At 02:14 PM 1/15/01 -0800, Duane Wheeler wrote:
>Thank you very much, as the context of my question is
>with the fellowship I have found among non-pentacostal
>Christians.
I have quite a few non-pentecostal Christian friends, too. :-)
...
>*Many times my youth group would "testify" that they whished
>they could have a 1st generation pentecostal experiance simular
>to what you testify to have had, being saved from a sinfull
>life ect...ect.. that it would be "easier" to whitness...
>
>(*The best testimony seemed allways to be the distance and
>vileness of one's past behavior and the depth that one sank
>before being washed in the blood and clensed!)
That is good, but a testimony about growing up in a Christian family with
loving parents is better. We ALL still need God.
>...
>*You see.. I sometimes thought we were "special" or set apart
>*chosen by the Holy Ghost for only a pure vessel could hold
>his infilling... I knew it was real and not to be "messed with"
>and that seemed to seperate me socialy from my schoolmates.
Sure, the Holy Spirit only comes in a pure vessel, but it wasn't YOUR doing
to cleanse it. It was the blood of Jesus Christ, and He'll do that for
ANYONE who will let him. No, Spirit-filled, Full-Gospel Christians aren't
any holier than the "denominational" folks- just more obedient to the full
Gospel and more effective for the Kingdom of God because of the POWER the
Holy Spirit brings us. We really have nothing to brag about but the GRACE
OF GOD.
>*This make any sence?
Yes.
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Outpost 362, Mountain Creek Community Church, Dallas Texas
http://eBible.org/mpj/ Jesus Christ is Lord!
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