| In that coming day when national Israel shall repent and be converted at our Lord’s return to earth, when “there shall come out of Sion the Deliverer,” the Holy Spirit will be unto them “the Spirit of grace and of supplications.” He is that now to all of us who know the Lord Jesus, for He indwells every believer, and “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” He is “the Spirit of grace,” imparting to us “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,” and enabling us to “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,” and to “be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” Thus are we “strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.” And He, the blessed Holy Spirit, is also “the Spirit of … supplications,” causing us, as we yield to the Lord, to be “praying in the Holy Ghost,” and to be “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” And as we “walk in the Spirit,” He will cause us to look on that Pierced One with hearts made contrite by His love and grace. |
