This article is about Experiencing Encounters with God and investigates the question: “Is Experience Prerequisite to Belief?” There is more than one answer to that question. The article will discuss these things in three different contexts of experience: Part 1: The not-yet Believer Part 2: The Believer Part 3: How God Chooses to Reveal Himself … Read more
This teaching is a study of Conversion. Part 1 ~ “Called”, addresses what it means to be “called” – who are called, the nature of the call, answering the call. Part 2 ~ “Changed”, looks at the life-changing experiences with Jesus Christ and the extraordinary things He accomplished in the lives of the apostles Peter … Read more
This teaching is a study of Conversion. Part 1 ~ “Called”, addresses what it means to be “called” – who are called, the nature of the call, answering the call. Part 2 ~ “Changed”, looks at the life-changing experiences with Jesus Christ and the extraordinary things He accomplished in the lives of the apostles Peter … Read more
This article is about how we can co-labor with the Spirit of God in drawing people to faith in Christ
The context of this article has to do with regeneration and what it means to be a Christian – that is, one who has the Spirit of Christ, and therefore belongs to Christ. However, the article primarily considers the question, “When Do You Receive the Holy Spirit?” Specifically, it investigates whether believers receive the Holy Spirit when they believe – making receiving synonymous with believing; … Read more
The subject matter of this message concerns the influence of the Holy Spirit on the human soul during the conversion-regeneration process. By this term, “conversion-regeneration process”, I mean specifically the process of coming to “repentance” and “faith” in Christ, which would be followed by regeneration. The process being discussed in this message concerns that work … Read more
For the believer, the subject of faith contains several aspects which could be discussed at length. However, here I am examining the subject of faith and the non-believer. Unless one is purposely preparing for a debate, most people do not spend much time studying something contrary to what they currently believe. We only seek something … Read more
Are there biblically-based affirmations as to the authenticity of one having been regenerated by the Holy Spirit?[1] I’d like to list some indicators from the Bible that I believe point to the reality of having been born of the Spirit because they indicate the presence and ministry of the Holy Spirit in one’s life experience. … Read more
18 “To open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ 19 “For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but continually proclaimed to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and then all … Read more
A study on the meaning of “Repentance”: Essentially a change of perception and understanding followed by a godly sorrow, a change of behavior and lifestyle, and a return to dependence on God.
