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Every One That Is Born Of The Spirit
- "The wind bloweth where it listeth." The wind has great liberty to go where it wants. It sweeps through the
fields and over the tops of mountains. As it skims the water's surface it also cuts
deep into the forests, reaching all nooks and crannies. It blows with all the power
of The Almighty's blast or the softness of His whisper, influencing great and small,
rich and poor, old and young.
"Thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth." The
wind totally encompasses man with a tremendous roar, as from a bolting train, but
yet is totally unable to determine its motivation, its cyclical beginning from its
ending, its top from its bottom. overpowered by it, yet unable to hold it.
"so is every one that is born of the Spirit." (John 3:8).
by Katie Stewart
"There are Three that bear Record in Heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these Three are One" (1John 5:7). The Omnipotent Holy Wind, God's Spirit,
abides ONLY in the person who PRESENTLY OBEYS God. "The
Holy Ghost, Whom God hath given to them that obey (present
tense) Him" (Acts
5:32). The obedient child of God and the Holy Spirit of the Father
function in unity-- One with the Father and with the Son. "That
they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me [the Son], and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us" (John 17:21). We are given to the Son by the Father.
"Holy Father, keep through Thine Own Name
those whom Thou hast given Me [the Son], that they may be one, as We are" (John
17:11). We are, by the Spirit, to "speak
the same thing, and that there be no divisions among [us]; but that [we] be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1Corinthians 1:10).
To be "born of the Spirit", Who "bloweth where [He] listeth",
is to be "one"
with Him. To be "one" with Him "in the same mind and
in the same judgment" is to be "one" with Him in character and purpose. Therefore, "so
is every one that is born of the Spirit." "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father" (Galatians
4:6) to share His motives in where and why He "bloweth". The world can't see Him,
can't understand Him, can't know Him. But He has not been "given" to them. "The Spirit of Truth;
Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but
ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you"
(John 14:17). The obedient children of Abba, through intercession,
"bloweth where [He] listeth", having great liberty
to go where He desires, sweeping through fields and over mountain tops, skimming
the water's surface and cutting deep into forests, nooks and crannies, enabled with
all the Power of The Almighty's blast or with the softness of His whisper, influencing
great and small, rich and poor, old and young. The world "hearest
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence [He] cometh, and whither [He] goeth", though they are totally
surrounded by His tremendous roar, as from a bolting train, they are yet totally
unable to determine His motivation, His cyclical beginning from ending, His top from
His bottom. They are overpowered by Him, yet unable to hold Him. But He has not been
"given to them".
"The Holy Ghost, Whom God hath given to
them that obey Him" are the ones who "know Him;
for He dwelleth with [them],
and shall be in [them]."
"That [they] be
perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment", "perfecting holiness in the
fear of God" (2Corinthians 7:1).
"So is every one that is born of the Spirit."
- (Romans 8:26) "Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought: but the Spirit Itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered."
- (John 14:16) "And I
will pray the Father, and He shall give you Another Comforter, that He may abide
with you for ever."
- (Romans 8:15-16) "For
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit Of Adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of God."
- (Ephesians 6:18) "Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with
all perseverance and supplication for all saints."
- (1Corinthians 2:14) "But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know them, because they are Spiritually discerned."
- (1John 4:6) "We are
of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby
know we the Spirit of Truth, and the spirit of error."
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Must "Reads" for the "diligent":
"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule"
(Proverbs 12:24).
1. Intercession
Promises: Casting The Net ---New
Window
Or, Help in Becoming Fishers of Men
"And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after Me, and
I will make you to become fishers of men" (Mark 1:17).
2. Exceeding
Great and Precious Promises
Or, How God Has Ingeniously Designed His Promises to
Sanctify His People
by Tom Stewart
Our day-to-day needs have been ordained by God to cause us the necessity of discovering
some new aspect of the character of the LORD Jesus that we may lay hold of by means
of the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises. "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches
in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19).
3. "Helps to Intercession" ---New
Window
by Andrew Murray
(1828-1917)
Who is Sufficient for These Things? -
"The more we study and try to practice this grace of intercession, the more
we become overwhelmed by its greatness and our feebleness. Let every such impression
lead us to listen: My grace is sufficient for thee, and to answer truthfully: Our
sufficiency is of God. Take courage; it is in the intercession of Christ you are
called to take part. The burden and the agony, the triumph and the victory are all
His. Learn from Him, yield to His Spirit in you, to know how to pray. He gave Himself
a sacrifice to God for men,that He might have the right and power of intercession.
'He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.' Let your
faith rest boldly on His finished work. Let your heart wholly identify itself with
Him in His death and His life. Like Him, give yourself to God a sacrifice for men;
it is your highest nobility; it is your true and full union with Him; it will be
to you, as to Him, your power of intercession. Beloved Christian! come and give your
whole heart and life to intercession, and you will know its blessedness and its power.
God asks nothing less; the world needs nothing less; Christ asks nothing less; let
us offer to God nothing less."
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