long ago by God. The promised new heart and spirit came to rest upon believers on Pentecost. That Spirit that lives within us is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, patience, and self-control. That Spirit has conquered death, the power of evil and given us a choice once ...
The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets; the same Spirit worked and preached through the apostles; nay, he dwelt in them in fuller measure, for he had been sent down from heaven on the great Day of Pentecost, and it was by his aid that the apostles and evangelists preached. Which ...
Acts 10:1-2; “At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and continually prayed to God.” Peter is now being challenged to act in a manner...
The falling of the Holy Spirit is reminiscent of the events at Pentecost (Acts 2), where the Spirit descended upon the Jewish believers. This parallel signifies the inclusion of Gentiles into the new covenant community, breaking down the barriers between Jews and Gentiles. The Holy Spirit's ...
Paul talks about those people who know about God’s love and have even experienced it, but instead choose wickedness: “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans ...
“In obedience to God, he gave up his spirit-being and was born of Mary as a wholly human being.” The Witnesses teach that Jehovah God (their favorite title for the deity) created a spirit-son, Christ Jesus, who, before becoming man, was also known as Michael the Archangel. This ...
“When I came near your temple, I again departed from the laws of war, and exhorted you to spare your own sanctuary, and to preserve your holy house to yourselves.I allowed you a quiet exit out of it, and security for your preservation; nay, if you had a mind, I gave you leave ...
“Great Awakening”—a “second Pentecost.” What is immediately troubling to us is that some of the church figures who are leading the charge for this coming “revival” are the very same ones who gave us the “holy” laughter “revival” back in the 1990s—a “move of God” that was...
'And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire...