Buying gold! An encouraging word from Barry Raeburn, world Evangelist Hi Mike, a few years ago in India, I was traveling by taxi from one speaking engagement to another. The taxi driver was complaining about how poor he was; and to be honest with you in material terms, he really was. I asked him if he was a Christian, he told me he was. To encourage him I said "If you have Jesus in your heart, you are wealthier than you will ever know. If you have Jesus in your heart, you have everything you will ever need!" In Revelation 3:18 Jesus says "I counsel you to buy from me gold, refined in the fire, so you can become rich." Today I want to talk to you about what it means to buy gold from Jesus. I think it's important at the outset to make … [Read more...]
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
How to Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit By Kenneth Copeland Salvation: Foundational TeachingsWhen you receive Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, spiritual death is taken from you and you become a new creature in Christ. And without the Holy Spirit, your new birth wouldn’t be possible. But even after you become a new creation, God’s desire and plan is that you receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Your baptism in the Holy Spirit is received by faith. Jesus said in Luke 11:13, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” When you ask in faith, the Holy Spirit comes to live in you. And when you are filled with the Holy … [Read more...]