What is "The Big Bang" that Happenes to You? part 2

Tip! THE possibilities of prayer are gauged by faith in God's ability to do. Faith is the one prime condition by which God works.

"...Ye shall be witnesses unto Me..." (Acts 1:8b) Become this thing: a witness unto God—unto God first. Become unto Me: a process: All things Swing to the glory of God. That is the real operation here; that is the ultimate.

"Ye shall become,"—not DO! I believe in Works—absolutely. But I want it in its order and place in God, in the Holy Spirit. He doesn't say a thing we are going to do. He says something that we are becoming; something that we will become. Why? Under the dynamic of this Spirit; He will immerse us under its power.—He will not destroy our individuality or our personality concept and the natural being we are, He will never do that. He wants every kind, every one of us, but it will be an immersion—you will go out of sight! You go out of sight! You are not sprinkled.

If you ever get the real baptism of the Spirit, the ‘you' is lost, your identity, your manifestation—the ‘you' is submerged—out of sight. All of that potential of the ‘you' that wants to get into fame, it is out of sight; it is buried; buried! He says, "I will immerse you, I will baptize you in the Spirit and under the impact and power of this dynamic, you shall become unto Me in the world My witness."

Why is it that Jesus should say to them on this occasion; "Ye shall become..."? It is a verb of being, not of action. However, in order to build this Body, we will find He will give us so many things to occupy us, but all of that is reactionary.—the effect; the reaction from the doing reflects right back again to the Body. That is why we contribute to the building of the Body. Becoming is a process. The Holy Spirit was given in that baptism for the building and making of this Body.

Tip! Let us always be aware of the fact that the power that is achieved to do the greater works that are required for Christ, is only gained through fervent prayer and faith in Jesus Christ.

Why did Paul pray as he did? Did you ever look at the prayers of Paul? Get into the New Testament and follow all the prayers of Paul and see what the burden of them was. Every last prayer that is mentioned was concerning this Body; it was concerning the believers; it was concerning those who were incorporated in this supernatural thing. The burden of prayer on Paul's heart was the completion and the building and making of this Body.

What is the burden on the heart of Jesus? Is it not the redemption of the world? No —He had died for the world, He can't do any more than that! His prayer in John 17 is, "I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Yours." The Holy Spirit is praying "for the saints according to the will of God."

Tip! So when we ask Christ to carry out His works in our hearts we are fervently praying that our Father may be glorified in His Son.

The submerging (going under water or immersing) of the Spirit is the only activity by which this Body can be built and brought to completion.