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How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 4

December 7, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, from 1 John 4 for the commencement ceremony at Yale. We’ve seen four of these distinguishing marks so far: esteeming Jesus, opposing Satan, loving Scripture, and embracing truth. In this blog post, we look at the final […]

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How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 3

November 30, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, from 1 John 4 for the commencement ceremony at Yale. We’ve seen two of these distinguishing marks so far: esteeming Jesus and opposing Satan. In this blog post, we look at the third and fourth marks. Below […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Bible, Distinguishing Marks, Great Awakening, Holy Spirit, Jonathan Edwards, scripture, truth

How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 2

November 25, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, from 1 John 4 for the commencement ceremony at Yale. Last time, we saw that one of these marks is esteeming Jesus. In this blog post we look at the second mark. Below are all Edwards’s words: […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Distinguishing Marks, Great Awakening, Holy Spirit, Jonathan Edwards, Opposing Satan

How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 1

November 18, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, from 1 John 4 for the commencement ceremony at Yale. This message was partly a defense of the genuineness of the Great Awakening. Edwards believed the biblical truth that the Holy Spirit could be experienced by the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Distinguishing Marks, Esteeming Jesus, Great Awakening, Holy Spirit, Jonathan Edwards

Why We Groan (Short Devotional)

April 10, 2020 by George Alvarado

[2Cor 5:1–5 ESV] 1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ, evil, Holy Spirit, Perseverance, redemption, resurrection, short devotional, tragedy

They Pray For Us (Short Devotional)

April 3, 2020 by George Alvarado

[Rom 8:26–27] Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ, High Priest, Holy Spirit, intercession, Perseverance, prayer

Evidences of True Revival

January 27, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

Holiness of life and true revival can not be separated. A so-called “revival” that does not produce holiness is not a work of the Holy Spirit. Here we may offer an important reminder that true revival cannot be manufactured by men. The sign that says “revival next week” doesn’t really communicate what true revival is for true revival is God-sent and according to His plans and purposes, not ours.

Filed Under: Evangelism, Theology Tagged With: evangelism, Holiness, Holy Spirit, preaching, repentance, Revival

That Ain’t Your Mama’s Hyssop

October 26, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

David is guilty of the death of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:15). Although he hadn’t physically touched Uriah’s dead body, there is a sense of uncleanness because of his involvement in Uriah’s death. So when David cries out to the Lord to be purged with hyssop, he is calling on God to cleanse him from his sin. David could have offered more sacrifices than nearly anyone who has ever lived. He was a rich man! But he knew that God delights in “a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,” rather than animal sacrifices (Psalm 51:16-17), and certainly hyssop is similarly a prefigurement of something…or Someone.

Filed Under: Missions, pSaturday Psalms, Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, Cleanliness, conversion, David, death, Holy Spirit, hyssop, love, Psalms, reformed baptist, reformed theology, sin, sprinkling

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