Holy Spirit

a Christian isn’t just a small part of my life, it is my life and from it everything else follows. A person is not “of Christ” unless the Spirit of God is in him or her (Romans 8:9). This Spirit is imparted by the laying on of hands by an authorized representative of Jesus Christ (Acts 8:17-18). Through repentance, baptism and the receiving of God’s Holy Spirit, a Christian is then able to understand the spiritual truth of God and His Word (1 Corinthians…

his teachings to us. 2. Doing (Will) Faith is not only knowing but also doing our mission which is to follow, love and serve God and our neighbors. The second dimension refers to our actions in what we uphold in our faith and our need for Christ’s spirit in actualizing our faith. It is our commitment to obey what God has in store for us. Also, we must commit ourselves and exemplify the value of justice, love and stewardship because this is our calling from God and it is the application of our…

Pitts 2012). Historically, these distinguishing factors have proved salient for Pentecostal women who desired to preach. For women utilized the religion’s mystical aspects, such as prophetic dreams and glossolalia – both considered accesses to the Holy Spirit – as proof that they have been “called” to preach (Alexander and Young 2009, Collier-Thomas 1997, Stephenson 2011). Thus, in Pentecostalism women claimed their own personal legitimate means to religious authority via the individualized…

Life has stress and stressors. It’s a fact of life, but it’s more important to know and to understand that stress isn’t inherently bad. Jesus said, “In this world ye shall have tribulation.” The word tribulation comes from the Greek word thlipsis which means “a pressing, pressure”. HELPS Word-studies goes further into defining thlipsis as ‘properly, pressure (what constricts or rubs together), used of a narrow place that "hems someone in"; tribulation, especially internal pressure that causes…

without the Law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, and I died” (CEB). The laws that were intended to secure eternal life encouraged sinful desire in the fallen world creating an opportunity for sin to kill. The laws by themselves are Holy and righteous. But within the fallen world people are drawn to sin and can only be delivered from sin through the salvation of Christ. Roman 8: 1-17, God’s grace and salvation have set us…

fundamentally have the same instructing of him and his child JESUS. Also, they practice prayer. The two share a common origin, monotheism, which was sculpted into a home in Palestine three thousand years ago. In Christianity, it is said that there is a Holy Trinity, whereas Judaism speaks highly that there is one God. Jesus is believed to not have been resurrected on the cross unlike in Christianity where that is affirmed. When it comes down to their views on other religion, Christians strictly…

World views can be a curious matter and will be immensely apparent within one’s life, or markedly obscure, and either scenario creates an opening into another’s mind and spirit. Therefore, a world view can provide an effervescent outlook towards life, or it can set the tone of an ambivalent or negative judgment towards the world in which one inhabits. Throughout my coursework thus far, I have carefully designed not only a universal world view, but also a personal world view that is…

may not reach everyone, the effort is important. The Bible says, “ When we take one step toward God, he takes seven steps toward us” (James 4:8). God will pour His Spirit upon all flesh (Acts 2:17). God will use His people to heal a person such as Unitarian even an Atheist- healing is one of the demonstration of the fruit of the Spirit. The ability to bridge the gap between the cure of the soul and the cure of the body was- and still is- part of their appeal (Cox, 2001). This gift of healing is…

three offices to the Apostles. This is recorded in Matthew 28: 18-20, “… All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciple of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Jesus is commanding those who he gathered to go teach and baptize. The Apostles were the start of the body of the faithful. They,…

on the cross to save us from our sin and brought us new life through his death and resurrection. In my faith I stand as a Catholic, which means I believe in only one God. However, God is three persons, also known as the Holy Trinity, meaning there is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In addition, as a Catholic I believe that Adam and Eve disobeyed God leaving every baby born with original sin. From experience, I have been cleansed of my original sin through a process called Baptism. Baptism was…