Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." (John 20:22) Yet, He also told them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait on the Promise of the Father - the baptism in the Holy Spirit that came on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13)
Jesus called us to press into the Kingdom of God, and to take it by violence. This is strong language, but Jesus knows what...
As born-again, new creation people we were made alive spiritually and given access to the spiritual world. While we live in our bodies of...