Restraining Influence

The plight of those who teach a restraining influence of the Holy Spirit on the lives of men in general and in a withdrawing of that influence when they carry their wickedness to an extreme, is far from easy, to say the least. It would not be difficult if Scripture had given us su­fficient material to work with, for then we were duty bound to accept the facts given in childlike faith, because the Scriptures always have the last word and we are forbidden to criticize or to contradict the Word...