"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
What an impressive dream was that of Pharaoh, standing on the river’s
bank and gazing intently on that beautiful stream, when lo, he sees
with wonder and amazement living objects emerging therefrom. They
prove to be kine, fat-fleshed, and well-favored. And as he continued
to gaze and wonder, other sights did appear more wonderful than
the former scenes. Other kine came up from the river very lean and
ill-favored, and they devoured the fat and well-favored, and as this
scene passed he awoke. God sent an angel to warn Joseph in a dream to
go down to Egypt and stay there until He, the Lord, should send them
word to return, until the danger of Herod had passed. Pilate’s wife
warned Pilate to have nothing to do in condemning Christ, because she
had suffered much in a dream because of Him this day! I suppose that
the impression came upon her with such force and with such clearness
that Jesus Christ, that was then before the Jewish court, was the
true Messiah, the Lord of life and glory, He that came to make an
atonement for the sin of the world, and this was doubtless in her
wakeful moments. I suppose it is what would be called a presentiment.
An intuition, a knowledge of facts that will occur, or that are now
transpiring. It might be called a wakeful dream, or an inspiration.
Just as the Almighty has in the past, and does now, and will to all
eternity make known His will to the sons of men. And these divine
impressions, whether they come in our wakeful moments, or when deep
sleep is upon us, will always be in harmony with a thus saith the
Lord.
Our intellectual machinery is so wonderfully made up with receptive
powers so vast that God the Holy Ghost coming upon us, can, when it
is for his glory, impart to us more in a moment of time, than we
could receive from all other sources combined.
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