(John 3:27-35.)

The energy of the Holy Spirit is visibly associated with God's presence. To be a prophet of God, one must come from the presence of God. The prophet will never receive a divine message away, or at a distance, from God. The secret of God's mind is had in the sanctuary-nowhere else.

Christ, as God's true Prophet, the One by whom He was to speak in these last times, is borne witness to by John when he declared that '' He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God." Christ came from the Father's bosom, from God's presence. He is the One whom God sent; therefore He speaketh the words of God. Uniting with this is the energy of the Holy Spirit which marked His life here in the world:"For God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto to Him." Blessed truth!

This is a needed truth for us now. We need prophets-those who can speak the suited words of God. But those words must be first obtained direct from God, in communion with Him. The natural man "darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge," but the prophet, walking in the energy of the Spirit, speaks words that are spirit and life. To contemplate our blessed Lord in this light is indeed helpful. F. H. J.