And yet Paul wrote to the
Ephesians each one: "Be filled with the Spirit, and do not be drunk with
wine." Just as little as you may be drunk with wine, so little may you live
without being filled with the Spirit. Now, if God means that for believers,
the first thing that we need is to study, and to take home God's Word, to
our belief until our hearts are filled with the assurance that there is
such a life possible which it is our duty to live; that we can be spiritual
men. God's Word teaches us that God does not expect a man to live as he
ought for one minute unless the Holy Spirit is in him to enable him to do
it.
We do not want the Holy Spirit only when we go to preach, or when we have
some special temptation of the devil to meet, or some great burden to bear;
God says: "My child can not live a right life unless he is guided by my
Spirit every minute." That is the mark of the child of God: "As many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." In Romans V. we read:
"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit given unto
us.
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