The Eternal Spirit Work Saintward — Willie Mullan

And we're at week number 20, and we're looking at the Spirits' Work, Saint Ward this evening, Spirits' Work, Saint Ward. Now we were singing a moment or two ago that the Comforter has come, and I think that every believer in here, I believe this, that every believer in here is perfectly sure that the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, is the third person of the Trinity, and we took a night on the personality of the Spirit, and I'm sure they're sure now about the third person of the Trinity.

The Holy Spirit Indwells Every Believer

And they're very sure that He indwells at this moment every believer in this building. It matters not what flag you fly or what denomination you claim. If you're born again and you're saved by grace and washed in the blood of the Lamb, then you're indwelled tonight at this moment by the Holy Spirit.

Can I prove this to you again? Let's have a look at 1 Corinthians chapter 7. And Paul's writing to these Corinthians, and remember in the third chapter, he had to say to them, I could not speak unto you without the spiritual.

These believers at Corinth at that moment were very carnal. There was strife and divisions among them. Nevertheless, they were saved, you know. They were truly born again. But they were living carnal lives.

But when we come to chapter 6 and verse 19, he says to them, What? One of those great questions of Paul's. What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you? They're saying, carnal Christians.

Of course he is. Of course he wasn't having his way in them. Oh no, they were grieving him and quenching him. Nevertheless, their body was the temple of the Holy Ghost. And so you see, the comforter has come.

And you remember our Lord Jesus Christ said this in John 16. Let's go back to John 16. Verse 7. The Lord speaking to his own here said, Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away.

For if I go not away, the comforter will not come on to you. But if I depart, I will send him on to you. And when he is come, we have noted this in the night gone by. He will reprove all the word there.

He will convince the world of sin. Of this sin of unbelief. And of righteousness. And of judgment. Not judgment to come. Judgment that's past. Because the prince of this world is judged. He said in verse 13.

When he the spirit of truth is come. He will guide you into all truth. Now this is what he wants to do with believers. He wants to convince the world of sin. And of righteousness. And to convince the world that the old devil is judged.

Just because they are absolutely set free. He wants to go a bit further. Last week we looked at him. Taking the believers to glorify Christ. He shall glorify me was the text. But tonight we are going to look at him.

Taking believers to guide them into all truth. Now I want you to notice the faculties he will use. First of all your body. I don't think that sometimes we get this clear enough. That the holy ghost needs every part of our body.

If he's going to lead us into all truth. You see he needs your hands just now to turn over the pages. He needs your eyes. So that you'll look at the truth. And examine it. Yes. And it doesn't matter who brings you to the bible class.

There must be a place where you've got to use your feet. Ghost needs that body in its completeness. In its totality. If he's to guide you into all truth. We have a dear brother in here just now. He's got only one leg.

But he's been here for 20 years more. I'm 25 here and he must be here as long as I am. He never misses. Another dear brother just at the back there. He comes on a walking aid. And we have to help him in.

You know. The lord wants your body. We're to present our bodies. A living sacrifice. Wants to take our eyes. Wants to take our ears. Wants to take our lips. Wants to take our hands. Wants to take our feet.

And he needs all this. If he's to guide us. Into all truth. I don't want to linger here. You know he not only needs your body. He needs your soul. And there is a great difference you know. Between body and soul.

You know the Russellites come and say to me. There is no difference. Two of them at the door not long ago. With the old yarn I've had it. Since I was born again I think. 40 years ago. He said there is no difference.

Between body and soul. He just knew on the road. You have to start over with him again. Have a look at this. So that you'll know how to treat them. When they come to the door. This is Matthew's gospel.

Matthew 10 on the Body and Soul

Chapter 10. This is what I turned up to. He hadn't been long out of school. He's standing at the door. All dressed up. And he thinks he knows everything. And he said. To me there is no difference. Between body and soul.

And I said. Now this is Matthew's gospel. Chapter 10. And our Lord Jesus is calling. His 12 disciples. And he's sending them out. You're in agreement with this. He said yes. Verse 16 he said. Behold I send you forth as sheep.

In the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents. Harmless as doves. What a message for preachers. And then I said. He said this to them. Down the chapter a little bit son. He said at verse 28.

Wait until he got his bible open. Fear not them. Which kill. The body. But are not able to kill the soul. I said. You tell me there's no difference. I said surely our Lord Jesus Christ. Is differentiating between body and soul.

You see the worst. That the rebels. Could do to me. Would be to kill the body. That's all they can do. They cannot touch my soul. You know. My soul is different from my body. You see my soul. Is myself.

I just live in this body. This is the tent I live in. And the day I die. Or the day that somebody. Kills me. Then I shall be absent. From the body. Or loved ones will have to bury it. Oh but I'll be present with the Lord then.

The Soul in the Presence of God After Death

Oh there is a difference. There is a difference. You see your soul is very. Wonderful. Have a look at this. Way back in the book of Revelation. I got this wee fellow to look at this too. He stands looking at me.

As stupid as he is. And I rattled it into him. Because he needs it. I have no emotion. I've gone easy with the devil. These same wee fellows. I'll have to lash them. Yes. If he comes along he'll get them too.

Yes. The master just opened a book to the devil. And scared the life out of him. He just said it is written. It is written. It is written. It is written. Fiddling around. Yes. Here we are. We are at Revelation chapter 6.

And it's a terrible day on earth. Terrible things are happening. We've been through this here. On Sunday evenings. This day of wrath. Verse 9. And when he had opened the fifth seal. That is when our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven had opened the fifth seal of this book that he took out of the hand of God.

I saw under the altar. I saw under the altar the souls of them. I want you to get that word very carefully. The souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony they held. Now let's get the souls of them that were slain.

Let's get the slain bit in first. What bit of them were slain? Their body was slain. You see John's in heaven and he's seeing all this. He looks down. He can see the bodies that were slain. The Antichrist had beheaded these men.

Have their bodies and their heads off. It's got inoculated with soul sleep. One fellow tried to get out of this dilemma by saying, but the soul goes to sleep when they die. And not the ones that I see.

These are the souls. They're under the altar. He can see the bodies slain and the heads off. But he says, I saw the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held.

And they cried with all sleep about that. Roman Catholic fellow came here on Sunday night for the first time. He says, boy, you don't let them go to sleep here. Not a bit of it, I said. I have no notion of letting them go to sleep.

I'm able to shout yet, thank God. And I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice saying, how long, oh Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Because it was boys on the earth that took these heads off. And white robes were given unto every one of them. And it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until their fellow servants, watch this carefully, their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were.

Oh, yes, God has this time son of his servants. Don't make any mistakes about it. Yes, he has. James was killed with a sword. God says, all right, I'll allow this. And still stood still in the heavens.

And there was a day when Paul, the great Paul, put his head on the block. And they took it off with one blow. You would never know what God wants you to do at the end. Whatever God wants us to do, it will suit us.

He must be right. I can tell you there's a difference between body and soul here. That's all the bit that I'm after just now, and I mustn't wander into other doctrines. There's the body slaying the head off.

There's no difference. You can't read, that's your trouble. Oh, no. Look, the soul's a very wonderful part. It's the emotional part of me. And you, you see, if the Holy Ghost has me properly, then my soul shall be filled with love, and my soul shall be filled with joy.

My soul shall be filled with peace. Now, if He's going to guide us into all truth, He needs you strong. You see, can I confess something, just to help everybody? There is nothing I love more, and I say this very honestly, there is nothing I love more than to sit for hours and hours and hours and hours and ponder this book.

Giving Time to Scripture Study

And I shall tell you this, and there's a boy here who can prove it. He's been in the house two or three times today. I've been at this book from six this morning to six this night, and it's the greatest joy.

It is no bother to me. My bother is getting up and going to do something else. No bother at all. I can read this and study this, and it's nothing for me. It is joy. I'll tell you, that's where I get most of my peace.

And if He's going to use you and guide you into all truth, He'll have to have a bit more of your time. I would wonder how He could guide someone into all truth when you're stuck for half of the night in the TV.

Let's be very fair about this. He needs your body. He needs your soul. But you see this? He needs your mind. You know, your mind is a very wonderful part of you. I've been trying to teach the boys out at the school for a long time, all about their mind.

And I'm not a psychologist, mind you. I happen to know, you know, that up here in here somewhere there's a thing called memory. And mine's a pretty good one, and I thank God every day for it. And I can just remember almost everything I need to remember in this book.

There's other things I don't remember. But there is a memory up here. And then, of course, you know that up here there is an understanding which is quite different from memory. Memory's just this faculty upstairs here that can go back in a flash and get all the things that's back there, you know.

When I'm tracing truth sometimes, I can put the light out and lie and my memory can go back to Genesis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and I know all the chapters right through to 50. And I know all the chapters in Exodus and Leviticus and Numbers and Deuteronomy and Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and all that.

And it works. It works like that. It's been trained to work like that. Then, of course, understanding is up here. That's different. Just need to know the meaning of this. I'm going to teach it. I need to understand it.

I need to ask a lot of questions. And I need to ask somebody who knows. I need to ask the Holy Ghost. He happens to know. And you see my imagination is up there too. Yes. You know your imagination is a mighty part of you.

The architects in the meetings a few years before me they take a bit of blank paper and they are going to do something for an old fellow who owns a corner of a field. And they draft this out and they can see this whole thing.

And the trees grown and everything else. It's not a brick lane, you know, but it's their imagination. And because of their profession, they can do it pretty well. Our Holy Ghost wants to take that imagination, you know.

Wants to show you things to come. He wants to open your understanding. He wants you to remember. Let's go back to John 14 just for a moment. I think you remember this, but you know, it's always good to go back.

And this is John 14 and verse 26. For Jesus Christ is speaking and saying,. But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance.

Whatsoever I have said unto you. You know, that's what he's come to do. He wants to get your body, and we must get that bit over. And he wants to get your soul so that you'll love the thing, and you'll enjoy it, and you'll have peace in doing it.

But he wants to go up to the upstairs here, and he wants to take your memory. And he wants to bring all things to your remembrance. Yeah, that's a great thing, isn't it? Sometimes when we sit at this table on Sunday morning, and we're taken up with the words this do in remembrance of me.

Sometimes one of our young men will stand up and read a little phrase from the book of Job. And in the book of Job it says, remember the battle, and do no more. But it's a great thing to sit down on Sunday morning and let the Holy Ghost take you back to Calvary, and you remember the battle.

You don't need to do anymore. That's all you do. You just remember the battle. You remember when Peter had denied our Lord Jesus, and he did it again and again and again, and the last time he got cross about it, and he denied Him with wars and curses.

And then the Lord turned and looked at him, just looked, and Peter remembered. That's the word. He remembered what the Lord had said. And you know when the day of Pentecost was fully come, and Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost, and he stood up to preach.

The Holy Spirit's Empowerment of Peter's Preaching

You know, the Holy Ghost not only took his body and soul, but his whole mind. Go through the chapter, and I don't want to take you back through, but like a flash he went back to Psalm 16, and he could explain this to the whole crowd, just there and then.

All the Holy Ghost was taken as memory. And you'll find that when he stood before the Sanhedrin in Acts chapter 4, and they were pressing him to the gate, you know, and they wanted to take his life. You remember he stood up.

Let's go to Acts 4 till you just see this demonstration of this thing. Acts chapter 4. This to me is thrilling, and has always been encouraging to me, great comfort to me. Verse 7. And when they had set them in the midst, and they, he's talking about the old Jewish Sanhedrin, the council of the Jews, and they had authority to kill the member.

When they had set them, it's Peter and John standing before, 71 members of the council. They asked by what power or by what name have you done this? It was a very subtle question, because there was a Jewish law, it's in the book of Deuteronomy, if any man shall perform a miracle in any other name than the name of Jehovah, he must be slain.

So they're leading him into a trap. By what name, or by what power have you done this? He had lifted the man at the beautiful gate of the temple, and he was wonderfully, miraculously healed. It says this miracle, we'll get into it next week, that was done.

When they had set them in the midst, they asked by what power or by what name have you done this then? Peter, now watch this bit, filled with the Holy Ghost, you need to be filled with the Holy Ghost on these occasions.

Said unto him, ye rulers of the people and elders of Israel, I'm sure if we're filled with the Holy Ghost, we'll always be nice. If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man by what means he has made whole, know not to you all, to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and that was asking for trouble.

Whom ye crucify, that's asking for more trouble. Whom God raised from the dead, and these were Sadducees he was facing. They didn't like this resurrection. Even by him, doth this man stand here before you all.

And then like a flash, he's away back to one of the sounds. His memory must have been working. Nay, the Holy Ghost was bringing to remembrance things that he must have read long ago. This is the story that was set at naught of you builders, which has become the head of the corner.

My, if you'd work out the Bible for a month, you wouldn't get a better text, would you? Like a flash he got. It's the Holy Ghost. Not brilliant, that's the Spirit of God. And then you see, not only did he stand up and be truthful, and go back and find the Scriptures to Beckett, but now he's as bold as a lion.

He says, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness. I'll tell you this, this is what the Holy Ghost wants to do with us saints.

You see, I think this must be said now. There is no chance of the Holy Ghost in a moment like this, or in a crisis like this, bringing things to your remembrance that you never read in your life. There isn't a chance in the world.

Oh no, don't you think that he's going to work miracles up here. Oh no. Old F .B. Mayer said on one occasion when he was talking about the marriage feast at Cana of Galilee. How the Lord Jesus said to them fill the water pots with water.

And they said, you know how often I felt just like a stone water pot. And I said to myself, Mayer, you're not much use. And I knew that was the truth. But I felt as if the Lord was saying, well never mind, you're only an old cold stone water pot.

But fill it with the water of the word. And I'll tell you, if you get filled with the word, then when the occasion arises, the Holy Ghost can turn the water into wine. And don't you think he's going to work the miracle if you're just reading the telegraph, and not the book.

The Ministry of the Word Requires Preparation

We need to get back to the book. You young ones don't know the education you're getting in the book. There isn't anything anywhere in any of the universities can give you it. This is first and foremost.

And we must get down to it, and we mustn't waste time. Put your nose in the book. I know you haven't the time I have. I've been set apart for this. The apostle said we will give ourselves onto prayer, onto the ministry of the word.

That's all they did, just prayed and ministered the word. Yes, he wants to take your memory, you see. And he wants to take your understanding. You know, he opened that understanding. You remember our Lord Jesus in Luke 24 when the two came back from Emmaus.

What a wonderful day it was. Our Lord began at Moses, first five books of the Bible, and all the prophets, and he expounded on them and all the scriptures, the things concerning himself. Oh, how often I've longed, and I just walked behind them and heard them talking like that.

I suppose five or six hours of an exposition. What a thrill it would be. And these two were so thrilled, their hearts burned. They began at the same hour and went back to Jerusalem, you know. And when they went into the upper room and the saints were there, the saints said, you know, the Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.

Ah, these two says yes, and we know, we know, we were with him on the road. We will tell you what he told us. And as they were just getting over the message to them, the Lord appeared. Stood in the midst.

He was there. Then he opened their understanding. See this thing up here? Understanding. Here's how the old schoolmaster used to butter me about. Used to look into my face, close up into it. Not only a wee fellow.

He was a great big six feet three and broad shoulders. Looked right in, trying to scare me. He was a fool for trying that. And he says, you're stupid. Can always see that big face close to mine. You're stupid.

Both of us were stupid. Yes. I'll tell you this. The Holy Ghost can take your understanding. Don't get to it. Let's get all the clever fellows in. Let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter 2 for a moment. I think this is one of the mightiest passages in the book concerning the understanding that's up here.

Watch this very carefully because you need to read this carefully. Verse 9. But it is written, I hath not seen, nor ear heard. Neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Now I'm about to say this to you. When he says, neither hath entered, neither hath entered into the heart of man, that he's talking about an unsaved man. Unnatural. Unsaved natural man. Talking about the natural man.

You say, how do you know? I'll tell you how I know. Because it says here, I hath not seen, nor ear heard. Neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

But, but, but, but God hath revealed them unto us. Oh, yes, I think that's quite easy. You don't need to be in an upper class to get that bit. There's a difference between them and us. That's all there is about it.

And it doesn't make a matter what school them they go to. Doesn't make a matter. They just can't see the thing. We'll approve this to you. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit. That's the bit.

The Holy Ghost that takes your understanding. For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of man save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God.

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Now the whole thing comes out into the open now. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God. For they are foolishness unto him. Neither can he know them. Doesn't make a matter how clever.

You see, I have seen natural men, you know. I go to Queens two or three times a week and I see the professors are brilliant in their own department. Absolutely brilliant. But when they come into my department absolutely dense things of God.

You see, his understanding is darkened. Ah, but when you get saved, you see, the Holy Ghost takes this understanding and he opens your understanding that you might understand the Scriptures. He's going to lead you into all truth and he must get your understanding.

The Spirit, Imagination, and the Things to Come

Oh, how I have looked at this book at times and how things from Genesis and things from Daniel and things from Revelation have all come together. And you say to yourself, my, that is wonderful. Never say to yourself that you're wonderful because it's not you.

It's the Spirit leading you into all truth. Need your understanding. You know, he needs your imagination doesn't he? If he's going to show you things to come. You know, we should take a night on that but we'll not do it.

You see, he lets us see the rapture in that book. The day that Jesus will come. You know, we believe this. We can see this happening, you know, it's the way ahead there so more things to come it is. Jesus will come to the air and we'll rise to meet him.

And then we can see the great tribulation period. He has given this to us in this book. And then we can see the whole millennial reign. All the things that will be done when Jesus reigns. It's too big a bit of a book there to be missed by a millennialist.

What are you going to do with the things that's in the book? I'll tell you this. He not only lets us see all those things but he takes us on on on away past when time shall be no more. And we can see our eternal home and its glories and wonders and comforts.

Giving the Holy Spirit More Time

We'll have to give the Holy Ghost a bit of time. That's what I must plead for. I'm sure we'll be in rest. We gather wee bits up here and there and we love them words and we'll go to heaven and all right.

Do we give him time? A wee woman came to me the other day. She says to me you know my husband since you went to the Bible class he's setting up for hours reading this book. Is it right? So when he was out at the bottle you had more bother with him?

Yeah. Give the Lord a chance. He'll thrill you. But he'll not only thrill you he'll talk to the woman next door and she might get sad. Now don't miss next week because it's important for you. Let's bow together before the Lord.

Not sing anymore. Spare her all her harm just for the moment. Praise you for yourself. We thank you we live in this age when the Holy Ghost has come. We thank you that our bodies tonight the temples of the Holy Ghost which is in us.

Lord it's true we have the Holy Ghost but the question is has the Holy Ghost got us or are we only giving them wee picks of time? Lord talk to us about this. We would need to give you more time. Lord we would need you to take our whole body and then all parts of our soul and every bit of our memory and fill it with a word of God that it can be used when it's needed.

Lord take us into the deep things of God. Make us understand even when the most brilliant natural man cannot understand there is foolishness to him. Lord just make us to be what you want us to be. Bless this class tonight.

Part us now in thy fear and with thy blessing for thy name's sake. Amen.