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Tongues Prayer Gift

Tongues… Praying in or the Gift of Part 1

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This is Part 1 in a mini-Series within our Parent series of The Gift of the Holy Spirit.

There is MUCH confusion regarding the topic of Tongues.

This is not without some cause since there are several expressions of it mentioned in scripture.

There is Praying in the Spirit, there is the Gift of Tongues and then there appears to be some special manifestions of tongues as well.

This series within a series is intended to help you sort through all of these and so enjoy the benefit Praying in the Spirit offers without confusion and without misusing this precious and powerful ability available to all believers subsequent to salvation.

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My God, My God

Psalms 21-22

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Dying spiritually – which is to be separated from the Father – was the death Adam and Eve died IN THE DAY they rebelled in the Garden. Their spiritual connection to the Father was severed!

The prophet Isaiah clearly says that the Father laid upon Jesus the iniquity of us all. That it PLEASED the Father to crush Him, when He made Jesus’ very soul an offering for sin. That it was when the Father knew the travail of Jesus’ soul which was poured out unto DEATH that He was satisfied that the price had been paid.

The word “iniquity” in Isaiah 53:6 is the Hebrew word עוֹן (‛āwōn). It is a masculine noun meaning iniquity, guilt AND PUNISHMENT.

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Spirit within upon

The Spirit within… the Spirit upon Part 3

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This lesson finishes up our segment in this series about the Holy Spirit UPON us.

We take a slow look at Jesus’ words in John 14-16 regarding the Spirit within and the Spirit upon and find again the the Spirit upon is for being a living witness or testimony to Jesus WITH the Holy Spirit.

We concluded in 1 John which simply drives the point home.

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Spirit within upon

The Spirit within… the Spirit upon Part 2

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Today we continue learning about the foundation of our relationship with the Holy Spirit. That there is a clear and obvious difference between the reception of the Holy Spirit within the heart of the believer at salvation and the subsequent event of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit which empowers us as witnesses of Jesus and the Kingdom of God.

The scriptures we cover today are Acts 11; 15; 18 & 19.

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Spirit within upon

The Spirit within… the Spirit upon

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The relationship of the believer with the Holy Spirit is vital in every way and it has many expressions but only two divisions. Our relationship is both familial and ministerial.

When we come into God’s family we do so by the Spirit of the Living God coming and taking up His perminent dwelling within us. Like when Jesus breathed on His disciples and told them to recieve the Holy Spirit -the Spirit came within them!

Subsequent to this (50 days later) the Spirit of God fell upon them to empower them as witnesses of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus.

We witnessed this same pattern in the Samaritans in Acts 8 and later in the Gentiles with Cornelious – not to mention in the life of Jesus Himself!

These two relationships are very different! The Spirit within is close, intimate, nurturing, encouraging even mothering. The Spirit upon is more functional and goal oriented in that it directs, commissions, empowers, commands.

Both are intimate, but in very different ways. We will explore more of this as we move forward in this series, but for today we are simply establishing the very existence of the two and separate relationships from scripture to provide a firm foundation to build upon in future teachings.

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