He [The Holy Spirit] searches our inmost being, and requires and produces ‘truth in the hidden part.’… Fire is a purifying element … Holy Ghost comes to destroy all that is destructible, to consume all that is corruptible, and to burn out all that is combustible … He comes, not only to cleanse, but to improve, to elevate, to mature, to beautify and glorify the soul and fit our heavenly robes for the marriage of the Lamb … There is an instantaneous and there is a gradual work of the Holy Ghost. There is an act by which He baptizes us into Himself forever. And there is a process in which He sits down beside the crucible, and watches the molten silver until it perfectly reflects His image, and then He removes the fire and declares the work complete … The Holy Spirit, like fire, melts the rigid heart and molds it into the form of God’s holy will, and highest purpose.
- A.B. Simpson “Power from on High”
(Originally posted September 14th on Tumblr)
(Originally posted September 14th on Tumblr)
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