Good news for the powerless was the title of my sermon this morning. It was the forth in a series on Galatians. The audio is now up on my Church's website and concludes this series introducing Galatians.Previous sermon notes and audio are also available:Good news when doubts attackGood News When Feeling RejectedGood News - the end of rulesWe have been talking about legalism and grace. The Galatians had sunk back into legalism- something which we must beware of. There is more grace available for … [Read more...]
Good news for the powerless – How the Spirit helps us change : blogging through Galatians
November 20, 2005 By
Has the Holy Spirit rushed on you?
November 18, 2005 By
It is interesting to note an ESV phrase for the activity of the Holy Spirit. He is decribed as rushing on people. I think you would know if someone rushed on you. This all seems rather apt for describing experience I and many of my charismatic friends share. It is also consistant with John Piper's view of the matter. I have previously gathered some thoughts and quotes on receiving the baptism with the Holy Spirit into one place that might be of interest to those following our … [Read more...]
Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit
September 23, 2005 By
Piper back in 1984 said some remarkable things about the Holy Spirit. which I think are of great interest and are surprisingly consistent with the veiws on the Holy Spirit I have quoted and outlined previously. Saying things like this Piper could almost be confused for a member of the charismatic church I attendNow the positive thing I want to say about the moderate Pentecostal teaching (represented by the Bennets) is that it is right to stress the experiential reality of receiving the Spirit. … [Read more...]
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit as a distinct experience and speaking in tongues
September 17, 2005 By
Blogotional disagrees with my thoughts on the Holy Spirit:"Adrain does a wonderful job earlier in his post of defending his assertions scripturally, but here I see no such back up. Save for the the Acts account of Pentecost, I see no evidence of a conscious and separate experience marking receipt of the Holy Spirit. Further I see no evidence that such an event will 'usually' be accompanied with tongues or prophecy."As far as both points, I think a swift perusal of the use of the word Spirit in … [Read more...]
Assorted thoughts on the Baptism with the Holy Spirit
September 16, 2005 By
This post is a gathering into one place of as many thoughts, verses and quotes on the Holy Spirit as I can find from my blog. I have posted much if not all of this before but here it all is together....Just to kick of with, I believe that the HS is given:1. To assure us of salvation2. To empower us to live godly lives since, "PRINT ON A PAGE CAN NEVER MAKE US HOLY ON ITS OWN."3. To make us more evangelistic (cf the boldness of Acts 2) 4. To give us giftsGal 3:13ff Christ redeemed us from the … [Read more...]
Full assurance of salvation, Holy Spirit Baptism, Heb 6 and 1 John
June 3, 2005 By
This is the kind of blogging I like best- me bouncing off David Wayne. Right now he's posting about the security of our salvation and how that relates to Heb 6. Interesting that like me he went through a quiet spell recently and has now decided to serialise some sermon material (see my "what kind of church changes the world" series)I linked the other day to an introduction to the introduction, one of the many similarities between David and I is that we both like to creep up on you slowly......He … [Read more...]
FINNEY'S experience of Baptism in the Holy Spirit
May 1, 2005 By
This is probably the best description of what I call the Baptism of the Holy Spirit that I can find. For those (charismatic or otherwise!) who claim to have all that the Holy Spirit has to offer, I issue this as a challenge. Have you experienced a life changing effusion of the Holy Spirit of such intensity as the one described below? If like me you still long for more of the Holy Spirit, perhaps that prayer "More Lord!" is one of the most important we can pray. Heres Charles Finney's testimony … [Read more...]
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