Luke 1:67-79 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,… "Filled with the Holy Ghost" — that was fitness for praising God acceptably, and for proclaiming His truth acceptably, in the days of Zacharias. It was not that Zacharias was filled with enthusiasm, filled with earnestness, filled with knowledge, filled with poetic fervour; but that he was filled with the Holy Ghost. That gave his words power, and, because of that fact, his words are in our ears and on our lips to-day. There is no other source of true power in God's service in this age, or in any age. To be a good parent, a good teacher, a good preacher, a good Bible student, a good man, or a good woman, one needs to be filled with the Holy Ghost; there is no substitute for this. (H. C. Trumbull.) Parallel Verses KJV: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,WEB: His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, |
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