COME, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT.

 

AUGUST 21

COME, JESUS WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT.
 
"Turn you at my reproof: behold, 

  I will pour out my spirit unto you, 

   I will make known my words unto you. 

                                                          Proverbs 1:23
 
You not only need a title to Heaven, but a fitness for it. 

The religion of time is education for eternity. 

Unless made fit for Heaven, 

   you could not be happy, 

   even if it were possible to gain admission there. 

That fitness commences in a new birth, 

   and stands in true holiness. 

No one can fit you, but the Spirit of God.
 
You must be born of the Spirit.
 You must be taught by the Spirit.
  You must be led by the Spirit.
    You must be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
 
In order to this, you must receive and possess the Spirit. 

Without the Holy Spirit, 

  there is no likeness to Christ, 

  no union to Christ, 

  no saving interest in Christ; 

for "if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, 

                he is none of his."
 
Jesus has received the Spirit as the reward of his work,

  and he gives the Spirit, 

  in full measure, 

  to all who believe in him. 

He told his disciples, 

  "I will send you another Comforter," 

and on the day of Pentecost that Comforter came;

alluding to the effects of which,

 Peter said, speaking of Jesus, 

  "Being by the right hand of God exalted, and 

  having received of the Father the promised Holy Ghost,

 he hath shed forth this which you now see and hear!"

 
If you would enter Heaven, 

  you must be holy;

  for "without holiness, no one can see the Lord."

If you would be holy, 

  you must receive the Holy Spirit to make you so. 

If you would receive the Holy Spirit,

 you must come to Jesus for it; for the residue,

 for the fullness of the Spirit is with him. 

Come to Jesus, then, and plead with him 

  to give you the Holy Spirit; 

  whose gracious presence, power, and influence, 

  will fit your heart to be the residence of God, and

  prepare you to dwell with God in glory everlasting. 

You are not so willing to receive, as Jesus is to give.
 
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 

  gifts unto your children: how much more shall 

  your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit

   to them that ask him?                   Luke 11:13

James Smith 1855