Deception X
Attaining Pentecost, Part 2

THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

"The full blessing of Pentecost is to be obtained at no small price. He that would have it must sell all and forsake ALL. EVERY FACULTY OF OUR NATURE, EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIFE, AND EVERY RELIGIOUS WORK OF OUR BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT MUST BE SURRENDERED TO THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. In NOTHING can independent control or independent force have a place. Everything must be under the leading of the Spirit. One must indeed say: 'Cost what it may I am determined to have this blessing.' Only the vessel that is utterly empty of everything can be full and overflowing with this living water." (Experiencing, p. 66)

TARRY

If you have the right mindset, and you have asked to be filled with the Holy Ghost, you must wait until the Lord fills you with His Spirit.

King Jesus told His disciples to TARRY in the city of Jerusalem until they be endued with POWER from on high (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4-5, 8). They prayed and waited for what Jesus promised.

You must ASK for the gift and then in quiet confidence abide in the Lord AND WAIT until the promised gift comes down. It will not come by your will power. The gift of the Holy Ghost must literally come down from heaven. WAIT FOR IT. Be obedient. Pray, stay in the word, repent, do right, mortify; AND WAIT. You cannot make the Holy Ghost come down by wishing. All you can do is BEG AND WAIT for God to send Him down. In God's timing, He will send the gift; when you are ready. He will not disappoint you. If you are obedient, your expectation shall NOT be cut off. You will know when the fulness comes.

"The blessing of Pentecost is a supernatural gift, a wonderful act of God in the soul...A Christian can do as little to bring the full life of the Spirit to fruition in his soul as the virgin Mary did to conceive her supernatural child (Luke 1:38). Like her, he can only receive it as the gift of God. (Experiencing, p.65)

I was read something that said that some of us receive the Holy Ghost with great joy and rejoicing. For others, the filling and power come without fanfare, BUT THEY COME. Niagara Falls may fill up my tea cup, and a gentle flowing stream may fill up yours. One may be rushing and the other calm; BUT BOTH CUPS ARE FULL, HALLELUJAH AND AMEN! GLORY. Whichever way it is for you, you will KNOW that something has happened to you. You will feel the power and pull and it will manifest in your Christian life. Don't just look for a one time exciting event; look to be changed FOREVER.

ABIDE

When the Lord comes in His fullness, ABIDE IN HIM. Keep on going in obedience. Keep praying, reading the word, serving the Lord, denying self, serving others and esteeming them BETTER than yourself. As a result, YOU will become better. The Holy Ghost will energize you to carry on His work. Another thing; you MUST PRAY. Commune with the Lord. Seek counsel at His mouth. WHEN YOU ARE CRITICIZED AND PERSECUTED, PRAY until you get the feelings off of you. WHEN PEOPLE PRAISE YOU, PRAY until you get the pride off of you. I'm telling you that once the Lord shows you yourself for what you really are, you'll never be the same again. And you will echo Jeremiah 17:5,

"CURSED be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD!"

YOU CAN BE AN ANNOINTED WITNESS AND NEVER TURN BACK TO THE WORLD. YOU CAN KEEP GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER IN THE FAITH UNTIL YOU DIE. King Jesus is your strength, wisdom, honour, dignity, power, sanctification, and keeper. The Holy Ghost will testify of this deep down in your soul. It goes from head knowledge to your innermost being.

"The joy of the blessing of Pentecost, while it can never be relieved of the necessity of watchfulness [of yourSELF and others], is a life that is freed from anxiety and ought to be characterized by CONTINUED GLADNESS. THE LORD HAS COME INTO HIS HOLY TEMPLE. THERE HE WILL ABIDE AND WORK OUT EVERYTHING. HE DESIRES ONLY THAT THE SOUL WILL KNOW AND HONOUR HIM AS ITS FAITHFUL SHEPHERD AND ALMIGHTY KEEPER." (Experiencing, p. 73)

"The fulness of the Spirit is...a constantly flowing stream of the river of the water of life that issues from beneath the throne of God and of the Lamb. It is an uninterrupted communication of the life and the love of Jesus, the most personal and intimate association of the Lord with His own on the earth. Jesus will certainly do His work of keeping if faith discerns this truth and cleaves to it with joy." "...The single aim of the blessing of Pentecost is to reveal Jesus as Saviour, so that He may exhibit His power to redeem souls in us and by us here in the world." "...THE SPIRIT IN US WILL ALWAYS GLORIFY JESUS AND MAKE IT KNOWN THAT HE ALONE IS TO BE LORD. CLOSE COMMUNION WITH GOD IN THE INNER CHAMBER, FAITHFULNESS IN SEARCHING HIS WORD AND SEEKING TO KNOW HIS WILL IN THE SCRIPTURES, SACRIFICING TIME AND BUSINESS TO BRING US INTO TOUCH WITH THE SAVIOUR--ARE ALL INDISPENSIBLE FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE BLESSING. He that loves His fellowship above everything will have the experience of his keeping." (Experiencing, pp. 73-75)

LEAVE THE STATUS QUO

"IT IS SAD THAT SO MANY IN THE CHURCH ARE CONTENT WITH THINGS JUST AS THEY ARE. THEY HAVE NO DESIRE TO KNOW MORE OF THIS SEEKING FOR THE REALITY OF THE SPIRIT'S POWER. They point to the present purity of doctrine, to the prevailing earnestness of preaching, to the generous gifts which are made for the maintenance of religious works and the enterprises of philanthropy. They look to the interest manifested in education and missions...Such people would condemn the language of Laodicea and would refuse to say that they were rich and increased in goods and had need of nothing. YET THERE ARE SOME TRACES OF THIS SPIRIT IN WHAT THEY SAY. They do not consider the injunction to be filled with the Spirit. They have forgotten the command to prophesy to the Spirit and say: 'Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live' (Ezekiel 37:9). When you speak of these things, you will receive little encouragement from them. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN [this is so true!]. They believe indeed in the Holy Spirit, but their eyes have not been opened to the fact that more of the Spirit is the one thing needed for the Church. "There are others who will agree with you when you speak of this need...These people belong to the generation of the ten spies who were sent to spy out Canaan. The land is glorious, but the enemy in possession is too strong. We are too weak to overcome them. LACK OF CONSECRATION AND OF WILLINGNESS TO SURRENDER EVERYTHING FOR THIS BLESSING IS THE ROOT OF THE UNBELIEF and has made them incapable of exercising the courage of Caleb when he said: "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are WELL ABLE to overcome it" (Numbers 13:30). "If you would be filled with the Spirit, do not allow yourself to be held back by such reasonings. ONLY BELIEVE AND STRENGTHEN YOURSELF IN THE OMINPOTENCE OF GOD. Do not say, 'Is God able?' SAY RATHER, 'GOD IS ABLE.' The God who was able to raise Christ from the dead is STILL mighty in the midst of His people and is able to reveal His divine life with power in YOUR heart." (Experiencing, p. 107-109)

CONCLUSION

"The blessing of Pentecost is the birthright of the church." (Experiencing, p. 50)

Once you attain Pentecost, keep yourself unspotted from the world and your own flesh. Never return to the vomit (inside corruptions that were purged) and wallowing in the mire (outside activities that you gave up).

This short meditation is not all that there is concerning the filling of the Holy Ghost. Get filled and He will guide you into all truth and teach you how to praise God for who He is.

Some of us are so wrapped up in tradition that we refuse to believe the scriptures and therefore the Lord can do no mighty work in us. We're in unbelief like the people of Jesus' own country (Mark 6:5-6). Like them, we let Him, and His blessing, pass on by. Our great loss.

May the Lord revive His people;

Habakkuk 3:2

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, REVIVE THY WORK IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS, IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS MAKE KNOWN; IN WRATH REMEMBER MERCY.

Psalms 85:6 Wilt thou not REVIVE us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

This doctrine of the baptism of the Holy Ghost has been stolen; BUT WE STILL HAVE A CHURCH. If the Holy Ghost is not empowering it, THEN WHO IS?

MAN

for Jesus' sake, Tracy

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Ezekiel 2:4

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

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