The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 567

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XXI.

The Love

of the Holy Spirit in Us. ««

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

howoften have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye

would

would not."

The us,

.

.

.

I

Alatt. xxvii. 37.

Scripture teaches not only that the Holy Spirit dwells in also that He sheds abroad that Love in

and with Him Love, but

our hearts.

This shedding abroad does not refer to the coming of the Holy be shed abroad. He comes, takes possession, and dwells in us but that which is shed abroad Spirit's Person, for a person can not ;

must

consist of numberless particles.

The verb

" to

pour out "

(to

used primarily of water, grain, or fruit; i.e., of liquids or solids composed of parts or particles of one kind, passing from one vessel into another. In Scripture the verb is used metashed abroad)

is

have poured out my soul before the Pour out your heart before Kim"; Isaiah: Lord"; the Psalmist: "They poured out a prayer before Him." "To pour out "always signifies that the heart is filled to overflowing with so many com-

phorically.

Hannah

said

:

" I

*'

plaints, cares, griefs, or distresses that it

can no longer contain

them, but pours them out before God or men in groans and prayers. With reference to God, we read that He poured out the fierceness of His anger upon His enemies; and again, "that He shall

pour out the Spirit of prayer and supplication." In the first passage, the metaphor is borrowed from the hail-storm which overtakes the traveler and prostrates him. So shall the blows of divine wrath descend like hail upon the heads of its enemies and prostrate them. And in the second it is signified that with over-

whelming power His people

shall

be constrained to prayer.

In this latter sense, the Scripture frequently applies

it

to the

Both prophets and apostles declare

advent of the Holy Spirit. that the Lord shall pour out His Spirit upon

all.

Finally,

we read

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