The Reality of the Person of the Holy Spirit by Rodney Howard-Browne

Author:Rodney Howard-Browne
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Attributes of God
Published: 2012-06-22T16:59:24+00:00

Chapter 4

"Noised Abroad”

On the Day of Pentecost, when they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance, the event was "noised abroad" in Jerusalem among the devout Jews "out of every nation under heaven" (Acts 2:5,6).

Whenever the Holy Spirit begins to move, it begins to be "noised abroad." People get on the telephone and call their friends: "Did you hear what God's doing?" But the noise is not always favorable.

How To Be Unpopular

Whenever the noise of a stirring and moving of the Spirit begins, so does persecution. Don't think that when the Holy Spirit starts moving, people are going to love you. They'll say you're off the wall. They'll accuse you of being a cult. They'll want to kill you. That's how you know you're in the flow! When you read the Book of Acts, you'll find this is so.

When you're full of the Holy Spirit, the devil's going to hate it. He hated Paul's ministry. When Paul went to different cities and ministered by the Spirit of God, people sought to kill him. Once he had to escape in a basket that was let down over a city wall. Another time, he was stoned and left for dead. Paul was beaten and suffered many other things for the Gospel's sake.

You'll suffer, too. Some Christians, some Pharisees, some Sadducees, some Wouldn't Sees, and some Couldn't Sees are not going to enjoy the fact that there are people like you who are full of the Holy Spirit!

Did you know that when you're full of the Holy Spirit, your very presence as you walk into a room will convict people of sin in their life?

This happened to Smith Wigglesworth all the time. He didn't have to say a word. He didn't wear a T-shirt that said, "Honk If You Love Jesus!" and he didn't wear a decal on his forehead. He just walked into railway cars and other public places and people would fall on their knees and say, "Pray for us! Pray for us! You convict us of our sins." This was because of the glory of God that rested on Wigglesworth's life.

God wants us to be filled to overflowing with His glory!

A Time To Marvel

When the multitude in Jerusalem heard the believers speak in tongues, the Bible tells us that they were confused and amazed, and they marveled. They asked each other, "What does this mean?"

When the Holy Spirit begins to move, you'll not be able to work it out with your natural mind.

"Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine" (Acts 2:13). Why did they think the believers were drunk? Because they must have acted like drunk people.

Peter stood up and preached a sermon to the multitude, explaining what was happening. He said, "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel." For once, Peter started getting something right. That in itself should have been a sign that it really was the Holy Ghost! Peter said:

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

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