everyone craves. God help you to do it this very day! INDWELLING SPIRIT It was Dr. Kenneth Wuest who so well pointed out, "Being filled with the Spirit is not putting gas in the tank; it is like putting a driver at the wheel." What a pro found statement that is. It is an excellent definition. God wants us to know what His perfect will is (Ephesians 5:17-18). This is what baffles so many today, especially young people, "How can l know the will of the Lord?" In Ephesians 5:18 we find that God desires us definitely to be filled with His Spir it. This is an absolute command. In the original Greek it means a con tinuous or constant action. Now there is a lot of difference between being indwelt by the Spirit and being filled by the Spirit. It is one thing to have the Holy Spirit, but still another for the Holy Spirit to have you. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Lord as the only One who could guide us into all truth. He does not speak of Himself, but glorifies the Lord and shows us things to come. Never forget that the Holy Spirit is a person, a member of the Trin ity. He is not an "it" nor an influ ence. The very same attributes of God the Father belong to the Holy Spirit for He is also God. As such He is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Do you know where He is today? I Corinthians 6:19,20 tells us that He indwells all true believers in Christ. Our bodies are His abode here on earth. This is a fantastic realization. God has come to live with me. Have you ever stopped to realize why He has done this? The reason is that the
FREEDOM AND LIBERATION It is a wonderful life; it is a life of freedom and liberation. God says we need to know the liberty of the Spirit. People all want free dom today. It can only come about when we know the liberty of the Holy Spirit controlling us, and keep ing us from doing things in which we ought not to be involved. Free dom is not just being able to do all that we desire, but it is being able to do what we ought to do. Do you know anything about that Spirit-controlled life? Allow Him to take control right now if you have first received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Sav iour. Through you there can be produced this kind of a life which
Reverend Wemp is President of South eastern Bible College in Birmingham, Ala bama, and was a 1971 Torrey Conference
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