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evealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into" (I Peter 1:11, 12). From the Scriptures, we learn that God has spoken to many through one of His servants more than He has spoken to individuals directly. When God gives a message to a minister, he becomes the mouthpiece to the entire congregation, and the Lord speaks through him to many as positively as if He had spoken directly to every individual. People should receive the message of God's Spirit-filled minister as the message of the Lord, and as truly as if they heard the message given in an audible voice from heaven. VII. He Witnesses to the Preaching of the Gospel "And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged" (John 16:8-11). "Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us" (Heb. 10:15). Christ said when the Holy Spirit would come He would convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. The way the Holy Spirit does this is through the Spirit-filled minister. The Holy Spirit Who indwells the minister, and accompanies the message of truth will make it very effective and powerful. Such preaching searches the heart and lingers in the memory of people. They cannot forget it, or shake it off. It will bring gospel light to them, and through it the Holy Spirit brings conviction to the sinner. The special work of the Holy Spirit is to bear witness to Christ Who is the Truth. Christ said, "The Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning" (John 15:26, 27). In Acts 5:32, we read, "And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost." The believer and the Holy Ghost are witnesses. The testimony, or witnessing is not confined to the believer, neither is it confined to the Spirit, but there needs to be the witnessing of both the believer and the Spirit. The testimony of the Christian alone is not sufficient, neither the testimony of the Scriptures, but it is our testimony in harmony with the testimony of the Word which the Spirit witnesses to or uses which is effective. Sinners will not be convicted and believe through our testimony unless the Holy Spirit testifies to the truth. A worker may explain the truth to a sinner over and over, yet he does not see the truth, neither believes, but all at once he sees and believes the truth because the Spirit has borne witness to Christ and the truth. The Spirit moves on sinners (the world) through believers. If Christian people would but realize how absolutely the world is dependent on them for gospel light, and on the other hand how dependent they are on the Holy Spirit's power in them to qualify them to witness to sinners, they would seek His indwelling and pray to be an open channel through whom the Spirit would operate in an unhindered manner. Sinners are not being witnessed to, nor illuminated by gospel light as their needs demand because Christian people are failing to witness and appropriate the power of the Holy Ghost. Ministers should depend more on the Spirit in their ministry if they want men to see the truth and believe in Christ.
WHEN HE IS COME by Joshua Stauffer Chapter 19 CLEAN UNCOMMON MEN "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common" (Acts 10:15). God has designed that the saved and sanctified person shall be clean and uncommon. Far too many people are only common and unclean. In the incident of Peter and Cornelius, it was essential for God to work at both ends of the line in order to bring both men together, for Peter was a Jew and Cornelius a Gentile. An angel appeared to Cornelius, informing him that he should call for Simon Peter to come to his house and he would more fully explain the way of salvation to him. On the other hand, the Lord had to prepare Peter and make him willing and ready to go to the house of a Gentile. While Peter was praying on the housetop, a vision appeared to him, that of a vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet being let down to the earth, wherein were all manner of beasts, creeping things, and fowls. A voice said, "Rise, Peter; kill, and eat." Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean." The voice informed him, "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common." This sheet descending from heaven full of unclean creatures, which had been cleansed by God, represents the church. The church had its origin in heaven, and its destiny will be heaven. The church is being formed of peoples from all lands, tongues and tribes, which have been cleansed by God. Peter went with the men who were sent by Cornelius and preached to him and his household. As he preached, the Holy Ghost fell on all of them, sanctifying every one. Later, Peter said that God gave them the Holly Ghost and purified their hearts by faith. Some people stress the power and others stress the cleansing in the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Both are to be appreciated, accepted, and believed, for they are the twofold work of the Lord in the baptism with the Spirit. I. The Commonness of People When anything has become customary, usual, familiar, or of general occurrence, practice, and standard, that makes it common. Common, implies the lack of distinguishing, conspicuous, or exceptional qualities. It suggests that which is usual and ordinary. Most people are common because they desire to be like others, do like others do, live like others live, act like others act, dress like others dress, and justify themselves that they are just as good as others, do as much as others do, give as much as others give, all because that is the way everybody else does. They compare themselves among themselves and measure themselves among themselves and rise no higher than others rise. People are influenced too much by that which others do, and give no special reason for it only that "everybody does it." II. The Causes for Commonness A spirit of fear has cheated many out of becoming unique, extraordinary, great, and aggressive. Their fearing what others think of them has defeated them from forging ahead. A lack of
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