thing. We look upon Acts 8:15-16; 10:44; 19:6¹⁵Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: ¹⁶(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) (Acts 8:15‑16)
⁴⁴While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. (Acts 10:44)
⁶And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. (Acts 19:6), as special applications of the same great truth. See also in connection, John 7:39³⁹(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (John 7:39).

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Answers to Correspondents: From Things New and Old 1858-1863

• 60. Prayer in Faith

• 61. Audible Responses

• 62. Scriptural Difficulties

• 63. Sins Put Away

• 64. On Praying for the Holy Spirit

• 65. Obedience Better Than Sacrifice

• 66. Communion

• 69. Baptism

• 70. The Fig Tree

• 71. A Full Christ

• 72. The One Object

• 73. Matthew 25:34

• 74. Salvation of Departed Infants

• 75. Absent From the Body

• 76. The Flesh

• 77. Fresh Outpourings of the Spirit

• 78. Gift in Prayer

• 79. Luke 23:43

• 80. The Present Dispensation

• 81. The Observance of Days

• 82. Isaiah 53:6

• 83. Spirit-Rapping

• 84. Female Preaching

• 86. The Application of the Death of Christ

• 88. John 15:1-6

• 89. Christ, and Not Self