Re: Fw: [rescued-by-his-love] The Wind of the Spirit

[Guest guest]

as a nonChristian I feel that this is totally unrelated to the purpose of

this group and I find proselytizing very offensive.

Chuck

[rescued-by-his-love] The Wind of the Spirit

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> Wilkerson Today

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> WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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> THE WIND OF THE SPIRIT

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> Those who were headed for the Upper Room (see Acts 1 and 2) loved Jesus

> dearly.

> They had been taught in the school of Christ. They had performed miracles,

> healed the sick and cast out demons. They were compassionate,

> self-sacrificing,

> and soul-loving, but they were not yet qualified to be his witnesses!

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> They had been nearby when he sweat drops of blood. They had seen him

> hanging on

> the cross and had seen his empty tomb after he had been resurrected. They

> had

> eaten with him and talked with him in his glorified body. They had seen

> Jesus

> clothed in his eternal glory on the mount. They even had seen him ascend

> into

> heaven! Yet, still they were not ready to witness of him!

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> Why couldn't go to those milling crowds in Jerusalem and immediately

> testify to his resurrection? Hadn't he witnessed that event firsthand?

> They

> needed the power of the Holy Spirit.

> made a powerful statement to the chief priests: " And we are his

> witnesses

> of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to

> them that

> obey him " (Acts 5:32). Through the words of the Holy Ghost spoken through

> ,

> the priests " were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them " (Acts

> 5:33).

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> , filled with the Holy Ghost, preached to the religious leaders:

> " Ye

> stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the

> Holy

> Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.... When they heard these things,

> they

> were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth " (Acts

> 7:51,

> 54).

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> When you emerge from seeking God, full of the Holy Ghost, you can stand

> with

> boldness before fellow workers, family-anyone-and your witness will

> provoke

> one of two reactions. They will either cry out, " What must I do to be

> saved? " or

> they will want to kill you. You will speak a word that cuts to the heart.

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> If you look for the miraculous in a church building, you will be

> disappointed.

> Had you visited the Upper Room a few hours after the wind blew in, the

> fire

> fell, and the building was shaken, looking to experience something

> miraculous,

> you would have been disappointed.

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> You see, the wind of the Spirit blew all the people out into the streets,

> into

> the marketplace! You could have asked, " Where is the revival, the

> supernatural

> wind? Can I see some of those tongues of fire? " And you would have been

> directed outside to 120 witnesses on the streets, preaching Jesus in the

> power

> of the Holy Ghost! That's where the revival was-and always is! That's the

> outpouring! The wind, the fire, the Spirit-it's now in God's witnesses!

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