‘The Promise Of The Holy Spirit.’
Acts 2:39.
a) Is for you.
b) Is for your children.
c) Is for generations afar off.
d) Is for all people whom the Lord shall call.
(Through this QT I thank God for The Promise Of The Holy Spirit)
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‘The Temptation Of Jesus In The Wilderness.’
Matthew 4:1-11.
a) Matthew 4:1. Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.
b) Matthew 4:2. After forty days and nights of fasting Jesus was hungry.
c) Matthew 4:3. The Tempter came and said unto Him, If Thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. (Physical temptation)
d) Matthew 4:4. Jesus overcame with the Word of God.
e) Matthew 4:5. The Devil took Jesus to the Holy City, out of the wilderness to the Temple – God’s House.
f) Matthew 4:5. The Devil put Jesus on the pinnacle of the Temple.
g) Matthew 4:6. The Devil tempted Jesus in His Will, the temptation to throw Himself down from the pinnacle of the Temple and survive.
h) Matthew 4:7. Jesus again overcame with the Word of God.
i) Matthew 4:8. The Devil took Jesus to an exceedingly high mountain and showed Him all the Kingdoms of the World and their splendour.
j) Matthew 4:9. This was the cheekiest of all the temptations. The Devil told Jesus that he would give Him all these Kingdoms if Jesus would worship the Devil. This is spiritual temptation. This was a lie because Jesus already owned all the Nations of the World.
k) Matthew 4:10. Jesus then told The Devil to go away and again overcame Him with the Word of God.
l) Matthew 4:11. The Devil left and Angels came and ministered to Jesus.
(This Second one teaches me the importance of The Temptation Of Jesus In The Wilderness for me, because Jesus overcame for me)
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Chris.
We should thank God for the Promise of the Holy Spirit. This Promise is for every True Believer. God does not discriminate against any denomination or favour any either. The Church desperately needs to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that it can achieve the Great Commission that the Lord has for it to do. We should not be shaken or infatuated by some of the manifestations that are being attributed to the Holy Spirit by certain Charismatic groups the Holy Spirit is always orderly and Glorifies Jesus, He is never weird!
