© 19 Colin Melbourne
Smith Wigglesworth Sermon
Overflowing Praise
One day he said to the boy, “I want to see you in my office.”
When the boy was in his office he asked him, “How is it that you can always whistle and be happy?”
“I cannot help it,” answered the boy.
“Where did you get it?” asked the master.
“I got it at the Pentecostal Mission.”
“Where is that?”
The boy told him, and the man began attending.
The Lord broke him up there, and in a short while he was entirely changed.
Be Filled with The Spirit
One day, shortly after this, he found that instead of being distracted by his business, as he formally had been, he was actually whistling and jumping.
His whole position, and his whole life had been changed.
The shout cannot come out unless it is in.
There must be the inner working of the power of God. It is He who changes the heart, and transforms the life, and before there is any real outward evidence, there must have been the inflow of divine life.
Filled with God
Sometimes I say to people, “You weren’t at the meeting the other night.”
They reply, “Yes, I was there in spirit.”
I say to them, “Well come next time with your body also. We don’t want a lot of spirits here and no bodies. We want you to come and get filled with God.”
When all the people will come and pray and praise, as did the early disciples, there will be something doing.
Reality: Not Religion
The power of Pentecost as it came at first to loose men. God wants us free on every line. Men and women are tired of imitations; they want reality, they want to see people who have the living Christ within, and are filled with the Holy Ghost power.
Resurrection Power
I received several letters and telegrams about a certain case, but when I arrived I was told I was too late. I said, “That cannot be. God has never sent me too late anywhere.”
God showed me when I went that something different from anything I had seen previously, would happen.
Helpless and Hopeless
I was introduced to a young man who lay helpless, and for whom there was no hope. The doctor had been to see him that morning, and had declared that he would not live through the day.
He lay with his face to the wall, and when I spoke to him, he whispered, “I cannot turn over.”
His Mother said that they had to lift him out of bed on sheets for weeks, and that he was so weak and helpless that he had to stay in one position.
The young man said, “My heart is so weak.”
I assured him, “God is the strength of thy heart and thy portion forever. If you will believe God, it shall be so today.”
Our Christ is Risen
He is a living Christ who indwells us. We must not have this truth merely as a theory, Christ must be risen in us by the power of His Spirit.
The power that raised Him from the dead must animate us, and as this glorious resurrection power surges through your being, you will be freed from all your weaknesses, and you will become strong in the Lord and power of His might.
Believe and Receive
There is resurrection power that God wants you to have, and have it today: Why not?
Receive your portion here and now.
Overcoming Faith
I said to these people, “I believe your son will rise today.”
They only laughed.
People do not expect to see signs and wonders today, as the disciples saw them of old.
Has God changed?
Or has our faith waned so that we are not expecting the greater works that Jesus promised?
We must not harp on any minor key. Our message must rise to concert pitch, and there must be nothing left out of it that is in The Book.
It was winter time, and I said to the parents, “Will you get the boy’s suit and bring it here?”
They would not listen to the request, for they were expecting the boy to die.
But I had gone there believing God.
Continue reading Our Risen Christ part 3
© 19 Colin Melbourne
