Jan. 15, 2014
A Discussion on the “FORGOTTEN GOD” By F. Chan
My friends I first recommend you purchase the “FORGOTTEN GOD by F. Chan. and for the next few days I will be having a discussion on the book, in my devotionals as we FOCUS on this fascinating journey that moves us closer and closer to where we should be in the Spirit as God’s chosen generation “FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS”
Mr. Chan first has ask the question “Why do we need the Spirit when we have Jesus which to most of us makes a lot of sense. For it was Jesus who gave up all the glory of a pure and holy kingdom to come to a planet infected by the curse of sin.
It was Jesus who endured the suffering of the cross at Calvary, and died so that a wretched sinner like you and I may obtain SALVATION and ETERNAL LIFE. So why not just Jesus. Acts 4:12 tells us Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.”
But my friends where I need you to focus on today is not only the name but the power that is associated with that name and why as his Children we must seek God’s Spirit with a compelling since of urgency, as we move closer to Christ soon return.
The Holy Spirit, a ranking member of the Sovereign Authority of the Godhead. In john 14:16 Christ says “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;” then John 16:7 tells us “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.”
verse 13 then tells us. “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” My friends I 
need you to understand as God’s children if we believe, the same awesome power that exist in heaven and on earth is right here among us.
But you also must recognize this power exist. And maybe that is why we fail to seek such power, because with This power, brings on responsibility as we allow the Spirit to transform us into the image, and Character of Christ, and that would require self to die, as our focus then would be to give God all the glory, and honor as we carry out His commission to spread the good news of the gospel to the world.
Yes my friends this same “Comforter that Christ promised to send after He ascended to heaven is “the Spirit in all the fullness of the Godhead, making manifest the power of divine grace to all who receive and believe in Christ as a personal Saviour.” (E.G.White)
The apostles were Gods chosen generation two thousands years ago as the reformation of His church begin “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matt 16:18 and then in Acts 1 Christ tells His disciples “not to depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the father and the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
And then verses 8 says But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” And then verse 
14 says the disciples went back up into upper room after Christ ascension and” all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.
Chapter 2 goes on to say When the day of Pentecost came “they were all with one accord in one place”. “and suddenly there came as a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting” “and they were filled with the holy Ghost” My friends we are Gods Chosen Generation for His final Church, the church of Laodicea.
And the gates of hell still want prevail against it. But Christ is looking for a faithful few who are willing to endure until the end and the willingness to seek through faith and a passion that can only come from the blood of a risen Savior. My friends “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon us, Because the Lord has anointed each of us To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent us to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,…” Isaiah 61:1-2
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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