Moth to #Flame
One of the most telling blows that the #enemy ๐ฟ ever struck at the life of the #Church โช๏ธ was to create in it #fear ๐ฑ of the #HolySpirit๐ฅ. No one who mingles with #Christians โ๏ธ in these times will #deny that such a #fear ๐ฑ exists. Few there are who without #restraint will open their whole #heart ๐ to be #blessed #Comforter ๐. He has been and is so widely #misunderstood ๐ ๐ฟโโ๏ธ that the very mention of His #name is some #circles ยฉ๏ธis #enough to #frighten many people into #resistance ยฎ๏ธ. The #source ๐ of this unreasoning #fear may #easily ๐คช be #traced, but it would be a #fruitless ๐๐ #labor๐งฐ to do it #here ๐. #Sufficient ๐ to say that the #fear ๐ฑ is #groundless โ๏ธ. #Perhaps perhaps we may #help to #destroy ๐ช Its #power ๐ช over us if we examine that #fire ๐ฅ that is the #symbol โ๏ธof the #Spiritโs ๐ฅ Person ๐& #Presence ๐ฆ๐โโ๏ธ๐คณ.
The #HolySpirit ๐ is #first ๐ฅof all a #moral ๐ค #flame ๐ฅ. It is not an #accident ๐ช of #language ๐ฃ that He is #called ๐คณ the #HolySpirit ๐, for whatever else the #word ๐ฃ #holy may mean, it dies #undoubtly #carry ๐ช with it the #idea โ๏ธ of #moral #purity ๐ฃ. And the #Spirit ๐, being G-d, must be #absolutely and #infinitely ๐ pure ๐ค. With Him there are not (as with #men ๐ง) #grades ๐ฅ & #degrees โ๏ธ of #holiness ๐. He is #holiness๐ Itself, the #sum ๐น and #essence ๐of all that is #unspeakably๐ ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ฃ #pure๐ค.
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##moral #flame #fear #holyspirit #pure