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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

rights of the believer II

I think that the second greatest right of the believer has to be the right to have Holy Spirit live in us. And I also believe that this is the most underutilized right that Christ has given to the believer. John 14:17 "the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." Many believers do not recognize that there is another baptism--the baptism of The Holy Spirit. Acts 15-18 When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Another instance of two separate baptisms is Acts 10:44-48 ⁴⁴ Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message. ⁴⁵ The Jewish believers^{]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too. ⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.

Then Peter asked, ⁴⁷ “Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?” ⁴⁸ So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterward Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days.

One third of the Godhead is given as a right to the believer because Christ guaranteed that if He went away The Comforter would come and be 'IN" us. What a tremendous gift or right that we have because of what Christ did for us. And Jesus said that every sin can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I don't know exactly what that means but I want to show the utmost respect for Holy Spirit. I surely don't want to deny that there is a second baptism.

The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead---is given to me?? How awesome is that!

This is the same Spirit that hovered in Genesis one to create our world lives in me?? TOO MUCH!! Thank You Father! Thank You Lord Jesus!---be blessed---c

Saturday, January 12, 2013

rights of the believer

I think that the Holy Spirit is leading me to write a series about our rights given us as we believe in Christ as The Way, The Truth and The Life.
Eternal life in communion with The Father, Creator of the universe, has to be our greatest right as a believer. John 14 1-3 NLT “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am."

Only because we put our entire hope in Christ' sacrifice can we claim the right to always be with The Father--Forever. Only through Christ are we considered worthy to have a relationship with The Only Father Forever. I believe that this is our greatest right as a believer. Our Pastor asked one wednesday night service what we were most thankful for. My reply was victory over death, hell and the grave, and I believe that this is included in this right of the believer. Only Christ gives us this right. Just as The Father gave Jesus the right to pick His life up after he laid it down, Christ gives us this truly awsome gift. ---be blessed---c