© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Pentecostal Evangel 1923
Hungry for God, But…
I said to them, “I did not come here for your warm fire, your supper, or your bed. I came here because I thought you were hungry to get more of God.”
We got down to pray, and at about 3:30 the Lord baptized the Wife, and she spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave utterance.
At about 5 o’clock, I spoke to the husband, and asked how he was getting on.
He replied, “God has broken my iron, stubborn will.”
He had not received the Baptism, but God had wrought a mighty work within him.
The following day, at his business, everyone could tell that a great change had come to him. Before he had been a walking terror. The men who laboured for him had looked upon him as a regular devil because of the way he had acted; but coming into contact with the power of God that night completely changed him. Before this he had made a religious profession, but he had never truly entered into the experience of the New Birth until that night, when the power of God surged so mightily through his home.
A short while afterwards, I went to this man’s home, and his two sons ran to me and kissed me, saying, “We have a new Father.”
Previous to this, these two boys had often said to their Mother, “Mother, we cannot stand it in the home any longer. We will have to leave.”
But the Lord changed the whole situation that night as we prayed together.
On the second visit, the Lord baptized this man in the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Spirit will reveal false positions, pull the mask off any refuge of lies, and clean up and remove all false conditions.
When the Holy Spirit came in, that man’s house and business, and he himself, were entirely changed.
Real Activity Dares
When the Holy Spirit comes, He comes to empower you to be an effective witness.
At one time we were holding some special meetings, and I was out distributing bills. [ie. flyers. Ed.] I went into a shoemaker’s store and there was a man with a green shade over his eyes, and also a cloth. My heart looked up to the Lord, and I had the witness within that He was ready to change any condition.
The man was crying, “Oh! Oh! Oh!”
I asked, “What’s the trouble?”
He told me he was suffering with great inflammation and burning.
I said, “I rebuke this condition in Jesus’ Name!”
Instantly the Lord healed him. He took off the shade and cloth, and said,
“Look, it is all gone.”
I believe the Lord wants us to enter into real activity, and dare to do for Him.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:..
Acts 1:8a KJV.
Blind Woman
At one time, a lady wrote and asked if I could go and help her. She said that she was blind, having two blood clots behind her eyes. When I reached the house, they brought the blind woman to me. We were together for some time, and then the power of God fell.
Continue reading… Smith Wigglesworth: Ye Shall Receive Power
Preached at Springfield Assembly of God in 1922
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Pentecostal Evangel 1923
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