I Will Pour My Spirit Upon Thy Seed (Isaiah 44:3-5) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Rich Promise
II. The Designated Recipients
III. The Wonderful Results
The sermon at the baptism of Elsie Joy Crossett
Homer C. Hoeksema on Isaiah 44:3-5: “Through the pouring out of the Spirit, God’s people will become conscious of their being the possession of Jehovah. They are his property by eternal election, and through the Spirit they become conscious of their election. By their purchase through the blood of Christ, they will become conscious of being one with all the people of God, whom God gathers as the church, the one holy nation, the body of Christ, from the beginning to the end of the world. God’s people know themselves to be part of that living communion, and they confess it. Belonging to Jehovah and belonging to the body of Christ always go together. It is impossible to say, ‘I belong to Jehovah, but I do not belong to the church. I am the Lord’s property, but I am not one with God’s people.’ The two go hand in hand, and God’s people confess this” (Redeemed With Judgment, vol. 2, p. 150).