Sentences with phrase «holy spirit came»

Under such circumstances, the Holy Spirit came and transformed that small collection of people into the first congregation of the Christian church.

The Holy Spirit came to the first Christians when they were in a receptive mood and were waiting for it.

A spiritual explosion was taking place as the Holy Spirit came in a fresh way.

This is the same time that Holy Spirit came at Pentecost in Acts 2, [4] and as a result, many people believed in Christ for salvation.

Do you remember what happened after the Holy Spirit came?

There is no doubt what Luke meant at Acts 19:6: «The Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.»

The Holy Spirit came upon that small Jerusalem community on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 1 - 39), in order that through them and through others who were to believe in Christ through their word (John 17: 20), the world may be healed and redeemed.

Read the Pastoral Epistles, by the way for all who keep referring to the Old Testament the biggest problem is the Church didn't start until the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came.

After all, the Quakers received their name because they «quaked» as the Holy Spirit came upon them.

It was the fact that the Holy Spirit came into my life and revealed the truth to me just as the Bible said it would be that continues to convince me to this day.

The short story is that the Holy Spirit came into Mary and she became pregnant

On that day, after the Holy Spirit came upon the church, Peter preached a sermon, and several thousand people were added to the church on one day.

The disciples were thrust out to witness to others after the Holy Spirit came on that first Pentecost day.

Accompanied by a troupe of dancers with gongs, drums, and banners, and by Australian aborigines in paint and loincloths, she invoked ancestor spirits and indicated that the best «image of the Holy Spirit comes from the image of Kwan In... [who] is venerated as Goddess of compassion and wisdom in East Asian women's popular religion.»

So they wait and they pray, and on the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes upon them as a roaring, rushing wind, appearing as tongues of fire upon each person.

But this time, rather than Moses coming down from the Mountain with the law, this time, it was the Holy Spirit coming down with grace and power.

This is where dependence upon the Holy Spirit comes in, big time.

«But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you...» This strengthening that he does, however, is not outward strength.

If you ever feel the Holy Spirit come into your life (and I pray that you do) then you too will KNOW that HE is the ONLY truth as well.

Read these words of Jesus in Acts 1:8: «But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.»

Anyway... I have a post on the Holy Spirit coming out tomorrow.

Jesus says in John 16 that when the Holy Spirit comes, He will glorify Christ, and point people to Christ, and draw people to Christ.

A Gentile named Cornelius summons Peter, and after Peter explains the gospel to him and his family, they believe, and the Holy Spirit comes upon them all, just as it did with the Jews and with the Samaritans.

When you become a Christian by believing in Jesus for eternal life, one of the first things that happens to you is the Holy Spirit comes in and lives with in you, and in that moment, He washes you, He cleanses you, He purifies you of all sin, and provides us with the power to have victory over future sin.

The Holy Spirit comes later.

Racheal i do nt believe that christians can commit the blasphemy of the holy spirit because the holy spirit has already taken up residence in our hearts.As christians we can greive the holy spirit but we cant blaspheme him otherwise we wouldnt have accepted Christ.When we ask Christ into our lives we are saved the holy spirit comes into our lives because we gave him permission to.We can sin and fall away from God but he is still there because nothing can separate us from the love of God.On the day we die we are saved why because when we were sinners he saved us it isnt dependent on what we do it is dependent on what Christ has done.Should we continue to sin of course not but we should follow him with all our heart.I think it is important to understand that Christ death has saved us from our sin the holy spirits role is to help us to overcome sin in our lives and to be come christlike.brentnz

What we believe positively about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit comes to us defined by what we negatively do not believe.

Ten days later, while observing the Jewish feast of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes upon the company.

Between the epiclesis and the consecration, the Holy Spirit comes on the altar and the priest, and the power of the Most High comes down.

As we prayed, on my prompting, he chose the picture of the Holy Spirit coming as glitter to make him and his application shine in the eyes of the Home Office.

The Holy Spirit comes first and brings conversion.

I agree with Stan # 63, there is no grey area when the Holy Spirit comes into your heart.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria... the lie that I'll never be...

Not exact matches

The Holy Spirit will come to you, if you accept Jesus as your personal savior, confess and are sorry for your sins, are Baptised, and live your life doing as Jesus tells us to.

In John, Jesus tells of the coming Holy Spirit: «And I will ask the Father, & he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth.

Whatever fruits come out of that Faith are the work and choosing of the Holy Spirit and not of ourselves!

Professor Chung — Korean Presbyterian, graduate of Claremont and Union Seminary, author of Christianity through Asian Eyes — suggested this theological development as part of her keynote address on the theme of the Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches at Canberra, Australia, «Come Holy Spirit, Renew the Whole Creation.»

Many of those Holy Spirit promptings will come in quite, still moments, as you, Karen, so wonderfully phrased... listening to the wind in the trees, the waves curling on the beach, feet crunching in the sand, the evening sunset... «Be still and know that I am God...» Psalm 46:10.

Rather, the Kingdom of God is about the demonstrative supernatural exploits of God; sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, the crippled and paralyzing walking again... but most of all, the acknowledgement of sin in man's heart that can only be evoked through the conviction that comes through the Holy Spirit himself.

It's not about a law or legalism... If you are truly Born of God obedience is just the natural outcome of love, not trying... If you find yourself trying to not cuss, well, that's works and legalism... but if you walk by the Spirit where the topic just never really comes up because it's not in God's, Jesus» or the Holy Spirit's vocabulary.

All who were in the Bible spoke in and by the Holy Spirit in boldness when it came time for them to minister the Word, even as it is with me, also to bring forth my testimony as a witness: I can not fellowship with unbeliever's because all they do is cause division, and Christ is not divided: Therefore; remain as you are: This is the third time I have come to you, and you rejected me for the Word of God: Many did not even know that Jesus spoke the Word of God through Holy Spirit, so how is it that you are to know unless it be given to you to know: My God is Just and He is right, He knows the hearts of man are wicked and have turned from Him: Thank - you all, there are some that did get it: Thank - you Father in Jesus name Alexandria:

You hit the nail squarely on the head for indeed so, biblical truths are «written on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ's Indwelt Spirit Who is ever faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things to come» (John 16:13) but the problem is (as is woefully evident with this Article \ s Author), too many people (believers) choose to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product is a darkened understanding (such as is evidenced by the Article's Author --RRB-.

35 The angel answered, «The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

The Book of Acts opens with two events of great salvation - historical importance: the going up of Jesus from earth into heaven (the Ascension), and the coming down of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples (Pentecost).

but the Holy Spirit only came to men at pentecost when he came to indwell believers.

... Therefore, if total depravity is Biblically true, then faith and consequent salvation come only when the Holy Spirit goes to work through regeneration.

The «relationship» with Christ came through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus promised the Father would send.

Yet at Pentecost the Holy Spirit had come to the disciples, and so the band of the disciples had become the new tenement of His glory.

As an adult at a Christian university working on a religious studies degree, I was unsettled with both sides, not realizing there was alternative until coming across Free Grace Theology and discussed my concerns with Dr. Radmacher — who said it was the Holy Spirit who caused me to be unsettled.

May be the scripture refers to a person (not saved) who is cleared of demons but does not invite the Holy Spirit to take up residence therefore the demons come back in the (empty house)