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Holy Spirit Baptism

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday – On Sealing With the Spirit

March 10, 2008

I have frequently quoted from the Doctor on sealing with the Spirit as I think he is very helpful in understanding the whole concept of Spirit baptism. He explains the functions of a seal, none of which can be adequately performed if the seal is something we don’t know we have! More from the Doctor [...]

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Holy Spirit Baptism – Subsequence Defended

March 9, 2008

Jesse Phillips has kindly given me permission to share here an article he wrote on what he calls subsequence. This is the notion, as I prefer to describe it, that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is distinct to conversion. I prefer to describe this as distinct for the simple reason that the receiving of [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – How Do I Know if I am Spirit Baptized?

March 8, 2008

On Thursday we began a series looking at several questions asked by an e-mail correspondent of mine. Today I will address his second question: Does baptism by the Holy Spirit have to be accompanied by tongues? Does it have to be by the laying on of hands? How do you know that you have been [...]

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Learn How to be a Reformed Charismatic Leader – Newfrontiers USA Audio

March 8, 2008

In one of those God-incidences, just as I am exploring the Holy Spirit more deeply here on the blog, Newfrontiers USA have redesigned their website and made the audio of the Newfrontiers USA Church Leadership Conference available even before it has finished. There are also a number of older messages there which include a whole [...]

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PIPER FRIDAY – John Piper on the Baptism With the Holy Spirit

March 7, 2008

Last Friday I shared a quote from John Piper on the baptism with the Holy Spirit. In it he quoted an illustration that Martyn Lloyd-Jones used. Today, partly because I am working through a series of questions a reader has posed, I thought I would share another quote from Dr. Piper which might surprise some [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What is Baptism in the Holy Spirit?

March 6, 2008

Today I’m launching a new feature which I’m going to call “Ask a Blogger.” One day most weeks I will be posting one or more questions I have been asked. These questions can literally be about anything. To submit a question e-mail me at [email protected] I will then endeavor to answer the questioner, although my [...]

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John Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

February 29, 2008

This week Terry Virgo shared a couple of interesting anecdotes about Piper, Lloyd-Jones, and the Holy Spirit. This made me think that I should restart “Piper Fridays” here on the blog. So, here is a quote from a Piper sermon that refers to something else the Doctor said about the baptism of the Spirit. Back [...]

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Lloyd-Jones on How to Grieve the Holy Spirit

February 23, 2008

Today I thought I would share a very provocative quote from the good Doctor. I would be very interested in my readers’ thoughts on this passage. If you have a blog, feel free to quote this, link to it, and tell us what you think. If you don’t have one, and have some thoughts you’d [...]

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7th Most Read Post – What is a Reformed Charismatic?

February 2, 2008

No. 7 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on November 26, 2005, and endeavored to explain that curious phenomenon—a charismatic Calvinist or “reformed charismatic.” There was a time when we were considered an oddity and people doubted our existence. Now, at least in England, reformed charismatics are on the ascendancy and [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Experience AND Doctrine

November 27, 2007

The following passage from the Doctor is a bit reminiscent of an old post of mine entitled, “I Want It All!” “. . . the trouble has generally been . . . that people have emphasised either experience or doctrine at the expense of the other . . . This is something that has been [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday – Knowing Jesus Experientially

October 21, 2007

In this quote, taken once again from the Doctor on Ephesians, we see a strong emphasis on experience. The Christian must KNOW God. Oh, how little we emphasize that today! How poor our experience often is. How few people glow when they speak about their relationship with their precious Saviour. How this challenges me personally [...]

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John Piper on John Owen and Assurance of Salvation

September 27, 2007

There are few places where one can go to study church history more rewarding than Dr. John Piper’s biographical talks. He has a way of opening up the life of a great hero of the faith and showing us what we can learn from them. I’m finding myself in John Owen’s Communion with the Triune [...]

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Was John Owen a Charismatic?

September 27, 2007

You may remember a simple definition of the word charismatic I shared from a recent book review which began: “Those who recognize that the gift of the Spirit is to be received . . .” While it is anachronistic to ask if John Owen was a charismatic, it is very interesting indeed that, like John [...]

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SERMON – Chosen By God (Ephesians 1) by Tope Koleoso

September 14, 2007

Last Sunday, my dear friend and leader, Tope preached the following sermon at Jubilee Church, London. This was the begining of a series whereby we intend to preach through the letter. Many people say that Romans and Galatians prompted the Reformation. I think it is true to say that it is the book of Ephesians [...]

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Resurrection Empowered Life – The Deposit Guaranteeing Our Inheritance

June 3, 2007

Two weeks ago we began to look at how Christ’s resurrection has already begun to have an effect on us. Today I would like to highlight the concept of having been sealed by the Spirit, and how this sealing is connected to Jesus’ resurrection. To Paul, the sealing with the Spirit is a foretaste of [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – Are We Pressing On To Know Christ?

May 7, 2007

In today’s MLJ Monday, the Doctor is urging us to not despise the experience God seeks to offer us. I have written a number of similar posts from his writings before, but I thought this one was well worth sharing — if only because it so strikingly challenges us today. “. . . in a [...]

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