Author: David Reese

Chapter 9 – Filled with the Spirit

The Holy Spirit A B Simpson Chapter 9 – Filled with the Spirit It is one thing to be baptized into the one body by the Spirit; it is another thing to drink into that one Spirit. The first is an act; the second is a habit. The first brings us into a relationship; the second is the true use of that relationship, the drinking of His fullness until we become filled, and the habit of abiding in His fullness so that we are always filled.

  “They were all filled with the Holy Ghost.” Acts 2: 4. “Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” Eph. 5: 18. These words imply that there is a difference between having the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit. These disciples, on the day of Pentecost, had, […]

Chapter 12 – The Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ

The Holy Spirit A B Simpson Chapter 12 – The Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ THE HOLY GHOST CONSTITUTES THE BODY OF CHRIST. "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body." The church is not an organization. It is an organic life; it is a living body constituted by the Holy Ghost, and united to Jesus Christ, its life and living Head. Eve was created in the person of Adam, at first, and then, afterwards was taken from him by the special act of God, and united to him as his bride. So the Church is taken out of Christ by the Holy Ghost, and then given back to Him in divine union, as His glorious Bride.

Chapter 12 – The Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” 1 Cor. 12: 13. The whole of this wonderful chapter is […]

Chapter 13 – The Holy Spirit in Second Corinthians

The Holy Spirit A B Simpson Chapter 13 – The Holy Spirit in Second Corinthians 1. THE ANOINTING. "He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God." The figure of anointing runs through all the Scriptures, and it is crystalized in the very name of Christ and Christian. Christ means the Anointed One, and the Christian is the Christ-one, or the one that has been anointed with the Holy Ghost. We see it in all the ceremonies of the Old Testament. Especially was it employed in the setting apart of the three great officials of the Old Testament; the prophet, the priest, and the king.

  “Now, He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.” 2 Cor. 1: 21, 22. “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, not written with ink, […]