We will go through the door of the baptism in the Holy Spirit to receive the glorious spiritual gifts that God promised to those who believe His Word. I am convinced that if we would be sensitive and responsive to the Holy Spirit, He knows what is coming in the future. And He will show us things to come John An English missionary to Africa was home on leave speaking at a missionary conference when a woman asked him if he kept a diary. He replied that he did. She began to relate to him, "Two years ago I was awakened in the night with a burden to pray.
I got out of bed and was talking in tongues before I got down on my knees. For an hour I prayed in tongues. It seemed as if I were wrestling. I saw you in a grass hut surrounded by natives. The Scriptural Scope of Praying in Tongues Help to Pray About the Unknown Pressing Into New Depths of Prayer Hagin's Prayer on Behalf of the Church Kenneth E. Hagin, was one of the greatest men of God of this generation.
I know I'm a little prejudiced, but I'd believe that even if I weren't his son. I certainly know a great number of other people who feel the same way I do. Throughout my life, I listened attentively to Dad, trying to learn as much of his wisdom as I could. I always stood in awe of the revelations he received from God's Word over the years.
In this book, Dad makes the statement that all those revelations came to him as a result of much prayer and studying the Word. I can personally attest to the truth of that statement. I have vivid memories of my dad when I was six and seven years old and he was pastoring his last church before he went out on the field. Many times as I went to bed at night in that small, old parsonage, I'd look over at my dada tall, skinny young man of about 31 years oldas he sat bowed over his desk in the corner, studying the Bible by the light of a little desk lamp.
Sometimes I'd wake up and turn over in the middle of the night, and there that young man would be, still sitting at that desk. Mom would wake me up for school the next morning, and Dad would still be sitting there, with books and open Bibles lying all over the desk or spread out on the floor around him.
Dad would always get up from his desk and sit down at the kitchen table to eat breakfast with my sister Pat and me before we left for school. He preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small, community Baptist church in Roland, Texas.
In , he became an Assemblies of God minister. Van, Texas was the last church he pastored before starting to travel. On November 25, , he married Oretha Rooker. They had two children.
A daughter, Patricia Hagin Harrison, was born 19 months later on March 27, Were they saved? According to Jesus they were. There is a work of the Holy Spirit in the new birth, but that is not called receiving the Holy Ghost—that is called being born-again, receiving Eternal Life. There is an experience following salvation called receiving, or being filled with the Holy Ghost.
When the apostles at Jerusalem heard of the wonderful things God had done through Philip's ministry in Samaria, they sent Peter and John to lay hands on the new converts that they might receive the Holy Ghost. The Bible Way to Receive the Holy Spirit 5 ACTS 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Now some who object to speaking with tongues argue that the Bible doesn't mention the Samaritans spoke with tongues when they received the Holy Ghost. But—it doesn't say they didn't! Students of church history know that the early church fathers agree they did speak with tongues in Samaria. You can't see the Holy Ghost. He is a Spirit and cannot be seen with the physical eye. There had to be some physical sign whereby Simon would know they had received the Holy Ghost —something which would register on Simon's senses.
All evidence indicates the sign manifested was speaking in tongues. Believers Filled in Cornelius' Household About ten years after the day of Pentecost the Word tells us about Peter's going to Cornelius' house to carry the gospel.
The Bible Way to Receive the Holy Spirit 7 Reading the entire account of this we see how an angel appeared to Cornelius and told him to send to Joppa, and to inquire in the house of a certain individual for Simon Peter, "Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
They were Jewish proselytes. A person can't be saved without hearing the gospel. They didn't know about Jesus. So Peter preached to them. They believed while they were standing there and were born again as Peter preached.
Then they received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues before he finished his message. Notice that it was the speaking with tongues which convinced Peter's company that these Gentiles had received the Holy Spirit.
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