My Online Faith Journal

    In the study that we have been doing on Experiencing God, one of the things that is said is that God calls us to work with him and that calling leads to a crisis of belief which will lead us to make adjustments in our lives.  This is obvious in the life of Jeremiah and in his calling and commission here in Jeremiah 1:1-10.  It clearly indicates that God is the one who initiated the call and that God is the one whose words Jeremiah spoke.  This calling resulted in Jeremiah having to make major adjustments because his calling was not going to be an easy one.    There is evidence that during Jeremiah's ministry he was never married (16:2), his family opposed him (12:6) people in his hometown threatened to kill him (11:19,21) and that he was flogged (20:2; 37:15).  More than once he was imprisoned (32:2; 37:15-16) and he was lowered into a muddy cistern to be left to die (38:6).  Not only this, but he was ridiculed daily and the people did not listen to his words.  It must have bee

The Role of the Holy Spirit- 1.        To convict the world concerning sin   John 16:9   The Spirit convicts people of their need for Jesus. 2.        Conviction concerning righteousness John 16:10. The word convict is the word elencho which means to convict, refute, confute, to find fault with, correct 3.      . Convict concerning judgment John 16:11.   4.      The Spirit has a regenerate wok John 3:5, Titus 3:5 Jesus said “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” 5.        The Spirit indwells the Believer   1 Corinthians 6:19   “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” 6.       . The Spirit seals the believer   Ephesians 1:13,14.   He is the pledge of our inheritance 7.        Baptize the Believer   1 Corinthians 12:13; Acts 1:5   The Acts reference specifically refers to the day of Pentecost  Th