Subject: Holy Spirit operatin our churches today? |
Bible Note: Hello Walter, I can appreciate your passion for the gifts. Yet, even more so that we exalt and magnify the Giver of those gifts, the Lord Jesus Christ! He is preeminent, not the gifts (Col. 1:18)! No one can doubt your sincerity, but what really matters is not what you or I "believe" or what we affirm by our "testimonies". They can be deceiving. Rather, what does the Word of God affirm and teach about it (John 17:17). It is debatable whether the Holy Spirit is "operation today (exactly)in all the ways in which He was in the book of Acts". That is a metter of opinion. I think it far greater to seek the Lord and know Him than boast of miracles! (Phil. 3:10, Gal. 6:12 NASB)! Here's what I know and proclaim: "so that, just as it is written, "LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD." (1 Cor. 1:31 NASB) "Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven." (Ps. 119:89 NASB) "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." (1 Cor. 2:2 NASB) "For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake." (2 Cor. 4:5 NASB) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |