Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
This is a story written by William J. Seymour in his book called, "The Azusa Street Papers," written in 1906.
Jesus said, "Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.". The cleansing took place before the Pentecostal baptism. Jesus said on that night before he was betrayed, "Now are you clean, but not all.". (He knew that Judas had the devil in him). But the cycles have been sanctified before Pentecost, For the word of God is true. We know they have been justified a long time before, where he said, "Rejoice not that the devils are subject unto you but rejoice because your names are written in heaven." And we know they were sanctified when Jesus prayed for them, For Jesus' prayers did not have to be answered in the future but were answered right there. He said, "They are not of the world, Even as I am not of the world." They were not only sanctified but had received the Holy Spirit in a certain measure, because he breathed on them in the upper room and said, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Some have put it off that they were not sanctified until Pentecost. But we know the spirit only follows the blood. The heart must be clean before the Holy Ghost can endure with power from on high. It is not the work of the Holy Ghost to burn up inheritance sin and carnality he is not our Savior. It is the blood that cleanses us from all sin. The disciples were cleansed and sanctified and they were sitting and waiting when the Holy Ghost fell upon them.
We know also that Cornelius was clean, For when the Lord let down the sheep before Peter, he said, "what God have cleansed, that call not now common," or unclean. The Holy Ghost spill on them as at the beginning and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
William James Roop, MABS
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