MY TREASURE
Foundation Scriptures : Matthew 6:19-24
Dr. F.L.K. Howard-Brown was my uncle-a pastor, a teacher, a clergyman and a fiery Pentecostal pioneer. This is one of his many inspiring messages :
WHAT ABOUT PENTECOST?
There are words in our language that mean more to us than mere technicalities. As an example, the word'Sterling' stands for a certain quality in silverware. When we buy Sterling silver we all know that we are obtaining a certain definite standard of silverware. We are assured of its genuineness. We all know it'll stand the test of time. We also know there are cheap imitations on the market, and if we are on the lookout for quality we all know enough to let such phony articles alone.
It represents a Spirit-filled experience. It stands for revival fires. It holds within its inner meaning a burden for the lost ; conviction for sin ; repentance and religion toward God.
Not only was the Gospel preached uncompromisingly, but also signs and wonders went with the preaching of the Word. A Spirit-endued folk awakened opposition from sceptics. Persecution not only meant glory and screaming and great joy ; it meant also being despised by the world-hated-stoned-being beaten with stripes -imprisonments-and lots of other trials.
Pentecost! What does it mean today? From a Scriptural standpoint it means as much as it ever did. It is a indisputable fact that those who are really Pentecostal, with a Pentecostal message and a Pentecostal experience backed up with a Pentecostal life of holiness, will have Pentecostal ends up in Pentecostal conferences in a Pentecostal way. Instead of putting the soft pedal on Pentecost, let us magnify the work of the Lord as manifested in Pentecostal power and glory. It has meant the conversion of hundreds of thousands. Likewise, numberless thousands have received the Baptism of the Lord God Almighty and have been set aflame for God. The sick and deformed have been incredibly healed. Churches have been revived. A great evangelistic movement at home and in foreign fields has been revealed. Unhappiness and illness, sin and shame, half-heartedness and indifference have given way before the mighty God-sent landslide of Pentecostal revival.
By Dr. F.L.K. Howard-Brown ( 1905 - 1998 ) PhD, ThD, DD
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you ; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts eighteen NKJV
Now when the Day of Pentecost had completely come, they were all with one deal in one place. Three Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat on each one of them. 4 And they were all stuffed with the Holy Spirit and began to talk with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:1-4 NKJV
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Rodney Howard Brown Rodney Howard Brown and the Revival Ministries global is a ministry that crosses denominational limits and geographical borders to fulfill what the Lord has called it to do, to stir up the Church, telling her to get ready for the approaching revival.
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