Wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father which said he ye have
heard of me.[258]
How very weak it seems and how entirely foreign to even think of water
in connection with these last words of our Saviour.
He is indeed with his dependent children in this our day. While he
baptizes them with the Holy Spirit immediately he also uses many and
varied means and instruments.
Upon servants and handmaidens the Holy Spirit is now poured out as
foretold by the prophet Joel and by John the Baptist and promised by
Christ.[259]
Sons and daughters do now prophecy with power from on high.