It's a funny thing about churches. A lot of people think that Catholicism was the first Christian church, and then King Henry VIII came along and started his own religion so that he could legally get a divorce from his wife. In America, we tend to think of two kinds of Christianity, Catholicism and Protestantism, with lots of different churches under the banner of Protestantism. These include Presbyterian, Baptist, Lutheran and Methodist, and many, many more churches with varying interpretations of the gospels. The fundamental Christian church goes back to the days right after the ascension of Christ.
The origin of the Catholic Church was in the second century AD. The Christian fundamentalist church, the original Christian church, was composed of the apostles and the Jews and Gentiles that followed Christ before and after the Ascension. The Book of Acts, written by the apostle Luke in around 80 AD, documents the formation of the Christian church and the spread of its message to Rome.
Luke defines the precise moment that Christianity was born, at the first Feast of Pentecost that took place following the Resurrection. Pentecost is a Jewish holiday in remembrance of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. On this occasion, Jesus' followers felt a mighty, rushing wind that filled the building. This wind was the Holy Spirit.
This moment became known as the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and it happens to everyone who gets baptized in water as a Christian. The rite of baptism signifies publicly that the subject has turned their back on sin, that they believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that he died for our sins. It is not enough to believe; demons believe. If you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, you have to be born again through water.
Many people go through life believing that the Holy Ghost referred to the form of Jesus after the Resurrection and before the Ascension. In truth, the Holy Spirit is a helper that God sent to mankind to protect and guide his followers until Jesus comes back to claim them. This is one of the big differences between fundamentalist and other Christians.
In John 14:15-18, Jesus tells us that he will ask his Father to send down a helper to live with us until the end of time. If you have been baptized, did you ever feel overwhelmingly sad when you were in a church? That was the Holy Spirit letting you know that you are a sinner and that you need to get yourself straight with God and get baptized. Your first time back there after being baptized, that sad feeling was replaced with a feeling of elation.
The electric buzz in the atmosphere when hoards of worshippers are on their feet, wildly praising their Creator with the same fervor as fans at a gig or supporting their favorite sports team, that, too, is the Holy Spirit. When your pastor places his hand on you and the power that passes through him to you is so massive that you drop to the floor, that is the Holy Spirit.
We are not alone. God did send the helper that Jesus promised. When two or more people gather in the name of the Lord, he is there.
The origin of the Catholic Church was in the second century AD. The Christian fundamentalist church, the original Christian church, was composed of the apostles and the Jews and Gentiles that followed Christ before and after the Ascension. The Book of Acts, written by the apostle Luke in around 80 AD, documents the formation of the Christian church and the spread of its message to Rome.
Luke defines the precise moment that Christianity was born, at the first Feast of Pentecost that took place following the Resurrection. Pentecost is a Jewish holiday in remembrance of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. On this occasion, Jesus' followers felt a mighty, rushing wind that filled the building. This wind was the Holy Spirit.
This moment became known as the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and it happens to everyone who gets baptized in water as a Christian. The rite of baptism signifies publicly that the subject has turned their back on sin, that they believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that he died for our sins. It is not enough to believe; demons believe. If you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, you have to be born again through water.
Many people go through life believing that the Holy Ghost referred to the form of Jesus after the Resurrection and before the Ascension. In truth, the Holy Spirit is a helper that God sent to mankind to protect and guide his followers until Jesus comes back to claim them. This is one of the big differences between fundamentalist and other Christians.
In John 14:15-18, Jesus tells us that he will ask his Father to send down a helper to live with us until the end of time. If you have been baptized, did you ever feel overwhelmingly sad when you were in a church? That was the Holy Spirit letting you know that you are a sinner and that you need to get yourself straight with God and get baptized. Your first time back there after being baptized, that sad feeling was replaced with a feeling of elation.
The electric buzz in the atmosphere when hoards of worshippers are on their feet, wildly praising their Creator with the same fervor as fans at a gig or supporting their favorite sports team, that, too, is the Holy Spirit. When your pastor places his hand on you and the power that passes through him to you is so massive that you drop to the floor, that is the Holy Spirit.
We are not alone. God did send the helper that Jesus promised. When two or more people gather in the name of the Lord, he is there.
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