Sword of the Spirit

A word of Wisdom: Follow God Mark 10:18 KJV And Jesus said unto him,  Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. In this generation of Christianity, it seems to be quite an achievement (for Christ or themselves??) for brethrens who proclaimed to be leaders to establish business-like Ministries of their own apart from the Body. Thus, further dividing the Body which is already very divided in a vast multitude of denominations of churches.  Many believers fervently follow and idolise these ministries where the attention is centered on these Ministers, calling them good, even calling them their church.  1 Corinthians 1:12-13 KJV Now this I say, that every one of you saith,  I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.  [13] Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? And not just these Ministers, some even fervantly follow and also elevated the pastors and preachers of established or traditional churc

The Full Blessings of Pentecost By Andrew Murray How it is obtained by us - Part 7 of 7 "And be not drunk with wine,  wherein is excess;  but be filled with the Spirit;" EPH. v. 18. Now I count upon God and wait upon Him to reveal truly within me the blessing which He has bestowed upon me.  Faith must lead me to the actual inheritance of the promise, to the experience and enjoyment of it.  Do not rest content with a belief that does not lead to experience.  Rest in God by faith in the full assurance that He can make Himself known to you in a manner that is truly divine.  At times the whole process may appear to you too great and too wonderful, and really impossible.  Be not afraid.  The more clearly you discern the amazing elements in the fact that you on your part have said to the Eternal Holy God that He on His part may have you to make you full of His Holy Spirit here on earth,  the more shall you feel what a miracle of the grace of God it must be.  There may be in you thi

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The Full Blessings of Pentecost By Andrew Murray How it is obtained by us - Part 6 of 7 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" EPH. v. 18. In faith that God accepts my surrender and bestows this blessing upon me, I appropriate it for myself. There is a great difference betwixt the appropriation of a blessing by faith and the actual experience of it. It is because Christians do not understand this that they often become discouraged, when they do not at once experience the feeling and the enjoyment of what is promised them. Whenever in response to the offer of Christ you have said that you forsake all, and count it but loss for the full blessing of Pentecost, then from that moment you have to believe that He receives your offer and that He bestows upon you the fulness of the Spirit. Yet it may easily be that you cannot at that crisis trace any marked change in your experience. It is as if everything in you remained in its old condition.

The Full Blessings of Pentecost By Andrew Murray How it is obtained by us - Part 5 of 7 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" EPH. v. 18. I must have this blessing at any cost. To get possession of the pearl of great price, the merchant man had to sell all that he had. The full blessing of Pentecost is to be obtained at no smaller price. He that would have it must sell all, must forsake all: sin to its smallest item, the love of the world in its most innocent forms, self-will in its simplest and most natural expressions, every faculty of our nature, every moment of our life, every pleasure that feeds our self-complacency, every exercise of our body, soul, and spirit all must be surrendered to the power of the Spirit of God. In nothing can independent control or in dependent force have a place: everything everything, I say must be under the leading of the Spirit. One must indeed say: "Cost what it may, I am determined to have this

Miracles—Works of Power By John G. Lake [Note the differences between Salvation (or Born Again), Sanctification and the Baptism with the Holy Spirit in Lake's testimony, in which many believers seem to have confused these experiences.] What is a miracle? It is the tangible evidence of the supreme control of the Spirit of God over every character and form of materiality. Beloved, the power of such an event, such an act and sign, shows you that through living, positive, contact with the Spirit of God, all things are possible. Blessed be His name! Christianity is the divine power of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, filling a Christian’s soul and body, flashing through his nature like a holy flame, accomplishing the will of God. There is a baptism that belongs to Jesus Christ. It is in His supreme control. No angel or human can bestow it. It comes from Him alone. He it is “who baptizes with the Holy Spirit” (John 1:33). So, the individual who wants the Holy Spirit must come into defini

The person who has an experience is never at the mercy of a person who has only an argument. - Smith Wigglesworth 

The Full Blessings of Pentecost By Andrew Murray How it is obtained by us - Part 4 of 7 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" EPH. v. 18. I cannot grasp this blessing in my own power. Whenever a Christian begins to strive for this blessing, he generally makes a variety of efforts to reach after the faith, and obedience, and humility, and submission which are the conditions of obtaining it. Then, when he does not succeed, he is tempted to blame himself, and if he does not become utterly discouraged, he rouses himself to still stronger effort and greater zeal. All this struggling is not without its value and its use. It has its use, however, in other ways than are commonly anticipated. It does the very work that the law does that is to say, it brings us to the knowledge of our entire impotence; it leads us to that despair of ourselves in which we become willing to give to God the place that belongs to Him. This lesson is entirely indisp

The Full Blessings of Pentecost By Andrew Murray How it is obtained by us - Part 3 of 7 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" EPH. v. 18. The thought that will come next in succession is: This blessing is for me. I have spoken of those who suppose that the full blessing of Pentecost was only for the first Christian community. There are others who are willing enough to acknowledge that it was intended also for the Church of later times but still think that all are not entitled to expect it. Eminent believers, the leaders of the Church, and such as have much leisure and abundant opportunity to occupy their minds with such attainments, may well cherish the hope of receiving this blessing, but it is not to be expected by ordinary members of the churches. Any one of these might quite reasonably say: "My unfavourable circumstances, my unfortunate disposition, my lack of real ability, and similar difficulties, make it impossible for me