Posted by Alister Begg for www.truthforlife.org from Spurgeon’s writing
Original post @ https://www.truthforlife.org/devotionals/spurgeon/6/19/2023/?ecid=ACsprvtAcbp49wqJnn7FN1NMXqyfvC6B2248zEItuSikYWP0zDgObPK4Fywu_e0t5wNAeB-M-7zH&utm_campaign=Spurgeon+Daily+Devotion&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=262789327&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ME8zDPgLowcg2asQlPAtCeeQ1MhhBTqssG15YlwtZn0iyJXqxqVWTuLgApVU7AfpP9pva94jw_GrusPJEjohA61xWiMZgnPbocpVRx8zwuQhLOSA&utm_content=262789327&utm_source=hs_email
The Spirit’s Blessings
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
The blessings of today would be rich if all of us were filled with the Holy Spirit. It would be impossible to overestimate the consequences of this sacred filling of the soul. Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace, and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit’s gracious presence.
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As sacred oil, He anoints the head of the believer, setting him apart to the priesthood of saints and giving him grace to execute his office properly.
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As the only truly purifying water He cleanses us from the power of sin and sets us apart to holiness, enabling us to desire and then to do what pleases the Lord.
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As the light, He revealed Himself to us in our darkness, and now He reveals the Lord Jesus to us and in us and guides us in the way of righteousness. Enlightened by His pure celestial ray, we are no longer in darkness but light in the Lord.
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As fire, He purges us from dross and sets our consecrated nature ablaze. He is the sacrificial flame by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice unto God.
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As heavenly dew, He removes our barrenness and fertilizes our lives. How we long for Him to come upon us from above at this early hour! Such morning dew would be a sweet beginning to the day.
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As the dove, with wings of peaceful love He broods over His Church and over the souls of believers, and as a Comforter He dispels the cares and doubts that spoil the peace of His beloved. He descends upon the chosen as He did upon Christ at His baptism and bears witness to their sonship by working in them a filial spirit by which they cry, “Abba, Father.”
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As the wind, He brings the breath of life to men; blowing where He wills, He performs the quickening operations by which the spiritual creation is animated and sustained.
Would to God that we might feel His presence this day and every day.
Devotional material is taken from Morning and Evening, written by C. H. Spurgeon, revised and updated by Alistair Begg. Copyright © 2003, Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.org. Used by Truth For Life with written permission.
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To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…
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