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The above teaching is the transcription in English of a spoken message recorded on audio-cassette given in French by Henri Viaud-Murat. The written transcription and subsequent translation have been done in such a manner so as to preserve the spontaneity of the spoken word. Only a few minor changes have been made when necessary for the comprehensiveness of the text.

Let us fervently seek the true baptism in the Holy Spirit, so as to be cleansed and to be made like Jesus

C85a - Let us fervently seek the true baptism in the Holy Spirit

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The above teaching is the transcription in English of a spoken message recorded on audio-cassette given in French by Henri Viaud-Murat. The written transcription and subsequent translation have been done in such a manner so as to preserve the spontaneity of the spoken word. Only a few minor changes have been made when necessary for the comprehensiveness of the text.

 

 

 

 

Let us fervently seek the true baptism in the Holy Spirit,

so as to be cleansed and to be made like Jesus

 

 

 

You know that the Word of the Lord is Spirit and Life : so when we feed on that Word, knowing that it is Spirit and Life, we feed on Godís manna. Whenever it is received in faith, it can do its work within our hearts, but if it does not find a faith-filled heart, it can do nothing. If it is accepted in faith by one who knows it is Spirit and Life, if it is received into an open heart with the knowledge that it is a word from God Himself, each and every word will accomplish a deep work within that heart. The Lord is always seeking to cleanse us and to make us more like Jesus : that is His purpose.

 

So our subject this evening will be Holy Spirit baptism, true Holy Spirit baptism according to the Bible, for the Lord longs to see all His children filled with His Holy Spirit.

 

Our being constantly filled with the Holy Spirit day after day enables us to be changed into the likeness of Jesus. No one can be like Jesus, filled with His love - the fruit of the Spirit - no one can be filled with patience and joy, without being filled with His Spirit. The Lord cannot do His work otherwise. So the Lordís purpose is to keep on filling us more and more, with an ever-increasing measure of His Spirit, so that the Holy Spirit within us will bear fruit, and daily make us more like Jesus. If we are aware of shortcomings in our lives, what we need is more of the presence of the Holy Spirit within our hearts. The more we are filled with the Holy Spirit, the fewer our shortcomings. We grow a little more patient each time we receive more of the fullness of the Holy Spirit ; we grow more loving, have more joy, peace, and faith, and we trust God more deeply.

 

The Lord longs to fill us with His Spirit. That was why Jesus came into this world : He came to save us so that we might receive the Holy Spirit ; for no-one can receive the Holy Spirit without first being saved. That would be an impossibility. When we belonged to the world, we were far away from God, living in the flesh and in darkness. The Holy Spirit could never come and live in that kind of heart. So first, we needed to be saved. However, Jesus didnít end His work at the Cross. He rose from the dead, then, later on, ascended into heaven. Do you know what He did, then ? The first thing, or one of the first things that He did after entering Heaven and sitting down at the right hand of God ? He poured out His Holy Spirit. No such outpouring of the Holy Spirit could ever have taken place before the day of Pentecost and the times that followed : first, Jesus had to be glorified. Before that, Jesus had to go through what He had come into the world for, as God incarnate in a flesh like our own ; He had to come in the flesh, live a life of perfect holiness, then be lifted up onto the Cross to atone for our sins, so that our sins might be washed away by His blood. Then He rose from the dead, so that we might be made to rise with Him ; He ascended into Heaven to be glorified, and to show His Father that His work was completed ; only then could He receive the Holy Spirit from His Father and pour that Spirit out upon His Church.

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