Quote:
Originally Posted by aron
My only advice is to constantly seek exposures that take you out of your comfort zones. Especially readings. Find material that challenges everything you think you know. Beleive me, God is strong and can take it. This will make you a blessing to your companions. Even in the past 3 weeks I've seen stuff that challenges everything. I mean, think about it: I was a Baptist, then a LC'er, then a post- LC'er. What a limited view! The light is growing so intense that I'm going blind - I can see nothing but Jesus Christ, and Him risen from the dead.
|
Yes and amen! It's so awesome to have the Lord open our eyes. I do don't even know about the power of the Holy Spirit. He is a real person, who lives in us and enables us to overcome! We can have a relationship with Him because He is a real person, not some weird mystical entity.
In just the past few years I have begun to learning about the following things, which have started revolutionize my walk with God:
* The Holy Spirit is a real person with Him we can have a relationship.
* The baptism of the Holy Spirit.
* Spiritual gifts ( 1 Corinthians 12) are real and for the Body NOW!
* Healings and miracles really do happen still.
* We have our own prayer language (tongues).
And all of these things are nothing without love. God is love!
I tell people that growing up in the LC, I was a cessationist without knowing it. The spiritual gifts were either not talked about or simply rationalized away.
True repentance was not a topic that I ever heard discussed in a meeting.
The fact that baptism is more than just a symbol, it is an actual putting to death of my old life and my putting on the resurrected, death and sin defeating life of Christ was never clearly explained to me from what I recall.
And the list goes on from there. In a way, my Christian life has just begun. I am excited.