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RECEIVING THE SPIRIT: Counsel from the Word Gordon Cary In formulating our beliefs on receiving the Spirit, it is important that we rely, not simply on a few “proof texts,” but on the whole tenor and teaching of Scripture — especially Luke, John, Acts, Romans. John 14-16 are all about Jesus’ predict... Read More

‘Leadership is knowing how to get from where we are to where we should be.’ (Steve Chalke) What a huge need there is for people to serve as leaders. If you want evidence of the shortage of potential leaders, look at the painful process through which the United Nations struggled to find a new Secreta... Read More

Let us recall how the three events comprising the Feast of the Passover all blended harmoniously together to form that first great Feast of the Church. There were the Passover, the Unleavened Bread, and the Sheaf of Firstfruits: distinct events, yet blending together to form one Feast--beautiful typ... Read More

(Psa 51:17 NASB) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. The broken spirit is not well known in much of the church today. There is much of self and much of flesh in our "working" for God. Pride, self – righteousness, an ecclesiastical s... Read More

The Feast of Weeks Hag Ha Shavout on 6th of Sivan Also one of the three compulsory feasts. Tradition says David died on 6th Sivan Lev. 23:15-22 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be compl... Read More

(2 Cor 10:3 NASB) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, (2 Cor 10:4 NASB) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. The Sin to Bondage Cycle Today sin permeates the Church. Thousands are chained and ... Read More

Answer to Correspondence—“When did the assembly of God begin, and of whom was it first composed?” The church of God, or more correctly the assembly of God, began when Christ gave the Spirit at Pentecost to His own disciples. These first composed the assembly. “The number of names together were about... Read More

The doctrine of the church stood at the center of Anabaptist thought. The Brethren regarded the church as the final goal of all of God's redemptive acts in history. No other institution will ever displace the church. It is nothing less than the glorious Kingdom of the Messiah prophesied in the Old T... Read More

Ephesians 6 In these end-times, unless Christians are baptized by the Holy Spirit, they will suffer defeat. If every one of us here is baptized by the Holy Spirit, it won't be long before the whole world turns to Christ. All China would turn to Christ. Therefore our subject today is very important. ... Read More

Having been filled with the Holy Spirit, let us go further and see what happens after that. Let me now speak on the work of the Holy Spirit. May the Spirit fill us and work a great work in our hearts. If there is anyone here unclean, with a troubled heart, let him earnestly pray that the Holy Spirit... Read More