It is interesting to note that the Roman Catholic Church, which is most probably the oldest Christian denomination in existence, has a...

Someone will say but Paul said that tongues will cease. That is correct, tongues will cease, because when the perfect comes i.e. our...

1 Corinthians 14:21-22 “In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and yet, for all...

Romans 4:3-11 “For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness." … (11) And he...

Acts 2:33 “Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He...

Ephesians 1:13-14 “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having...

Acts 19:1-7 “And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And...

If you read Peter’s sermon, you will see that he had proclaimed to them all that they needed to hear in order to be saved, and so while...

Acts 10:44-48 “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. (45) And those of...

Acts 9:10-18 “Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, "Ananias." And he said,...

Sorcerers charged money for their services, and as a businessman who was used to dealing with supernatural powers, Simon would not have...

So why did Simon offer money to Peter and John to give him the power to do the same thing they did? Until that time, Simon’s exposure to...

And so, this brings us to the next point, which is the incident involving Simon. The Holy Spirit recorded this incident in scripture, to...

And so, when Peter and John came down to the city of Samaria, they held a meeting specifically for the saints (new converts), so that...

Acts 8:14-24 “Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to...

And so, the key to understanding why some Jews accused them of being drunk is in understanding the effects that the tangible power of God...

This infilling produced the third manifestation which everyone heard, which were the tongues that each one of the saints began to speak...

And so, because the disciples were in the temple at the time, we see that all the Jews in close proximity to the disciples on that day,...

Firstly, we need to correct a common misconception of this account, which is that the saints were gathered together in an upper room in...

Acts 2:1-41 “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (2) And suddenly there came a sound...

Hebrews 6:4-6 “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of...

Acts 1:4-8 “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the...

There is one further aspect to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer that has been born again but has never progressed to any...

John 4:13-14 “Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, (14) but whoever drinks of the water that...