Smith Wigglesworth, Bradford, England 1923
Ministration and Operation of the Gifts
First Read 1 Co. Ch. 12 KJV
I want to talk from the twelfth chapter of 1st. Corinthians.
These are the Last Days; the days of the falling away.
These are the days when Satan is having a great deal of power. But we must keep in mind that Satan has no power, only as he is allowed. And we must never think that Satan has power over the believer.
If I could get only the establishment of that fact in your hearts, it would be something living all the time.
Satan has no power over the believer
The wicked one toucheth him not, 1 Jn. 5:18 KJV
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not.
So we must understand that all things that fall to our lot, are according to the mind and will of God. Ro. 8:28 KJV;
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
We may be chastised by God, but it only because He wants us to have His Holiness.
We may have any amount of correction, but it will only be the touch of the Lord to bring us nearer to Him, that we be at all times more than conquerors.
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The Active Life of the Spirit-Filled Believer
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923