Comments on: Pentecost — Presence, Power and Purity

By: Maryellen

Maryellen — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:01:00 +0000

Holiness and Purity – two things I really need to be considering these days as a new ministry opportunity seems to be openning up for us. And there is a lot of meat here for me to digest. When I was a baby Christian and going to a UMC, I was once told that the UMC didn’t believe in the Holy Spirit, which actually meant they didn’t believe in speaking in tongues are being “slain in the Spirit”. There is so much more depth to the third Person of the Trinity. Yes, and He does indeed compell us and enable us to live a life of Holiness. Recently someone tried to insult me by labeling me a holiness, arminian…as if Holiness were a bad thing…

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:08:00 +0000

the word “holiness” seems to be an endangered species in sermons from my short experience. I hear it in songs, but sermons…..well, not so much.

By: KJKEB

KJKEB — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:16:00 +0000

Not to say that a former General Superintendent missed a key point…

But I kept waiting for him to acknowledge that it is the “Power” of the Holy Spirit that enables us to live the life of holiness.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:05:00 +0000

I couldn't agree with this more. We are to be holy as He is holy and He would not ask us to do something that He Himself is not willing to do through us!

I think the part about the acts scripture that jumps out at me is that they were together in one place. They were not only "just" together, but they were together for one reason.....Jesus. They didn't get together for causes that would lift themselves higher, they were together for Our Savior and of one accord in mind, body and spirit.

That makes me wonder how much "Power, Presence and Purity" we as a body may be missing, because we don't get together in one place of one accord, for Him who provides the Power, Presence and Purity to us.

Blessngs
Scott