Many Called, Few Choose - Janet, Get your Purse, Session 5

The sermon explored the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit, with particular focus on the distinction between receiving the Holy Spirit at salvation and the separate experience known as the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Drawing from Acts 1, Acts 2, John 20, Romans 8, and Matthew 22, the message challenged us to examine what we believe about the Holy Spirit, to search the Scriptures with open and teachable hearts, and to recognize that we are living in a pivotal moment in history -- one that demands more than dry religion and more than a partial understanding of what God has made available to us. The promise of the Father, as Jesus described it in Acts 1, is not a relic of the early church. It is for us, for our children, and for all who call upon the name of the Lord.