Did you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit by works, or by faith?

[God's Truth]

Your continuing denial of the truth

I can say that to you.

is lamentable given the current Holy Spirit revival that is happening throughout the world right now.

Revival?

All over the world, and especially in non-Christian nations, God is pouring out his Spirit -
people repent and believe the full gospel of salvation and are water baptized confessing their faith in Christ Jesus as their Lord God and Saviour for the remission of their sins,

Do they repent of their sins?

then these same people are also being baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of praying in tongues: then also come the healings and wondrous miracles.
Yes even in Islamic and atheist societies Pentecostal revival is happening big time.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Jesus said that to the Apostles.

 

[Waggles]

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Matthew 11:5

Alan's Attitude to Life Completely Changed

"It was in 1983 that I first heard the gospel faithfully preached. I didn’t believe in God and had no interest in the Bible, believing it to be a book of fairy tales. I was very happy with my life and I didn’t need a thing! Friends told me that their lives had been changed by God and that he could prove himself to me. Although sceptical at first, the more I heard about miracles, healings and the power of God, the more it intrigued me.

I decided to put God to the test and went along to a meeting in the local Revival Fellowship where I heard about God’s plan of salvation. I was baptised by immersion and a few days later I was filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in tongues (a brand new language given to me from God).

At that instant my life changed completely because I knew that God was real and I understood that Jesus had died for me personally to give me a new way of life.
As I went along I could see God at work in people’s lives, blessing, healing and providing for them. What amazed me was that as we started living as Christians – taking our direction from the Bible – the same things started happening in our family."

 

[Waggles]

God Proved Himself to Daniel

My conviction in Jesus Christ started in 1987. Prior to that date I always considered myself a Christian. I attended Sunday school when young.
My belief was shaken though in 1985 during an English class debate at high school. The topic was "God vs Evolution". I was on the side of God and our team was comprehensively beaten.

This was the start of my search for answers. Is there a God? Were we evolved? How did the universe come into being? I poured into books on religion, mysticism, spiritualism and science. I wanted proof. I wanted answers.

One night February 1987 I prayed to God and asked if he could send me two angels to show me a miracle. I made a point that night if I do not get an answer I would be a non-believer.
The next morning two men approached me in the mall and started telling me about their personal experience with God. They told me how they received the Holy Spirit and their lives changed.
I was invited to their church and saw the people were full of joy and conviction in their belief.

I got down on my knees and started praying, "God if you are real prove it to me". Immediately I was speaking another language, a language I do not understand.
I was shown in the bible in the book of Acts chapter 2 how the disciples of Jesus all spoke in "tongues" when they received the Holy Spirit. I knew at that time God is real. That was the start of my conviction and true belief.
I did not hesitate to get baptised by full immersion just as Jesus was baptised.

Since then I have seen numerous miracles in my life. My two sons are miracles babies because we were told my wife would not be able to conceive. They are now 10 and 8 years old.