Intimacy: Key to hearing directly from God

Intimacy

Scripture: Luke 8:9-15

The desire of God in fellowshipping with His children includes speaking directly with them – in plain language. This is God’s perfect will. The knowledge of the mysteries of God are to be plainly declared to those who have entered into a personal relationship with Him, while those who reject the call of the gospel will have to make do with glimpses given in allegories and parables which shall not even be explained to them.

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Yohan Perera 19 May 2011 Articles Intimacy 2 Comments

The grace of God – Part 1

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series The grace of God

Grace

I am planning to preach about God’s grace and thought to write this blog post by putting together the material in my collection and thoughts that I am using to construct my message. So that a pool of information will be available to any other preacher who wants to preach on the same subject. Click here to read the rest of, The grace of God – Part 1

Yohan Perera 7 May 2011 Articles Grace, Saving No Comments

What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues? – Part 3 (Final)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues?

Worship

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Not a Sign of the Spirit’s Abiding Presence

Speaking in tongues is the initial sign of receiving the Spirit, but by itself it does not prove the abiding presence of the Spirit. Many more important evidences of the Spirit’s abiding presence exist, such as the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). In particular, love is the ultimate test of true discipleship (John 13:34-35). The true child of God will love God, obey His commandments, walk after the Spirit, and be led by the Spirit (I John 2:3-5; Romans 8:4, 14). In the absence of these characteristics, speaking in tongues does not guarantee that the Spirit dwells in one and controls his life.

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Yohan Perera 16 March 2011 Articles Heavenly tongues 2 Comments

What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues? – Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues?

Comparison of the Accounts in Acts

We have investigated all five cases recorded in Scripture where people received the Holy Ghost. In three cases (Pentecost, Cornelius, Ephesus) those who received the Spirit immediately spoke in tongues. A fourth case (Samaria) does not explicitly describe any particular external manifestation but it clearly requires the presence of a miraculous, immediately identifiable outward sign, and most commentators agree this was speaking in tongues. In the fifth case (Paul) the Bible gives no description of the Spirit baptism, but later reveals that the recipient spoke in tongues throughout his Christian life. Click here to read the rest of, What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues? – Part 2

Yohan Perera 22 February 2011 Articles tongues 1 Comment

What does the Bible say about speaking in tongues? – Part 1

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Speaking in Tongues Defined

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:4, NET)

Speaking with (or in) tongues is “the supernatural gift of speaking in another language without it having been learnt.” The Greek word underlying this phrase is “glossa”, which means a tongue, either as the organ of the body or as a language. Hence, a modern theological term for speaking in tongues is “glossolalia”. Some modern translations render the KJV phrase “speak with other tongues” as “speak in foreign tongues” (Moffat), “speak in foreign languages” (Good speed), and “speak in different languages” (Phillips).
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