Posts Tagged ‘Holy Spirit’
Gideon: A Study in Contrasts
Gideon’s Credentials The Bible and Christian history is a recording of solutions from unlikely places. Gideon is one of such men. He was unlikely, but greatly used by God. “… Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor…and I am the least in my father’s house.” A paraphrase would be,” Lord, you…
Read MoreO What a Saviour(s)!
In my title, I pluralized the word Saviour because He saved us from things other than hell. He is not just a fire escape that shows up at our death and snatches us from the burning. He is our Saviour from Society The Biblical word for society is world. In Galatians 1:4 Paul says, “Who…
Read More“…My Father Worketh Hitherto, and I work.” John 5:17
Jesus had just healed the man who had an infirmity 38 years (John 5:5-9). The Pharisees challenged the authenticity of the miracle because it was done on the sabbath day, which meant to them that God could not have been behind the miracle, for it was His day off (i.e. His day of rest) as…
Read MoreThe Necessity of Being Filled with the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit and the Christian The Holy Spirit in the Christian life is as necessary as the Lord Jesus being received in a life. The Holy Spirit is not an addition or an extra, but a necessity. We say we believe that, but hear so little about Him. I think many times we are…
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