A Living History

"Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ... written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God" (2 Corinthians 3:3)

In our world there is still the holy witness of the Spirit, who in all things speaks for this Man who sits on the throne.

The Holy Spirit is here now  to convince the world, and however we treat the warning of the Holy Spirit is exactly how we treat Jesus Christ Himself.

If faith must depend upon a man knowing enough of the historical evidences to arrive at a scholarly belief in the deity of Jesus, then there could only be a relatively few people saved.

But I do not have to be a scholar, a logician or a lawyer to arrive at belief in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Holy Spirit has taken the deity of Christ out of the hands of the scholars and put it in the conscience of men.

The Spirit of God came to lift it out of the history books and write it on the fleshly tablets of the human heart.

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Christ... because He brings to us the presence of Jesus and enables us to realize our oneness with Him.

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If Jesus Had to Die

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16)

The Holy Spirit is still among us with transforming power for that one who hears the gospel message and really relieves it. He still converts.He still regenerates. He still transforms.

It is tragic that we try to hide from Him in the caves and dens of the dearth, among the trees of the garden. It is tragic that men and women keep their hearts so hard that they cannot feel, and so deaf that they cannot hear.

There are many who are hearing the Voice of God, but they insist that the "way" should be made easier for them.

Oh, listen! If hell is what God says it is, if sin is what God says it is, if Jesus Christ had to die to save the sinner - is it asking too much for you to let people know that you are turning from sin?

Out of all God's creatures, only the soul has a capacity large enough for God to empty ... the whole ground of his being into it. This He does in the act of giving birth to Himself spiritually in the soul.

~A. W. Tozer~