IN times of spiritual conflict, and deep trials of faith, I have always found great help to my soul in pondering three precious and very important truths, distinctly and inseparably set before me in the word of God.
Third. That I am His by possession the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. “Ye are the temples of the Holy Ghost.” “After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.” (Ephesians 1:13, 1413In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13‑14); John 14:1717Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. (John 14:17); 1 Corinthians 2:1212Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. (1 Corinthians 2:12); 1 John 4:1313Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. (1 John 4:13).)
May these considerations be helpful; they have been as a threefold cord, raising my spirit oftentimes upward, and stimulated my heart on wand. I’m seeking to serve the Lord. ―F. H.