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dljrn04 View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 02:25 AM Devotional What the church of God needs as a church we equally need as individual Christians�a deeper experience of the Holy Spirit. Why is it that you are not more settled in the truth? Why are your feet not more firmly upon the Rock? Why are you not more rejoicing in Christ Jesus? Why is his pardoning blood not more noticeably applied to your conscience? Why is the seal of adoption not more deeply impressed upon your heart? Why is "Abba, Father" not more frequently on your lips, and with stronger, sweeter accent? Why are you, perhaps, so yielding in temptation, so wishy-washy in purpose, so feeble in action, so wavering in pursuit, so cowardly in the day of adversity? Why is the glory of Jesus so dimly seen? Why is his preciousness so little felt? Why is his love so imperfectly experienced? Why is there so little close, secret interaction between God and your soul�so little searching of heart, so little confession of sin, so little dealing with the atoning blood? Why does your conscience so much lack tenderness, and your heart so much lack brokenness, and your spirit so much lack contrition? And why do you so seldom resort to the throne of grace? Why do you feel prayer itself to be so much a duty and so little a privilege? And, when you do pray, why is it so hardly marked by the humble brokenness of a penitent sinner, the filial boldness of an adopted child, and the rich anointing of a royal priest? Ah! Let the small measure in which you have received the Holy Spirit's influence supply the answer. "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" Have you received him as a Witness, as a Sealer, as a Teacher, as an Indweller, as a Comforter, as the Spirit of adoption? Or rather, have you not forgotten that your Lord is alive and exalted upon his throne to give you the Holy Spirit�and that more readily than a father is to give good gifts to his child? Have you not forgotten that he is now prepared to throw back the windows of heaven and pour down upon you such a blessing as shall confirm your faith, resolve your doubts, annihilate your fears, arm you for the fight, strengthen you for the trial, give you an unclouded view of your acceptance in the Beloved, and assure you that your "name is written among the living in Jerusalem" (Isa. 4:3)? Then, as you value the light of God's countenance, as you desire to grow in a knowledge of Christ, as you long to be more "steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord" (1 Cor 15:58), oh, seek to enjoy to a larger degree, the presence, the love, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Christ has gone up on high to give to you this invaluable blessing! He says for your encouragement, "Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24). by Octavius Winslow, 1856 Come, O come, thou quick'ning Spirit, God from all eternity! May thy power never fail us; dwell within us constantly. Then shall truth and life and light banish all the gloom of night. Grant our hearts in fullest measure wisdom, counsel, purity, that we ever may be seeking only that which pleaseth thee. Let thy knowledge spread and grow, working error's overthrow. Show us, Lord, the path of blessing; when we trespass on our way, cast, O Lord, our sins behind thee and be with us day by day. Should we stray, O Lord, recall; work repentance when we fall. Holy Spirit, strong and mighty, thou who makest all things new, make thy work within us perfect and the evil foe subdue. Grant us weapons for the strife and with vict'ry crown our life. (Heinrich Held, circa 1664; tr. by Charles W Schaeffer, 1866, alt.) Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 07:01 AM The answer is two fold When one has followed another doctrine there is no faith to be born again. One may be born again but has never received the gift if the Holy Spirit. Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 12:50 PM so stop following that other doctrine and get saved philipjohn Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 02:16 PM Steve by your response you validated by response. Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 02:43 PM :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: good advice Steve :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 7 Sep, 2011 07:22 PM If you where in the light neither one of you would say as you did, but out of the abundance of the heart you speak death. Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 8 Sep, 2011 12:58 PM For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is know about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks? (Rom. 1:18-21, emphasis mine) Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 8 Sep, 2011 08:34 PM I have no problem agreeing with scripture, the issue is calvinism, and those that try and pass it off as the truth Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 9 Sep, 2011 02:29 AM For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is know about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks? (Rom. 1:18-21, emphasis mine) Post Reply
View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 9 Sep, 2011 04:58 AM Yes the lord does say to expose calvinism and it's dead works. Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (Acts 19:2). Posted : 9 Sep, 2011 01:20 PM This is not Calvinism, but you would know nothing about Calvinism or what he taught. Why are you, perhaps, so yielding in temptation, so wishy-washy in purpose, so feeble in action, so wavering in pursuit, so cowardly in the day of adversity? Why is the glory of Jesus so dimly seen? Why is his preciousness so little felt? Why is his love so imperfectly experienced? Why is there so little close, secret interaction between God and your soul�so little searching of heart, so little confession of sin, so little dealing with the atoning blood? Why does your conscience so much lack tenderness, and your heart so much lack brokenness, and your spirit so much lack contrition? And why do you so seldom resort to the throne of grace? Why do you feel prayer itself to be so much a duty and so little a privilege? And, when you do pray, why is it so hardly marked by the humble brokenness of a penitent sinner, the filial boldness of an adopted child, and the rich anointing of a royal priest? Ah! Let the small measure in which you have received the Holy Spirit's influence supply the answer. "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" Have you received him as a Witness, as a Sealer, as a Teacher, as an Indweller, as a Comforter, as the Spirit of adoption? Or rather, have you not forgotten that your Lord is alive and exalted upon his throne to give you the Holy Spirit�and that more readily than a father is to give good gifts to his child? Have you not forgotten that he is now prepared to throw back the windows of heaven and pour down upon you such a blessing as shall confirm your faith, resolve your doubts, annihilate your fears, arm you for the fight, strengthen you for the trial, give you an unclouded view of your acceptance in the Beloved, and assure you that your "name is written among the living in Jerusalem" (Isa. 4:3)? Then, as you value the light of God's countenance, as you desire to grow in a knowledge of Christ, as you long to be more "steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord" (1 Cor 15:58), oh, seek to enjoy to a larger degree, the presence, the love, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Christ has gone up on high to give to you this invaluable blessing! He says for your encouragement, "Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24). Post Reply