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May God bless you and reveal HIS truth to you through His Holy Spirit in Jesus name.
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May God bless you and reveal HIS truth to you through His Holy Spirit in Jesus name.
What do I have to do to be saved (born again) ? (John 3:3)
To be saved you must turn away from sin, believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and receive Him as LORD and Saviour of your life.
Here is the step-by-step process.
First you must consider your life and then turn away from everything in it that is contrary to what God wants. This turning away from selfishness and toward God is called repentance (Matt. 3:7-10; Act 3:19).
Second, you must acknowledge that Jesus Christ died on the Cross to forgive you of your sin. You take Him as your Saviour to cleanse you from sin - as the substitute who paid the price due for your sin (Romans 5:9,10; Titus 2:14).
Third, you must ask Him to be LORD of your life, acknowledging openly and verbally that Jesus Is not only your Saviour but your LORD (1 John 2:23).
The Bible says that as many as received Him were given the power to become the sons of God (John 1:12). So when you open your heart and receive Him, He comes into your heart - your inner person - through His Holy Spirit, and begins to live His life in you. From that point it is your privilege and call to confess what God has done (Romans 10:9).
To be saved you must turn away from sin, believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and receive Him as LORD and Saviour of your life.
Here is the step-by-step process.
First you must consider your life and then turn away from everything in it that is contrary to what God wants. This turning away from selfishness and toward God is called repentance (Matt. 3:7-10; Act 3:19).
Second, you must acknowledge that Jesus Christ died on the Cross to forgive you of your sin. You take Him as your Saviour to cleanse you from sin - as the substitute who paid the price due for your sin (Romans 5:9,10; Titus 2:14).
Third, you must ask Him to be LORD of your life, acknowledging openly and verbally that Jesus Is not only your Saviour but your LORD (1 John 2:23).
The Bible says that as many as received Him were given the power to become the sons of God (John 1:12). So when you open your heart and receive Him, He comes into your heart - your inner person - through His Holy Spirit, and begins to live His life in you. From that point it is your privilege and call to confess what God has done (Romans 10:9).
How do I receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit? (Acts 2:38,39)
You need to do a number of things in order to receive this blessing. First, you need to be born again (see above). The person who is going to be filled with the Spirit must have the indwelling Spirit and must belong to Jesus (Romans 8:9).
The second thing you have to do is ask. The Bible says, if we ask for the Holy Spirit, that prayer will be answered (Luke 11:8).
The third thing you have to do is surrender. The apostle Paul made this need clear in the Book of Romans when he said "present your bodies a living sacrifice" (Romans 12:1).
Fourth, you must be willing to obey the Spirit. God does not give this power to someone and then say "you can take the part you like and leave the part you do not like". If you want to be immersed in the Holy Spirit, you need to be prepared to obey the Spirit (Acts 5:32).
Fifth, you need to believe. The apostle Paul said "did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" (Gal 3:2). The answer, obviously is faith. You have to believe that if you ask, you will receive.
Finally you have to exercise what God has given you. Having asked, having received, having been willing to obey and having believed, you need to respond in a biblical fashion.
The Bible says those baptised with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost "began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4).
This means they spoke the words that the Spirit gave them. The Holy Spirit gave the words, but the apostles and disciples voluntarily responded. There was action based on faith, not merely passive acceptance of the blessing. That is the way it is with God. God is offering the baptism in the Holy Spirit to people who need only to reach out and take it and then enjoy the blessing.
You need to do a number of things in order to receive this blessing. First, you need to be born again (see above). The person who is going to be filled with the Spirit must have the indwelling Spirit and must belong to Jesus (Romans 8:9).
The second thing you have to do is ask. The Bible says, if we ask for the Holy Spirit, that prayer will be answered (Luke 11:8).
The third thing you have to do is surrender. The apostle Paul made this need clear in the Book of Romans when he said "present your bodies a living sacrifice" (Romans 12:1).
Fourth, you must be willing to obey the Spirit. God does not give this power to someone and then say "you can take the part you like and leave the part you do not like". If you want to be immersed in the Holy Spirit, you need to be prepared to obey the Spirit (Acts 5:32).
Fifth, you need to believe. The apostle Paul said "did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" (Gal 3:2). The answer, obviously is faith. You have to believe that if you ask, you will receive.
Finally you have to exercise what God has given you. Having asked, having received, having been willing to obey and having believed, you need to respond in a biblical fashion.
The Bible says those baptised with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost "began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4).
This means they spoke the words that the Spirit gave them. The Holy Spirit gave the words, but the apostles and disciples voluntarily responded. There was action based on faith, not merely passive acceptance of the blessing. That is the way it is with God. God is offering the baptism in the Holy Spirit to people who need only to reach out and take it and then enjoy the blessing.
