OUR FAITH, OUR SPIRIT, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
Now you all have to practice the same thing. In the home meetings you all have to learn to speak by faith. This faith, as we have seen in the last chapter, is wrapped up with the spirit. This spirit is not merely our spirit nor merely the Holy Spirit but is altogether a mingled spirit. We know today that we have a mingled spirit within us, the Holy Spirit mingling with our spirit. Whenever we would not care for the environment or the circumstances but would only care for what the Bible says, we exercise our faith. Whenever we exercise our faith, our spirit is involved, and the Holy Spirit is also there. Here we have three things: our faith, our spirit, and the Holy Spirit. We all must learn to speak in any kind of meeting by faith, by our spirit, and by the Holy Spirit. Actually, the three things are just one. When we speak by faith, we exercise our spirit. When we exercise our spirit, the Holy Spirit is moving in our spirit. This makes a difference. Speak what the Bible says. If we would exercise our believing ability, faith will be there. When we speak what the Bible says, the spirit is there, and the Holy Spirit is also there. This makes our speaking so living.
In the New Testament, especially in the Acts, the baptism of the Spirit refers to the descending of the Spirit upon the believers. The baptism in the Spirit and the descending of the Spirit both refer to the same fact. In the Old Testament neither the word baptism or baptize was not used, but the thought of descending is there. The Spirit of Jehovah descended upon His people. This descending of the Spirit is like the baptism of the Spirit. This baptism has been fully accomplished, and the issue now is resting upon us. We have to believe this. Not only so, we have to practice this. Even at home when you talk to your family concerning Christ, you have to exercise your faith, and you have to exercise your spirit. You have to believe that the Spirit is upon you as well as in you. Even when you are talking to your children, you have to talk in this way. Regretfully, we feel that it is only when we are to release a message that we need faith, the spirit, and the Holy Spirit. We do not feel this need when we talk to our wife, to our husband, to our parents, or to our children. Our speaking to them in this way, without faith, may put them to sleep. But the divine speaking could never make people sleepy. Rather, it stirs up people. If we would practice the divine speaking, we would become accustomed to it. Then on the Lord’s Day we would come to the meeting speaking. We would not come to the meeting silent. We would be used to speaking the divine speaking. In this way we would speak with faith, with the spirit, and with the Holy Spirit. This is the right way.
In the meeting you nod your head to me, but when you leave, you just forget about it. You do not practice this. Would you promise that from now on you would begin to practice this all the time? If you do not have anyone to speak to, you can just speak to the air. Maybe some angels would be there, and some demons would be there listening to your speaking. Anyhow, just speak in this way. Speak, speak, speak. Speak by faith. When you do this by the exercise of your believing ability, your spirit is involved, and the Holy Spirit is also involved. Then your speaking becomes divine. It is a kind of divine speaking. Those who are silent in the meetings may say, “Brother Lee, don’t blame me. You have to blame God who created me this way. This is my makeup. I didn’t do it, God did it. Brother Lee, you have to thank God for His mercy that He created you in this way—speaking, speaking, speaking all the time. I was not created by God in this way, and I cannot speak.” To say this is to annul Paul’s word. Paul says that you can all prophesy. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 3, “The Home Meetings–the Unique Way for the Increase and the Building Up of the Church”, pp. 160-162)
ATONG PAGTUO, ATONG ESPIRITU , UG ANG BALAANG ESPIRITU
Kinahanglan magbatasan gyod mong tanan sa sama rang butang. Diha sa mga tigom sa balay makat-on gyod mong tanan nga mamulong pinaagi sa pagtuo. Kining pagtuoha, nga nakita nato sa kataposang kapitulo, nga giputos sa espiritu. Dili atong rang espiritu o dilis a Balaang Espiritu kondili nasagol nga espiritu kining espirituha. Nasayud ta karon nga duna tay nasagol nga espiritu sa sulod nato, ang Balaang Espirtu uban sa atong espiritu. Sa dihang dili ta magtagad sa atong palibot o sa mga sirkumstansya baa pan nagtagad hinoon sa unsay gisulti sa biblia, nagbatasan ta sa atong pagtuo. Lakip niini ang espiritu nato, kon mobansay ta sa atong espiritu, ug anaa sab dinhi ang Balaang Espiritu. Dinhi duna tay tulo ka butang: atong pagtuo, atong espiritu, ug ang Balaang Espiritu. Sa pagkatinuod usar a kining tulo ka mga butang. Kon mamulong ta pinaagi sa pagtuo, nagbansay ta sa atong espiritu. Kon nagbansay ta sa espiritu nato, naglihok ang Balaang Espiritu diha sa atong espiritu. Dakong kausaban kini. Mamulong ka kon unsay gisulat sa biblia. Kon mogamit ta sa atong kahimoan sa pagtuo, maanaa niana ang pagtuo. Kon mamulong ta kon unsay gipamulong sa biblia, maanaa niana ang espiritu, ug anaa sab ang Balaang Espiritu. Makapabuhi kin isa atong pagpamulong.
Diha sa bag-ong tugon, labi na diha sa Mga Buhat, nagpasabot sa nikunsad nga Espiritu nganha sa mga magtotoo ang pagbautismo sa Espiritu. Nagpasabot kini sa pareho rang mga panghitabo. Wala gigamit diha sa daang tugon ang pulong pagbautismo o bautismo, apan nagluto kalabot sa pagkunsad sa Espiritu. Nikunsad ang Espiritu ni Jehovah nganha sa Iyang mga katawhan. Hingpit nga natuman kini nga pagbautismo, ug anaa nato karon ang lugwa niini. Kinahanglan motuo gyod ta niini. Dili ra, kinahanglan mobansay gyod ta niini. Bisa diha sa inyong balay sa mamulong ka kalabot ni Cristo sa imong mga anak, kinahanglan mamulong ka ning paagiha. Makamahay kay morag mamulong ra ta ning paagiha nga kinahanglan dunay pagtuo, ang espiritu ug ang Balaang Espiritu kon mohatag tag mensahe. Wala nato batia nga nagkinahanglan ta niini kon mamulong ngadto sa atong asawa, sa atong bana, sa atong mga ginikanan, o sa atong mga anak. Sa pagpamulong nato kanila ning paagiha, nga walay pagtuo, maoy makapatulog kanila. apan dili gyod makapatulog sa tawo, ang diosnong pagpamulong. Makapa-ukyab hinoon kanila. kon bansayon nimo ang diosnong pagpamulong, maenad ka niini.
Motambong dayon ta ug mamulong pag-anaa ta sa adlaw sa Ginoo. Dili ta motambong nga naghilom ra. Ganahan tang mamulong sa diosnong pagpamulong. Ning paagiha makapamulong ta nga dunay pagtuo, uban sa espiritu, ug uban sa Balaang Espiritu. Kini ang hustong paagi. Motando ang imong ulo kanako diha sa tigom, apan kon mobiya na ka, gikalimtan na nimo. Wala ka nagbansay niini. Mangako ba ka nga sugod karon mobansay na ka niini sa matag panahon? Kon wala usa nga kasultian, makapamulong ka sa mga hangin. Tingali dunay pipila ka manulonda ang anaa maminaw, pamulong lang ning paagiha. Pamulong, pamulong, pamulong. Pamulong pinaagi sa pagtuo. Tingali mosulti kadtong mga naghilom ra sa mga tigom, “igsoon Lee, ayaw kog pakasad-i. pakasad-I ang Dios nga maoy naglalang nako niini. Ingon ani gyod ko. Dili ako ang nagbuhat, apan ang Dios. Igsoon Lee, magpasalamat gyod ka sa kaluoy sa Dios nga gibuhat ka Niya ning paagiha – mamulong, mamulong, mamulong sa matag panahon. Wala ko gibuhat sa Dios ning paagiha, ug dili ko makapamulong.” Makapawalay-bili sa gisulti ni Pablo ang pagsulti niini. Nisulti si Pablo nga makapropesiya tang tanan. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 3, “The Home Meetings–the Unique Way for the Increase and the Building Up of the Church”, pp. 160-162)
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