Monday, June 25, 2012

Reason #15: I'm Pentecostal



Not only is the Church of England a Liberal church: a tolerant church, a reasonable church; it is also a Catholic church: a traditional church, a church with history and heritage; and more, it is an Evangelical church, a Biblical church, a Reformed church.

But if the church is to be the "pillar of truth" that the New Testament says it should be, it must be more than that--it must be Pentecostal.

And by Pentecostal I mean believing that the Holy Spirit that we Christians claim to believe in is the same Spirit who filled the apostles on the day of Pentecost.

And we read in the book of Acts, that on the day of Pentecost that the disciples were praying together because Jesus had told them to wait until they were baptized in the Spirit before they went out to share the gospel, and 'when the day of Pentecost had fully come', the people began to praise God in tongues they had not previously known. And the disciples were filled with boldness to declare the gospel not in word only, but in the demonstration of God's power.

And if we are to see revival in England we need to pray that the gospel would not only be proclaimed by our words, but demonstrated by the manifest power of God, so that -- like the lame man healed in the name of Jesus -- our paralysed nation can go forth 'walking and leaping and praising God' (Acts 3:8)!


Go in peace, to love and serve the Lord!

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