I repented and believed at 2:30pm on 8 June 1981. That is the point at which I began the biblical process of becoming a Christian. At that moment, though I had not yet been baptised in water, I believe I was justified (made righteous in …
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What are tongues? Why does God give such a strange gift?
When people received the Holy Spirit in the New Testament it would appear that the fact that it had happened was obvious to everyone else. That is because they began to speak in tongues or they prophesied or operated in some other gift. I feel …
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Why did they lay hands on people to receive the Holy Spirit?
In most (but not all) cases in the New Testament, once a new believer had been baptised in water, someone would lay their hands on them immediately and pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. The person praying and laying their hands upon a …
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The role the Holy Spirit plays in the process of sanctification and of becoming a disciple
To receive the Holy Spirit means that He comes to live within you. Then He is not merely alongside you, but inside you. His help is needed to enable you to live the Christian life because it is so difficult. However, the Holy Spirit’s help is also needed in …
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Why do we need to receive the Holy Spirit?
Once we have repented, believed and been baptised in water, we are ready to receive the Holy Spirit. In the Bible, the moment when a new believer receives the Holy Spirit is shown as a very distinct and memorable event. It is presented as an …
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Step four in detail – receive the Holy Spirit
14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, 15who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; …
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The importance of baptism from the Devil’s perspective
It is odd that so much of the Church has got baptism so very wrong? If there were to be errors you would ordinarily expect them to be randomly spread out, so that in some ways we might operate biblically and in other ways not. …
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A summary of where many churches have gone wrong on the subject of baptism in water
In the majority of churches baptism in water is handled in the opposite way from what God intended. Let us examine the various ingredients in turn and compare what the Bible says with what we generally see happening: Biblical Baptism How most churches actually do baptism: Full …
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Is baptism essential?
A person might ask whether baptism in water is an essential part of believing in Jesus Christ in order to become a Christian. Can we be saved (justified) without water baptism? Strictly speaking, we have an example from the Bible of a person who was …
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Baptism is for believers, not for babies
Moreover, if we look at what actually happened in the first century, from the early years of the Church, through to the end of the book of Acts, we can see that baptism was solely for believers who could decide for themselves. It was not …
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