The church cannot be the church without

the Holy Spirit abiding and empowering it.

The degree to which we understand and

experience the Spirit of God will be the

exact degree to which God's plan for our

churches will be accomplished.

The very people who are thumping the

Bible the most vigorously are often the

ones trying to have church without the Holy

Spirit. They think that teaching alone can cause

their members to live a "victorious Christian life"-

but it can't be done without experiencing the

power of the Holy Spirit. Vows and promises

alone, no matter how sincere, can never over-

come the power of the world, the flesh, and the

devil.