Just as distinctively and as definitely as the Son of God came as a Person unto Bethlehem, so the Spirit of God came as a definite Person at Pentecost. (pg. 42)
As the Son of God became incarnate by union with a real human body, born of the Virgin, so there is a sense in which the Holy Ghost becomes incarnate by uniting Himself with the human bodies of men and women who believe in Christ. Here is the continuation of the Incarnation: God dwelling in human flesh! (pg. 42)
It is sad that a vast number of evangelicals are living on the other side of Pentecost, as if that great even had never occurred. (pg. 43)
Many of our hymns begin with the word, "Come," beseeching the Spirit to come down from Heaven. Is this scriptural? When one enters into the spirit of the hymn, he can feel the longing of the author for a richer, deeper, fuller experience of the Holy Ghost in his life. The invocation is not for the Spirit to come down from heaven, but that the incarnate Spirit, already inhabiting the Church of God, will "break forth" in a mighty manifestation of Himself. They witnessed revival because they earnestly sought the Spirit. (pg. 44-45)
I believe that a profound change would come over the entire blood-washed Church of Jesus Christ, if each believer would realize that we are now living in the blessed days of the Holy Ghost's personal administration. If every pastor, Bible teacher, and Sunday School teacher would begin now to teach all that was involved in the Spirit's advent this recognition of His Person would revolutionize our lives..." (pg. 47-48)
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