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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 5, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 49.

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Editorial

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The gift of the Spirit of God is equivalent to the gift of the love of God, because “the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Those who pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit should remember that they are also praying for the love of God in their hearts, and should submit themselves to the working of the life of love. Those who claim that they have received in a special degree the gift of the Holy Spirit ought to reveal in their daily lives the love of God to the same unusual degree as the witness to the truthfulness of their claim. And further, “This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments;” therefore the gift of the Spirit should be revealed in keeping God’s commandments; and those who profess to keep the commandments of God should remember that it is only through the gift of the Spirit and the shedding abroad of love in the heart that it is possible to keep the commandments. The threefold message for this generation is the message of righteousness by faith—a righteousness which is revealed in keeping the commandments of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit, who sheds abroad the love of God in the heart.