so walk in Him; rooted and built up in Him and stablished in the faith" (Col. 2: 6).

United to Christ, as a branch is united to the vine, and having Christ and the Holy Spirit abiding in you, you can say, "I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2: 20). As a living branch in the true Vine you will bear fruit. "Herein is My Father glorified that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples" (John 15: 8). “He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us by the Spirit which He had given us" (1 John 3: 24). "He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself so to walk, even as He walked" (1 John 2: 6). "And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming" (1 John 2: 28).

UNION OF BELIEVERS WITH CHRIST, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE FATHER. ONE IN GOD.

CHRIST told His disciples "Ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For "it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you" (Matt. 10: 18). "It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost" (Mark 13: 11). In His last talk with His disciples before His crucifixion He said to them that He was going to leave them for a time, and would come again; and that the Holy Spirit would come and abide with them. He said, "If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth : whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; ye know Him; for He abideth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you desolate (orphans); I will come unto you. Yet a little while and the world beholdeth Me no more; but ye behold Me; because I live, ye shall live also"

(John 14: 15). "The Comforter, even the Iloly Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you" (John 14: 26). "When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me" (John 15: 26). "It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send Him unto you. * * * When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He shall guide you into all truth" (John 16: 7, 13).

The believer in the Lord Jesus Christ receives the Holy Spirit to abide in him forever. In fact, he is made a believer by the Holy Spirit, and is born of the Holy Spirit. Jesus told Nicodemus, a ruler, an officer in the Church "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3: 3, 5). John writes: "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on His name; which were born (begotten), not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1: 12).

The Holy Spirit, dwelling in believers, produces all spiritual life. "Ye are not in the flesh,

but in the Spirit, if so be the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His" *** "But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through His Spirit that dwelleth in you." "***"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.” * * * “The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ." *** "The Spirit also helpeth our infirmity; for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God" (Rom. 8: 9, II, 14, 16, 26).

Christian works, or fruit, although coming through the branches from Christ, the Vine, are ascribed to the Holy Spirit. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance" (Gal. 5: 22).

Spiritual gifts are also ascribed to the Holy Spirit. "To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by

the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues; but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will" (1 Cor. 12: 8).

Believers will remember that the Holy Spirit is not an influence of God, but is a person in the Godhead. We are to be baptized "into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matt. 28: 19). The benediction is, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen." (2 r.Co 13: 14).

The Lord Jesus has told us that the Holy Ghost would personally come and dwell in us. Believers are warned, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption" (Eph. 4: 30). "Quench not the Spirit” (1 Thess. 5: 19). Unbelievers are told that, "whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" (Mark 3: 29). "Whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come" (Matt. 12: 32).

The Temple, with its priesthood and ceremonial service, having served as a type, has passed away. As Christ told the woman of Samaria, "Ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at