1 [ 43 ]: 14 But when he comes into an assembly full of righteous men who have a Spirit of deity,
and intercession is made from them, that man is emptied, and the earthly spirit fleeth from him in
fear, and that man is struck dumb and is altogether broken in pieces, being unable to utter a
word.
1 [ 43 ]: 15 For, if you pack wine or oil into a closet, and place an empty vessel among them, and
again desire to unpack the closet, the vessel which you place there empty, empty in like manner
you will find it. Thus also the empty prophets, whenever they come unto the spirits of righteous
men, are found just such as they came.
1 [ 43 ]: 16 I have given thee the life of both kinds of prophets. Therefore test, by his life and his
works, the man who says that he is moved by the Spirit.
1 [ 43 ]: 17 But do thou trust the Spirit that cometh from God, and hath power; but in the earthly
and empty spirit put no trust at all; for in it there is no power, for it cometh from the devil.
1 [ 43 ]: 18 Listen [then] to the parable which I shall tell thee. Take a stone, and throw it up to
heaven--see if thou canst reach it; or again, take a squirt of water, and squirt it up to heaven--see
if thou canst bore through the heaven."
1 [ 43 ]: 19 "How, Sir," say I, "can these things be? For both these things which thou hast
mentioned are beyond our power." "Well then," saith he, "just as these things are beyond our
power, so likewise the earthly spirits have no power and are feeble.
1 [ 43 ]: 20 Now take the power which cometh from above. The hail is a very, small grain, and yet,
when it falleth on a man's head, what pain it causeth! Or again, take a drop which falls on the
ground from the tiles, and bores through the stone.
1 [ 43 ]: 21 Thou seest then that the smallest things from above falling on the earth have great
power. So likewise the divine Spirit coming from above is powerful. This Spirit therefore trust,
but from the other hold aloof."
Mandate 12
1 [ 44 ]: 1 He saith to me; "Remove from thyself all evil desire, and clothe thyself in the desire
which is good and holy; for clothed with this desire thou shalt hate the evil desire, and shalt
bridle and direct it as thou wilt.
1 [ 44 ]: 2 For the evil desire is wild, and only tamed with difficulty; for it is terrible, and by its
wildness is very costly to men; more especially if a servant of God get entangled in it, and have
no understanding, he is put to fearful costs by it. But it is costly to such men as are not clothed in
the good desire, but are mixed up with this life "These men then it hands over to death."
1 [ 44 ]: 3 "Of what sort, Sir," say I, "are the works of the evil desire, which hand over men to
death? Make them known to me, that I may hold aloof from them." Listen," [saith he,] "through
what works the evil desire bringeth death to the servants of God.
2 [ 45 ]: 1 "Before all is desire for the wife or husband of another, and for extravagance of wealth,
and for many needless dainties, and for drinks and other luxuries, many and foolish. For even
luxury is foolish and vain for the servants of God.
2 [ 45 ]: 2 These desires then are evil, and bring death to the servants of God. For this evil desire is
a daughter of the devil. Ye must, therefore, abstain from the evil desires, that so abstaining ye
may live unto God.
2 [ 45 ]: 3 But as many as are mastered by them, and resist them not, are done to death utterly; for
these desires are deadly.
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