THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Lord says, “He shall testify of me”. (John 15: 26) The Holy Spirit has come down, not only for our comfort, but to testify of Christ. Now, do you ever consult the Holy Spirit about the testimony of Christ? It is ^[p. 220] the Holy Spirit who is the great source and leader of the testimony as to means, as to ways, as to persons. If you believe that He is present, do you consult Him as to all this? There is a prayer we very often make use of: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 13: 14); thank God, we all know something of that; “and the love of God”; of that, too, we can say we are not strangers to it; “and the communion of the Holy Spirit”; how much do we know of that? A man would not have the unblushingness to state that he had walked down the street with a great sovereign, or that the sovereign had done so with him, if it were not true, but we talk quite lightly of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, and how much do we know of it?