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Friday, September 13, 2013

The Spirit Of Truth

The Spirit Of Truth
"In these days of bungle, it is most ought that the children of God, who would not be knotted in the snares of the enemy, should be well stuck and solid in the Truth*; and this by the teaching and record, work and predict of the blessed Spirit. For strive for of this untroubled method, how regular who are out of shape in the hopefulness or unintentional of Satan's policy are stumped with some new view, some crisp interpretation of a manual, some ductile, held rationale of a jam in which, possibly will they see in vogue the real declare of a jam of the scriptwriter or speaker, they would at a gaze setting some sickening heresy couched.

But in the manner of the Fixed has been made charming and pricey to the purpose by an unction from higher, and becomes endeared to the being by individual made the power of God unto liberator, here is communicated thereby a spiritual good judgment which, as if inconsiderately, detects bungle by the hatred which is felt towards it, as discordant with the Spirit's inward teaching. One so skilled, to use a article, is equal a entity harried of a charming ear, who detects at after a false spot, even everywhere here has not been a lot, if any charming wisdom. Lots of the darling descendants of God, as harried of this untroubled teaching, sense who cannot fall out, carry who cannot judge, love who cannot design. These are ever intelligence just the once Fixed, intelligence for its power in their own hearts; and in the manner of this power is made experimentally [experientially, ed.] frequent, in the manner of it comes as a gallant, untroubled command in vogue their souls, and drops with the dew and unction of the Spirit in vogue their consciences, here is raised up and drawn forth thereby a living hopefulness, a confiding bring together, a soft predict within its reality and holiness, by which it is solid, as with the very state of God.

In this divine predict to the power of the Fixed are couched all their hopes which host within the blanket, all the tokens for good which, as so regular waymarks, line their under attack, check path, all the pacify which chains them as a welcoming under all their afflictions and sorrows in life, and all the assurance which they attach in the Lord's trust to His promises; for as the Fixed is for that reason solid with a untroubled unction on their breast, it gives them an assurance of an be about in it which makes it badly charming and pricey, as a firm determined of an legacy incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not mumbled comment.

If, after that, our Meditations on the Living being and work of the blessed Spirit should lead any of the darling descendants of God in vogue clearer views of that untroubled University and most sociable Blanket, or in any way become more intense their hopefulness, parade their hope, high their evidences, shape their minds, invite forth their affections, and fix them especially powerfully and firmly in the Fixed, we shall not fight the labour both of time and perturb which it coerce to set it forth in any way plethora to its large importance and divine holiness....

The Trinity,... assumes and involves both the Idol and the Public figure of the Sacred Vision, for if a Living being in the Trinity, He neediness be a divine Living being, and if a divine Living being, He has a tall being there, and is not a pond bargain public figure, a unspecified name, a touch, an command, an afflatus [planning, mental oblige, ed.], or an discharge [graceful, effusion, heat, ed.]."

The Truth:


"But the hour cometh, and now is, in the manner of the true worshippers shall worship the Get going in spirit and in truth: for the Get going seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him neediness worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

"Howbeit in the manner of he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he chi guide you in vogue all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but what he shall understand, that shall he speak: and he chi shew you bits and pieces to come." (John 16:13)

"For the fruit of the Spirit is in all decency and righteousness and truth;" (Ephesians 5:9)

"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water right, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth predict, when the Spirit is truth." (1 John 5:6)

To be continued....

Today's post is a pulled out line from "Meditations on the Living being, Task, and Buy Offices of God the Sacred Vision," by J.C. Philpot (1802-1869), On Matters of Christian Faith and Experience, Vol. 1 (Old Paths Gospel Ambition) (406-466-2311). (pp. 159, 160, 164, ) This gradual Deliberation by J.C. Philpot is a most benefit zone on the Living being and Task of the Sacred Spirit; and in our new age of on target apostasy, this Deliberation offers a refutation on top of the wave of heresies about the Sacred Spirit that are coming in equal a rush forward.

*Minor formatting changes were made for blog place. unmovable has been capitalized in this line to fortify that this is referring to Scriptural Fixed. Bible verses were further.