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Holy Spirit Baptism

Holy Spirit Baptism Testimony

December 12, 2009

I received this testimony from someone in an email recently.  I asked them if I could share it here anonymously and they graciously agreed.  Having grown up as a cessationist, God had other plans for them:
I set myself to reading all I could find on the subject, searching the Scriptures, and praying over the matter. [...]

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John Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

February 6, 2009

John Piper shares some interesting perspectives on the fullness of the holy Spirit in a sermon he gave last november. It is intruiging how he endeavours to sidestep the issue of identifying baptism with the Holy Spirit as either conversion or a second blessing. Piper seems keener that we are all open to more [...]

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Is Man Bipartate or Tripartate?

October 2, 2008

One of the interesting controversies of theology is the nature of man. Many assume we are tripartate — body, soul, and spirit. Others argue strongly that Scripture suggests we only have two parts — body and soul/spirit. In today’s quote from Spurgeon, he seems to suggest we have two parts before salvation and three parts [...]

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Pressing In To Know God

September 22, 2008

This quote from Martyn Lloyd-Jones should challenge us in our determination to truly relate to our glorious risen Saviour.
Do you know God? Do you know anything of this familiar trafficking with Him, this communion with Him, which is real? I am not talking about just getting on your knees and saying your prayers. I am [...]

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TOAM08 – Terry Virgo on Philip (Acts 8)

July 11, 2008

This is the final set of notes I will post. But come back over the next week or two for a series of video interviews, and over this weekend for some notes from other talks Driscoll will be giving around London. As mp3s are posted, we will also be adding download links to the individual [...]

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TOAM08 – Terry Virgo on Stephen (Acts 6-7)

July 9, 2008

One of the great joys of this conference is that it is a gathering of friends. I had a lovely tea at the Grand Hotel on the Brighton seafront with my dear friends, Ian and Megan Jukes, Andrew and Cheryl Cottingham, and Tom Eaton. We had a lot of fun, and the connection was re-established. [...]

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TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Luke and Acts

July 8, 2008

Terry introduced Mark by mentioning his currently available books, all of which he highly recommended. You can buy these from the Newfrontiers resources page. It was nice to see my pastor, Tope Koleoso, on the stage praying for Mark just before he began preaching. It was interesting that just a couple of weeks ago Tope [...]

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One Reason We Celebrate Mother’s Day

May 11, 2008

For some reason, in the UK we celebrate Mother’s Day in March. Actually, this morning I was surprised to be able to attend a church in the European city I am visiting at the moment. There they celebrated Mother’s Day, as well as Pentecost. The sermon was like a clear trumpet note for the type [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – How To Seek the Spirit: Surrender to Jesus

March 18, 2008

Yesterday I answered the final question in a series of questions on the Holy Spirit that I have been addressing. My answers to those questions were discussed in the following posts:

What is Baptism in the Holy Spirit?

How Do I Know If I Am Spirit Baptized?

What Are the Results of Spirit Baptism?

What of Those Who Are [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What Will the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Mean To Me?

March 18, 2008

Today we come to the sixth question that my e-mail correspondent asked:
What will all this mean for me—will I have to stop being a conservative reformed believer? If not, what do people like me do differently after we receive the baptism of the Spirit in our churches?In answer to your first question, of course not! [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday – The Spirit and the Word

March 17, 2008

If you have been reading the blog for the last week or so, because of my series on baptism with the Holy Spirit, you might be forgiven for thinking that I was just a raving charismatic. The truth is, I am eager to emphasize the work of the Holy Spirit. But that is not all [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What Do I Do Now?

March 15, 2008

Today we reach the fifth of my correspondent’s questions. It is, in many ways, the most admirable and crucial of all of them.
Having not been baptized by the Spirit, what would you recommend that I do now?
I began to answer this question in some ways in my previous Ask The Blogger post. In essence, the [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What of Those Who Are Not Baptized With the Spirit?

March 13, 2008

Today we reach the fourth in a series of questions asked by a reader:
What of those who are not baptized by the Spirit? Is it just God’s sovereign choice? Will they just be doomed to life without the full power of the Spirit?
The Bible is clear that the Spirit can be quenched. Sadly, there are [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What Are The Results of Spirit Baptism?

March 11, 2008

Today I move on to the third in a series of questions I have received via e-mail on baptism with the Holy Spirit.
What do you think is the direct result of being baptized by the Spirit, i.e. what is the practical result in, say, the life of a pastor or missionary?
If we look in Acts, [...]

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