Received Ye the Holy Ghost?

ATTRIBUTES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. — Gen. i. 2: And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Job xxxiii. 4: The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightyhath given me life. Ps. cxxxix. 7: Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Isa. xl. 13: Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counselor hath taught him? Zech. iv. 6: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Luke i. 35: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. John vi. 63: It is the Spirit that quickeneth.. Acts V. 3: Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? 4: Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. i Cor. ii. 10: But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1 1: For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit

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of God. Heb. ix. 14: The eternal Spirit. Heb. x. 29: The Spirit of grace. I Peter iv. 14: The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. Rev. iv. 5: Seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Rev. xi. 11: The Spirit of life from God.

Miraculous Influences of the Holy Spirit. — Joel ii. 28, 29: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. Matt. xii. 28: But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of

God is come unto you. Acts i. 5, 8: For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts ii. 2-4: And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts viii. 15-17: Who, when they

were come down, prayed for them, that

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they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Acts x. 44, 46: While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Acts xix. 2-6: He said unto them. Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. i Cor. xii. 9-1 1: To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. Gal. iii. 5: He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by

the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Heb. ii. 4: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

Prayer for the Holy Spirit. — Ps. li. 1 1: Take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 1 2: Uphold me with thy free Spirit. Luke xi. 13: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Acts iv. 3 1: When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Eph. iii. 16: That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.

Sins against the Holy Spirit. — Isa. lxiii. lo: They rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy. Matt. xii. 31: But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32: And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Mark iii. 29: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Acts vii. 51: Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Acts viii. 18-20: And when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was

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given, he offered them money, saying. Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him. Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Eph. iv. 30: Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. I Thess. v. 19: Quench not the Spirit. Heb. x. 29: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath... done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Rev. ii. 7: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. The Work and Influence of THE Holy Spirit. — Gen. vi. 3: My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Isa. xliv. 3: For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 4: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. Isa. lix. 19: When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. 2 1: My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed. Ezek. xxxix. 29: Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel. Hag. ii. 5: According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among you. Zech. xii. 10: I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn. Matt, iii. 1 1: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but ... he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. John iv. 14: Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John vii. 38: He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John xiv. 16, 17: I lm pray the

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