Dr Paul Allen

English: Lord Jesus at St Joseph Oratory, Montreal. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “For with you is the fountain of life ; in your light do we see light.” Psalm 36:9 No lips can tell the love of Christ to the heart till Jesus himself shall speak within. Descriptions all fall flat and tame unless the Holy Ghost fills them with life and power; till our Immanuel reveals himself within, the soul sees him not. If you would see the sun, would you gather together the common means of illumination, and seek in that way to behold the orb of day? No, the wise man knows that the sun must reveal itself, and only by its own blaze can that mighty lamp be seen. It is so with Christ. “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah !” said he to Peter , “for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you.” Purify flesh and blood by any educational process you may select. Elevate mental faculties to the highest degree of intellectual power. Yet none of these can reveal Christ. The Spirit of God must come with power...

worship (Photo credit: vicki wolkins ) True worship, says Jesus , is in spirit and truth . The “truth” part is plain enough — and with the coming of Jesus (“the hour is coming, and is now here”) that truth centers on his person and work, the one who is himself “the Truth” ( John 14:6 ) and the message about his saving accomplishments for us, which is “the word of the truth, the gospel” ( Colossians 1:5) and “the word of truth , the gospel of your salvation” ( Ephesians 1:13). It is this “word of truth” (James 1:18) by which we’re given new birth, this “word of truth” ( 2 Timothy 2:15) that Christian workers endeavor to handle aright, and this truth that anchors and saturates worship that is truly Christian. But what about “spirit”? Is this our spirit or God ’s Spirit? Jesus’s memorable statement in John 3:6 helps: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” It’s not either-or, but both-and. For those who are new creatures in Chri...