THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU.

 

 

JANUARY 21
 
The Spirit of God dwelleth in you.
 
I Corinthians 3:16
 

Dwelleth in whom!
          In every Christian.
 
For “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,
    he is not of his.”
 
Wherever the Spirit dwells,
   he works, and his work is the efficient
   cause of our sanctification, comfort,
     and usefulness.
 
He dwells in us as the Spirit of life,
  quickening and reviving us.

As a Spirit of light,
  instructing and illuminating us.

As a Spirit of liberty,
  delivering from bondage, dread, and terror.

As a Spirit of love, shedding abroad
   the love of God in our hearts, and
   leading us to love him and all his dear people.

As a Spirit of power,
   enabling us to conquer the world,
     overcome Satan, and
      crucify the old man with his deeds.

As a Spirit of prayer,
   teaching us how to pray, and
   making intercession for us with groanings
    which cannot be uttered.

As a Spirit of peace,
   applying the atonement,
    giving us peace with God through
    our Lord Jesus Christ, and
      producing an us a peaceable disposition.

As the Spirit of Christ,
   exalting him in our minds,
   enthroning him in our breast, and
   glorifying him in us and by us.
 
Reader, have you received the Holy Ghost?
 
Do you make it manifest by your zeal for Christ?
 
Come, sacred Spirit! From above
And fill my poor, cold heart with love:
Soften the flesh the flinty stone,
And let thy god-like power be known.
 
 
James Smith 1849