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ANDREW
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THESPIRITOFCHRIST.
WbeSpiritIJiumto
tbe
ebebfent.
,If
yo
IOUB
Ole,
ye
will
keepmy
commandments:
andI
will
praytheFo.tlier,8JldHe
sha.Il
giveyouanotherComforter,even
theSpiritof
truth.'-JOHN
xiv,
15,
16.
'The
HolySpirit,
whomGodhathgiventothem
thatobeyHim!-Ac:ra
v.
32.
T
HEtruthwhichthesewordsexpresshasoftensuggestedthequestion:Howcanthisbe1WeneedtheSpirittomakeusobedient
j
welongfortheSpirit'spower,justbecausewemournsomuchthedisobediencetherestillis,anddesiretobeotherwise.Andhowisthis?TheSavioor
claims
obedience
as
thecondition
of
the
Father'sgiving
andourreceivingtheSpirit.
Thedifficultywill
be
renewed
if
weremember
what
we
havemorethan
once
seen,thatthereisa
twofoldmanifestation
oftheSpirit
of
God,corre-sponding·totheOldandNewTestament.Inthe-former,HeworksastheSpiritofGod,preparingthe
way
for
the
higherrevelation
ofGod,asthe
THEBl'IRITOFCHRIST.
FatherofJesusChrist.InthiswayHehadworkedinChrist'sdisciples,astheSpiritofcon-versionandfaith.Whattheywere
now
abouttoreceivewassomethinghigher-theSpiritoftheglorifiedJ
esus,
communicatingthepower
from
onhigb,tbeexperienceofRiafullsalvation.Andthoughnow,
to
allbelieversundertheNewTesta-menteconomy,theSpirit
in
themistheSpiritofChrist,thereisstillsomethingthatcorrespondstothetwofolddispensation.WherethereisnotmuchknowledgeoftheSpirit'swork,orwhereHisworkingsinaChurehor
'an
individualarehutfeeble,thereevenbelievers
will
notgetbeyondtheexperienceofHispreparatoryworkings
in
them;thoughHebeinthem,theyknowHimnotinHispowerastheSpiritoftheglorifiedLord,TheyhaveHim
ill
themtomakethemobedient
j
it
isonly'asthey
yield
obedience
to
this
His
moreelementarywork,thekeepingofChrist'scom-mandments,thatthey
will
bepromoted
to
thehigherexperienceofHisconsciousindwelling,astheRepresentatlveandRevealerofJesus
in
Hisglory.
'If
yeloveme,keepmycommandments:and
r
will
praytheFather,a:ndHewillsendyouanotherOomforter.'
The
lessonisone
we
cannotstudytooatten-tively,InParadise,intheangelsofheaven,
ill
God'sownSon,byobedienceandobediencealone,couldtherelationshipwiththeDivineBeing
be
maintained,andadmissionsecuredtocloserexperi-enceofHisLoveandHisLife.God's
will
revealed
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THE SPIRIT GIVEN TO THE OBEDIENT-ANDREW MURRAY
THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO OBEY THE VOICE OF THEIR CONSCIENCE THAT HAS AND IS CONTINUALLY BEING CLEANSED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS, AS WE BRING OUR DEEDS INTO THE LIGHT.ONLY…
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