If Christ is in us and with us, as He surely is, and we are being “filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians:5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
See All...) as Paul indicates may be our continual experience (not something special), then we ought to be supremely happy, victorious, and fruitful. That being the case, what is this “outpouring of the Holy Spirit”? And if it takes a special “outpouring,” then could we not blame God for withholding it? And if it only comes through prayer and fasting, then we are to blame for souls going to hell and Christians living in sin. The Bible advocates prayer and fasting for special needs (Daniel:9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
See All...; Matthew:17:21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
See All...; 1 Corinthians:7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
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