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Holy Spirit really moved Sunday in Church any other reports
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[quote:Keep2theCode 20545539:MV8yMTI5NDAxXzM1OTM1NDA1X0YyOTlGMzJF] I believe the Holy Spirit does come upon people in a special way at times; there is precedent for this in the NT. And I am not a cessationist. It's great that you experienced this. But I'd just like to add a balancing thought if I may. This special "filling" is of course not the norm. Pentecost marked the birth of the church, and a later similar event proved to the Jewish Christians that Gentiles were no longer excluded. But beyond those two occurrences we never see this "tongues of fire" kind of event again in scripture. Every believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit at the moment of faith, "as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance". The normal daily experience of the Christian is this quiet fellowship with the Comforter and Advocate. Thrills are nice; they can lift up the believer and be a sign to the unbeliever: [quote: 1 Corinthians 14:22] Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. [/quote] But we shouldn't rely upon thrills and signs alone. Speaking, persuading, even "vigorously defending" are equally effective for both reaching the unbeliever and building up the believer. In fact, as "witnesses" we are called to testify, which means to give an account with reason and rationality. So I'd just like to say that lack of such thrilling events is not why the church is dead; it's lack of salvation itself, lack of grasp of the gospel, lack of lives transformed by faith in He who rose from the dead. Above all, it's lack of relationship with God through that faith. [/quote]
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Sunday at our Church the Holy Spirit gave us a taste of what Pentecost was like, Pastor let it go the whole Church went up front 2 hours of Praise, Pastor did not even give a message , it was phenomenal
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