The Spirit promised
You see your calling, brothers. We are called to be a habitation of God through his Spirit, and, through his Spirit dwelling in us, to be saints here, and partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. So exceedingly great are the promises which are given to us, actually given to us who believe. For by faith we receive, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, the sum of all the promises, that we may know the things that are freely given to us of God.
The Spirit of Christ is that great gift of God, which at many times, and in various ways, he promised to man, and has fully bestowed since the time Christ was glorified. Those promises made before to the fathers he has thus fulfilled. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. Ezekiel 36:27.
I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring. Isaiah 44:3.
1771 text
3. Ye see your calling, brethren. We are call’d to be an habitation of God through his Spirit: and through his Spirit dwelling in us, to be saints here, and partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. So exceeding great are the promises which are given unto us, actually given unto us who believe. For by faith we receive, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, the sum of all the promises, that we may know the things that are freely given to us of God.
4. The Spirit of Christ is that great gift of God, which at sundry times, and in divers manners he hath promised to man, and hath fully bestowed since the time that Christ was glorified. Those Promises before made to the fathers, he hath thus fulfilled: I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. 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.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 3 in the 1771 Works. Charles Wesley preached it at Oxford, 4 April 1742. Ephesians 5:14.
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