These are
days in which everybody wants to become an extra ordinary person
People want
to receive extra ordinary power, extra ordinary beauty, extra ordinary wealth,
extra ordinary success etc.
They are
ready to adopt any method to become extra ordinary.
There are
lot of business that offers different methods to become extra ordinary.
Some
motivational speakers, some other corporate trainers, religious leaders,
physical fitness experts, beauticians etc. are in the field offering different
methods.
Tragically,
it is a truth that none of us become extra ordinary by practicing any of these
methods.
This is the
paradox of this century.
We are
living in the post modern age in the 21 century.
This
century is an age of incredible inventions and
discoveries.
This is an
age of advanced scientific and technological advancement that never happened
before.
My
generation, in India has witnessed and experienced old village bullock carts in
our childhood and is now speaking to the world without moving even an inch from
my home.
In my
childhood automobile was miracle and a wonder.
Now many
families in India own more than one automobile in their house.
I am
reaching you with this message through internet.
It was not
even in the dreams of our ancestors.
Cars and
planes without driver and drones for photography and war were crazy ideas in
olden days.
Now we have
gone up to Mars as if it is next door to us.
We are
preparing for migrating to new planets.
We have
everything, we can create everything and we can change everything.
But,
tragically, this is an age of increased supernatural
beliefs.
In the
whole human history, supernatural beliefs never left man or man never gave up
supernatural beliefs.
In history
the period between 12 C and 15 C is known as Dark Ages.
It is
mainly because of superstitious beliefs existed in that age.
I doubt,
whether 21 C is competing to defeat that age in superstitions.
At one
side, we are scientifically and technologically progressing at a tremendous
speed.
At another
side, we are digging up old superstitions and creating new ones.
None care
whether these things have any scientific proof to support it.
None care
about any proven records of these beliefs.
It seems,
we are trying to find answers to the mysteries in our life.
Science fails to answer to all our questions and technology
fails to solve all our problems.
In the
past, whenever science and technology failed to sustain the comforts of our
life, we had a sure place to rely on.
That was religion.
But
religion lost its hold from the 19 C century itself.
I too do
not believe in religion.
I think
that religion is the worse exploiter and the
cruelest murderer.
Religion,
whatever it is, only exploits and murders.
More people
have been murdered in the name of religion than in all the wars fought on this
earth.
If
religions were made by a beneficent God, none will kill another in its name.
Religion is
man made and is far away from God.
In fact,
all religions in this world are anti God.
God has
nothing to do with religion.
That is why
I used to exhort always not to believe in religion.
Do not believe in religion;
Believe only in God.
But the
postmodern man does not believe in God, but goes blindly after religions.
This is
another tragedy of the modern man.
Religions
offer superstitious beliefs with an aim to exploit the ignorant.
Thus in
this age of advance science and technology, we practice many superstitious
beliefs to resolve the mystery of our life.
We believe
that some physical materials can produce positive energy and some others
produce negative energy.
So we keep
a stump of Sri Buddha’s head in our cars and houses believing that it can
radiate positive energy into us.
Do we have
any scientific proof to it? We do not care.
We hang brass
metal tubes in front of our house.
They make
musical sounds as the wind blows against it.
We believe
that this musical sound is the sound of the arriving gods of blessings.
Some of us
keep a stump of Chinese gods to bring luck to our home.
Some others
keep Chinese bamboo for a good future.
Once one of
friend, while visiting my house, asked me not to keep plants belonging to the
family of cactus at my house. He argued that cactus plats produce negative
energy.
We, Indians
are constructing and remodeling our houses in accordance with superstitious
beliefs.
If all
these could bring us blessings, richness and power, how easy it could have
been.
We do not
need any economist; just keep a stump or a plant or remodel the building of the
central bank of the nation, and the nation will be flourishing.
Just keep a
stump or a particular plant or construct or remodel your house according to
some beliefs – and fortune will flow like a flood into your house!
But it
does not work like that.
All these
stories of energies are fake and false.
Science
never supported these energies.
Only
pseudo science stands behind it.
All these
beliefs have no proven record.
They cannot
assure you success.
They are numerous
in number that no human being can follow all of them.
The so
called experts in these beliefs have different opinions, so that you do not
know what exactly is right.
More over,
there is an amazing fact about all these superstitions:
Those who do not believe and do not practice
these beliefs are also blessed abundantly.
There is a way to become an extra ordinary person
But this
message is not intended to prove or disprove any superstitious belief.
This
message is to convey a good news to you all.
There is a
way and belief that will make you an extra ordinary person.
This belief
is not a superstitious story.
It is part
of human history.
It has
proven record.
It has
living examples
It is
unfailing and same to all and ever.
None who
have tried this belief has ever complained of failure.
There is no
different opinion among the experts.
Everything
is available written and free.
We need
none to mediate, no rites or ritual.
It is the belief in God.
Yes, it is
that much simple.
God is
not a part of any system of beliefs.
God is
not a part of any religion.
God is
not a myth or legend.
God is
the truth and He is the ancient of all ancients.
That
means God existed even before all ancient gods and people.
God is powerful
to change us into an extra ordinary person.
He has
promised to do it.
He has
been doing it throughout the past centuries.
He is
still continuing His work among people
History
is a proof of God’s miraculous works.
God has
changed the barbarian civilization of human beings into a refined civilization.
He has
converted dark nations into prosperous countries.
He has
changed man eaters into lovers of humanity.
He has worked
miracles in the lives of poor people turning them to wealthy people.
He has
healed many from fatal diseases.
Doctors
have acknowledged His might.
Politicians
are aware of His power.
The
rich knows His character.
The
poor relies on Him
Nature
always obeys His commands.
He is
God.
He is
nothing else.
And
nothing else can become God.
God’s promise of extra ordinary power
Before 2000
years, God made an unchanging promise to mankind.
He promised
to turn all human beings into extra ordinary men and women.
We read God’s
promise recorded in the Bible, in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, Verse 8
Acts
1:8 "But you shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (NKJV)
This is the
promise of Holy Spirit and His power.
Jesus,
before his ascension into heaven, promised that the Holy Spirit will come upon
us.
Here, after
reading this promise of Jesus, some questions may rise in our mind:
1. Who is Jesus to make such a promise
of the power of Holy Spirit? Is He God?
2. Is the promise for all of us? Or for
those who stood around Jesus at that time?
3. Can it truly change us into extra
ordinary persons performing extra ordinary actions?
Let me
answer these three questions:
Is Jesus God?
Yes; Jesus
is God
Jesus
is God.
Jesus
is the Word of God that was incarnated in a human body.
Or
Jesus is the Word of God that appeared to us and lived among us and died and
resurrected for the atonement of our sins.
Jesus
is not a created living being.
Jesus
is the creator Himself.
Jesus
did exist before he was born on this earth.
He
was always the Word of God.
Jesus
is not a second personality.
God
is a single personality.
Jesus
is one of the attributes of God: the Word of God.
We
have only one God.
He
has revealed Himself so far in three attributes: The Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit.
None
is superior; none is inferior; because they all are one.
This
great mystery is revealed by John in his Gospel:
John
1:1, 2, 3 & 4
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He
was in the beginning with God.
3 All
things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4 In
Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (NKJV)
Let
us read verse 14 also along with this.
John
1:14 And the
Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (NKJV)
Yes;
Jesus is God.
Since Jesus
is God, He can promise anything from Heaven.
Jesus has
promised the power and the infilling of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit
is one of the attributes of God.
That means
Holy Spirit is God
Which in
turn means Holy Spirit is Jesus.
For a Born
Again Christian who has received the Holy Spirit, Jesus is not a story, but a
present truth, who is always with him.
A Born
Again believer is living with Jesus.
The second question
Is the promise of the Holy Spirit for all of us? Or only for
those who stood around Jesus at that time?
This is
really an important question.
None of us
were there when Jesus promised the power and presence of Holy Spirit.
Can we get
it?
In Acts,
chapter 2, Peter answers this question.
He confirms
that the promise is for all of us.
Acts 2:39 "For the promise is to you and to your
children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will
call." (NKJV)
So do not
be confused
Do not
doubt
The promise
is to all who stood around Jesus and to all who are far off and to all whom our
Lord shall call to Him in future.
Receive the
promise and receive the power and presence of Holy Spirit.
And become
an Extra Ordinary person.
The third question
Can it truly change us into extra ordinary persons performing
extra ordinary actions?
Surely, it
can.
All the 12
disciples of Jesus were ill famous for their lack of formal education.
Some were
fishermen by occupation; some were tax collectors and out casts and about
others we do not have a reliable record.
There are
many references in the Bible to their commonness.
But when
the Holy Spirit came upon them they became extra ordinary people.
The
following is a comment said about the disciple of Jesus, by non Christians and
unbelievers of the time:
Acts 17:6 …. "These
who have turned the world upside down have come here too. (NKJV)
The
ordinary, uneducated disciples of Jesus received the power to turn the world
upside down.
It is
because of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit
can change you to an extra ordinary person who can turn the world upside down.
Do you want
to become an extra ordinary man?
Receive the
Holy Spirit.
Conclusion
All these
claims I have made so far has proven records.
It is
history.
Jesus is a
historical figure.
The
disciples are historical figures.
All those incidents
and happenings I have cited above are history.
Moreover,
Holy Spirit
has been creating and changing history since the great day of Pentecost.
On the day
of Pentecost, did Holy Spirit come down to the disciples and a small gathering
of 120 people at Jerusalem.
It happened
more than 2016 years ago.
Since then,
the Holy Spirit has come upon many people.
The promise
is for all those who believe and ask for Him.
Many who
lived and are living have become extra ordinary people.
Only
because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their life.
Do you want
to become an extra ordinary person?
Do you want
to receive an extra ordinary blessing?
Do you want
to live an extra ordinary life?
Superstitious
beliefs will never change you to an extra ordinary person with an extra
ordinary situation.
Only Holy
Spirit can do it.
So receive
the Holy Spirit.
For
receiving the Holy Spirit, you have to do only 3 things:
1. Confess your sins and ask for
forgiveness by faith in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
2. Receive Jesus as your Lord and savior
of your life
3. Ask Jesus for an infilling of the
Holy Spirit.
Remember:
God wants
extra ordinary people to restore His Kingdom.
God wants
you to join His army.
Join today
and Now!
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