e; He has not been out of this earth
for 1800 years; He has been in the Church, and He is with all
believers; the believers in the Church are the called-out ones; they
are called out from the world, and every true believer is a Temple for
the Holy Ghost to dwell in. In the 14th chapter of John, 17th verse,
we have the words of Jesus:
"The Spirit of Truth, whom the world can not receive, because it seeth
Him not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him, for He dwelleth in
you."
"Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world." If we
have the Spirit dwelling in us, He gives us power over the flesh and
the world, and over every enemy. "He is dwelling with you, and shall
be in you."
Read 1st Corinthians iii, 16: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"
There were some men burying an aged saint some time ago, and he was
very poor, like many of God's people, poor in this world, but they are
very rich, they have all the riches on the other side of life--they
have them laid up there where thieves can not get them, and where
sharpers can not take them away from them, and where moth can not
corrupt--so this aged man was very rich in the other world, and they
were just hastening him off to the grave, wanting to get rid of him,
when an old minister, who was officiating at the grave, said, "Tread
softly, for you are carrying the temple of the Holy Ghost." Whenever
you see a believer, you see a temple of the Holy Ghost.
In 1 Cor. vi, 19, 20, we read again: "Know ye not that your body is
the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own for ye are bought with a price, therefore
glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." Thus
are we taught that there is a divine resident in every child of God.
I think it is clearly taught in the Scripture that every believer has
the Holy Ghost dwelling in him. He may be quenching the Spirit of God,
and he may not glorify God as he should, but if he is a believer on
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost dwells in him. But I want to
call your attention to another fact. I believe to-day, that though
Christian men and women have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, yet He
is not dwelling within them in power; in other words, God has a great
many sons and daughters without power.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
Nine-tenths, at least, of the church members never think of speaking
for Chri
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