Friday, March 13, 2015

Where In The World Is Vladimir Putin?

The president of the Russian Federation has not been seen in public since March 5. He has disappeared. There is no reliable source that can provide his whereabouts and it has sparked rumors of coup de tat.

There is also another lesser story under way from Twitter regarding evacuation of Russian embassy personnel in London. Apparently they have all returned to the homeland over the last few day.

I really hate to see Vlad's reign come to an end. He has been the only world leader willing to stand up to the 'Evil Empire' over the last few years. The Zionist/US/British cabal that currently runs world affairs needs someone like Putin to keep them in check. If he is erased, who will take a stand against the malevolent western powers?

We need him.

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Power From On High

There are many Christians for whom the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Though He indwells our bodies, we really do not notice His presence in our physical and sensual state. We know He is within us, because he was promised in God's Word. It is, as I like to say, a knowing rather than a feeling.

So what does the Spirit do in our lives? Who is He? A real personage? Genuine divinity? How does he work?

In researching this subject, I have taken a number of ques from Dr Jack Cottrell. He seems to have things nailed down as it were. I like things nailed down. I would recommend his book on this subject, "Power From On High". It is an extensive study to say the least and it must be absorbed slowly. Give yourself time to read and re-read so that you understand. He gives you the scriptures and he does not take things out of context. There is a continuity and a flow that is in harmony with the New Testament. This is important. It is not a touchy feely exposition. It is logical and intellectual, and to my mind, this does not translate to boring. Get yourself a copy. I am still trying to wrap my mind around his work, but I think it is beginning to soak in. It is different, in many respects, from what I was taught early on in church, but I do believe it's right and I say that from both a experiential and critical point of view. This is not to say that I have a right to judge the work. I am no scholar and Dr Jack is a scholar. The man makes me think. That's all.

So what I have learned is this in a nutshell.

We receive the Holy Spirit during water baptism. When we go down into the water we also receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and regeneration of our spirits occur simultaneously. It is really an answer to one of the great mysteries of the faith, but this is the way the Bible indicates our conversion happens. It is to mind a miracle and we barely notice it from a sensory perspective.

Titus 3:3-7 (NASB)

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs [a]according to the hope of eternal life.

So what does the Holy Spirit do for us? His main purpose is to help us stand against the infernal dark powers of the evil one...The Holy Spirit gives us will power that we did not have in our previous life as unsaved sinners. He works through the Word and prompts our minds to recall what is needed to withstand temptation. We can walk away if we are willing to cooperate with His power in our lives. Ignoring this power that we are given to do right instead of wrong can be disastrous for the Christian. It is possible to become insensitive to this power and we can find are selves back where we were when we started. This is a grievous place to be. Spiritual death is a terrible thing and some do not even realize it is happening.

I have not finished the book, so I will probably share more later. I will leave you with this warning.

Hebrews 6:4-6 NASB
    
For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, [d]since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.