Holy Spirit

I filled out a card with my information and the pastor called me and said that he could fill me with the Holy Spirit. I was taken aback. A person can’t fill me with the Holy Spirit, only God can. Then he went on to say that the church lays hands on new members and once they speak in tongues then they will be invited to be active members. “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds…

scriptures from different translations and consider the potential areas of discussion. Once again, I pray. This time that God gives me the wisdom to hear what God has for me to preach on and to hear the needs of God’s people. My aim is to be open to the Holy Spirit to direct me on either one of the scriptures, or if there is another topic that would better meet the needs of the congregation at that time. For example if there had been a tornado that had affected the community and parishioners I…

really has been the last three years of our lives in the making,” shares front man Mike Weaver. “God has just had such just an amazing last season with the last record, some of these songs just really resonated with people in such a way, and the Holy Spirit just did an amazing work in peoples’ lives.” Finding success with their previous album Love Come To Life, where they achieved 4 back-to-back No. 1 singles, Beautiful Offerings became a continuation of the journey. Weaver…

what it states (That there is one body and one spirit) in Ephesians 4:5-6, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. The “holy” mark of the church doesn’t suggest that the members of the church are free from sin but Christ’s church is holy because it is Christ’s church as stated in Matt. 16:18, “upon this rock I will build my Church.” Which means the Church is holy because God is Holy, and the Church comes together to share God’s…

On the other hand, according to Genesis, the first book of the written Holy Scripture, God created all of what exists, including men and women, all animals plans etcetera. The creations as a whole, and the natural things, are a work of God; this is to show that God is an infinite God in power and wisdom and has designed and…

The process of sermon formation takes on a different character for each preacher, a character as unique as the preacher themselves. The best approaches to preaching put the text first and allow the Holy Spirit through the text determine the best way to preach a particular passage. My personal approach to sermon formation has evolved over time as I have grown in my Christian walk, as my knowledge of the Bible and as I gain more experience as a preacher. My approach has especially evolved after…

We have here, recorded by Luke, the death of Stephen. The first Christian martyr. Stephen was one of the first seven men chosen to be deacons by the early church. God accomplished a lot through Stephen in a very short period of time. Even though Stephen was a man of great spiritual power he also suffered greatly because of his relationship with Jesus. To put it plain and simple the Jews did not like Stephen. Stephen was running around testifying of Jesus and performing miracles in the name of…

deeds, not by their thoughts, since no one without divine assistance (the Holy Spirit) can read the mind of another person. Our deeds reflect matters of the heart – if we desire to boast amongst our friends and neighbors about the bells and whistles of our newest purchase, it is likely that our heart is oriented towards the things of the flesh and not the fruit of the spirit. Let’s not forget that the fruit of the Spirit was described in direct contrast with worldly fruit. Paul makes it very…

views was correct or was well-based. The councils with the major Christological perspectives were the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Chalcedon. Each of these councils had a different view of Christ and how He is part of the Trinity with the Holy Spirit and the Father. The councils came to different conclusions as to why they thought their Christological perspective was correct. The decisions of the councils also effected the Church as a whole, in various ways. The controversy…

keep his commandments unless we make Christ the object of our faith? Once we do this then the Holy Spirit will help us do what we need to do in keeping His commandments. Jesus said in John 14: 16 “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that He may abide with you forever. (Comforter meaning “Parakletos” which means “one called to the side of another to help”) The Holy Spirit lives in the hearts of believers forever and will help us, and guide us as long as were…