Dr Paul Allen

For God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him (John 3:34). You can have the Holy Spirit without measure. This is indeed a startling statement, but we are now living in the richest dispensation that man has ever lived in. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh (Acts 2:17). This is a pouring out time—not a sprinkle, but a downpour—and many people know it not. Some People Profess But Do Not Possess This Experience There are those who claim to have had the Holy Ghost baptism and yet they gossip, criticize the work of God and make light of God’s healing power; they could not possibly have the Spirit without measure. Note that I did not say they never have received this experience, but something has happened to them, and the Spirit WITHOUT MEASURE is not in their lives. When one receives the baptism of the Holy Ghost, he receives the Spirit without measure; but when he fails to believe God and trust in all of His Word, then he l

Thinking that none has access to the secrets of our hearts, we lust, envy, hate, and covet. But what we naively think to have concealed successfully behind the veil of the soul is but an open book before Him with whom we have to do: “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD” (Ps. 139:1–4). But might there not be some secluded hideaway, some remote corner of the universe to which even the Deity has no access? Might we not there sin freely? Might we not there sin secretly? But where is “there”? “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me,