“The increase of God.”—Colossians 2:19 kjv Wherever Jesus went, the multitudes followed Him, because He lived, moved, breathed, was swallowed up, clothed, and filled by God. He was God; and as the Son of Man, the Spirit of God—the Spirit of creative holiness—
rested upon Him. It is lovely to be holy. Jesus came to impart to us the Spirit of holiness.
We are only at the edge of things; the almighty plan for the future is marvelous. God must do something to increase. We need a revival to revive all we touch within us and outside of us. We need a flood tide with a deluge behind it. Jesus left one hundred twenty men to turn the world upside down. The Spirit is upon us to change our situation. We must move on; we must let God increase in us for the deliverance of multitudes; and we must travail until souls are born and quickened into a new relationship with heaven. Jesus had divine authority with power, and He left it for us. We must preach truth, holiness, and purity
“in the inward parts” (Psalm 51:6).
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.(Hebrews 1:9)
I am thirsty for more of God. He was not only holy, but He loved holiness.
An Interpretation of Tongues:
It is the depths that God gets into that we may reflect Him and manifest a life having Christ enthroned in the heart, drinking into a new fullness, new intuition, for as He is, so are we in this world.
Jesus trod the winepress alone (see Isaiah 63:3), despising the cross and the shame. He bore it all alone so that we might be “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4), sharers in the divine plan of holiness. That’s revival—
Jesus manifesting divine authority. He was without sin.
People saw the Lamb of God in a new way. Hallelujah! Let us live in holiness, and revival will come down, and God will enable us to do the work to which we are appointed.
All Jesus said came to pass: signs, wonders, mighty deeds. Only believe, and yield and yield, until all the vision is fulfilled.
A Mighty Faith
God has a design, a purpose, a rest of faith. We are saved by faith and kept by faith. Faith is substance; it is also evidence. (See Hebrews 11:1.) God is! He is! And “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (verse 6).
We are to testify, to bear witness to what we know. To know that we know is a wonderful position to be in.
An Interpretation of Tongues:
The Lord is the great promoter of divine possibility, pressing you into the attitude of daring to believe all that the Word says. We are to be living words, epistles of Christ, known and read of all men. The revelation of Christ, past and future; in Him all things consist. He is in us.
We are living in the inheritance of faith because of the grace of God. We are saved for eternity by the operation of the Spirit, who brings forth unto God. Heaven is brought to earth until God quickens all things into beauty,
manifesting His power in living witnesses. God is in us for the world, so that the world may be blessed. We need power to lay hold of Omnipotence and to impart to others the Word of Life. This is a new epoch with new vision and new power. Christ in us is greater than we know. All things are possible if you dare to believe. The treasure is in earthen vessels so that Jesus may be glorified. (See 2 Corinthians 4:7.)
Let us go forth bringing glory to God. Faith is substance, a mightiness of reality, a deposit of divine nature, the creative God within. The moment you believe, you are clothed with a new power to lay hold of possibility and make it reality. The people said to Jesus, “Lord, give us this bread always” (John 6:34). Jesus said, “He who feeds on Me will live because of Me” (verse 57).
Have the faith of God. The man who comes into great association with God needs a heavenly measure. Faith is
the greatest of all. We are saved by a new life, the Word of God, an association with the living Christ. A new creation continually takes us into new revelation.
The Life of God within Us
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:1, 3)
All was made by the Word. I am begotten by His Word.
There is a substance within me that has almighty power in it if I dare to believe. Faith goes on to be an act, a reality, a deposit of God, an almighty flame moving me to act, so that signs and wonders are manifested. I have a living faith within my earthen body.
Are you begotten? Is faith an act within you? Some need a touch; some are captives and need liberty. As many as Jesus touched were made perfectly whole. Faith takes you to the place where God reigns and you drink from His bountiful store. Unbelief is sin, for Jesus went to death to bring us the light of life.
Jesus asked, “Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” (Matthew 20:22). The cup and the baptism are a joined position. You cannot live if you want to bring everything into life. His life is manifested power overflowing. We must decrease if the life of God is to be
manifested. (See John 3:30.) There is not room for two kinds of life in one body. Death for life—that is the price to pay for the manifested power of God through you. As you die to human desire, there comes a fellowship within, perfected cooperation, you ceasing, God increasing. God in you is a living substance, a spiritual nature. You live by another life, the faith of the Son of God.
An Interpretation of Tongues:
The Spirit, He breathed through and quickens until the body is a temple exhibiting Jesus—His life, His freshness, a new life divine. Paul said,
“Christ lives in me, and the life I live in the flesh I live by faith.”
As the Holy Spirit reveals Jesus, He is real—the living Word, effective, acting, speaking, thinking, praying, and singing. Oh, it is a wonderful life, this substance of the Word of God, which includes possibility and opportunity.
“Greater is he that is in you” (1 John 4:4 kjv). Paul said,
“When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10).
Jesus walked in supremacy; He lived in the kingdom.
And God will take us through because of Calvary. He has given us power over all the power of the enemy. (See Luke 10:19.) He won it for us at Calvary. All must be subject to His power. What should we do to work the works? “This is the work of God, that you believe” (John
6:29). Whatsoever He says will come to pass. That is God’s Word.
A frail, weak man with sunken cheeks said to me, “Can you help me?” Beloved, there is not one who cannot be helped. God has opened the doors for us to let Him manifest signs and wonders. The authority is inside, not outside.
Could I help him? He had been fed liquid food through a tube for three months. I said, “Go home and eat a good supper.” He did, and woke up to find the tube hole closed up. God knew he did not need two holes to eat by.
We must remain in a strong, resolute resting on the authority of God’s Word. We must have one great desire and purpose: to do what He says. We must live in this holy Word, rejoicing in the manifestation of the life of God on behalf of the sick and perishing multitudes. Amen.