When I was a new believer; before any commitment to any doctrine, I was in my room and I remember being convicted of my sin to the point where I could no longer justify myself (while reading scripture). It was the first time I was exposed to the Holiness of God and saw myself in comparison. I literally had to submit to God and confess that I am a sinner and I cannot save myself, but to ask for Mercy from God and, if Jesus Wills, a sip of Living Water (which I’ve been asking Jesus for, as God lead me to). In a moment I started feeling a sensation from my belly, and then to speak. I began speaking and then speaking more and with a new tongue. It wasn’t any language I recognised but it was sure and fluent. It became very bold and authoritative. It was a result from what only felt like rivers of water flowing out of my belly. I felt what Was like fresh waters rushing through my body from my belly outward, and out of my mouth came tongues. Was it a different language I don’t know and the people around me didn’t say, but I don’t think it was. I also, simultaneously, could sense a deliverance of something unclean inside of me and around me (my home). Later on I remembered the scriptures, namely *John 7:38* “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” In my time of need, being humbled by the Holiness and Sovereignty of God, I believed Jesus and asked if Him what I needed and desired most. And He Baptised me in my room with the Holy Ghost (2021). I’m sorry to all believers who’ve been hurt by other believers who make the baptism in the Holy Spirit an abusive doctrine, and I pray for healing ❤ for you. But I cannot also deny my Lord and this experience 🙏🏽 I will never forget this day. It was unlike any other and from then on I had no doubts that God is real and working. God bless you ❤
Your "experience" doesn't override scripture. As a new believer we can make many mistakes, believe me I speak from experience. But through following the faithful teaching of biblical pastors, like Pastor Osman and Pastor Hinn, reading your bible every day without fail, Prayer and the most importantly the work of the Holy Spirit, you will learn from these mistakes as you grow in sanctification and understanding. Recommend you start with the book of John. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+1&version=LSB 1st lesson of a new believer, don't ever put your "experiences" as authoritative, they're not. If you are a faithful follower of Jesus the Messiah, you'll repent and I'll see this comment deleted later. If not, I suggest you read this: Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." Otherwise one day you will be one of the many who'll hear this: Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:22-23&version=LSB
Wonderful testimony, I had a similar experience as a new believer being walked through scripture about receiving the Holy Spirits empowerment to live in holiness, I had been praying for months to have the same experience as what I read in the book of acts, one day God sort of sovereignty set it up - I happened to meet with a long time pastor and family friend and somehow the topic came up, he said he would pray either way me right then and there, as he prayed for me I felt a peace come over me and out of my mouth came other tongues. Immediately following I started to be hungry for scripture, and the sins I lived in I had no desire for any longer. Friendships I had that brought me into sin I walked away from, and I had an endless urge to be in church whenever the doors were open or to be wherever Gods people are. I began to have a desire and began to share Jesus and His word with everyone, it’s been fifteen years and it didn’t stop. Of course my hunger for Gods word has grown but I absolutely point to that as being a foundational experience that I cannot deny. I’ve had plenty of supernatural experiences after the fact including tongues, and been around several pastors whom God has sovereignly done miracles where God spoke through them in a known tongue to a bilingual person, while they just thought they were speaking or praying in tongues. There is unquestionably abuses, hence why there is an entire chapter in the Bible devoted to the subject. But cannot throw the baby out with the bath water.
@@aronlilland7638 Thank you for your courage and sharing this. I really appreciate you acknowledging my moment with God. And I acknowledge yours, it's not at all far fetched or non- scriptural. I come from a background of unbelief and skepticism before I was saved. But when this happened to me it was sure as day that it was Jesus. Our other brothers and sisters, like the church member above who responded to me suggesting I had a false experience and that I am a stronger candidate than they to be cast out into outer darkness, unfortunately cannot comprehend it. But I understand that, it's just too bad they judge it and grieve the Holy Spirit and other believers. Thank God that He is our Salvation and Truth and not man. However, reformed doctrine has taught me a lot and encouraged me to be sober and I find it very refreshing. I just can't deny my God or limit him to a doctrine when He Himself came to my room and baptized me. God said if you seek Me you will find Me. You won't seek let alone find this from God if you don't believe or judge unfairly. the way different denominations interpret scripture is very interesting, but at the end of the day I hope all who doubt will at least believe Jesus 'for his works' sake'. God bless you and your family, and your church. In Jesus' Wonderful and Mighty Name. Amen.
@@KootenaiChurch You are correct, my experience did not override scripture. But I believe that scripture was fulfilled in my experience. Those Rivers were certainly not a metaphor. Thank you for the resources; It's interesting, in a Sovereign and ironic way, that you refer me to the Book of John. I tell you what: Hoping that you don't only dish out, but will eat, I ask you to join me - let us both go and read the *Gospel of John* again in the next couple of weeks. Not to prove each other wrong, but to let God reprove us, sharpen us, teach us, and reveal Himself to us both. The conditions are that we must be teachable and trust Him in Faith. And let's pray for God to bless us and our church while we do, and to give us the Pure Gospel and Jesus Christ from reading it. Do you agree to this? Ideally after this, if possible, I'd like you to join me in re-reading *The Book of Acts* . May God bless you brother/sister.
I had a similar experience. I was with a Christian friend sharing the Lord when I felt water bubbling up within me from my belly. As it continued a different words came to me ( not from my head but from inside) and I spoke them. We then prayed together. Later that week I prayed and asked the Lord to show me if this was really him as I didn’t want anything false or if the occult. Later while laying in bed, I had a vision. My eyes were wide open and I saw a sheet coming down from Heaven. I shook my head and said I can’t be seeing this. And I didn’t see it anymore. But it was still there and when it landed on me, my insides just shook and I was bathed in love. Not my physical inside but it was like my spirit. I was in the same dedicated frame of mind as you were. That being said, I stay totally away from all the gift seeking today as it seems to be for glorifying self. I am reformed in faith now but I also know there is a real experience and I believe such speaking in tongues is rare. Because of the massive abuse going on today it’s easy to dismiss it all. But I know what I know from the Lord… and I found the Lord said that out of our belly shall flow rivers of living water. It’s true
41:12 As an Assemblies of God Pastor who is generally conservative, I sincerely appreciate that you gave us distinction from the crazy charismatic practices and groups. Truly, thank you for recognizing the difference. Pentecostals with a seatbelt, and the seatbelt is the Bible. Be blessed and keep calling out the NAR, it's God's work you're doing.
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is Christ, - Ephesians 4:15 (read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+4%3A15)
So glad you've joined us from South Australia! Hope you'll check out the 2023 Equipping Conference: Inside the Prosperity Gospel Movement with Costi Hinn: th-cam.com/play/PL1mHXD8UtiupMdTXCEc96XcYBnoadHynl.html
I agree with you! I’ve been praying for my church. It’s grow with young people like crazy. Our young pastors preach the full council of God. But… they took away the hymns and play rock Christian music from all over. Steven, Furdick songs, hill song songs etc… band is so loud we can’t hear ourselves sing. When we say something about it, we are shut down. The music can keep us away. Sometimes we go late to miss the music. We have been through churches in our town, hard to find one that’s preaching right now.
I (Peter Hammond) understand the challenges you’re facing; for years, my family and I committed to a 1.5-hour drive one way just to attend Kootenai Community Church. I thank God, because eventually we moved, and now we're just 2 minutes away. I'd like to share some wisdom imparted to me by Justin Peters, which has guided me through these challenges. Firstly, unless you hold a leadership role, it’s not your responsibility to rectify the issues within a troubled church. Secondly, and most crucially, the paramount priority is to ensure your family is part of a strong, scripturally sound church. This includes everything from the sermons and the teaching to the music and all other aspects of church life. Heeding the advice of such a faithful brother, I encourage you to spare no effort in finding a church that upholds biblical truths firmly from the pulpit to the music and all it's aspects. More faithful teaching from Justin Peters at: www.youtube.com/@JustinPetersMin
I made a comment further down but I have now listened to this - I like Costi - genuine bloke and speaks very clearly - and he’s funny - loved the last 10 minutes - do I agree with him ? Not really - but few of us do nowadays 😂👍
Costi Hinn serves as the Teaching Pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, AZ. He is currently completing his doctorate at The Master’s Seminary, and the author of several books including, Knowing the Spirit (Zondervan, 2023), More Than a Healer, God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, and Defining Deception. www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
I actually had an experience exactly like Acts chapter 2 with a very loud rushing wind coming over me and through my house, lasted about 90 seconds. This happened 30 years after first being saved. I was not seeking an "experience" or manifestation of any kind. I have always been a cessationist and never charismatic. But I was changed afrerwards and given power to witness, and fesrlessness. No tongues. This HAD to be a baptism of the Holy Spirit.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. - John 14:16-17 (read.lsbible.org/?q=+John+14%3A16-17)
I have a member in my family who is a charismaniac. She visited our church the other day, and when no one was rolling, running, shaking, or speaking in tongues, she said, "Y'all dont worship at your church?" My teenage son told her, "We are still brothers and sisters in Christ." She said, "Maybe step-brothers and step-sisters. These are not my people." How sad! And I'm a continuationist.
As He says also in Hosea, “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” “AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, ‘YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,’ THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.” - Romans 9:25-26 LSB read.lsbible.org/?q=rom+9%3A25-26
Glad you found this edifying. Be sure to check out the 2023 Equipping Conference: Inside the Prosperity Gospel Movement with Pastor Costi Hinn: th-cam.com/video/CTOEaFPcTtM/w-d-xo.html
This is among the best teachings about the power and working of the Holy Spirit which I have ever heard! And you are right! Being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues do not, and never did, necessarily go hand in hand, and Epistle 1 Of Paul To The Corinthians, 12: 1-31 (especially vss 30-31, which imply a negative answer) proves it! But Pentecostals apparently ignore or disregard this! And I have shown that more than once to them!
You should check out Costi Hinn's website: www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn Pastor Hinn serves as the Teaching Pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, AZ. He is currently completing his doctorate at The Master’s Seminary, and the author of several books including, Knowing the Spirit (Zondervan, 2023), More Than a Healer, God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, and Defining Deception.
The Holy Spirit baptism is how the Spirit is recieved. I have never read in the history of the early church( Acts) of a believer recieving the Spirit at one point and being baptized in the Holy Spirit later. There are only three instances to where we read, in Acts, of believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment they recieved. In each case the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues to confirm to those present that they had recieved.
In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2014:21&version=LSB
I don’t believe in speaking in tongues at will, just start speaking. I believe he will come upon you , I have been in situations that it just started , I believe every believer gets filled once they are saved , but the stronger you get the more it will happen. I love church smoker out front part .
In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.- Ephesians 1:13-14 read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+1%3A13-14
You should not elevate your experiences over the truth of God's Word. Encourage you to check out this biblically sound documentary for further clarification: cessationistmovie.com/
The same here and believe me it is scriptural. Somehow cessationist tend to forget for example this: In Acts 18:13-19 we see people, who were saved bcs Philip preached them the gospel, but they haven't recived the power of the HG. It happened once Peter and John prayed and layed hands on them. The HG fell on them and they recieved the gifts of the HG). Once you repent and recieve Christ into your life/heart you are saved, no debate!, but a whole another thing is to recieve the power of the HG and the gifts just as we see above. And yes, salvation and recieving the power of the HG and the spiritual gifts can happen at the same time as it was in Acts chapter 2, also can happen with a time gap, just as it was in the verse above and in my and many other charismatic believers life! I was a very firm cessationist/baptist, but God humbled me. One morning (I was 4yo believer) the Holy Ghost fell on me filled me up (hard to describe, was very powerful) and i started to pray in tongues and since then my serving of the Lord started to be more powerfull. 99% of genuine Bible based charismatics will confirm it to you! Also no cessationist preach on these verses: Eagerly desire the greater gifts…follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy…my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:31; 14:1) And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. (Joel 2:28) These signs will accompany THOSE WHO BELIEVE: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well (Mark 16:17-18) - not just apostles will do these thigs! Also his reasoning in general, that gifts/miracles were given just to the apostles is wrong. Give me one verse....you can't. 😊 New Testament also employs the term apostle(s) to refer to several people aside from the Twelve and Paul. For a few examples, these include Apollos (1 Corinthians 4:6-13), James (Galatians 1:19), Barnabas (Acts 14:14); Titus (2 Corinthians 8:23), and more. Just because some people misused the gifts it doesn't mean they are automatically unbiblical🤷♀️ I don't listen to Benny Hinn or Bill Johnson or Kathrin Krick etc., bcs they have erors in their teachings. And I'm pretty sure that Costi haven't left the charismatic church, but rather his unbiblical uncle, Benny Hinn. I know many people who's only reason of being a cessationist is bad experience with crazy charismatics or fear. But once they go on mission, especially to Asia or Africa and they experience miracles and wonders and they are again back with charismatics! Please, listen also to Sam Storm on cessationists or Michael Brown's debate with Osman!
The conference was excellent and I really enjoyed this teaching. Often times when I discuss the spiritual gifts with a continuationist, they use 1 Corinthians 12:31 as proof that believers should seek after the spiritual gifts. What would be the continuationists’ rebuttel of that?
Recommend reading the entire book rather than quoting a single verse out of context. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%201&version=LSB
So I had this happen to me one time iim a little confused. I’ve been listening to you about 2 weeks . Are you saying my experience was false ?Hope you reply
Your experience is not something that can be validated - that is why we need to rely on the truth of Scripture. And your confusion can be addressed by starting with the Gospel. Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." A great place to learn more is the book of John. read.lsbible.org/?q=john+1
Interesting. There are surprisingly many things I've believed just because someone has said it from the pulpit with confidence. Pastor explains "facts" he heard somewhere else and found them logical and convincing. And after a while I realize those facts are nowhere in the Bible...Pastors just repeat cool sounding stuff what they hear from each other... The Holy Spirit is definitely a question mark for me at the moment. I need to check the facts. I've believed so much nonsense about the third person of God during my years of hopping from church to church. The variety of teaching is surprises me. That's scary. At one point I had to ask myself that what do I want? And I said I want the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit of the Bible. Even though it meant that I had to be ready to let some "cool looking" things go that I had adapted...
The Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63 (read.lsbible.org/?q=John+6%3A63)
In Acts ch.2 the filling of the Holy Spirit is synonymous with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit baptism is to be filled with the Spirit to overflowing. Elsewhere in scripture, being filled with the Holy Spirit and recieving the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit baptism. According to the scripturally backed Law of Repetition, the Word will repeat something said, and/ or an event ,, is repeated three times to: 1) To direct our attention to an important spiritual truth. 2) To set a precedent to where the same circumstance need not be repeated in as much detail as it is in these three instances. There are only three instances in the book of Acts to where we are told of beievers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment that they recieved, Acts ch. 2,10,and ch.19. In each occurence, the first thing that happened the moment the believers recieved the Holy Spirit was that they spoke in tongues.
It is important to not confuse descriptive texts in scripture like you highlight in Acts, with prescriptive instructions or principles for living a Christian life like in Ephesians. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; and being subject to one another in the fear of Christ. read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+5%3A18-21 To your point of repetition, not all the verses involving the Holy Spirit describe or prescribe speaking in tongues by new believers (Acts 2:4, 2:37-47, 10:38). The repetition in all of the verses describes confirmation of authority by the Holy Spirit given to the Apostles (and Jesus in 10:38). Which is the purpose of the gifts.
@@KootenaiChurch Thanks for your comments. In regards to your comments. Speaking in "tongues" as the initial evidence that a believer has recieved the Holy Spirit, in Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19, and the born again believers private prayer language doesn't qualify as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to Pauls' descriptition of the purpose of the spiritual gifts( 1Cor.12:7). According to the time honored Law Of Repetitition these examples need only be repeated three times in order to set the precedent, not everytime in scripture that the Holy Spirit is recieved by the believer/ believers.
@@KootenaiChurch The verses i gave you, Acts ch.2,10, and ch.19, are not descriptive ,but prescriptive and are the keys to the kingdom.of heaven that Jesus gave Peter in Matt.16:9.
3000 were added to the church in Acts 2 but in Acts 8..... Acts 8: 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus 17 Then laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. - Ephesians 1:13 - 14 (read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+1%3A13-14)
@@KootenaiChurch It wasn’t and I left. Oddly enough I’ve started preaching with a different (in every way) UPCI church. I preached on the sufficiency of scripture, using Justin Peters’s and Costi’s material. Hope that was ok 😬
Tell me how old did those who came to Samaria to preach the gospel know that these received the Holy Spirit. We have three cases where we see people coming in believing in the lord and our baptized in the Holy Spirit . How did they know they were baptized in the Holy Spirit without them speaking with tongues? Again Paul was filled the spirit but it doesn't say that he spoke with tongues. Yet later on he talked about speaking in tongues more than you are.
Hi David, appreciate that you have many questions, however your spamming the comments, and they have been removed. I recommend you reach out to him directly at www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
Don't believe for a second that people were baptized with water as a symbol. The demons wouldn't be able to be cast out of them without repentance. That is why and how John prepared the way for the LORD,.
For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’”- read.lsbible.org/?q=Matthew+3%3A3
We are not apostles and do not need those signs, as Paul and the other early church leaders did, however we are to still to Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. And to that point..... Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
Manny tried to discount the baptism of the Holy Spirit or doing ministry with the company signs. Saying that this part of Mark is not in the original so we don't except us. However if you go to first Corinthians chapter 2. Paul has come to Corinth after being in Athens. In Athens Paul tried to preach about Jesus Christ in the resurrection using philosophical and human reasoning to try to win over converts. He even quotes a pagan philosopher Aratus . You will notice that only if you were saved there. Now he comes to Corinth. And he says that he would not come with flowery or eloquent speech of human reasoning but he would preach Jesus Christ and him crucified in the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. Signs and wonders are what he's talking about. Hope that helps
And at that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many. URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:10-11&version=LSB
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012:36-37&version=LSB
And Holy Spirit deliver them from satanic music disguised as CCM. It would be better if God's people would throw out all musical instruments because they can no longer discern.
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise Yah. Praise Yah! - Psalm 150:4-5 read.lsbible.org/?q=Psalms+150%3A4-6
“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ But the son has done justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them. He shall surely live. The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. - read.lsbible.org/?q=Ezekiel+18%3A19-20
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you yourself also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. read.lsbible.org/?q=Proverbs+26%3A4-5
WDYD! I'm shocked you would take that out of context and accuse a faithful pastor of a false gospel. You need to be thoughtful of the Gospel yourself. Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." For more information recommend read.lsbible.org/?q=john+1
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.@@KootenaiChurch This from Christ and No mention of repentance .
Now after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” - Mark 1:14-15
John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Acts 16:31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” John 20:31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. There are more but I think you get the point, nothing about repentance. Is the Bible a contradiction? @@KootenaiChurch
@@WDYD What I don't understand is why you only seem to accept some verses from the Bible, but not others. How do decide which ones you accept and which ones you do not accept? You seem to accept only verses about being saved that don't talk about repentance, but you do not want to mention verses about being saved that do talk about repentance. You are re-writing the Bible by picking and choosing what you want to accept. When you do this you are choosing the verses that line up with the view that you want to have and rejecting all the other verses. However, God is the inspiration for all verses in scripture. By rejecting the verses about repentance you are saying that your perspective is much more important than God's perspective. You are making yourself to be God. Also, there are several English definitions for the word "believe". You need to get a good understanding of what the Biblical view of "believe" means. It does not just mean knowing something is true in your head, but also has a concept of giving yourself to that belief and following in that way. To do that, repentance is necessary. Here are a couple of examples that do talk about repentance: Acts 26: "I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, but continually proclaimed...that they are to repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance." You will see here there is the concept of repenting and turning to God. This is the Biblical concept of what true belief is. It includes both repenting (turning away from) and turning to God. You cannot turn to God if you do not turn away from your own ways. 2 Corinthians 7: "For the sorrow that is according to God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death." Here it shows that Godly sorrow produces repentance and repentance leads to salvation. I very much agree with the verses that you posted, but I also agree with the verses that I posted here. You seem to make a comment about accepting both is a contradiction. I see no contradiction here. All these verses are taken together to make one complete concept. It is not a contradiction to accept both. All of these verses are part of God's Word and need to be accepted as the truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [a]He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:1-3&version=LSB
When I was a new believer; before any commitment to any doctrine, I was in my room and I remember being convicted of my sin to the point where I could no longer justify myself (while reading scripture).
It was the first time I was exposed to the Holiness of God and saw myself in comparison. I literally had to submit to God and confess that I am a sinner and I cannot save myself, but to ask for Mercy from God and, if Jesus Wills, a sip of Living Water (which I’ve been asking Jesus for, as God lead me to). In a moment I started feeling a sensation from my belly, and then to speak.
I began speaking and then speaking more and with a new tongue. It wasn’t any language I recognised but it was sure and fluent. It became very bold and authoritative.
It was a result from what only felt like rivers of water flowing out of my belly. I felt what Was like fresh waters rushing through my body from my belly outward, and out of my mouth came tongues. Was it a different language I don’t know and the people around me didn’t say, but I don’t think it was. I also, simultaneously, could sense a deliverance of something unclean inside of me and around me (my home).
Later on I remembered the scriptures, namely *John 7:38* “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
In my time of need, being humbled by the Holiness and Sovereignty of God, I believed Jesus and asked if Him what I needed and desired most. And He Baptised me in my room with the Holy Ghost (2021).
I’m sorry to all believers who’ve been hurt by other believers who make the baptism in the Holy Spirit an abusive doctrine, and I pray for healing ❤ for you. But I cannot also deny my Lord and this experience 🙏🏽 I will never forget this day. It was unlike any other and from then on I had no doubts that God is real and working. God bless you ❤
Your "experience" doesn't override scripture. As a new believer we can make many mistakes, believe me I speak from experience. But through following the faithful teaching of biblical pastors, like Pastor Osman and Pastor Hinn, reading your bible every day without fail, Prayer and the most importantly the work of the Holy Spirit, you will learn from these mistakes as you grow in sanctification and understanding. Recommend you start with the book of John. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+1&version=LSB
1st lesson of a new believer, don't ever put your "experiences" as authoritative, they're not. If you are a faithful follower of Jesus the Messiah, you'll repent and I'll see this comment deleted later. If not, I suggest you read this:
Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
Otherwise one day you will be one of the many who'll hear this:
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:22-23&version=LSB
Wonderful testimony, I had a similar experience as a new believer being walked through scripture about receiving the Holy Spirits empowerment to live in holiness, I had been praying for months to have the same experience as what I read in the book of acts, one day God sort of sovereignty set it up - I happened to meet with a long time pastor and family friend and somehow the topic came up, he said he would pray either way me right then and there, as he prayed for me I felt a peace come over me and out of my mouth came other tongues. Immediately following I started to be hungry for scripture, and the sins I lived in I had no desire for any longer. Friendships I had that brought me into sin I walked away from, and I had an endless urge to be in church whenever the doors were open or to be wherever Gods people are. I began to have a desire and began to share Jesus and His word with everyone, it’s been fifteen years and it didn’t stop. Of course my hunger for Gods word has grown but I absolutely point to that as being a foundational experience that I cannot deny. I’ve had plenty of supernatural experiences after the fact including tongues, and been around several pastors whom God has sovereignly done miracles where God spoke through them in a known tongue to a bilingual person, while they just thought they were speaking or praying in tongues. There is unquestionably abuses, hence why there is an entire chapter in the Bible devoted to the subject. But cannot throw the baby out with the bath water.
@@aronlilland7638 Thank you for your courage and sharing this. I really appreciate you acknowledging my moment with God. And I acknowledge yours, it's not at all far fetched or non- scriptural. I come from a background of unbelief and skepticism before I was saved. But when this happened to me it was sure as day that it was Jesus.
Our other brothers and sisters, like the church member above who responded to me suggesting I had a false experience and that I am a stronger candidate than they to be cast out into outer darkness, unfortunately cannot comprehend it. But I understand that, it's just too bad they judge it and grieve the Holy Spirit and other believers. Thank God that He is our Salvation and Truth and not man.
However, reformed doctrine has taught me a lot and encouraged me to be sober and I find it very refreshing. I just can't deny my God or limit him to a doctrine when He Himself came to my room and baptized me. God said if you seek Me you will find Me. You won't seek let alone find this from God if you don't believe or judge unfairly. the way different denominations interpret scripture is very interesting, but at the end of the day I hope all who doubt will at least believe Jesus 'for his works' sake'. God bless you and your family, and your church. In Jesus' Wonderful and Mighty Name. Amen.
@@KootenaiChurch You are correct, my experience did not override scripture. But I believe that scripture was fulfilled in my experience. Those Rivers were certainly not a metaphor. Thank you for the resources; It's interesting, in a Sovereign and ironic way, that you refer me to the Book of John.
I tell you what: Hoping that you don't only dish out, but will eat, I ask you to join me - let us both go and read the *Gospel of John* again in the next couple of weeks. Not to prove each other wrong, but to let God reprove us, sharpen us, teach us, and reveal Himself to us both. The conditions are that we must be teachable and trust Him in Faith. And let's pray for God to bless us and our church while we do, and to give us the Pure Gospel and Jesus Christ from reading it.
Do you agree to this?
Ideally after this, if possible, I'd like you to join me in re-reading *The Book of Acts* . May God bless you brother/sister.
I had a similar experience. I was with a Christian friend sharing the Lord when I felt water bubbling up within me from my belly. As it continued a different words came to me ( not from my head but from inside) and I spoke them. We then prayed together. Later that week I prayed and asked the Lord to show me if this was really him as I didn’t want anything false or if the occult. Later while laying in bed, I had a vision. My eyes were wide open and I saw a sheet coming down from Heaven. I shook my head and said I can’t be seeing this. And I didn’t see it anymore. But it was still there and when it landed on me, my insides just shook and I was bathed in love. Not my physical inside but it was like my spirit. I was in the same dedicated frame of mind as you were.
That being said, I stay totally away from all the gift seeking today as it seems to be for glorifying self. I am reformed in faith now but I also know there is a real experience and I believe such speaking in tongues is rare. Because of the massive abuse going on today it’s easy to dismiss it all. But I know what I know from the Lord… and I found the Lord said that out of our belly shall flow rivers of living water. It’s true
41:12 As an Assemblies of God Pastor who is generally conservative, I sincerely appreciate that you gave us distinction from the crazy charismatic practices and groups. Truly, thank you for recognizing the difference. Pentecostals with a seatbelt, and the seatbelt is the Bible. Be blessed and keep calling out the NAR, it's God's work you're doing.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment.
Excellent message, very very helpful. Thank you KCC brothers.
Glad you could join us. You can find out more about Pastor Costi Hinn at: www.forthegospel.org/
amazing teaching...glory to our Almighty, thank you Ps Costi for yourb obedience to th Holy Spirit.
It is an amazing work that God has done rescuing Pastor Costi Hinn from that mess of a ministry, certainly shows how mighty our God is to save!
Thank you so much for this clarity! Love 💕 it. The truth! Keep it up, please. People need to hear this truth!
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is Christ, - Ephesians 4:15 (read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+4%3A15)
Thank you Costi Hinn and Kootenai Church. Blessings from South Australia 🇦🇺.
So glad you've joined us from South Australia! Hope you'll check out the 2023 Equipping Conference: Inside the Prosperity Gospel Movement with Costi Hinn: th-cam.com/play/PL1mHXD8UtiupMdTXCEc96XcYBnoadHynl.html
I agree with you! I’ve been praying for my church. It’s grow with young people like crazy. Our young pastors preach the full council of God. But… they took away the hymns and play rock Christian music from all over. Steven, Furdick songs, hill song songs etc… band is so loud we can’t hear ourselves sing. When we say something about it, we are shut down. The music can keep us away. Sometimes we go late to miss the music. We have been through churches in our town, hard to find one that’s preaching right now.
I (Peter Hammond) understand the challenges you’re facing; for years, my family and I committed to a 1.5-hour drive one way just to attend Kootenai Community Church. I thank God, because eventually we moved, and now we're just 2 minutes away. I'd like to share some wisdom imparted to me by Justin Peters, which has guided me through these challenges. Firstly, unless you hold a leadership role, it’s not your responsibility to rectify the issues within a troubled church. Secondly, and most crucially, the paramount priority is to ensure your family is part of a strong, scripturally sound church. This includes everything from the sermons and the teaching to the music and all other aspects of church life. Heeding the advice of such a faithful brother, I encourage you to spare no effort in finding a church that upholds biblical truths firmly from the pulpit to the music and all it's aspects. More faithful teaching from Justin Peters at: www.youtube.com/@JustinPetersMin
I made a comment further down but I have now listened to this - I like Costi - genuine bloke and speaks very clearly - and he’s funny - loved the last 10 minutes - do I agree with him ? Not really - but few of us do nowadays 😂👍
Costi Hinn serves as the Teaching Pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, AZ. He is currently completing his doctorate at The Master’s Seminary, and the author of several books including, Knowing the Spirit (Zondervan, 2023), More Than a Healer, God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, and Defining Deception.
www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
Thanks brother - I would like to know if he has ever FELT the tangible Spirit of the Lord and his views on it 👍👍
Pastor Costi you are spot on. I am a former pentecostal pastor.From South Africa.
You might like the Testimony of Costi Hinn th-cam.com/video/CTOEaFPcTtM/w-d-xo.html
🎉🙏... also from SA!
I actually had an experience exactly like Acts chapter 2 with a very loud rushing wind coming over me and through my house, lasted about 90 seconds. This happened 30 years after first being saved. I was not seeking an "experience" or manifestation of any kind. I have always been a cessationist and never charismatic. But I was changed afrerwards and given power to witness, and fesrlessness. No tongues. This HAD to be a baptism of the Holy Spirit.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. - John 14:16-17 (read.lsbible.org/?q=+John+14%3A16-17)
Wow!! You are great at teaching the biblical and coming from a charismatic background myself, I get all the digs and puns 😂
Wonderful! Thank you sharing.
I have a member in my family who is a charismaniac. She visited our church the other day, and when no one was rolling, running, shaking, or speaking in tongues, she said, "Y'all dont worship at your church?" My teenage son told her, "We are still brothers and sisters in Christ." She said, "Maybe step-brothers and step-sisters. These are not my people." How sad! And I'm a continuationist.
As He says also in Hosea, “I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘MY PEOPLE,’ AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, ‘BELOVED.’” “AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, ‘YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,’ THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.” - Romans 9:25-26 LSB read.lsbible.org/?q=rom+9%3A25-26
This was just SO.GOOD. Thank you Costi and Kootenai Church. God bless you guys.
Glad you found this edifying. Be sure to check out the 2023 Equipping Conference: Inside the Prosperity Gospel Movement with Pastor Costi Hinn: th-cam.com/video/CTOEaFPcTtM/w-d-xo.html
This is among the best teachings about the power and working of the Holy Spirit which I have ever heard! And you
are right! Being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues do not, and never did, necessarily go hand
in hand, and Epistle 1 Of Paul To The Corinthians, 12: 1-31 (especially vss 30-31, which imply a negative answer)
proves it! But Pentecostals apparently ignore or disregard this! And I have shown that more than once to them!
Thank you for the thoughtful comment. You can learn more about Pastor Hinn and his ministry at: www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
Thank you pastor
You should check out Costi Hinn's website: www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
Pastor Hinn serves as the Teaching Pastor at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, AZ. He is currently completing his doctorate at The Master’s Seminary, and the author of several books including, Knowing the Spirit (Zondervan, 2023), More Than a Healer, God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, and Defining Deception.
Thank you for such a powerful preaching. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 ❤️ 🇺🇸
You are so welcome, very thankful you have joined us from Poland!
The Holy Spirit baptism is how the Spirit is recieved. I have never read in the history of the early church( Acts) of a believer recieving the Spirit at one point and being baptized in the Holy Spirit later.
There are only three instances to where we read, in Acts, of believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment they recieved.
In each case the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues to confirm to those present that they had recieved.
In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2014:21&version=LSB
I don’t believe in speaking in tongues at will, just start speaking. I believe he will come upon you , I have been in situations that it just started , I believe every believer gets filled once they are saved , but the stronger you get the more it will happen. I love church smoker out front part .
In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.- Ephesians 1:13-14 read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+1%3A13-14
Have you guys read Dr Lloyd Jones book “inexpressible Joy”? Highly recommend it for the reformed and non reformed community!
Perhaps you mean: Joy Unspeakable by Martyn Lloyd-Jones - a.co/d/94vyQEX
This is wrong...i was saved age 7 in a baptist church at 23 i sought-after the baptism of the Spirit and received with the evidence of tongues.
You should not elevate your experiences over the truth of God's Word. Encourage you to check out this biblically sound documentary for further clarification: cessationistmovie.com/
@@KootenaiChurch My experience was God's truth. Encourage you to read your Bible
Oooh, saying our experiences are God's truth is really dangerous....think about the ramifications of that
@@kristy9839 The ramifications was that I was filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues
The same here and believe me it is scriptural. Somehow cessationist tend to forget for example this: In Acts 18:13-19 we see people, who were saved bcs Philip preached them the gospel, but they haven't recived the power of the HG. It happened once Peter and John prayed and layed hands on them. The HG fell on them and they recieved the gifts of the HG).
Once you repent and recieve Christ into your life/heart you are saved, no debate!, but a whole another thing is to recieve the power of the HG and the gifts just as we see above.
And yes, salvation and recieving the power of the HG and the spiritual gifts can happen at the same time as it was in Acts chapter 2, also can happen with a time gap, just as it was in the verse above and in my and many other charismatic believers life! I was a very firm cessationist/baptist, but God humbled me. One morning (I was 4yo believer) the Holy Ghost fell on me filled me up (hard to describe, was very powerful) and i started to pray in tongues and since then my serving of the Lord started to be more powerfull.
99% of genuine Bible based charismatics will confirm it to you!
Also no cessationist preach on these verses:
Eagerly desire the greater gifts…follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy…my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:31; 14:1)
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
(Joel 2:28)
These signs will accompany THOSE WHO BELIEVE: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well (Mark 16:17-18) - not just apostles will do these thigs!
Also his reasoning in general, that gifts/miracles were given just to the apostles is wrong. Give me one verse....you can't.
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New Testament also employs the term apostle(s) to refer to several people aside from the Twelve and Paul. For a few examples, these include Apollos (1 Corinthians 4:6-13), James (Galatians 1:19), Barnabas (Acts 14:14); Titus (2 Corinthians 8:23), and more.
Just because some people misused the gifts it doesn't mean they are automatically unbiblical🤷♀️
I don't listen to Benny Hinn or Bill Johnson or Kathrin Krick etc., bcs they have erors in their teachings.
And I'm pretty sure that Costi haven't left the charismatic church, but rather his unbiblical uncle, Benny Hinn. I know many people who's only reason of being a cessationist is bad experience with crazy charismatics or fear. But once they go on mission, especially to Asia or Africa and they experience miracles and wonders and they are again back with charismatics!
Please, listen also to Sam Storm on cessationists or Michael Brown's debate with Osman!
The conference was excellent and I really enjoyed this teaching. Often times when I discuss the spiritual gifts with a continuationist, they use 1 Corinthians 12:31 as proof that believers should seek after the spiritual gifts. What would be the continuationists’ rebuttel of that?
Recommend reading the entire book rather than quoting a single verse out of context.
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%201&version=LSB
So I had this happen to me one time iim a little confused. I’ve been listening to you about 2 weeks . Are you saying my experience was false ?Hope you reply
Your experience is not something that can be validated - that is why we need to rely on the truth of Scripture. And your confusion can be addressed by starting with the Gospel. Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." A great place to learn more is the book of John. read.lsbible.org/?q=john+1
Thank you
Interesting. There are surprisingly many things I've believed just because someone has said it from the pulpit with confidence. Pastor explains "facts" he heard somewhere else and found them logical and convincing. And after a while I realize those facts are nowhere in the Bible...Pastors just repeat cool sounding stuff what they hear from each other... The Holy Spirit is definitely a question mark for me at the moment. I need to check the facts. I've believed so much nonsense about the third person of God during my years of hopping from church to church. The variety of teaching is surprises me. That's scary. At one point I had to ask myself that what do I want? And I said I want the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit of the Bible. Even though it meant that I had to be ready to let some "cool looking" things go that I had adapted...
The Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63 (read.lsbible.org/?q=John+6%3A63)
In Acts ch.2 the filling of the Holy Spirit is synonymous with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit baptism is to be filled with the Spirit to overflowing.
Elsewhere in scripture, being filled with the Holy Spirit and recieving the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit baptism.
According to the scripturally backed Law of Repetition, the Word will repeat something said, and/ or an event ,, is repeated three times to:
1) To direct our attention to an important spiritual truth.
2) To set a precedent to where the same circumstance need not be repeated in as much detail as it is in these three instances.
There are only three instances in the book of Acts to where we are told of beievers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment that they recieved, Acts ch. 2,10,and ch.19.
In each occurence, the first thing that happened the moment the believers recieved the Holy Spirit was that they spoke in tongues.
It is important to not confuse descriptive texts in scripture like you highlight in Acts, with prescriptive instructions or principles for living a Christian life like in Ephesians.
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; and being subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+5%3A18-21
To your point of repetition, not all the verses involving the Holy Spirit describe or prescribe speaking in tongues by new believers (Acts 2:4, 2:37-47, 10:38). The repetition in all of the verses describes confirmation of authority by the Holy Spirit given to the Apostles (and Jesus in 10:38). Which is the purpose of the gifts.
@@KootenaiChurch Thanks for your comments. In regards to your comments. Speaking in "tongues" as the initial evidence that a believer has recieved the Holy Spirit, in Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19, and the born again believers private prayer language doesn't qualify as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to Pauls' descriptition of the purpose of the spiritual gifts( 1Cor.12:7).
According to the time honored Law Of Repetitition these examples need only be repeated three times in order to set the precedent, not everytime in scripture that the Holy Spirit is recieved by the believer/ believers.
@@KootenaiChurch The verses i gave you, Acts ch.2,10, and ch.19, are not descriptive ,but prescriptive and are the keys to the kingdom.of heaven that Jesus gave Peter in Matt.16:9.
What I want to know, is where does the speaking in tongues; etc. practice stem from in an individual, if not God, then from where..?
Recommend you check out the most excellent documentary Cessationist cessationistmovie.com/
3000 were added to the church in Acts 2 but in Acts 8.....
Acts 8: 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus 17 Then laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. - Ephesians 1:13 - 14 (read.lsbible.org/?q=Ephesians+1%3A13-14)
Interesting points on worship. I grew up in a UPCI tradition where you were forced to run around the church or you were carnal
Very sorry as that certainly doesn't sound like a biblically sound Christian Church.
@@KootenaiChurch It wasn’t and I left. Oddly enough I’ve started preaching with a different (in every way) UPCI church. I preached on the sufficiency of scripture, using Justin Peters’s and Costi’s material. Hope that was ok 😬
Where are the videos of the conference that Costi referenced?
The playlist for all 8 sessions are posted here: th-cam.com/play/PL1mHXD8UtiupMdTXCEc96XcYBnoadHynl.html
Tell me how old did those who came to Samaria to preach the gospel know that these received the Holy Spirit. We have three cases where we see people coming in believing in the lord and our baptized in the Holy Spirit . How did they know they were baptized in the Holy Spirit without them speaking with tongues? Again Paul was filled the spirit but it doesn't say that he spoke with tongues. Yet later on he talked about speaking in tongues more than you are.
Hi David, appreciate that you have many questions, however your spamming the comments, and they have been removed. I recommend you reach out to him directly at www.forthegospel.org/costi-hinn
Don't believe for a second that people were baptized with water as a symbol. The demons wouldn't be able to be cast out of them without repentance. That is why and how John prepared the way for the LORD,.
For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’”- read.lsbible.org/?q=Matthew+3%3A3
Can you help me understand Mark 16:15-18 please
We are not apostles and do not need those signs, as Paul and the other early church leaders did, however we are to still to Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. And to that point.....
Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
Manny tried to discount the baptism of the Holy Spirit or doing ministry with the company signs. Saying that this part of Mark is not in the original so we don't except us. However if you go to first Corinthians chapter 2. Paul has come to Corinth after being in Athens. In Athens Paul tried to preach about Jesus Christ in the resurrection using philosophical and human reasoning to try to win over converts. He even quotes a pagan philosopher Aratus . You will notice that only if you were saved there. Now he comes to Corinth. And he says that he would not come with flowery or eloquent speech of human reasoning but he would preach Jesus Christ and him crucified in the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. Signs and wonders are what he's talking about. Hope that helps
@@davidwireback8621 there are now not apostels and profets .The profetes speak tru the bible and the apostelen also.It s not for today
What about infant baptism? Does this pastor agree with it?
Infant baptism is just a bath.
The true
Indeed.
Mathew 24.11
And at that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many.
URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:10-11&version=LSB
Pure make believe.
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
URL: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012:36-37&version=LSB
And Holy Spirit deliver them from satanic music disguised as CCM. It would be better if God's people would throw out all musical instruments because they can no longer discern.
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
Praise Him with resounding cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise Yah.
Praise Yah! - Psalm 150:4-5 read.lsbible.org/?q=Psalms+150%3A4-6
Costi is teaching a lot of error 😞Comes with the last name I guess.
“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ But the son has done justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them. He shall surely live. The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. - read.lsbible.org/?q=Ezekiel+18%3A19-20
@@KootenaiChurch Are you trying to argue with me?
Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you yourself also be like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
read.lsbible.org/?q=Proverbs+26%3A4-5
@@KootenaiChurch That is why I spoke. If you are calling me a fool then PSALM 2. You are a broken vessel.
Costi! I'm shocked that you would teach a false Gospel. Christ did NOT come to save repentant sinners but ALL sinners before they could repent!!!
WDYD! I'm shocked you would take that out of context and accuse a faithful pastor of a false gospel. You need to be thoughtful of the Gospel yourself. Gospel means good news! The bad news is we have all sinned and deserve the wrath to come. But Jesus the Messiah died for our sins, was buried, and then raised on the third day, according to the scriptures. He ascended into heaven and right now is seated at the Father's right hand. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
For more information recommend read.lsbible.org/?q=john+1
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.@@KootenaiChurch
This from Christ and No mention of repentance .
Now after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” - Mark 1:14-15
John 6:47
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
Romans 10:9
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
John 20:31
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
There are more but I think you get the point, nothing about repentance.
Is the Bible a contradiction?
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@@WDYD What I don't understand is why you only seem to accept some verses from the Bible, but not others. How do decide which ones you accept and which ones you do not accept? You seem to accept only verses about being saved that don't talk about repentance, but you do not want to mention verses about being saved that do talk about repentance. You are re-writing the Bible by picking and choosing what you want to accept. When you do this you are choosing the verses that line up with the view that you want to have and rejecting all the other verses. However, God is the inspiration for all verses in scripture. By rejecting the verses about repentance you are saying that your perspective is much more important than God's perspective. You are making yourself to be God.
Also, there are several English definitions for the word "believe". You need to get a good understanding of what the Biblical view of "believe" means. It does not just mean knowing something is true in your head, but also has a concept of giving yourself to that belief and following in that way. To do that, repentance is necessary.
Here are a couple of examples that do talk about repentance:
Acts 26: "I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, but continually proclaimed...that they are to repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance."
You will see here there is the concept of repenting and turning to God. This is the Biblical concept of what true belief is. It includes both repenting (turning away from) and turning to God. You cannot turn to God if you do not turn away from your own ways.
2 Corinthians 7: "For the sorrow that is according to God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death."
Here it shows that Godly sorrow produces repentance and repentance leads to salvation.
I very much agree with the verses that you posted, but I also agree with the verses that I posted here. You seem to make a comment about accepting both is a contradiction. I see no contradiction here. All these verses are taken together to make one complete concept. It is not a contradiction to accept both. All of these verses are part of God's Word and need to be accepted as the truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [a]He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
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