Like gold to Fire, life experiences have left Msimelelo refined for purpose. Burnt almost beyond recognition at the age of six and left paralysed by an almost fatal accident at the age of twenty-six, it is almost hard to believe how Msimelelo is still full of life and courage to reach out into the world to make a difference and carve his mark. Baptised in Fire is an inspirational account of a true-life experience of sheer resilience, courage and a discovery of one's personal power to see the world in a different light when the world sees you to be different. Baptised in Fire is a story of hope-filled adventures on overcoming life-altering encounters to see a way through hardship and despair, to elicit light from the darkest storms of disability. Given no chance to make a choice, all that you choose is all that you are. When you can ask the question 'Why not me', in the face of all adversity, what seems like a stumbling block becomes a steppingstone. Baptised in fire is all that and more.
DIVBaptized by Blazing Fire is the first in a series of volumes that share supernatural testimonies and accounts of divine visitations, demonic manifestations, healings, and being filled with the Holy Spirit./div
For the most part, the church has been silent about Jesus' role as baptiser in the Spirit, though John declared this to be the principal contribution of his Messianic ministry. Through exploration of the relevant scriptures of both Old and New Testaments, David Pawson describes eight essential elements in Spirit baptism.
In The End of Religion, Bruxy Cavey shares that relationship has no room for religion. Believers and seekers alike will discover anew the wondrous promise found in our savior. And Christ’s eternal call to walk in love and freedom will resonate with readers of all ages and denominations.
What are the differences between Lutherans and Calvinists, and do they really matter? In Wittenberg vs. Geneva, Brian Thomas provides a biblical defense of the key doctrines that have divided the Lutheran and Reformed traditions for nearly five centuries. It is especially written to help those who may have an interest in the Lutheran church, but are concerned that her stance on doctrines like predestination or the sacraments may not have biblical support. To get to the heart of the matter, Pastor Thomas focuses solely upon those crucial scriptural texts that have led Lutheran and Reformed scholars down different paths to disparate conclusions as he spars with popular Calvinist theologians from the past and the present.
This treatise was written about 400 A.D. Concerning it Aug. in Retract. Book II. c. xviii., says: I have written seven books on Baptism against the Donatists, who strive to defend themselves by the authority of the most blessed bishop and martyr Cyprian; in which I show that nothing is so effectual for the refutation of the Donatists, and for shutting their mouths directly from upholding their schism against the Catholic Church, as the letters and act of Cyprian. Aeterna Press
Smith Wigglesworth: *Smith - "Repeat in your heart often: "BAPTIZED with the Holy Ghost and FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!" All the unction, and weeping, and travailing comes through the baptism of FIRE, and I say to you and say to myself, purged and cleansed and filled with renewed spiritual power." "God Makes His Ministers a FLAME of FIRE" Heb. 1:7*We must with our whole heart believe that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is meant to make us FLAMEs of FIRE.*John the Baptist said concerning Jesus, "He shall BAPTIZE you with the Holy Ghost, and with FIRE." God's ministers are to be a FLAME of FIRE-a perpetual FLAME, a constant FIRE, a continual burning FLAME, burning and shining lights. God has nothing less for us than to be FLAMEs of FIRE. We must have a living faith in God, a faith that God's great might and power may Burn in us until our whole life is energized by the power of God. *I see people from time to time very slack, cold, and indifferent; but after they get filled with the Holy Spirit, they become ablaze for God. I believe that God's ministers are to be FLAMEs of FIRE; nothing less than FLAMEs; nothing less than mighty instruments with BURNING messages.*I say all these things to you to move you into a living faith in God; for what will it profit me without some of you are turned into FLAMEs of FIRE? What will it profit me if I turn from these meetings and you have only heard my voice and seen me? God would never have John and Peter and James to move up and down the world and leave people where they found them. *God wants to flow through you with measureless power of divine utterance and grace till your whole body is a FLAME of FIRE. God intends each soul in Pentecost to be a live wire. Not a monument, but a movement. *"If you want to increase in the life of God, then you must settle it in your heart that you will not at any time resist the Holy Spirit. The Holy Ghost and FIRE - the FIRE BURNING up everything that would impoverish and destroy you."* I ask every one of you listening to the sound of my voice, will you hear the voice of God and come out? You ask, "What do you mean?" Everyone who is hungry for God knows without exception, there is only one word for Pentecost, and that is FIRE! If you are not on FIRE you are not in the place were God can mightily use you. It is only the FIRE of God that BURNs up the entanglements of the world.*But oh, the BAPTISM in the Holy Ghost! The BAPTISM of FIRE! The BAPTISM of power! The BAPTISM of oneness! The BAPTISM of the association! The BAPTISM of communion! The BAPTISM of the Spirit of life which takes the man shakes him through, builds him up, and makes him know he is a new creature in the Spirit, worshipping God in the Spirit
Winner of the Pneuma Book Award 2018, from The Society for Pentecostal Studies. Pentecostalism is the most rapidly growing branch of Christianity since the 20th century, yet it does not lend itself well to a singular doctrine and there is, therefore, no single comprehensive account of Pentecostal theology worldwide. In this volume, Wolfgang Vondey suggests an account of Pentecostal theology that is genuine to Pentecostals worldwide while allowing for different adaptation and explication among the various Pentecostal groups. He argues that Pentecostal theology is fundamentally concerned with the renewal of the Christian life identified by the transforming work of the Holy Spirit and directed toward the kingdom of God. The book unfolds in two main parts illustrating the full gospel story and theology. Eleven chapters identify the spiritual underpinnings and motivations for Pentecostal theology, formulate a Pentecostal theology of action, translate, apply, and exemplify Pentecostal practices and experiences, and integrate Pentecostal theology in the wider Christian tradition.
