by T. Austin-Sparks
Transcribed from conference messages given in Los Angeles, in March 1962. The spoken form has been retained verbatim.
Everything depends upon the Holy Spirit. There's no vital relationship with God apart from the Holy Spirit; no living Christian experience apart from the Holy Spirit; no knowledge or understanding of Divine things apart from the Holy Spirit; no fruitfulness in life or service apart from the Holy Spirit; no transformation into the likeness of Christ apart from the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit does one thing with those who He gets really hold of, He brings them to weakness. He just undercuts all their self-sufficiency, their self-importance, their self-resourcefulness. You meet a truly Holy Spirit possessed man or woman and you meet one who has no strength in themselves, no confidence in themselves - foolish. Emptiness, yes, that's the way of the Spirit.
