“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
I am reminded that people need to see in me what it means to be a child of God. As His child, am I walking in His full authority?
Very often, it is what we ARE that prepares hearts to HEAR our speaking - people need to hear the Gospel and they hear it best from those who have won a hearing.
The theological key to my Pentecostal identity is belief in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with its initial physical evidence of speaking in tongues. I believe this Pentecostal experience empowers believers for Christian witness, service, and victorious Christian living. It also provides believers with spiritual gifts for effective ministry. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is extended as a gift to all believers as promised in Acts 2:38-39 "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."
Being a witness for Christ involves my whole life, not just by my words. As His child and salt and light before others, I live for God to impart a positive influence to the people around me and win others for Him by the power of the Holy Spirit.
