The opening line of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” has captivated the imagination of millions of readers. It also offers a fitting analogy for showing the contrasting parallels between what happened at Babel in Genesis 6 and what happened on the day of Pentecost in Acts …
Pentecost: A Spirit-Empowered Life
Something very unique happened fifty days after the Jewish Passover recorded in Acts 2. That’s when God chose to birth the church (ekklesia), the “Body of Christ,” the first human beings ever “born again of incorruptible seed” – which means it is permanent! What a celebration when Jesus’ mother and his disciples were among the “about 120,” followed that day …
Walking in Power The Manifestations of Holy Spirit
[This is an excerpt from Chapter Eight of our book:The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] Each Christian has God’s gift of holy spirit. Therefore, each Christian has spiritual “power” and should be exercising that power. Remember that Jesus said that when holy spirit came, believers would have power. Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the …
Usages of “Spirit” in the Christian Scriptures
[This is an excerpt from Appendix B of our book: The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] In any given language, many words have at least two meanings, and some have many more than two. The Greek word pneuma, which in the Christian Scriptures is most often translated as “Spirit” or “spirit,” has many meanings. Sometimes …
“To one…to another” An Explanation of 1 Corinthians 12:8–10
[This is an excerpt from Chapter Nine of our book: The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] We studied the nine manifestations of holy spirit in the last chapter, and showed that each Christian can manifest all of them. Nevertheless, 1 Corinthians 12:8–10 seems to say that each Christian is given only one of the manifestations, and this …
The Giver and the Gift
[This is an excerpt from Chapter Two of our book: The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] God is the ultimate Giver. From the time He created man in His own image (Gen. 1:27) until this very day, God has been giving gifts to mankind. James 1:17 tells us: “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming …
Reasons “Holy Spirit” is One of the Names of God or the Gift of God
[This is an excerpt from Appendix D of our book:The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] In every verse of Scripture in which pneuma hagion, holy spirit, is used, it can refer either to (a) one of the names of God, which emphasizes His power in operation, or (b) the gift of God. Therefore, there is …
God’s Gift of Holy Spirit— a “He” or an “It”?
[This is an excerpt from Chapter Four of our book: The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power To Be Like Christ] One of the major reasons why holy spirit has not been recognized by Christians to be a gift from God is that personal and masculine pronouns such as “he” or “whom” have been used with pneuma hagion. If we …
What is Slain in the Spirit?
[This is an excerpt of Appendix E, “Slain in the Spirit” from our book: The Gift of Holy Spirit: The Power to Be Like Christ] The experience called “slain in the Spirit” usually occurs in churches when the minister or speaker has an altar call and puts his hand on the forehead of the person who has come forward for …
