Chapter 3—The Power Promised
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. He gives the Holy Spirit to help
in every strait, to strengthen our hope and assurance, to illuminate
our minds and purify our hearts.
Just before His crucifixion the Saviour said to His disciples: “I
will not leave you comfortless.” “I will pray the Father, and He shall
give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever.”
“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 teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:18, 16; 16:13; John 14:26.
Christ has made provision that His church shall be a transformed
body, illumined with the light of heaven, possessing the glory of
Immanuel. It is His purpose that every Christian shall be surrounded
with a spiritual atmosphere of light and peace. There is no limit to
the usefulness of the one who, putting self aside, makes room for
the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart and lives a life wholly
consecrated to God.
What was the result of the outpouring of the Spirit upon the Day
of Pentecost? The glad tidings of a risen Saviour were carried to the
utmost bounds of the inhabited world. The hearts of the disciples
were surcharged with a benevolence so full, so deep, so far-reaching,
that it impelled them to go to the ends of the earth, testifying: “God
forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Galatians 6:14. As they proclaimed the truth as it is in Jesus, hearts
yielded to the power of the message. The church beheld converts
flocking to her from all directions. Backsliders were reconverted.
[20] Sinners united with Christians in seeking the pearl of great price.
Those who had been the bitterest opponents of the gospel became
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its champions. The prophecy was fulfilled: The weak shall be “as
