[He] … set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. The Bible, 2 Corinthians 1:22 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you–guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. The Bible, 2 Timothy 1:14
HOLY SPIRIT, BAPTISM OF
The baptism of the Holy Ghost will do for you what a phone booth did for Clark Kent – it will change you into a different human being. Rod Parsley I was baptized with the Holy Spirit when I took Him by simple faith in the Word of God. R.A. Torrey
HOLY SPIRIT
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. The Bible, 1 Corinthians 2:10 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. The Bible, 1 Corinthians 6:19 The Holy Spirit is not … Continue reading “HOLY
SPIRIT”
HOLY COMMUNION
See also: Lord’s Supper In the celebration of this sacrament we receive the renewed assurance of the forgiveness of our sins, and of our fellowship with Christ; unite with one another as members of His Body; and rejoice in the hope of His return in glory. Therefore, we will commune faithfully and thus renew our … Continue reading “HOLY
COMMUNION”
HISTORY AND JESUS CHRIST
All history is incomprehensible without Christ. Ernest Renan
HISTORIANS
It is astonishing that while Graeco-Roman historians have been growing in confidence, the twentieth-century study of the Gospel narratives, starting from no less promising material, has taken so gloomy a turn in the development of form-criticism that the more advanced exponents of it apparently maintain – so far as an amateur can understand the matter … Continue reading “HISTORIANS”
HERETICS
Heretics in holding false opinions regarding God, do injury to the faith itself. Augustine of Hippo If a man blatantly denies the deity of Christ or that Christ has come in the flesh, we are not to even bid him godspeed. Thus, the Scriptures teach that we are to be separated from those who deny … Continue reading “HERETICS”
HELPFULNESS
See also: God’s help Vain is the help of man. The Bible, Psalm 60:11 kjv There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting someone else up. Author unknown The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his … Continue reading “HELPFULNESS”
HEBREWS, THE LETTER TO THE
Chapter eleven of Hebrews is the Westminster Abbey of the Bible Author unknown The great theme of the letter to the Hebrews is the finality of Jesus Christ. John Stott
HEAVENLY MINDED
The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have begun thinking less of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither. W.R. … Continue reading “HEAVENLY
MINDED”