branches upholds this (John 15). The branches are not merely “vine-like,” they are part of the vine; likewise the fruit does not merely resemble grapes, but possesses their inherent structure and taste.17 We come now to a study of that powerful experience which was responsible for the miraculous growth of the Christian church in the apostolic and post-apostolic years, and which has been the principal cause of the dynamic revival that has swept the world since
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