The Weekly Diner

Dear Weekly Readers!
God’s Peace!
This past Sunday was Pentecost Sunday. We were able to commemorate in our services about the wonderful event that took place about 2000 years ago, when the Holy Spirit came to 3000 souls in one day on that first Pentecost day.
In our lives as Christian today, we are led by this same Holy Spirit of God that came down, and has filled the heart of each repentant person when they have believed! Acts 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
I love how God’s word is so sure and so solid. Notice that it says SHALL receive the gift of the Holy Ghost upon repenting and believing in the name of Jesus for remission of sins! We are grafted in, we are in Christ and He in us!

Again in Acts it says:
Acts 3:19 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
We can again see that repentance is essential. Mankind must repent of his sins, and believe the Gospel, and then shall the refreshing of the Holy Spirit of God come to dwell in the heart.

This infilling of the Holy Spirit that we commemorate this time of year is not only an historical event, it is who we are in Christ Jesus our Lord. It is only by the power of the Holy Ghost that we are able to do or say anything that is good and acceptable in sight of God.
1st Corinthians 12 v 3 ……: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Here God’s Word sets us straight on where our strength lies; it is in the power of the Holy Ghost, the third person of the God Head! This Holy Ghost is made available to us by and through the completed work of our Lord Jesus Christ! Jesus made the promise that He would send the Holy Ghost, and what our Lord Jesus promises, He will do!

Now our Lord Jesus invites us to come as thirsty beggars seeking Him!

John 7 Verse 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

When Jesus was here on earth, He was not yet glorified. Now that Jesus has suffered, bled, died, and arose victorious over sin, death, hell, and the power of the devil, He has opened the way for us! He is risen to heaven, is glorified, and has sent the comforter, the Holy Ghost to dwell within those that have truly repented and believed!

Dear reader, if you have not repented yet, or have not stopped and turned from sinful ways, do so today! Call upon the Lord while He is near! Repent and turn to the Lord! Call out for mercy and forgiveness, and you will be assured by a Christian and from God’s Word, that by the name and blood of Jesus Christ, you can believe that your sins are forgiven and blotted out!

The promises of our Lord are perfect and true for all that truly repent and turn to Jesus! You Shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost! You shall Never Thrist again, because out of your belly shall flow rivers of Living water!

Dear Christian who may be reading this, be encouraged to keep sharing God’s Holy Word with those you come in contact with. The time is short, the day is far spent! Many people die each day without Jesus as their Saviour. It is very urgent that they hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the salvation of their souls!

May God Bless your week!

John R. FM Administrator