_HOW OBTAINED?_
We come now to the practical side of our subject. Surely the unprejudiced
reader, if he has not already "received the Holy Ghost," has at least
come to the conclusion that there _is_ such a blessing mentioned in the
New Testament, and lying in God's Treasury, Jesus Christ, for all New
Testament believers, and therefore for him--_for me_. Until it dawns on
one's consciousness that there _is_ such a blessing as "being filled
with the Spirit," it is not likely that he will trouble about seeking it,
and therefore will never obtain it. In all fairness these terms which we
have just been considering--"Filled," "Baptized," "Rivers," etc.--mean
_something_. There is _some_ blessing represented by the terms, some
substance at the back of the shadows. God the Holy Ghost knows what that
blessing is. "Have I got _that_?" Is there anything in my life and
experience to correspond with _that_? Now comes the question, "How am I
to get it?" The Bible answer may be summarily comprehended in three
words--CLEANSE, CONSECRATE, CLAIM.