" That is to be the common, every-day experience of the believer, not
his life at set times only. Did ever a father or mother think, "For to-day
I want my child to love me?" No, they expect the love every day. And so
God wants His child every moment to have a heart filled with love of the
Spirit. In the eyes of God, it is most unnatural to expect a man to love
as he should if he is not filled with the Spirit. Oh, let us believe a man
_can_ be a spiritual man. Thank God, there is now the blessing waiting
us. "Be filled with the Spirit." "Be led by the Spirit." There _is_ the
blessing. If you have to say, "Oh, God, I have not this blessing," say it;
but say also, "Lord, I know it is my duty, my solemn obligation to have
it, for without it I can not live in perfect peace with Thee all the day;
without it I can not glorify Thee, and do the work Thou wouldst have me
do." This is our first step from carnal to spiritual,--to recognize a
spiritual life, a walk in the Spirit, is within our reach. How can we ask
God to guide us into spiritual life, if we have not a clear, confident
conviction that there is such a life to be had?
Then comes the second step; a man must see the shame and guilt of his
having lived such a life.
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