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S P U R G E O N By C H A R L E S H A D D O N S P U R G E O N. |
est I weary you, I will be very brief upon the next point:
the Holy Spirit within us is for guidance. The Holy Spirit is given to lead us into
all truth. Truth is like a vast grotto, and the Holy Spirit brings torches, and shows
us all the splendour of the roof; and since the passage seems intricate, He knows
the way, and He lead us into the deep things of God. He opens up to us one truth
after another, by His light and by His guidance, and thus we are "taught of
the Lord." He is also our practical guide to heaven, helping and directing us
on the upward journey. I wish Christian people oftener inquired of the Holy Ghost
as to guidance in their daily life. Know ye not that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you? You need not always be running to this friend and to that to get direction:
wait upon the Lord in silence, sit still in quiet before the oracle of God. Use the
judgment God has given you; but when that suffices not, resort to Him whom Mr. Bunyan
calls "the Lord High Secretary," who lives within, who is infinitely wise,
and who can guide you by making you to "hear a voice behind you saying, This
is the way, walk ye in it." The Holy Ghost will guide you in life; He will guide
you in death; and He will guide you to glory. He will guard you from modern error,
and from ancient error, too. He will guide you in a way that you know not; and through
the darkness He will lead you in a way you have not seen: these things will He do
unto you, and not forsake you.
-from The Covenant Promise of the Spirit
A Sermon (No. 2200) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, April 12th, 1891, by C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And I will put my spirit within you."—Ezekiel
36:27.
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