When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

The baptism with the Holy Spirit does not merely affect our spirit, but influences our nature,
mind, and body, and greatly affects our conduct. The Holy Spirit touches every faculty of our being.
There are many latent capabilities which lie dormant. He quickens these and develops them. His
touch augments our ability to be useful. The baptism quickens the believer's perception, expands the
sensibilities, purifies the desires, deepens human sympathies. The Holy Spirit helps the human nature
to become its best for God and men. Talents are developed and blessed to their right use, making the
Christian a blessing to others.
The fallen nature leads to self-will and self-gratification, and always seeks to have its own way.
Good behavior is of greater importance than we realize, and the influence of a well-behaved and
courteous person who is kind in spirit is more far-reaching than he apprehends. Such a life and
conduct is pleasing to the Lord, edifying to others, and gratifying to self.
Spirituality and a well-behaved life go together. Good behavior and observance of the rules of
etiquette are not spirituality nor do they in themselves make a person spiritual. but spirituality will
make a person well-behaved, courteous, kind, and refined. The person who may be unlearned, but
is anointed by the Spirit, living under the leadership of the Spirit, Who dictates, checks, inspires,
refines, tenderizes, energizes, and controls that person as he yields himself fully to Him, will, like
the fishermen of Galilee; like Luther, the monk; like John Bunyan; like D. L. Moody; with many
others who became refined, cultured, and courageous, do wonderful deeds and surpass the
world-wise men who accomplish but little and are soon forgotten after they die. Those who have
enjoyed the baptism with the Spirit have become not only spiritual, but heroic, useful, and
successful. These have conferred on others a godly and lasting heritage that has blessed the world.
Without it they would have been but common and died in obscurity. The Holy Spirit is the world's
greatest Teacher, teaching the believers to live holy, pure, beautiful, and inspiring lives.
The Holy Spirit will become more to us if we will let Him, recognize, honor, and depend on Him.
He will become all to us that we allow Him to. He is infinitely qualified to reveal helpful things to
us; to guide us into all the truth; to reveal the things of Christ to us; to bring the words of Christ to
our remembrance; to enable us to impart truth and knowledge to others; to direct us to make the right
decisions in the church; and to wonderfully help us in our prayer lives. He is qualified to teach us
more in a moment than any human teacher can in an entire day. The Holy Spirit does not deal alike
with all people. He deals with us along the line of our calling and in keeping with the special gift He
gives each individual. Let us rely more upon Him as our divine Teacher.
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