November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.” – Ephesians 4:7 God does not ask us to do in our own strength the work before us. He has provided divine assistance for all the emergencies to which our human resources are unequal....
November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” – Luke 24:49 To us today, as verily as to the first disciples, the promise of the Spirit belongs. God will today endow men and...
November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” – Acts 4:33 It is the absence of the Spirit that makes the gospel ministry so powerless. Learning, talent, eloquence, every natural or acquired...
November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” – John 16:13 How earnestly and perseveringly our compassionate Saviour sought to prepare His disciples for the storm of temptation that was soon to beat upon them. He would have them hid with...
November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” – John 16:14 The Holy Spirit is Christ’s representative, but divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof. Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every...
November, The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.” – Ezekiel 34:26 . . .Near the close of earth’s harvest, a special bestowal of spiritual grace is...
