Keys of the Kingdom by Roy Hicks

Author:Roy Hicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:23+00:00

The Great Key of Prayer

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the place where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:1-4

There are two chapters about prayer in this book. One deals with when to pray to the Father in Jesus' Name, and the other about when to go directly to Jesus. In one portion of Scripture our Lord said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you," and in another place he said, "Anything you ask in My Name I will do."

In this chapter I want to deal with another great available source of help, one that is seldom utilized by the Christian Church. I am referring to the kind of praying that involves the third person of the Trinity, the precious Holy Spirit. It was He of whom Jesus spoke in the same discourse in chapters 14 through 17 of the Gospel of John. Jesus said He would return to the Father, and when He did, He would send another Comforter. This Comforter, we now know, came on the day of Pentecost.

This great phenomenon is recorded in great detail in the second chapter of the book of Acts. What a notable miracle! This miracle is as great as any that our Lord Jesus worked while here on earth. Because of what took place at Pentecost the third person of the Trinity is now indwelling mortal, fallible, weak human flesh. This gift from God our Father now will enable a weak, untrained, uneducated fisherman to stand before a multitude and preach one of the greatest sermons ever recorded by the pen of man. (Acts 2:14-36.) As a result of this outpouring of the Spirit, the Church was birthed, and three thousand people were saved.

If the only great benefit that came to the Church that day was the anointing, it would be worth it to be able to speak with tongues as they did. Peter explained that this promise, the outpouring of the Spirit and the speaking with tongues, was for everyone present there and for all who would ever be called. (Acts 2:39.)

The anointing to preach and teach and bear witness is only part of the work of the Holy Spirit. He also convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. (John 16:8.) But there is yet another great benefit of the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:26,27 says,

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what

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