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of grace, and is wrought instantaneously, but is twofold in its nature (negative and positive) there is the cleansing of inbred sin, and the impartation of power. VI. The Filling with the Spirit The filling with the Spirit will greatly benefit the believer, please the Spirit, and glorify Christ. The filling with the Spirit is His incoming, His indwelling, His permanent abode. When He comes, He brings power, His presence, His virtues, and His graces. It is He Who produces the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. If we ever discover that we are lacking in any of the Christian graces, of the fruit of the Spirit, and if our vessels are getting low, it is our privilege to ask Him to supply the needed grace. Should we be lacking in joy and our plate seem to be empty of joy, all we need to do is to pass our plate up and say, "Lord, I lack joy. Give me a large helping of joy." The Lord would be pleased to supply our joy. The same should be done when we lack any other fruit or grace. He desires to fill us. VII. The Overflowing and Outflowing With the filling of the Spirit there also need to come periods of overflowing. The filling is to benefit ourselves and the overflowing to benefit others. The overflowing and outflowing of the Spirit is most gratifying to self, edifying to others, and glorifying to Christ. Christ spoke of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit which would be the rivers of living waters which should flow from our innermost being. The filling of our own vessel (capacity) is for ourselves, essential for our own experience, and salvation. However, there must be overflowings, or the Spirit will become grieved. If there is not an outlet, an overflowing, the stream of blessing will become stagnant or dry up. The stream of blessing must be kept open and flowing. When the outlet becomes clogged, the intake will not function or take in more. Both the intake and the outlet must be kept open so the stream of blessing may flow. A young lady some time ago beautifully expressed the thought of an open channel through which the stream of blessing flows. In her testimony she said, "I cannot hold very much. My cup is not very large, but I can overflow a great deal." When we overflow, self will be hidden. As long as self is not filled and overflowing, it will be prominent and conspicuous. The life will be subjective and not objective. If there is no overflow, the contents of the vessel will be hidden and only the vessel will be observed. The overflow hides the vessel. When we overflow, Christ will be revealed. Then that which the Spirit has inwrought will be wrought out. The overflowing not only hides the vessel, but reveals the hidden life. When we overflow, others will be refreshed. Many people will never be blessed until they are blessed through the overflowing blessing of someone else. It has been observed by ministers when some saint became blessed shouting happy, that others were touched, moved to tears, brought under conviction, or a heart hunger was created. If we could see more overflowings we would see more being wrought on by the Spirit of God. *************************************
WHEN HE IS COME by Joshua Stauffer Chapter 11 THE IMPORTANCE OF AN OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). The great need of our times is an outpouring of the Spirit of God upon men. There can be no doubt that we are living in the last days of this age. As we are nearing the end of the age, there will be a ripening of sin, and an increase of ungodliness. Satan will give this generation an outpouring of sin, crime, unbelief, and lawlessness. The remedy to offset the tides of wickedness is an outpouring of God's Spirit on the young generation, and also on the old people, so that it will lead them to live holy lives and inspire them to preach the full gospel. In the past generation, God raised up mighty men and spiritual leaders who single-handed shook an entire community for God, men like George Fox, John Wesley, Martin Luther, Charles Finney, D. L. Moody, and many others. God is just as able today as He was in the past to raise up mighty preachers and evangelists to awaken whole communities. This generation which is growing up needs a great spiritual awakening. This can only come to pass through an outpouring of God's Spirit on the present ministry. As we study the Scriptures, then study our needs, and the testimony of God's mighty men, we must confess our inability to bring a spiritual awakening to pass, and that it cannot be brought to pass by might, or by power, but only by God's Spirit. I. It Is Essential to Cleansing Holiness and cleanliness go together. The Lord must have clean channels through which to work and to pour out His blessings. In the Old Testament times all who carried any vessels of the Lord were demanded by the Lord to be clean. A holy and clean life is also a powerful life. There is power in purity. This is true in material things, such as iron, gasoline, rubber, and it is just as true in Christian experience. The baptism with the Holy Spirit is twofold in its nature; namely, it is a cleansing, and an enduement. Some stress the power, but deny the cleansing. Others emphasize the cleansing, but see nothing concerning the enduement. While some stress the cleansing and others stress the enduement, the well balanced believer recognizes and appreciates both. Power without holiness is dangerous, but holiness also is power. Baptism has the thought of cleansing. Carnality in the believer hinders, defeats, and blights personality. The carnal mind is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be, but the carnal mind is subject to the world and to the devil. Since it is not subject to God, and Deity cannot bring it into subjection, the logical thing for God to do is to condemn it to death. When we are baptized with the Spirit, the old man is put off, carnality is cleansed, and the Holy Spirit takes the place of the old man. There is nothing that blesses, inspires, helps, and enriches personality as much as the infilling of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit-filled person
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