the greatest miracle this
world has ever seen. But Peter did not labor alone; the Spirit of God
was with him; hence the marvelous results.

The Jewish law required that there should be two witnesses, and so we
find that when Peter preached there was a second witness. Peter
testified of Christ, and Christ says when the Holy Spirit comes He
will testify of Me. And they both bore witness to the verities of our
Lord's incarnation, ministry, death, and resurrection, and the result
was that a multitude turned as with one heart unto the Lord. Our
failure now is, that preachers ignore the Cross, and veil Christ with
sapless sermons and superfine language. They don't just present Him to
the people plainly, and that is why, I believe, that the Spirit of God
don't work with power in our churches. What we need is to preach
Christ and present Him to a perishing world. The world can get on very
well without you and me, but the world can not get on without Christ,
and therefore we must testify of Him, and the world, I believe, to-day
is just hungering and thirsting for this divine, satisfying portion.
Thousands and thousands are sitting in darkness, knowing not of this
great Light, but when we begin to preach Christ honestly, faithfully,
sincerely and truthfully; holding Him up, not ourselves; exalting
Christ and not our theories; presenting Christ and not our opinions;
advocating Christ and not some false doctrine; then the Holy Ghost
will come and bear witness. He will testify that what we say is true.
When He comes He will confirm the Word with signs following. This is
one of the strongest proofs that our Gospel is Divine; that it is of
Divine origin; that not only did Christ teach these things, but when
leaving the world He said, "He shall glorify Me," and "He will testify
of Me." If you will just look at the second chapter of Acts--to that
wonderful sermon that Peter preached--the thirty-sixth verse, you read
these words: "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly
that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and
Christ." And when Peter said this the Holy Ghost descended upon the
people and testified of Christ--bore witness in signal demonstration
that all this was true. And again, in the fortieth verse, "And with
many other words did He testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves
from this untoward generation." With many other words did He testify,
not only these words that have been recorded, but ma