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  (THE HOLY SPIRIT) 11. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LIVES OF SAUL AND DAVID
  by A.B. Simpson
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"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy Spirit from
me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free Spirit." Psalm 5: 10-12. These words express the prayer of David at
an important era in his life, and suggest to us his relation to the Holy
Spirit in his deepest experience. Back of this picture there lies in dim
outline another picture, that of a life that had also possessed the Holy
Spirit but had lost His blessing; and it was, perhaps, in reference to
this dark, sad background that David cried, "Take not Thy Holy Spirit
from me." The other picture is that of Saul. These two lives stand side
by side as companion pictures illustrating the dealings of the Holy
Spirit with two opposite characters, and leading to entirely opposite
results. It is a very solemn contrast and a very instructive lesson.

1. First, in the story of Saul we find that he, too, had the Holy
Spirit. We have a very distinct account of his call and enduement by the
Spirit. We find the story in the tenth chapter of First Samuel. Here we
see the Spirit coming upon a man almost unsought, and apparently without
any spiritual preparation. It was the Spirit of God coming for service,
giving him power to prophesy, to conquer, to rule, the enduement for
service rather than for personal experience.

There is always real danger just at this point. It is a very serious
thing to want the Holy Ghost simply to give us power to work for God. It
is much more important that we should receive the Holy Spirit for
personal character and personal holiness. Perhaps the deep secret of
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