Deliverance from right-hand and left-hand errors
SCRIPTURE: \’It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I
have spoken unto you are Spirit and are life. Lord, to whom shall we go? I Thou hast the
words of eternal life.\’–John 6: 63, 68.
\’The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.\’-2 Cor. 3: 6.
It will save us from right-hand and left-hand errors. It will keep us from expecting to enjoy
the teaching of the Spirit without the Word, or to master the teaching of the Word without the
Spirit. This is always the trouble in the church. Some are very heavy on the word and weak
with the Spirit and vice versa!
On the one side, we have the right-hand error, seeking the teaching of the Spirit without the
Word. In the Holy Trinity, the Word and the Spirit are ever in each other, one with the Father.
It is not otherwise with the God- inspired Words of Scripture. The Holy Spirit has for all ages
embodied the thoughts of God in the written word, and lives now for this very purpose in our
hearts, there to reveal the power and the meaning of that Word. If you would be full of the
Spirit, be full of the Word, If you would have the Divine Life of the Spirit within you grow
strong, and acquire power in every part of your nature; let the Word of Christ dwell richly in
you. If you would have the Spirit fulfil His office of Remembrancer, calling to mind at the
right moment, and applying with Divine accuracy what Jesus has spoken to your need, have
the Words of Christ abiding in you. If you would have the Spirit reveal to you the Will of
God in each circumstance of life, choosing from apparently conflicting commands or
Principles with unerring precision what you must do, and suggesting it as you need, oh ! have
the Word living in you, ready for His use. If you would have the Eternal Word as your Light,
let the Written Word be transcribed on your heart by the Holy Spirit. \’The Words that I have
spoken unto you, they are Spirit and are Life.\’ Take them and treasure them: it is through
them that the Spirit manifests His quickening power.\’
Amen.
PRAYER -that the word and the spirit will have a balanced place in us.