1/11 Tuesday truth

It is evident that it is not sufficient that one be once baptized with the Holy Spirit. As new emergencies of service arise, there must be new fillings with the Spirit. The failure to realize this has led to sad and serious results in many a man's service. He has been baptized with the Holy Spirit at some period in his life, and strives to get through his whole future life in the power of this past experience. It is largely for this reason that we see so many men who once unquestionably worked in the Holy Spirit's power, who give little evidence of the possession of that power today. For each new service that is to be conducted, for each new soul that is to be dealt with, for each new service for Christ that is to be performed, for each new day and each new emergency of Christian life and service, we should definitely seek a new filling with the Holy Spirit.

(See Acts 4:29-31. --Larry) -- R.A. Torrey, The Baptism with the Holy Spirit