by R. Douglass Mahaffey
For Christians, the belief of a Holy Trinity is the existence of three distinct holy persona being one Triune God. Even though the New Testament has no formal doctrine of the Trinity and contains no explanation of such, it does speak of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The New Testament does not become tritheistic; meaning it does not talk of three gods or even two. The Shema (or first two words of a section of the Torah) of the Old Testament belongs to the New Testament.
There are Christian denominations that do not share this doctrine. They are called "non-Trinitarians." For Pentecostals and other Christians, the Holy Ghost is the third person of the Holy Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and is Almighty God. The House of Prayer-Newark, like other Pentecostal churches, see the Holy Ghost as the convictor of sins and the comforter in times of trials and tribulations, such as personal or global tragedies, sickness, hardships, loss of loved ones or catastrophes that try the faith and appear as valleys that the Christian goes through.
James 1:1-6 says, "1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."
It's those times in the valleys that the Holy Ghost can move in and take over a situation to grow our faith when we seek God's perfect holy will. It isn't necessarily because of anything one may have done to quench the spirit. It is all to often that this is the opinion of those who witness trials that a brother goes through.
The Apostle John wrote in Chapter 9 about the day that Jesus healed the blind man on the side of the road. His disciples were all to quick to judge the man and asked Jesus if it was his or his parent's sin that caused his blindness. John writes, "1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
The Holy Ghost was in Jesus as He walked the earth and performed the miracles that He did. The power that He possessed, was the same power that He gave to his disciples at the Day of Pentecost, or 50th day after His Ascension. He left His Holy Ghost as a comforter to act in His stead, even though, it was God Himself in all three persons, because He is Omni-present (meaning that God is everywhere at once).
At House Of Prayer-Newark, the power of the Holy Ghost is just as present today as it was at the Day of Pentecost, with one miracle after another in 2013 being witnessed. Now that 2013 is coming to a close and we are ringing in the New Year, 2014, on behalf of Pastor Rick Neathery, it is our prayer corporately that the Holy Ghost reveals itself to you and yours in a big, big way. What a blessing it is to come to a point in your life where God proves to you that He will supply all of your needs according to His riches in Glory. Many people from House Of Prayer are walking testimonies that God will do for you what He said He will.
House Of Prayer-Newark.
Photo Courtesy of Rick Neathery.
R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.
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