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Something vital is missing from today's church. Even in supposedly "Spirit-filled" congregations, believers are being denied access to their greatest source of power - the baptism in the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues.
As one Assembly of God church member confided to our pastor, her own Pentecostal church seemed ashamed of this experience, neither encouraging nor providing opportunities for believers to receive it. What should be celebrated as essential power for Christian living has been relegated to hushed conversations behind closed doors. The modern church has traded spiritual power for political correctness and palatability.
The sermon takes us to Acts 19, where Paul encounters disciples who were already saved but completely unaware the Holy Spirit had come in power. Like many Christians today, they were "deficient in understanding" - attending Spirit-filled churches without comprehending the manifestations or power available to them. They knew about the Holy Spirit but didn't know He had come to empower believers.
Most striking is the revelation that Jesus Himself depended on the Holy Spirit throughout His earthly ministry - conceived by the Spirit, led by the Spirit, anointed by the Spirit, crucified and raised by the Spirit's power. If Jesus needed the Holy Ghost, if the apostles needed the Holy Ghost, then today's believers desperately need this baptism too - perhaps now more than ever as darkness increases.
The message concludes with the powerful story of the Azusa Street Revival, sparked when William Seymour, a holiness preacher, brought the message of Holy Spirit baptism to Los Angeles in 1906. Though initially rejected and thrown out of churches, Seymour's faithfulness triggered a movement that spread worldwide and continues today.
If you sense there's something more to your Christianity, you're right. God promises to meet you where you are, transforming you from a complacent, ineffectual believer into a dynamo of spiritual power. Don't settle for just "humming the melody" when God has offered you the full symphony of His gospel. Subscribe to hear more messages that will ignite your spiritual walk and equip you with power for these challenging times.
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Something vital is missing from today's church. Even in supposedly "Spirit-filled" congregations, believers are being denied access to their greatest source of power - the baptism in the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues.
As one Assembly of God church member confided to our pastor, her own Pentecostal church seemed ashamed of this experience, neither encouraging nor providing opportunities for believers to receive it. What should be celebrated as essential power for Christian living has been relegated to hushed conversations behind closed doors. The modern church has traded spiritual power for political correctness and palatability.
The sermon takes us to Acts 19, where Paul encounters disciples who were already saved but completely unaware the Holy Spirit had come in power. Like many Christians today, they were "deficient in understanding" - attending Spirit-filled churches without comprehending the manifestations or power available to them. They knew about the Holy Spirit but didn't know He had come to empower believers.
Most striking is the revelation that Jesus Himself depended on the Holy Spirit throughout His earthly ministry - conceived by the Spirit, led by the Spirit, anointed by the Spirit, crucified and raised by the Spirit's power. If Jesus needed the Holy Ghost, if the apostles needed the Holy Ghost, then today's believers desperately need this baptism too - perhaps now more than ever as darkness increases.
The message concludes with the powerful story of the Azusa Street Revival, sparked when William Seymour, a holiness preacher, brought the message of Holy Spirit baptism to Los Angeles in 1906. Though initially rejected and thrown out of churches, Seymour's faithfulness triggered a movement that spread worldwide and continues today.
If you sense there's something more to your Christianity, you're right. God promises to meet you where you are, transforming you from a complacent, ineffectual believer into a dynamo of spiritual power. Don't settle for just "humming the melody" when God has offered you the full symphony of His gospel. Subscribe to hear more messages that will ignite your spiritual walk and equip you with power for these challenging times.