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October 22, 2007
THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT
The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit...
Romans 8:16
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ro+8:16&sr=1
We are in danger of getting the barter spirit when we come to God, we
want the witness before we have done what God tells us to do. "Why
does not God reveal Himself to me?" He cannot, it is not that He will
not, but He cannot, because you are in the road as long as you won't
abandon absolutely to Him. Immediately you do, God witnesses to
Himself, He cannot witness to you, but He witnesses instantly to His
own nature in you. If you had the witness before the reality, it
would end in sentimental emotion. Immediately you transact on the
Redemption, and stop the impertinence of debate, God gives on the
witness. As soon as you abandon reasoning and argument, God witnesses
to what He has done, and we are amazed at our impertinence in having
kept Him waiting. If you are in debate as to whether God can deliver
from sin, either let Him do it, or tell Him He cannot. Do not quote
this and that person, try Matthew 11:28 - "Come unto Me." Come, if
you are weary and heavy laden; ask, if you know you are evil (Luke
11:13).
The Spirit of God witnesses to the Redemption of Our Lord, He does
not witness to anything else; He cannot witness to our reason. The
simplicity that comes from our natural common-sense decisions is apt
to be mistaken for the witness of the Spirit, but the Spirit
witnesses only to His own nature, and to the work of Redemption,
never to our reason. If we try to make Him witness to our reason, it
is no wonder we are in darkness and perplexity. Fling it all
overboard, trust in Him, and He will give the witness.
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