Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Holy Spirit
The gift of speaking in tongues is often defined as the ability to speak in heavenly languages - the languages of angels or of the Holy Spirit Himself. Such languages are said to be powerful and carry more weight when it comes to prayer, healing, testimony and spiritual warfare. If this is all true, the believer with this gift is truly on a higher spiritual plain than those without the gift, and the motivation or even the obligation for all of us to receive it is great.
I wrote recently about a class mentality which is present in a large portion of the Christian Church. This way of thinking derives from human pride-not true spirituality. It's within the nature of humanity to want to be better than others, or to want to have more than others, or to look down on others so that you can look bigger and better. This attitude is not of God.
A large number of Christians are dependent on feelings as a measure of their walk with the Lord. If they have warm, fuzzy, tingly feelings, or if they're losing control of their bodies, they think the Holy Spirit must be present. The corollary, then, is that if they're not losing control, and if they don't have those feelings, the Lord is not there. This, dear readers, is not the fulfilment of faith: it's the opposite of faith.
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). So said Jesus Christ. But what does it mean to worship in spirit and in truth? What does it entail?
Will believers really be taken into heaven before any trouble comes upon the world? That was my conviction for twenty-eight years. I was wrong. Welcome to the fifth excerpt from my recent book, "ALL LEFT BEHIND: THE CASE AGAINST THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE". Some believe, based on the words of Paul, that there's coming a day … Continue reading RAPTURE 5: DID PAUL SAY THE CHURCH WILL BE TAKEN INTO HEAVEN WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE THE TRIBULATION?
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