In The Master's Service

THE HOLY GHOST

Elder T. L. Webb, Sr. (deceased) From his book "Little Things"


Dear Brother - I am told that we have no Holy Ghost now – that it ceased with the apostles. What about it? Z. T. Freeman. Waldo, AK.

The man that told you that, should have modified his expression a little and said: "Not that I know of." To say that we do not have the Holy Ghost is to say that we do not have God. "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." - I John v. 7. To say that we do not have the Holy Ghost now is to say that we do not have the love of God in our hearts. "Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." -Rom. v. 5. If we do not have the Holy Ghost now, then no man can confess Christ. "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost." - I Cor. xii. 3. If there be no Holy Ghost now, then there is no such thing as regeneration or salvation. "But according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour." - Titus iii. 5.

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