NLKBM Sound Biblical Doctrine Hour

In Acts 19 the Apostle Paul makes a return trip to Ephesus and encounters twelve disciples where he asks them if they had received the Holy Spirit since they believed.  I believe if the Apostle Paul were here today he would ask that same question of some Christians today.  There was something lacking in the disciples that led to that question being asked.  Oftentimes there are Christians who don't have an understanding of the Holy Spirit and His role in the life of the believer.  While the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is not necessary for salvation, it is needed to be an effective witness in the world today.

Jeremiah 38

When we feel like we hit rock bottom we can handle it in one of three ways.  We take a look at Jeremiah 38 and see that we can either stand in faith, fight, or give up.  As believers we should only do one of the three.

This week we discuss how you can be in the will of God and opposition still come to make you feel like you hit rock bottom.  Despite the opposition we face we can look at the example of Paul and Silas in Acts 16 and in the moments of trials we can pray and praise.

There may have been a time or two in our lives we felt like we hit rock bottom.  What do we do when we hit rock bottom?  There is always hope because as Jesus prayed for Peter that his faith would not fail him, Jesus has prayed for us.  Peter may have faltered, but his faith did not fail him.  There is a sifting we all will go through but we must seek the Lord during that sifting.