Address—G.H. Hayhoe
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Right to say this evening in connection with the Holy Spirit and his work here fires now looking first of all of what we asked so much about us now in connection with the movement of tongues of healing and how to see that in God's Word. God has brought these things before us, but has shown us also how the work of the Spirit.
For the good and blessing of our souls, and not just in connection with these signs.
If I also how that the Spirit has been given to encourage us in the pathway of faith so that we might have that power to live to please Him.
First of all, to act the 2nd chapter and that's where we have the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Acts chapter 2 actually this week the 1St chapter in the fifth verse to get the connection. Acts 1 and verse 5 For John truly baptized with water, but he shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
And the eighth verse. But you shall receive power after that. The Holy Ghost is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria, and under the uttermost part of the earth.
In the 2nd chapter in the first verse.
When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with 1 accord in one place, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there there appeared unto them flown tongues like the fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance, and they were drawing in Jerusalem. Jews devote men out of every nation under heaven.
And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. They were all amazed, and morals saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak yellow ends? And how here we every man in his own, our own tongue, wherein we were born parkings and maids, and evil lights, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, and Pontus.
Asia, Bridget and Pathilia, in Egypt and in the parts of Libya, about Syremi and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Greeks and Arabians. We do hear them speak in our drawings the wonderful works of God.
I'd also like to turn to a passage and Second Peter chapter 1.
Second Peter chapter 1 and verse 20. Knowing this verse that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation, for the prophecy came not an old time by the little man, a holy men of God, because they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
It also turned to the second chapter of Hebrews, the first verse. Therefore we ought to hear the more earned key to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. Or if the words spoken by angels was steadfast, that every transgression and disobedience we see the just recompense of reward, How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which?
Began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. None of us so bearing them witness both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own will now be just one more passage in First Corinthians chapter 12. First Corinthians chapter 12.
And verse 4.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit, and there are differences of administration, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh All in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man, the prophet with all, and four to one is given by the Spirit, the word of wisdom to another, the word of knowledge by the same Spirit.
To another faith, by the same Spirit, to another the gifts of healings, by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning experience, to another diverse kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But always worketh that one the self same Spirit dividing to every man severally.
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As he will.
On the end of this chapter, the 28th verse. But God hath said to me the church first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles and gifts of healing, health, governments, diversities of tongues, are all apostles, are all prophets, they're all teachers, they're all workers of miracles.
Have all the gifts of healing you all. Speak with tongues.
To all interpret the color must play the best gifts, and yet show I unto you a more excellent way.
But I'd like to turn to another a number of other scriptures described, but I just like to speak of these. First of all, we see that the Holy Spirit of God has not come to this earth until the day of Pentecost. We remember in the passage that we were reading in the in the Bible reading in first Peter chapter 1, it mentioned how the gospel was preached with the Holy Ghost sat down from heaven.
Now that is what characterizes the present Christmas.
Translation and that is the Spirit of God here upon earth is a divine person Now he would not hear upon earth as a divine person in the Old Testament. It is true, as we noticed in first the second Peter chapter 1. The Spirit of God indicted the writing of the scriptures at a prophecy came not an old time by the will of man.
But holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Times 2, when the Spirit of God came upon different ones and LED them to do different different things in the Old Testament. For the Spirit of God has always been acted here, even in creation. It says the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Yeah, creation itself. It says that it was by His Spirit that He garnished the heavens, and indeed all those who were born again in Old Testament.
It was a work of the Spirit about what we need to distinguish is that there was something very remarkable that happened on the day of Pentecost. The Lord Jesus had spoken of it, He said in the 8th chapter of John. The Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified. And he told his disciples too that the Spirit would not come until he had gone back to the Father.
And so.
Under their Pentecost, the fulfillment of that promise took place. The Holy Spirit of God came down to earth as a divine person.
And reign here in this 2nd chapter of Acts that he not only indwelled the bodies of believers and that is sitting upon each one of them. And as we learn from other scriptures too. After that she believed you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. But it tells us that the Spirit also filled the house where they were sitting.
Some of the screw of God not only indwells the body.
Believers have I also dwells in the professing House of Christendom to turn to all the different scriptures that speak of these things. Have I just mentioned it in First Corinthians 3? It tells us there that.
There are different kinds of workmen, and it speaks to 1. And it says, If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy, For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. And then he speaks in that same chapter, how the tear are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now let's not talking about an individual.
This is talking in First Corinthians 3 about the House of God.
Where the Spirit of God dwells from the man defile the temple of God. Where the Spirit of God dwells, whether have the nose in places of Christian profession who have brought in evil doctrines that have attacked the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so right in the place where the Spirit of God dwells, they have introduced.
Now that which is subversive to the Christian faith and.
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This was a very serious thing now because the Spirit of God dwells, as we're told, in the house, and more than this.
We're also told that the Spirit of God dwells in the bodies of believers, and so it says in First Corinthians 6, Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. How about speaking again of the Spirit in the in the house? In Ephesians chapter 2 it says in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God.
Through the Spirit. So let us continue with them between the Spirit.
God willing, in the bodies of believers individually, and the Spirit of God dwelling in the house, the protesting House of Christendom.
Which makes the Christendom very, very responsible because of the privileges that we enjoy.
But then we we also see that in that passage in two Peter chapter one that the Scripture was inspired by the Spirit of God. And one of the reasons why I read that passage is to show that the Spirit of God will never believe contrary to the word. How could he inspire a certain thing to be written down in this lesson book and then lead a person to disobey it?
That be according to consistency and truth now that God by his Spirit would inspire this book and tell us what to do and then we find people telling us that they're led by the Spirit to do something that the word of God condemns. Let us remember this that the spirit and the word cannot be separated and unless one put it. He said that if we separate them we'll fall into fanaticism on one hand and that's what we.
People who talk about the Spirit of God but don't test things by the Word of God fall into all kinds of fanatical ideas and leave the door open too, for the enemy of their souls to come in and lead them far away from the truth of God. And then?
This brother coming out, he said. On the other hand, if we have the word without the Spirit, how then you have rationalism?
People that read the Bible, but they don't have the Spirit of God, so they rationalize the Scripture. I'm sure you've met some of them. They bring the Bible to your door. How about they don't have the Spirit of God and I don't see that this precious book honors the Lord Jesus. And they take this very book and they use passages of scripture out of their connection to dishonor our precious Savior to tell us that He's not God's all, that He's only a created being.
See how a person can actually take the Word apart from the Spirit and rationalize it so that we need the fear of God and the Word of God.
Still we find in First Corinthians chapter 12 where we read and let the Spirit of God has given different gifts and that there were gifts for edification, but there were also sign gifts, healings, miracles, times.
Now these gifts also were given in the early church and it tells us in the 2nd chapter of Hebrews that those gifts were given. And I want you to notice to confirm the word now that is it's talking about.
How shall we escape? Well, I should read it again because.
He was two, and the second verse or of the words spoken by angels, with steadfast and every transgression of disobedience, received a just recompense of reward.
Nobody is talking about when the law was given, because the law was given by the disposition of angels. Now he says, and God has given us his word in Christianity and was spoken first by the Lord. It's been confirmed to us by those that have heard him. And God then gave these signs to confirm his word. And just as when Allah was given, there were signs, the mountain shook.
Evidence to the people that God was speaking to them, and they saw this, the fire and the smoke, and they heard the voice of God speaking to them. Why? Now this was a very solemn sight, and there were signs to confirm it to them. Some of the day of Pentecost that God gave signs and until the New Testament scriptures were all written, God gave those signs to.
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My word, I want you to notice, particularly now, that there was no promise that those signs would continue. Now there was. There is a promise that you'll see later in Ephesians 4, the bullet gifts for the education of the church would continue, but there was no promise that the signs would continue. They were given to confirm the word. There were signs when the law was given, but every time the law was read to the people.
Both signs didn't appear. ******* are the signs in the beginning until God's word had been confirmed and written down for us were present.
What do you say to abide in God tell us that those signs would face well, I think there's a very simple reason why he didn't because the hope of the Lords coming was always a present hope for believers. It was a present hope in the early church. They were the look for the Lord's coming even in their own lifetime, and so if God had said we'll always signs you when to cease. They couldn't have been watching for the Lord. The current calm good day.
Notice Thessalonians couldn't have been looking for the Lord to come, yet the Scripture had said that the signs we're going to see about God when he's telling us about those things for the edification of his people, Why he tells us till we all come in the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God and of the perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Now he's going to call your attention to a couple of things that I think are also important.
And that is that it tells us in the verses that we read.
You all speak with tongues do all interpret and that is even in the early church all didn't speak with tongues. So we couldn't say that even in the early church that it was proved it was a proof as to whether or not one had the Holy Spirit.
Because some who have the Holy Spirit didn't speak with some, some who have the Holy Spirit gifts, some who had the Holy Spirit rotten miracles, and some who had the Holy Spirit didn't. So therefore, as it tells us, those signs were given to everyone severally as the Lord willed, and they were given to certain ways, but not to all. And the pencil we can see.
That for someone to say they can't have the Holy Spirit if you don't speak with tongues.
Wasn't even true in the universe church because even then they didn't all speak with tongues. That was a special here given the sound as well as to be able to interpret.
And then we also say, you turn with me to the oral chapter of Africa, chapter of Acts, chapter of Acts from the 12TH verse. And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people, and they were all with 1 accord in solemn sport, and the rest there is no man joining himself to them, But the people magnified them, and believers were the more added to the Lord.
Born of men and women influenced that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches. That at the least the shadow of Peter passing by my holy shadow. Some of them. There came also a multitude of the cities round the boat unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirit.
And they were healed, Everyone, I want you to notice that particular.
They were healed, everyone. Now, that is, if there was going to be a sign of the power of God, if there was going to be a sign that God's word was true, then anyone who came to be healed must be healed. Otherwise, if they came and Peter had to say, well, we're sorry, we can't heal you. Your case is too hard for us.
Why there would be no sign of the truth of God's Word.
If they had to go away disappointed and so we finally in all the instances through the.
Scripture in the Lord's lifetime, also in the acts now that when people came to be healed, they didn't go away disappointed. And it doesn't mention here whether those people had faith or not. Perhaps some of them did, perhaps some of them didn't. The Scripture doesn't tell us very blame that on the Isle of Moleta, that when Paul was shipwrecked in that island.
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Why he yield A Coolius, who was the chief man of the island?
And we're not told whether he was saved or not. And we're told that other people on the island who have diseases came and were healed, but it says they were barbarous people. So there's no evidence in the Scripture that everybody that was healed had faith. As I say, perhaps signed in. In fact, it's rather remarkable in the Scripture how few instances are given of believers being healed.
They're mostly young as a sign to show us how that God was working in special power. I want to distinguish between this and how God answers prayer. If if one is sick, I believe the Lord often comes in and answers prayer, and the scripture encourages us to turn to Him in all our difficulties and even in our sickness. But I'm not Speaking of God answering prayer.
Talking rather of the gift of tongues and the gift of healing. And this was something that was special in the early church. It's called in Hebrews chapter 10, the powers of the world coming. Why is it called the powers of the world to come? Well, because when the Millennium is brought in, why it tells us at that time he'll forgive all our iniquities and he'll heal all their diseases.
It tells us in Isaiah.
The inhabitants shall not say in that day I am sick. So when the power is manifested and people were healed was a little display of what's going to take place when the Lord Jesus takes his place as kings, kings and Lord of Lords, He'll straighten out the problems of this poor world and he will heal sick. And so this was a little sample that the one whom they.
Rejected and said we will not have this Mandarin over us. It's the very one who had another day is going to take his place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and set things right in this poor troubled world. About the reason I'm calling attention to this is that what we see around us today doesn't correspond with what we have here.
And that is we all know that in these so-called.
Healing Campaigns.
Why very many people go away disappointed. The very, very many cases are too difficult for these people. And in fact it's quite questionable about the permanence of these cases that they speak about. So it doesn't correspond to what we have in the Scripture. If you have been present as all those cases, why you would have seen a real.
Work of God. In fact, quite remarkable that when the man was healed in the early part of the Acts, he sat at the beautiful gate of the temple asking on why did God select such a person as that? But because everybody in Jerusalem knew him, they had all seen that man sitting there, and they all knew that it was a bona fide case of healing. There was no question, even the people.
I have said that a notable miracle has been done of Him is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem and the Canada life. They have to recognize it, and so we can see that God was confirming His word with that which for clear and definite evidence to the power of the one who may have crucified.
Who is now arisen, glorified man at God's right hand.
And then Hannibal to hear the tongue, when we notice there in the second of Acts that they now people were there from every nation under heaven, and they all heard known tongues wherein they were formed the wonderful works of God. Now in that connection, I'd like you to just notice one birth in First Corinthians 14.
First Corinthians chapter 14 #2 Verses here the 21St verse.
In the law is written with men other times and other will I speak unto this people, and yet for all that.
They will not hear me, saith the Lord. Wherefore come there for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not, but from the sign serveth not for them to believe not, but for them which believe.
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When this story is striking because many people that I have spoken to in connection with this tongue movement have feel that this gets the tongue to the signs of themselves. Something that is given to them as a sign to themselves that they have the spirit. But the scripture says this gift of times was not a sign to those that believe, but to those that believe not.
So that.
Can't you see what took place on the day of Pentecost here there were all these people from every nation under heaven. They noticed who these ones were that were talking. They even said are not all these that speak Galileans? And how here we every man in our own tongue when we were born, in other words.
Now, this was an assembly that was perhaps answer to the United Nations.
And all these people there and the one that we're speaking were all galleons. Another place tells us unlearned and unwattered man. And here they were speaking in the tongues. When these people were born was not assigned to those who believe not. Is there anything here about it being assigned to them? No. But it was a tremendous sign to the people that were there, and they took notice of it too.
They realized that God was doing something.
Very remarkable. And it was a testimony because they understood the message. They understood that they were declaring the wonderful works of God. They were speaking in such a way that they could understand. And it wasn't necessary to have an interpreter. Why? For the only time it speaks about an interpreter is when a man might choose the gift of tongues in the assembly. And since all didn't have the gift of tongues and since all didn't.
The interpretation, it'll be just like a man standing up in this meeting and speaking to us will say in German, well, unless somebody interprets it, we wouldn't understand. And so it was necessary if a man used it in the assembly now, that it should be interpreted. Sometimes we've got a missionary come back and the same disorder song in another tongue, and then he interprets it. He tells us what it means, so he'll understand what he's saying to us.
Very nice. Wouldn't be much use so much. We did understand some interpretation was given for the good of those who were believers, but the sign was to those that believe not. Now the reason I'm calling attention to these things is to show first of all, that these signs that were given in the early church were not given to everybody.
And that is, the gifts were not given to everybody.
And more than this are that these signs belong in such a way that everyone could see the manifested power of God. And there was no question as to the reality of it. It was very clear, very definite, and it confirmed the word. Now, what we see today that we see in the way that the Scripture records it there, it would be impossible, as far as I know, for any group of those.
Profess to have tongues to get a number of people together of quite a few different nationalities, and then proclaim to them the wonderful works of God without having first learned their language. They all are. Missionaries have to go and learn the languages before they can serve God in different countries. Let me show you that what we see today doesn't correspond.
To what we find in the acts enemies.
Healing campaigns, I say again, does it correspond? Aren't many disappointed? Don't many find that something has something is lacking? Young man that we knew back in Ottawa, he thought that he would go and get healed. He had, he was crippled from his childhood infantile paralysis and he thought he would go and he was sure that he was going to get healed.
And after he came back and he wasn't healed.
You couldn't even speak to him about the water.
Did it confirm the word? No, the imitation on me shook his face instead of helping to confirm God's word to him. And then the third thing I want to call your attention to is how that is strange that these movements who profess these things.
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Her associated with so many other things that are not according to God's word. We see almost all of them our organizations of men where the church is not an organization. Christ is the head of the body of the church and the scripture speaks of meeting in his name alone in their services they have an ordained.
Clergy, which is contrary to Christian position.
In their services, women are able to speak and the Scripture says that if they were submissive to the Word, it says I suffer now I want them to teach, I want to speak, but to be in silence. Then if they do have the signs that they're confirming this obedience to the Word instead of obedience to the Word, because the system that is set up not according to God's Word, and we all fail.
And I certainly wouldn't want to say.
That all of us and carry out the word of God in our personal lives. We should be failed but to set up a system where it's quite clearly and definitely allowed and encouraged to disobey the Word of God and to carry on in a way that's contrary to God's plan for his assembly. And I would God give signs to confirm disobedience to his Word.
What I say hopefully these things for you to.
That check, check by the Word of God, the Scripture says, prove all things, hold fast that which is good. And so if they have these things or professed to have them, surely we have every reason to expect that they would have it in the same way that Scripture speaks of. And secondly, that it would be used to confirm God's word and that they were seeking to proclaim.
And act upon God's Word.
As I say, there's failure. It was failure in the early church. We always fail in carrying God's Word. But to carry on an order of things that is condemned in the Word of God to encourage it is indeed a very serious thing.
Now I must turn over to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 10, how the power will be the seventh verse. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Verse 11 And he gave some apostles and some prophets.
Some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till we all come in the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God. Unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, and that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried above with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of man coming.
Whereby they lie and wait to deceive by speaking the truth in love may grow up unto Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ, for whom the whole body simply joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplier, according to the effectual working in the measure of every cup heart, make an increase of the body under the edifying of itself.
In love how you notice very carefully.
I'm sure that in this chapter there is no mention of tongues or healing or anything in the way of miracles and signed gifts, but we find that an ascended Christ has provided that which would be for the edification of the Church and someone that says the apostles and prophets. Just turn back to the second chapter.
The 20th verse and are built upon the foundation of the.
Apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom all the buildings that we frame together grow up unto a holy temple in the Lord, in whom ye also our ability together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. Well, here we find that.
They were built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Now that is, as Paul says in First Corinthians 3, as a wife.
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Governor, I have laid the foundation.
The apostles and prophets of the New Testament, as we find in First Corinthians 3 and also in Romans 16 at the end of the chapter, but they were the ones who laid the foundation. And that's why we're not to add to God's Word. It's complete. The foundation has been laid and it's preserved to us today.
The work of those who laid the foundation, just like when the building is going to be put up.
The foundation is laid and also laid. The foundation can move on there the the work that they have done by the structure goes on afterwards. And so there are those who have in some measure the gifts of Christ, says in the seventh verse. To every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And then there are evangelists, pastors.
And teachers and the 16th verse, that which every joint supplier, so we can see that each one has some part in this. Now there's that which every joint supplies. Now that everyone has some part in the measure of the gift of Christ. And what is the part? What other part here is?
That the body might be edified and the gifts have been given.
For what purpose? So that we wouldn't be carried above with every wind of doctrine now if God were to give.
Those signs to confirm what was contrary to his word. Why surely that wouldn't be according to his mind of what he has given the gifts so that that we might be preserved from every wind of doctrine and all we can see in Christendom that all kinds of different ideas and thoughts of man.
Now that which men have introduced and how they have taken the scripture out of its context, how they don't have proper understanding of the times.
And so we find real creation to believe that a a person could be saved and lost. Others think that the old nature would be burned out. How do you get carried away, as we've been noticing with looking for signs and then?
Disappointed. What isn't it lovely that God has given us in this chapter? How the Christ, the Ascended one has given those gifts that would occupy our hearts with Christ, as it tells us here. From the perfecting of the same for the work of the ministry to the OR the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith, and that is a gift properly used.
Is used that Saints might be built up, drawn closer to the Lord, knowing more about him and about his love. He encouraged to follow him. And then too the unity of the faith. Supposing a gift is used to build up some system of man, or how much, how much better when the gift is used to give souls to see that the Church.
One where one body the Christ is the head and that he should be honored and that he should be exalted and then too that the truth should be spoken in love and I trust what I'm saying tonight. It's not so that that we get a little more hair knowledge and over our hearts through the operation of the Spirit of God would be more attracted to Christ because you know people like you could actually find with other things.
You know it's in the gods.
But when the Lord healed people on different occasions, He told them not to say anything. Why did He tell them not to say anything? All people loved to get occupied with signs. He never told anyone not to speak about what He had done for their souls. But a man was free from the power of Satan. He said, Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee. Yes, it was a privilege to.
Speak of what Christ had done for the soul and yet it takes more courage, doesn't it? People can talk about the healing of their body. They can talk about some miracle. Even Herod wanted to see a miracle wrath by Christ. But to speak about what's been done for the soul. Now that exists Christ that honors him and some of the gifts have been given for this purpose. And again I call attention to this till we.
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Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, and unto a perfect man. Notice this, till we all come. That is the promise of the continuance of these gifts which ever have in view how that souls would be built up to a full knowledge of the Lord Jesus, and would be preserved from those things that would lead them away from him.
Away from the truth that would set them free.
And fill their hearts with gladness and rejoicing, occupy them with something that the men have done through their organization. Even even the introduction of musical instruments. Everybody can't play a musical instrument. So the person that can get a little bit of exhilaration doesn't he for for what he can do that's a little bit more than somebody else. And he gets a little bit of the glorious. It is in the church.
We don't find those things brought in because you and I are to use our voices. And brethren, it's not how well we can sing. The Scripture says singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. If anything that I could say would encourage you, it would also encourage me to think more of the Lord Jesus as we sing the hymns together. Then there would be a melody that I would rejoice at the heart of the Lord.
What you know when people can pray?
Well, or when I can sing a soul or something like attention is attracted to them. Somebody find in the Scripture the greatest simplicity in connection with worship because Christ is to be the theme, an object of it all. Indeed. I might just add too, that I believe in the gift of tongues that were given, were given to show that God was going to reach out beyond the limits of Israel.
Because it wasn't necessary in the Old Testament. Because salvation was a legitimate of the Jews.
Now we're dealing with a particular nation. By the day of Pentecost, the bounds were going to be enlarged. The message would go out, as the Lord Jesus said, to every nation under heaven. And so how me? At least he provided so that this work would begin at once. I think it's lovely, you know, when a person wants to go to foreign land now for a delay until he learns the language.
But just think of the Day of Pentecost. It didn't need to be any delay because.
For the Spirit of God that's going to work and gathering living stones, that spiritual ability from every nation under heaven and how beautifully he began to work, showing how he had grown beyond the limits of Israel, was going to reach out and black him. Oh, how lovely it is to see the purpose of God in connection with the coming of the Holy Spirit.
And now let us notice again.
15th and 15th verse, while speaking the truth in love may grow up under Him in all things, which is the head. Even Christ, from whom the whole body simply joined together and compacted by that which every joint supply us according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, may have been increase of the body and the edifying of itself in love we know on the human body.
When all is functioning properly.
It's a healthy body.
And there's no hindrance. The food that we does is proper work and so that our body is nourished, we feel well and strong and able to take on situations and face the things of life. But you know, if some part of the body isn't functioning properly, the whole body suffers and stolen spiritual realm too. Now that is if one of us is a hindrance.
That's all that souls are not enjoying Christ.
By them is going to have an effect upon all things of God, so each having the heart to fill in this.
You know just a little briefly in connection with the work of the Spirit. Notice Ephesians 1 and verse 13. In whom ye also trusted. After that she heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. In whom also after that she believes you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of.
Glory.
Turn to Romans 5, Romans 5, and verse 5. And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us again in the 8th chapter and the 15th verse. For ye have not received the spirit of ******* again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption.
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Whereby we cry, have a Father. The Spirit itself beareth witnesses.
Our spirit that we are the children of God.
Here we find something of the Word of the Spirit, and it certainly doesn't say that any of these passages.
You all are all seals of the Spirit. You all know God is your Father. You all have this love of God shed brought in their hearts by the Spirit. Oh it doesn't say that does it? This is a common portion of all believers. This is what happens when the Spirit of God comes to indwell the body of the believer even in the early church as I say when they receive this.
Some spoke with tongues and some didn't. But when we're indwelled by the Spirit of God, it's true of every believer that he's the earnest of our inheritance. He's the pledge that God is going to complete the work He has begun. The sword he's going to finish. Just like when you put some money down on a piece of property, that's the pledge you intend to carry the deal through.
And when the Spirit of God comes to indwell a believer, it's God's pledge.
Until the day of redemption that he's going to finish what he has begun.
Then two, every believer can now look up and say, God is my Father. The Spirit of God teaches us as we sing sometimes, and by Spirit too has taught us and a father of us to cry. This is true not just of some believers now. This is the work of the Spirit for all believers to know God.
As Father, and then too.
In the passage in Romans 5, the law of God is shed upon our hearts. Is there anyone who has accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior that doesn't know that God loves him right? Sinners may not realize that God loves them, but the work of the Spirit in the heart teaches us that God loves us. And so we see that this is a word as the Spirit of God.
It does in the hearts of believers. There may be hindrances in our part to the enjoyment of our.
How about it isn't just thoroughly some, some have the right to call godfather and some it's for all believers. Some can say, well, it's the earnest of my inheritance, but others can't say that. Oh no, that's not true. It's true of all believers. And so how blessed we can see that at the work of the Spirit to occupy our hearts with grace is for all believers.
And let's turn now to this in the same age of Romans.
In the 26th verse it says likewise the Spirit also help us our infirmity, for we know that what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Here we find that the spirit helps our infirmities. Notice we were talking about healing and attempt in the early church how there was the gift of healing. But here it doesn't say the spirit helps our removes our infirmities, but the spirit helps our infirmities. They leave us in some of these things and what helps us to bear them and how awesome we have visited.
The bedside of a child of God who is sick.
And I truly seen that the spirit, health care, infirmity, instead of getting depressed and sad under the sorrow or under the trial, we find the triumph, we find the Lord has made Himself very precious to their souls and helped them. And so even others will notice the joy that they have in their infirmities. Oh boy, what is the divine gift to indwell the body who helps our infirmities?
And this isn't just for some. Now this should be the common and enjoyed portion of every believer that the Spirit helps our infirmities in order that is, whatever difficulty and trial or sickness you may have, isn't it lovely that the Spirit of God at this very moment, who wants to lift you out of that trouble, that trouble? Maybe you say, well, just get me down.
Wasn't it lovely that the spirit indwelling you will help you?
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In this, by occupying you with Christ, occupying you with his love, putting you on to your happy heavenly home, He helps you to endure the things that we endure if you go through this pathway down here.
Mother in John 16. John chapter 16.
And the 13th verse, Verse 13. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth. For he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine.
And shall show it unto you. And here we find something else that the Spirit has been given for.
The scripture tells us the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God. Neither can he know that. Won't be surprised if you quote a verse to an unsaved friend and he says I can't understand that. The Bible tells you that they can. The Bible says the natural man receiveth not to think.
Of God neither can be known. But when we get saved now then the Spirit of God who comes to endure our bodies is they are to lead us into all truth. And so as we sit in the meeting and as the truth is ministered from the word of God, the Spirit of God who indwells us leads us to lay hold of those things. Don't you often sit in a meeting and something that perhaps you didn't understand as it was ministered?
God made it good in your soul and LED you right into that truth and it became precious to your soul. Well, if you're an unsaved person, that wouldn't be so, but the Spirit of God indwelling you leads you into all truth. And notice it says here, He shall glorify me. One of our remarks about this.
That we can make a simple test of any doctrine that is presented by just asking this.
Does it exalt Christ? Does it exalt Christ if it's the truth of God? If you're being taught by the Spirit, the truth will glorify Christ. Because man likes to use verses in the scripture to his own himself, takes them out of their context and uses them to exalt himself. Supposing I teach that I can be saved?
Saved and lost again does not exalt self, I say the Lord.
You made me, but if I do my part, I'll keep saying so. I think I'm a pretty good Christian. Why? I can exalt myself as being a faithful Christian. Faith for heaven because I kept myself safe. Don't you see how the enemy hinders souls from enjoying the truth by bringing in something that exalts man? But the truth is always Christ. He shall glorify me.
And the work of the Spirit.
Is to bring that truth home to your soul and mind in such a way as to make Christ more precious to us. And so instead of the meeting you say, isn't that grand?
The Lord is never going to let me go. The Spirit of God indwelling you takes that verse of Scripture. Perhaps in John 10. I came to them, Turn away, and they shall never perish and say good in your soul. And Christ is honored in His own. And so it is. The truth of God honors and exalts him. And then we find another passage too in Galatians 5. Galatians chapter 5 and verse 16.
If I say them, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill us, but the flesh.
All the flash lusteth against the Spirit, and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary to 1 The other.
So that she cannot do the things that she would. But if he be LED of the Spirit, he are not under law. Well, here we find that we still have the old nature within us call the flesh here, and it doesn't improve after we're saved. But we also have a divine gift with him and the Spirit of God helps us.
To overcome the flesh, perhaps you say, well, I just feel so weak. Well, the Lord Jesus said the Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. The flesh is weak.
But we heard it is not only willing about the Spirit of God is the power and the spread. Ye shall receive power after that. The Holy Ghost has come upon me. But a Christian has power. Is it because he is a strong personality? No, the flesh hasn't improved. But the Scripture says greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
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And you and I have this new power. So here's another thing the Spirit helps us to do.
And that is helps us to overcome that energy of the flesh within.
Oh, how often we find that flesh rising up and wanting to do something that's not honoring to the Lord, so we dishonor him, and then we allow the Spirit of God to occupy us with Christ, fill our hearts with heavenly peace and love, and there comes through Him the strength to overcome of those things.
Now that the enemy would seek to lead us into through the flesh.
And so the the Christian then has a spirit and the flesh and the spirit are contrary to 1 to the other, as we're told, greater is he that is in you and is the Spirit of God is the stronger. And if we allow the Spirit of God who's way with us, he will give us the strength to overcome. So we see them that the Spirit enables us to overcome the flesh.
Now just one more time, did you like to turn to in Second Corinthians?
Chapter 3 and verse 17. Now the Lord is of spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. But we all with open faith, beholding us in a glass, the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Here I believe we should say we have two more things brought before us in connection with the Spirit.
1St That where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is.
Poverty and then to let the Spirit of God you know.
Occupying us with Christ changes us into His image and likeness. How that is we become more like Him. Just a few words about where the Spirit of the Lord is. There is liberty and that is the Spirit of God is not one who leads us into ******* it says.
Not receive the spirit of ******* again, the fear. Now the Spirit of God leads us into liberty because everything that is pleasing to God, the new man within us, delights to do. And so for the Spirit of God leaves us. He leads us to do the things that the new man wants to do.
It's not ******* to do things you want to do. Is it that you call that liberty? Every one of us say it's supposed to be. Well, why do you do the things that I want to do?
And I would feel free. Well, the sun therefore shall make you free, shall be free indeed. For the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. And if you and I allow the Spirit of God working upon the new man to lead us, it won't feel like a *******. Just like Lazarus when he was raised from the dead, the Lord said, listen, he was set free, wasn't he? He wasn't brought in the ******* again.
Say fire up again now because he might fall into sin. He said let him go. He had a new life now resurrection life hasn't his blessed where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And so in his family too, where we recognize the presence of the Spirit of God, there's liberty. And so anyway, these different ones to give out of him to pray, to praise him.
Using different ones to occupy us as the Spirit does with God belonged to Son and further.
The Lord if there is liberty. And now it is known as this last verse.
Now we look upon him as we see him as the root of man there and glory of God. We have what is it that takes place. I were chained into the damage from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Now that is as we're occupied with Christ in boy the Spirit and does this work with us of producing in US blitness to Christ.
As soon as I think we can see rather than that God gave these signs by the Spirit in the beginning, they fulfilled A definite important purpose of God in connection with the confirmation of the Word and in connection with the spread of the gospel in the beginning, but there was no promise that they would continue. But all these latter things that we have noticed that these things are intended to be common for all believers. They're not something that are especially.
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The things that are especially given to some believers and not to other people. Every one of us are entitled to enjoy the liberty of the Spirit in our life. Everyone of us are entitled to be so occupied with Christ that we become more likely. Every one of us, when we're sick, are entitled to allow the Spirit of God to so occupy us with Christ and with coming glory. Now that we get help in our infirmity, every one of us had the way.
To allow the Spirit of God to help us to overcome the flesh who's so strong within us. Number one of us are entitled to call God our Father, to rejoice in the love of God and to know that we can never lose this glorious salvation. So we can see that those things that have been given for our spiritual good, for our edification.
Are now to be enjoyed by every believer by the Spirit.
And then we get home to glory, for then the Spirit will change our bodies. You say, well, are we going to be healed or we get home to heaven? Why? These bodies will be changed. It says He'll change these mortal bodies. He'll quicken these mortal bodies by his spirit that dwell within you. And so the Spirit of God, who now fills our hearts with occupation with Christ, and.
Love and speaks to produce like Mr.
Then complete the work and will be physically like Christ. And then when we're up there in glory, the Spirit will still be there because it says you'll abide with you forever. But He won't have to help us overcome the flesh, because we won't have the flesh within us. He won't have to help us in our infirmities because we won't have any infirmities. So you'll just be unhindered to do His blessing work.
To fill our hearts with the joy and peace and happiness that is ours because of what Christ has accomplished. May God grant that we will want more in the enjoyment of that which is ours through the Spirit who has been given to us until the day of the end.