Smith Wigglesworth on Prayer, Power, and Miracles

by Smith Wigglesworth

God shut the door. When God shuts no man can open.

If you know you need the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and you know it is in the Scriptures, never rest till God gives it [to] you. If you know it is scriptural for you to be healed of every weakness, never rest until God makes it yours. If you know that the Scriptures teach holiness, purity, and divine likeness—overcoming under all conditions—never rest till you are an overcomer. If you know that men have gone in and have seen the face of God, who have had the vision revealed, have had the whole of the Scriptures made life in their lives, never rest till you come to it. You say, “Have you a Scripture to prove it?” Yes, the Scripture says, That ye may apprehend with all saints what is the depth, length, breadth and height of the love of God (Eph. 3:18,19).

The baptism of the Spirit is to make us all one. Paul tells us that “…by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body…and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:13). It is God’s thought that we speak the same thing. If we all have the full revelation of the Spirit of God we shall all see the same thing. Paul asked these Corinthians, “Is Christ divided?” When the Holy Ghost has full control, Christ is never divided, His body is not divided, there is no division. Schism and division are the products of the carnal mind.