Rees Howells and the Holy Spirit

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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April 9, 2012


 *2012-04-09 - REES HOWELLS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT*

*(From “The Intercession of Rees Howells” by Doris M. Ruscoe - CLC, 1983)*


 IV. ROMANS 12:1-16:23 RIGHTEOUSNESS MANIFESTED IN LIFE

A. 12:1-2 BEGINS WITH COMPLETE SURRENDER

Romans a. 12:1 A WHOLE BURNT OFFERING CONSECRATION - HOLOCAUST

*I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of :God,*

Pa-ra-kaL*O* [3870] oun huMAS, a-delPHOI, diA t*o*n oik-tirM*O*N [3628] tou
TheOU,

*to present your :bodies a living sacrifice, *

pa-raST*E*sai [3936] ta S*O*ma-ta huM*O*N thuSIan [2378] Z*O*san,

*holy, well-pleasing to God, your spiritual service.*

haGIan, t*o* The*o* euAres-ton [2101], t*e*n lo-giK*E*N [3050] laTREIan
2999] huM*O*N.


 *1. No single person* can receive the Holy Spirit until he has made a full
and complete surrender. He is a person, and when he comes in, he brings in
all that is of God, and from that time it is in God you live and not to any
selfish motives. I never once sought a blessing after he came in; I had the
blesser himself. It may take you some time to get used to this new realm,
but do not try to do anything of yourself. When he wants to do something
through you, he will make it plain. You need to realize your position in
him: *“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
hasblessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ”
*(Ephesians 1:3). Live with him, come to know him and allow him to speak to
you. When you have the Holy Spirit, you do not need to make a show. He will
reveal himself without your effort. It is a new realm altogether, a realm
in which you are *“transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may
prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God” *(Romans
12:2). This life in the Holy Spirit is as simple as it is great.


 JOHN b. 14:16-17 THE INWARD NATURE OF THE COMFORTER

*And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,*

ka’ ’G*O* e-r*o*T*E*s*o* ton paTEra, kai ALlon paRAkl*e*-ton [3875] D*O*sei
huMIN,

*that he be with you for ever, *17 *the Spirit of the truth:*

HIna h*e* meth’ huM*O*N eis ton ai*O*na, ta PNEUma [4151] t*e*s a-l*e*
THEIas:

*whom the world cannot receive; because it sees him not, neither knows:*

HO ho KOSmos ou DUna-tai laBEIN; HOti ou the-*o*REI auTO, ouDE giN*O*Skei
[1097]:

*YOU know him; for he abides with you, and is in you.*

huMEIS giN*O*Ske-te auTO; HOti par’ huMIN MEnei [3306], kai en huMIN ES-TIN.


 *2. The Holy Spirit* is not an influence but a divine person, the third
person of the Godhead, with all the attributes of a person: will,
intelligence, power and love. He is the only witness on earth today of the
Savior and of Calvary, and he is the only one who can make God's will known
to you.

We do not know these things until they are revealed to us, and at the 1906
Llandrindod Wells Convention in Wales, he was revealed to me, and I saw
him. I had lived for the Savior for three and a half years and longed to
give my life back to him. The first morning of the convention, the Holy
Spirit spoke to me. *“You has he quickened, and has raised you up to sit
with Christ in heavenly places.” *It was the crucified Christ I had seen
before; but now I had a vision of the *glorified* Christ, and only one
glimpse of that is enough for eternity. I saw myself sitting with the one I
loved throughout eternity, and like the apostle Paul I was dazzled, and all
the things of earth grew strangely dim. *“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
neither has entered into the heart of man, the things which God has
prepared for them that love him. But God has revealed them unto us by his
Spirit” *(1 Corinthians 2:9-10). I believe my experience was like that of
the prophet Isaiah. He saw God and saw himself. He said, *“Woe is me! for I
am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips” *(Isaiah 6:5). The Holy Spirit then appeared to me
and said, “I am the one who revealed that position to you and I want a body
to dwell in to reveal the Savior through you.” I saw that he was God, that
he was holy, pure, divine, and I was a man with a sinful nature. Before
that experience I had never seen myself. All I had by nature was self, a
self I had cultivated and kept under, a self the Holy Spirit would not live
with.

He showed me what it would mean if he came in. The verse he gave me was, *“Know
you not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death?” *(Romans 6:3). As really as the Savior died on that Cross,
I would have to die before my nature was changed. Whether it is “good self”
or “bad self” it is still self and must go to the Cross. I had received a
sentence of death as really as a prisoner in the dock. For seven days he
dealt with me. My will would have to go; I would never have another choice
and I was never to question him in thought, word or motive. Each day he
cleansed and purged me so that I could never go back again to my former
life; and finally he gave me one hour to decide whether I, myself, was to
live on, or he was to live in me. My destiny for eternity depended on that
hour. At last I said, “Lord, I am willing,” and he came in. He did not
force the decision on me: I had to decide. I was carried right into the
presence of God and the verse he gave me was: *“Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus” *(Hebrews 10:19).
>From that time on there was a line drawn between my old life and this new
one. Like John the Baptist, I had to decrease and he had to increase.


 ACTS n. 5:32 A MOST SIGNIFICANT VERSE

*And WE are witnesses of these :sayings; also the Holy :Spirit,*

kai h*e*MEIS es-men MARtu-res t*o*n 'r*e*MAt*o*n TOUt*o*n; kai to PNEUma to
HAgi-on,

*whom :God has given to them that obey him.*

ho Ed*o*-ken ho TheOS tois pei-tharCHOUsin [3980] auT*O*.


 *3. It is exactly the same* for a man who is born again to receive the
Holy Spirit as for a man who is not born again to receive the Savior. He is
given to them that *obey*. It is *his all* for *your all*. Suppose you have
a property of a hundred acres and you wish to sell all except the one acre
right in the middle. The new owner might resent your walking over his
property and might even take you to law about it, but the verdict would be,
“If he has one acre in the middle, he must have a right of way to it.” If
you withhold just one acre of your life from the Holy Spirit, the devil
will find not one way of getting to it, but many. The Holy Spirit comes in
to take full possession. Your life is like a plot of land, marred and made
barren by the Fall, and cannot bring forth fruit unto God. The Holy Spirit
will begin to work on it, one acre at a time, until he has dealt with it
all. You cannot play with him. Those who have no fear of the Holy Spirit
have never seen him. I had far more fear of him than I had of my old
schoolmaster when I was a boy in school. He will never take second place to
self or the devil, and he will not dispute with you. I never once minimized
the third person of the Godhead. When he comes in, God comes in, and he
will not mix with your sinful nature. You are to die *to* sin as really as
the Savior died *for* sin.


 JOHN e. 12:25 APPLICATION TO A HUMAN SOUL

*Who loves his :soul loses it; and who hates his :soul*

ho phiL*O*N [5368] t*e*n psuCH*E*N auTOU a-polLUei [622] auT*E*N; kai ho miS
*O*N t*e*n psuCH*E*N auTOU

*in this :world shall guard it unto life eternal.*

en t*o* KOSm*o* TOUt*o* eis z*o*-*E*N ai*O*ni-on phuLAxei [5442] auT*E*N.


 *4. When you have given up *your life entirely to the Holy Spirit you have
no right to take it back or to resent what he does with it. You will have
no more claim on your life yourself, and you accept everything from him,
whether it seems to be for you or against you. The surrender of outward
things is only the beginning. When he comes in, he shows you yourself as he
sees you, and he deals with the old nature, its thoughts and motives. Human
reasoning and understanding belong to the old nature, which God tells us
not to trust (Proverbs 3:5). You must learn to be quiet before God for him
to show you these things. At one time I spent three hours with him and the
Word every evening for several months, and he dealt with every thought and
motive of self.


 LUKE d. 24:49 JESUS PROMISES THE HOLY SPIRIT

*And lo, I send forth the promise of my :Father upon you:*

kai iDOU, eG*O* e-xa-poSTELl*o* [649] t*e*n e-pag-geLIan [1860] tou paTROS
mou eph' huMAS:

*but tarry YOU in the city, until you be clothed with power from on high.*

HUmeis de kaTHIsa-te en t*e* POlei, HE*o*s hou enDUs*e*s-the [1746] ex
HUpsous [5311] DUna-min.


 c. 24:52-53 THE JOYOUS AFTERMATH

*And THEY worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:*

kai auTOI pro-skuN*E*san-tes auTON, huPEstre-psan eis Ie-rou-saL*E*M MEta
chaRAS meGAl*e*s:

53 *and were continually in the temple, blessing :God.*

kai *E*san diA panTOS en t*o* hi-eR*O*, eu-loGOUNtes [2127] ton TheON.


 *5. Joy is not the proof* that the Holy Spirit has come, nor are sorrow
and testing proofs that he has not come. The disciples were rejoicing in
the knowledge of eternal life and the forgiveness of sins, but they needed
power for service. It is as unreasonable for a missionary to go out without
the power of the Holy Spirit, as it is for a minister who is not born again
to preach the Gospel. The Spirit will change your nature and change your
motives so that you may live entirely for him.

He may not give you anything to do for some time, but you will have the
realization daily that he is in you, and you will have more fellowship with
him than with anyone else. Just live with him and come to know him. When
you are “in God” your position with him is a million times greater than
anything he does through you. We are so apt to be active, but when he wants
to do something through you, he will do it. The realization that he was in
me was so great, that it affected everyone I met. There was great joy when
my eldest brother was converted, and many of us who were born again had
great fellowship together; but when the Holy Spirit came into my life it
was different. Some of my friends did not want him, and he had no
fellowship with them. Once the Holy Spirit has taken you into the presence
of God, you have more fellowship on “the other side” than down here. Put
the man of God where you like, but if God is there, it is heaven upon earth.


 ROMANS g. 6:5-7 THE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES OF IDENTIFICATION

*For if we have become like-natured with him in the likeness of his :death,*

ei gar SUMphu-toi [4854] geGOna-men t*o* ho-moi*O*ma-ti [3667] tou thaNAtou
auTOU,

*we shall yet be also in the likeness of the resurrection;*

alLA kai t*e*s a-naSTAse-*o*s [386] eSOme-tha;

6* knowing this, that our old :man was crucified with him,*

TOUto giN*O*skon-tes [1097], HOti ho pa-laiOS [3820] h*e*M*O*N ANthr*o*-pos
su-ne-stauR*O*th*e* [4957],

*that the body of :sin be done away, that we no longer be in bondage to
:sin;*

HIna ka-tar-g*e*TH*E* [2673] to S*O*ma t*e*s ha-marTIas, tou m*e*KEti
douLEUein h*e*MAS t*e* ha-marTIa;

7* for who has died is justified from :sin.*

ho gar a-po-thaNON [599] de-diKAIo-tai [1344] aPO tes ha-marTIas.


 *6. Self cannot put self on the Cross: *only the Holy Spirit can do this.
If the death of the Lord Jesus is real to you, will you go to Calvary with
Him? It is not weeping for the death 2000 years ago, but being willing to
go to death yourself. I have never tried to show Calvary in words. It
*must*be a revelation. Death must work in you and then life, and just
to the
extent you allow him to put you to death, will you live. With many, the
planting into the death of the Savior is only a theory. You only understand
his death as you enter into it in reality. The apostle Paul said, *“I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in
me” *(Galatians 2:20). Anyone who has really seen Calvary, is lost to the
world. You must get rid of sin and limitations: the death must be actual.
The law will not be satisfied with theory. It is when you die to the law of
sin and death that you are free (Romans 8:2). After you are baptized by the
Holy Spirit into the death of the Savior, you then walk in newness of life.

Some people live in the forgiveness of sin. Just as interest can be paid
out of capital, some people do this spiritually. If you reckon yourself
dead to sin, you have no right to live in it. The only proof of the Holy
Spirit is the life of the Holy Spirit. Leave “the old man” on the Cross,
and rise with the Savior to a new life.


 ROMANS g. 6:5-7 THE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES OF IDENTIFICATION

*For if we have become like-natured with him in the likeness of his :death,*

ei gar SUMphu-toi [4854] geGOna-men t*o* ho-moi*O*ma-ti [3667] tou thaNAtou
auTOU,

*we shall yet be also in the likeness of the resurrection;*

alLA kai tes a-naSTAse-os [386] eSOme-tha;


 *7. This life is not a death life* but a resurrection life. Jesus said, *“I
am the resurrection and the life”, *and if you are in him you are in the
resurrection. The prayer of the apostle Paul was, *“That I may know him,
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,
being made conformable unto his death” *(Philippians 3:10). Suffering is
the very thing the “old man” will run away from. *“For if we be dead with
him we shall also live with him: if we suffer we shall also reign with him”
*(2 Timothy 2:11-12). The way to the throne is always the way of the Cross.
The devil only has power on this side of Calvary. The Savior always had
power over him; but he came to conquer him, so that the Savior through man
might ever have the victory over him. The Holy Spirit comes in with all the
power of the risen Lord, and he in me constantly had victory over the
enemy. The Holy Spirit was constantly binding the devil.


 2 CORINTHIANS b. 2:14 THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST

*But thanks to :God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ,*

T*o* de The*O* CHAris, t*o* PANto-te thri-amBEUon-ti [2358] h*e*MAS en
t*o*ChrisT
*O*,

*and makes manifest through us the savor of his :knowledge in every place.*

kai t*e*n osM*E*N 3744] t*e*s GN*O*se-*o*s auTOU pha-neROUNti [5319] di' h*e
*M*O*N en panTI TOp*o*.


 *8. You must see* that you get victory in every change that the Holy
Spirit makes in you. I had victory in every situation. You will not be
tested in the open unless you have had victory on that point in private.
God can always test his own faith, but not the faith of man. You cannot
hold out in a test without a revelation. Whatever you give to God, if you
believe for it, you will have the hundredfold. Before you can move on to
something higher, you must have perfect victory in your present position.
The “old man” tries to get victory in a place where he is not situated. You
must get victory where you are. Only those who have walked it know the joy
of a life of faith. In a battle, what counts is that you have had victory
all along.


 JOHN A. 1:1-4 DIVINE FELLOWSHIP IS JOYFUL

3* what we have seen and heard declare we to you also,*

ho he-*o*RAka-men kai a-k*e*KOa-men a-pagGELlo-men kai huMIN,

*that you also may have fellowship with us:*

HIna kai huMEIS koi-n*o*NIan [2842] Ech*e*-te meth’ h*e*M*O*N:

*yes, and :OUR :fellowship is with the Father,*

kai, h*e* koi-n*o*NIa de h*e* h*e*-meTEra meTA tou paTROS,

* and with his :Son Jesus Christ:*

kai meTA tou huiOU auTOU I*e*SOU ChrisTOU:

4* and these things WE write, that our joy be made full.*

kai TAUta GRApho-men [1125] h*e*MEIS, HIna h*e* chaRA h*e*M*O*N h*e* pe-pl*e
*-r*o*MEn*e* [4137].


 *9. How can we enter *the “holiest of all”, when the High Priest only
entered once a year? This has been taken too lightly. God's presence has
not changed; his holiness has not changed; but the Holy Spirit brings us
into his own fellowship, the fellowship of the Trinity. God has given me
much over the years, gifts and estates; but they are as nothing compared
with my fellowship with him. When you come into his realm, you are released
from earthly things, and your work from then on is to do the will of God.
He in you will put more value on the things of eternity than on anything
else. He will take the victories of the Savior and apply them through you.
At first your fallen reason cannot believe God, and he must change you.
Faith will not follow human reason, but reason will always follow faith. I
think of my years of abiding. What a wonderful life it was to live “within
the veil” day after day. Self cannot abide in the Savior, but as the Holy
Spirit deals with you, he takes all the unbelief out of you. While you
abide in the vine, all his life will flow through you. Everything of nature
is to be subdued to the life of the Holy Spirit in you.


 *NOTE**: *At the strong urging of Norman P. Grubb, author of “Rees
Howells, Intercessor” - Doris M. Ruscoe has written a sequel to his
biography. She was a member of Rees Howells' Intercessory Team of some 100,
from several years before World War II until his death in 1950. The notes
above were recorded primarily by Howells' personal secretary, taken mostly
from lectures given to the Bible School students, and the Intercessory
Prayer Meetings - often 5 times a day! These messages came from a burning
heart, which had fully experienced all he gave that was recorded. J.A.Watt



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