The Spirit-Filled Life [Updated, Annotated]: Restoring a Biblical Understanding and Experience of the Holy Spirit by MacNeil B. A. John

Author:MacNeil B. A., John [MacNeil B. A., John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aneko Press
Published: 2020-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

‘Twas most impossible of all,

That here sin’s reign in me should cease;

Yet shall it be! I know it shall;

Jesus, look to Thy faithfulness;

If nothing is too hard for Thee,

All things are possible to me. [8]

He is able and willing to cleanse. Are we willing to be cleansed?

A Means to an End

Another mistake to be carefully guarded against is our making cleansing to be an end instead of a means to an end. Cleansing is not the blessing that we seek; it is only a means. The end is the filling of the Holy Spirit. Cleansing is a negative blessing – the separating from sin – but we can only be satisfied with a positive blessing. When the housewife cleans the house, does she go out afterward and live in the yard? No. She cleans the house so it may be the more fit for her to inhabit .

God cleanses, empties, sweeps, and garnishes (Matthew 12:44) that he may come in to dwell, and if he, the Holy One, does come in and take up his residence, he will keep his dwelling place clean. This cleansing of which we have been speaking is one of the steps into the blessed life, but there is not much likelihood of anyone living the life unless they first take the necessary steps into the life. It is a life of purity, and it is lived, as it is entered upon, by faith in the Son of God, hence the name by which the Spirit-filled life is sometimes called – the life of faith.

[1] A cruet-stand is a small stand that holds salt and pepper shakers and often cruets or bottles of vinegar and olive oil. [2] A poem titled “A Voice in the Twilight” by Katharine Hardenbergh Johnson. [3] Latent means it is hidden or concealed, but a patent flaw is obvious or already known. [4] Handley Carr Glyn Moule (1841–1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian and writer. [5] Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 35 [6] Dr. Andrew Alexander Bonar (1810–1892) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. [7] A form of a verb in some languages, such as Classical Greek, that expresses action without indicating its completion or continuation. [8] A verse of a hymn by Charles Wesley (1707-1788) titled “All Things Are Possible to Him.”

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