Understanding the bible is a life-long process, one can read the bible their entire life and never clearly understand it. Growing up in the church and my grand parents forcing me to go to Sunday school I never fully understood the point of all the different stories that we read about or why we were reading about them. The biblical language made it equally tough because they read to us from the King James version, which is totally different from the convention English of today. As an adult…
The Sacramental Life Describe how you imagine the Holy Spirit. To start this entire paper off, I am not a Catholic, Christian, Muslim, or Jew. I grew up Christian, and became a Muslim, and was one for about two-and-a-half years. From April 2015 to about May 2016, I had a few stages where I might go off of atheistic or agnostic thoughts and have my spiritual life "complete" there, but for the past couple months, I have figured out that when I have a discussion or to describe myself spiritually,…
had an encounter with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in 2003, Evangelist Raul Silva has devoted his life to honor and glorify God. Next to his wife Nidia Silva, they are both ready and willing to serve the Lord at anytime and anywhere the Holy Spirit may take them. Evangelist Raul Silva strongly believes that we all are here for a very distinctive purpose and no one should miss the opportunities that God planned specifically for them to fulfill. Evangelist Raul and Nidia Silva are currently…
The book of Philippians is about the worship of the Holy Spirit through the savior Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul wrote the book of Philippians while he was imprisoned in jail. Philippians was written in 62 A.D. as Apostle Paul was anxiously expecting to be released from prison. The key people involved in the Book of Philippians was Apostle Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, and Syntyone. The Book of Philippians was written to show appreciation and love to the Philippians and to also thank God for…
conscience. Whereas, special revelation is a personal revelation through history, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, or scripture. The gift of revelation helps Christians receive a sign from God when they are faithful. As well as revelation from God, the Holy Spirit works through inspiration and illumination. The Holy Spirit inspires, fills, and empowers many followers of Christ. Also, the Holy Spirit illuminate’s many things in order to understand the power, meaning, and focus of scripture and life…
Eastern Orthodox theology relies on the experiences, and developments that took place centuries ago in the East. It is more “spirit-sensitive” and saturated with pneumatology. This emphasis does not exclude Christ or the trinity in its theology. The Eastern Orthodox Church believes, in the holy trinity and that all three persons share in the activity of the others. The doctrine of salvation focuses on continuous growth in sanctification resulting in deification, or rather becoming like God.…
attended a ladies Bible study where the baptism of the Holy Spirit was discussed in depth. After a brief discussion with the Bible study teacher after class I prayed with the teacher to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I immediately had words in my mouth that were in a language I didn’t understand. My mind tried to analyze it but the Bible study teacher told me not to be concerned with it. She let me know that it was the Holy Spirit praying through me. My relationship with the Lord…
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…
very focused on works and religiosity do not have as much of a relationship with God. In my own experience growing up in an Anglican school I observed Anglicans version of worship for many years. Being involved in the church I have seen how they worship as a…
Charismatic Communicators There are many charismatic communicators around the world. Many are now dead and left a legacy of being a charismatic communicator and others well they are on their way. The definition of Charismatic is “Spiritually endowed; divinely inspired or having power to command” (The Readers Digest Great Encyclopedia Dictionary622). Another definition of charismatic is “A spiritual gift or talent regarded as divinely granted to a person as a token of grace and favor and…