I completely agree with all of these teachings. But there is something that has been happening to me lately when I read the word of God that I haven't heard preached so much in my youth. Yes the man that I now call my pastor preaches on this subject often and I never get tired of hearing it. However, growing up under other leadership I did not always hear this message. Maybe they thought that we knew, that the sunday school teacher hit the subject enough, or that I would have learned it in a bible study. Even in the early days of my willingness to do the work of God I would stumble over my unsure choice of words as I would try to describe this subject to an individual that would ask me what I believed.
What is the subject?
It should be an easy explanation for a pentecostal. After all, it is the core of our belief.
Up until a few years ago I could not put two scriptures together to explain that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, that is without the help of a bible study chart. This is embarrassing, but true.
Lately it seems that almost every time I pick up my bible to read I stumble across another set of scriptures that work with scripture that I had read days prior to confirm my core belief...Jesus Christ is the one and only living God!
I have decided to write this post to let everyone know that just as important as it is to pray, repent, and speak in tongues daily, it is also important to not just read the word of God daily, but let His word speak to you daily. Let God reveal himself to you daily. We should be experiencing revelation of his oneness over and over and over again. Just as not praying daily would make us fall into sin so would not letting God reveal himself daily make us begin to question.
Don't just question. Pray and read your bible. Let God speak to you through His word. Let Him reveal himself to you.
For me today, it was reading Luke 24:44-49. Jesus is speaking of scripture being fulfilled. He later states,
“...I send the promise of my Father upon you: but terry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
"From on high" and "the promise of my Father". It is clear that Jesus is speaking of the comforter mention in John 14:16 and the Holy Ghost which is poured out on the day of pentecost in Acts chapter 2.
If we look back at the Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20 we read the words of Jesus as he says,
"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."
The power and promise that Jesus is referring to in Luke 24:44-49 is his very own power and his Spirit which is the Holy Ghost. The very same Holy Ghost that, as we are told in John 3:3-5, must be living within us in order for us to enter the kingdom of God.
Now, If I was a new believer, or maybe not a believer at all, I may need a little more then that. But with what I have studied combined what I have learned from the preaching of my pastor, this is a nice little revelation of my God to me. Thank you Jesus!
