Tag: holy spirit
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Baptism and Receiving the Holy Spirit
(Acts 19:1-6) There are six foundational teachings that underpin the practice of Christianity as taught in the bible. These are found in Hebrews 6:1-2 which says, 1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward…
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Receive the Holy Spirit
(Acts 8:14-25 – Receive the Holy Spirit) One of the most frequent questions I receive by email has to do with receiving the Holy Spirit. The questions usually go along the lines of how do you know if you have the Holy Spirit? Or, how do you receive this gift of God? There is a…
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Signs And Wonders
(Acts 4:23-31) Throughout the New Testament we see that first Jesus and then the disciples worked many signs of healing and other wonders as they preached the gospel and began to spread the words of the truth. Consider some of the things that Jesus did among the people. He healed the sick, fed the multitudes,…
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Promise of Salvation
(Acts 2:36-41) As Peter concluded his oration on Pentecost Day we see the unfolding of the first massive calling to the people and the revelation of salvation. In these few words we find an example of the Great Commission that Jesus told the disciples they were to carry out. This day brought the beginnings of…
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Peter Convicts The Jews
(Acts 2:25-36) Peter stood with the disciples on the Day of Pentecost and with a voice powered by the Holy Spirit he spoke and convicted the people of Jerusalem over the death of Jesus. He showed them in no uncertain terms from the scriptures that they all were familiar with, that they had put to…
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit
(Acts 2:14-21) When John the Baptist was working in his ministry he spoke of Jesus saying that He was the one who would baptise people with the Holy Spirit. John baptised with water, but Jesus came and died so that we could be baptised with the Holy Spirit. After the disciples received the Holy Spirit…
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Speaking in Tongues
(Acts 2:5-13) In this section of scripture where the disciples received the Holy Spirit we see the first outpouring of the gift of speaking in tongues. Here we note the people in Jerusalem rush together at the sound of the disciples who were all speaking in tongues together. Now there were many visitors in Jerusalem…
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Pentecost and Receiving the Holy Spirit
(Acts 2:1-4) Jesus appeared to the disciples for forty days after he had arisen. This was to show them the truth of the resurrection so that they would believe and know that all He had said concerning the ministry was true. And Jesus was preparing them for what was to come for the disciples were…
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You Shall Receive Power
(Acts 1:1-9) The Gospels covered the message of Jesus Christ and bore witness to His work, His death and His resurrection. In the book of Acts we begin to see the work of the Apostles and those who followed Jesus and how the message was taken to the world. This message is still expanding in…
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Not of This World
(John 17:11-20) Jesus makes a clear distinction between His people and the people of this world. He separates Christians from the people of the world in an unusual way. The children of God, according to the words of Jesus, are not of this world as He said in verses 14-16. 14 I have given them…
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Just Ask
(John 16:23-24) Jesus gave the disciples a powerful message in this section of scripture. It is so fundamental to everything we need to do, whether to receive anything, learn anything or understand anything. The simplicity of Jesus’ words here is that we must do one thing if we want to find out or receive all…
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The Spirit of Truth
(John 16:12-15) Jesus speaks in this section about the Spirit of truth who He sends and who will come to the disciples. The Spirit of truth is the same Counselor Jesus speaks of in earlier sections of this chapter and it is the Holy Spirit that He will send as a gift to man after…
