What does it mean to be baptised into the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:13 says, “For by one SPIRIT (the Holy Spirit) are WE all baptised into ONE BODY (the church)…” This described what happens to us when we become children of God. Through a miracle the Holy Spirit we are baptised and grafted or united with the true Christians into the body of Christ. This is […]
The Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus
Jesus …was born of the Spirit Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” …was filled with the Spirit John 3:34 For He […]
Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Wind Acts 2:2-3 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but […]
What the Holy Spirit will do for us
…He will make Jesus real to us – John 14:21,23 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You […]
The Holy Spirit is a PERSON
The Holy Spirit is a personality and not merely an influence or a power.The Holy Spirit is spoken of “HE”. John 16:13,14 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will […]
Receiving the Holy Spirit
On the Day of Pentecost, after the Holy Spirit had been poured out and after Peter had delivered his Spirit-anointed message the people asked, “WHAT SHALL WE DO?” Peter responded by saying four things, namely REPENT, BE BAPTISED, You will RECEIVE the gift of THE HOLY SPIRIT and SAVE YOURSELVES from this crooked generation Years […]
Praise be to God
Praising God should be our lifestyle of choice. We should ‘bless the Lord at all times’! Psalm 34:1 ‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ We should praise and bless the Lord at ALL times. This includes the good times and the bad times. The times of […]
God is a God of compassion
The Bibles calls God the ‘Father of compassion!’ But what is compassion? Definition: Compassion – ‘The sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it!’ This word ‘compassion’ comes from the Greek root word oiktirmos which includes aspects of pity, compassion, favor, grace and mercy and is translated in English as ‘compassion’! This word […]
The God of all comfort, comforts us
Comfort for me is having exactly what I need when I need it! That is comfort. As a small child I would battle with sadness. It happened for no apparent reason. I would just become sad. My mother would be able to identify it when it happened. It was no good if people asked me […]
God wants to use you to comfort others
I love this phrase: ‘who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble!’ As we receive comfort from God, we are in training so that we in turn and be a source of comfort to others. There are things that you have been through that qualify you to […]