Pastor John:
I received the Baptism in the Holy Ghost in 1992. I have spoken some but not as I should. How do I receive the fullness of the Spirit?
J. N.
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Hi Sister Joyce:
There are three principal reasons for the Spirit not flowing as it should among God’s people. First, is the general condition of the body of Christ at this time in history. We are a divided, confused people, and we are all less than we could be because we are separated from one another by the conflicting doctrines and traditions of Christianity. Second, and related to the first, is that God’s people have been taught that the baptism of the holy Ghost is just something extra, an extra blessing. They do not know that the baptism of the Spirit, with the evidence of “stammering lips or other tongues” (Isa. 28:11-12) is the new birth. Thirdly, one’s personal conduct can affect your relationship with the Lord. Let it be your top priority to keep yourself morally pure and faithful in all things to Christ.
Pray for the whole body of Christ everywhere. It may be that the Lord will visit us and set us free from the things we chose instead of the unity and happiness he suffered and died for us to have.
Pastor John