Exciting News

His Gospel Power will begin airing on KXEG, Phoenix, Arizona on June 1.
His Gospel Power currently airs on:

    KIOU, Shreveport, LA – Population 436,000

    KWDF, Alexandria, LA – Population 1.25 million

    KRXT, Rockdale, TX - Population 250,000

Added to that list is KXEG, Pheonix, Arizona - 3.2 million

God is spreading the gospel through His Gospel Power.
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God bless you as you support the gospel of Christ.
Blessings, Rick Hertless 

KXEG Coming June 1, Phoenix, Arizona

His Gospel Power will be joining KXEG in June 5 days a week. His Gospel Power, a 15 minute program dedictaed to the glorification of Jesus Christ will partner with KXEG to bring His Gospel Power 5 times a week at 2:00 PM in the afternoon. Watch for more details coming soon.

Jesus Gives Us the Holy Spirit

            It was because of Jesus’ work that we have the Holy Spirit. He said that he must leave so we can receive the Holy Spirit (John 16:7) and those who did believe, received at Pentecost. John 20:22 is a controversial verse that has been interpreted different ways. It is controversial because some believe this is proof of the second baptism or baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Interpreter’s Bible Commentary says, “He gave them something of his own ways and mind and nature, his own spirit, God’s own Spirit…,” indicating that Jesus actually gave them the Spirit at this time. Carson says that John is merely calling attention to an event that has already happened to add emphasis to Pentecost. Carson writes:

Jesus’ ‘exaltation’ and command Receive the Holy Spirit are best understood as a kind of acted out parable pointing forward to the full enduement still to come (though past for John’s readers). A suitable Johannine analogy might be the washing of the disciple’s feet: ‘Unless I wash you, you have no part with me’ (13:8). That can be read at a simplistic level as exhausted in footwashing itself points forward to the spiritual washing achieved by the Lamb of God whose death takes away the sin of the world. John has repeatedly developed these anticipating steps in his narrative; it is not surprising if he uses one more to show that the story does not end with his book.

Smith says there is no parallel to the Spirit given to the disciples in John and the Spirit that falls at Pentecost in Acts. They are simply two separate events. He says, “…there is no parallel between the fulfillments except that they are fulfillments. In John, Jesus breathes into the disciples. In Acts, there are the public events of the day of Pentecost.”

Though I am not disputing the importance of this issue, it is certainly not something that can be decided one way or the other in such a brief discussion. It will have to be left up to each individual reader to decide on his or her own. The most important thing to understand for this discussion is that we receive the Holy Spirit when we accept Jesus to be Lord of our lives.

We have seen how the Spirit points to Jesus, fills us with power, testifies to Jesus, gives us gifts to minister and makes us a new creature through the blood of Christ. We do not have to rely on our own power to walk in the strength of Jesus, but are given a comforter and counselor to guide us through life’s trials, experiences and victories. Jesus has given us many gifts beginning with life on earth. Then he gives us the ability to walk in his love in this life and ultimately eternal life through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is impossible to give a sufficient definition to describe the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He is vital to the way that we abide in the love of Christ. Our source of power to live in abundance in this life is truly from the Holy Spirit.