In discoursing on the words which we have just read, we shall consider, Whenever therefore we behold in the Scriptures a promise of the Holy Spirit, we should treasure it up in our minds, and seek not only to understand its import, but also to experience the accomplishment of it in our souls. By his gracious operations on the soul, he applies to men that redemption which Jesus Christ has obtained for them and by his sanctifying power he makes them meet for that inheritance which their Redeemer purchased for them by his blood. As, in addition to the genial warmth of the sun, the showers are necessary to promote the progress of vegetation, so, in addition to the rising of the Sun of Righteousness upon us, the influences of the Holy Spirit are necessary, to soften our hearts, to water the seed that has been sown in them, and to produce in us those “fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.” In this the office of the Holy Spirit consists.
THERE is a striking analogy between the things which take place in the natural and in the moral world.
One shall say, I am the Lord’s and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee Fear not, O Jacob my servant and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 23 IsaiahĔ4:1Ĝommentary -Ĝharles Simeon's Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)ĭISCOURSE: 935 THE OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT PROMISED
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