The Ransomed Host

Last Sunday in sacrament meeting we sang, Hymn #180, Father in Heaven, We Do Believe.

1. Father in Heav’n, we do believe
The promise thou hast made;
Thy word with meekness we receive,
Just as thy Saints have said.

2. We now repent of all our sin
And come with broken heart,
And to thy covenant enter in
And choose the better part.

3. O Lord, accept us while we pray,
And all our sins forgive;
New life impart to us this day,
And bid the sinners live.

4. Humbly we take the sacrament
In Jesus’ blessed name;
Let us receive thru covenant
The Spirit’s heav’nly flame.

5. We will be buried in the stream
In Jesus’ blessed name,
And rise, while light shall on us beam
The Spirit’s heav’nly flame.

6. Baptize us with the Holy Ghost
And seal us as thine own,
That we may join the ransomed host
And with the Saints be one.

When I renew my covenants (verse 4), do I receive the Spirt's heavenly flame? In verse 6, we read that when we are baptized with the Holy Ghost, we then join the ransomed host and become one with Saints. Until these promises (verse 1) occur individually in each one of us, we haven't joined the ransomed host. We sometime assume, as members of the Church, that we have - - since we are members. But, I think this knowledge is an individual knowledge that only each individual knows for himself. I will have to study this topic more.