Edited and transcribed by Colin Melbourne from The Pentecostal Evangel dated March 1923
© 19 Colin Melbourne
Fetch ‘is Clothes
They would not listen to the request, for they were expecting the boy to die.
But I had gone there believing God.
It is time people knew how to shout in faith as they contemplate the eternal power of our God, to whom it is nothing to quicken and raise the dead.
The Shout of Faith
You must learn to take the victory, and shout in the face of the Devil, “It is done!”
There is no man who can doubt if he learns to shout properly, things will be different, and tremendous things will happen.
In Acts 4:24 we read, “…they lifted up their voice to God with one accord.”
It surely must have been a loud prayer.
The Power Baptism
God means us to have life.
If there is anything in this world that has life in it, it is this Pentecostal revival we are in.
I believe in the Baptism in the Holy Ghost with speaking in tongues, and I believe that every man who is baptized in the Holy Ghost will speak in other tongues as the Spirit gives him utterance.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, And if you are filled with the Spirit you will be super-abounding in life – living waters will flow from you.
God-Shaken
At last I persuaded the parents to bring the boy’s clothes, and lay them on the bed.
From a natural viewpoint, the young man lay dying.
I spoke to the afflicted one, “God has revealed to me that, as I lay my hands upon you, the place will be filled with the Holy Ghost, the bed will be shaken, you will be shaken, and thrown out of bed by the power of the Holy Ghost, you will dress yourself and be strong.”
I said this to him in faith.
The Power of The Name
I laid hands on him in the Name of Jesus, and instantly the power of God filled the place.
I felt helpless and fell flat on the floor.
I knew nothing except that a short while after… the place was shaken.
I heard the young man walking over me and saying, “For thy glory Lord! For thy glory Lord!”
He dressed himself and cried, “God has healed me.”
The Father fell, the Mother fell, and another who was present fell also.
God manifested His power that day in saving the whole household and healing the young man.
It is the power of the risen Christ we need.
That young man is today preaching the Gospel.
The Rising Tide
For years we have been longing for God to come forth, and praise Him, He is coming forth. The tide is rising everywhere. You can hardly get to a place now where God is not pouring out His Spirit on hungry hearts.
God has promised to pour out His Spirit upon all flesh, and His promises never fail.
Oh this wonderful Jesus of ours!
He comes and indwells us.
He comes to abide.
He it is who baptizes us with the Holy Ghost, and makes everything different.
We are to be a kind of first-fruits unto God, and are to be like Christ, who is The First-fruit, walking in His foot-steps, living in His power.
Christ Risen in You
What a salvation this is, having this risen Christ in us.
Dare you take your inheritance from God?
Dare you believe God?
Dare you stand on the record of His word?
What is the record?
“If thou shalt believe, thou shalt see the glory of God.” (Jn. 11:40 paraphrased)
The Trial of Your Faith
You will be put in places where you will have to put your whole trust in God.
There is no temptation that will come, but God will be with you right in the temptation to deliver you, and when you have been tried, He will bring you forth as gold.
Every trial is to bring you to a greater position in God.
The trial that tries your faith will take you on to the place where you will know that the faith of God will be forthcoming in the next test.
When Victory Comes
No man is able to win any victory save through the power of the risen Christ within him.
You will never be able to say, “I did this, or that.”
You will desire to give God the glory for everything.
If you are counting on the presence of the living Christ within, you can laugh when you see things getting worse.
Your Victory
God would have you settled and grounded in Christ, and it is only as you are filled with the Holy Ghost that you become unmovable in Him.
The Lord Jesus said, “I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened until it is accomplished.”
He was assuredly straitened in the way at Gethsemane, at the judgment hall, and after that, at the cross, where He, through the eternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God.
God will take us right on in like manner, and the Holy Spirit will lead every step of the way.
God led Him right through to the empty tomb, to the ascension glory, to a place on the Throne; and the Son of God will never be satisfied until He has us with Himself, sharing His glory and sharing His Throne.
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Edited and transcribed by Colin Melbourne from The Pentecostal Evangel dated March 1923
© 19 Colin Melbourne
