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Robert C McKibben. Holy Smoke! Unholy Fire!
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
O1: Let Me Introduce You
Before Indoor Plumbing
Let’s Meet the Holy Spirit…Again!
The Breath of Life
The Promise – His Presence
The Promise – His Power
The Promise – His Fulfillment
STUDY GUIDE
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O2: Who Is the Holy Spirit
Three in One
He’s not an “It”
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O3: Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit “Stuff”
The Holiness Controversy
Understanding Baptism of the Holy Spirit
What the Bible Says
The Gift
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O4: Grace and the Holy Spirit
Something Bugging You?
Grace:
Prevenient Grace
Justifying Grace
New Birth
Sanctifying Grace
How Does Sanctifying Grace Work?
Okay! So When Are We Sanctified?
Fresh Encounters
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O5: Fire Power
Power, Power, Who’s Got the Power?
Power to Be a Witness
Tangelos and Other Weird Fruit
Fruit of the Spirit
Fighting in the Orange Grove
Pick Only the Ripe Ones!
Play Your Own Position!
Jesus Be Cursed?
Spiritual Gifts
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O6: MANIFESTATIONS!
Unholy Fire
Coming Into the Presence of God
The Unforgivable Sin
But I Know It’s the Real Thing!
Many Antichrists
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Conversion Disorder
It’s the Real Thing!
Who’s In Control?
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O7: Testing the Spirits
Guiding Principles for Testing the Spirits. IS IT BIBLICAL?
IS IT GROUNDED IN THE TRADITIONS OF THE CHURCH?
IS IT REASONABLE?
IS IT EDIFYING?
IS IT ORDERLY AND SENSITIVE TO UNBELIEVERS?
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
O8: On Fire Without Getting Burned
Approaching the Holy Flame
Expect Transformation
Expect Peace
Expect Passion
Expect to Live Out Love
Expect Mature Discipleship
Expect Physical Manifestations
Physical Manifestations Rejoined
My Prayer
Glowing Embers
Growing Flames
Notes
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Holy Smoke,
Unholy Fire
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One of Socrates’ disciples mourned the departing of his teacher just as Socrates was about to take that fatal cup. The disciple lamented that they were being left orphans. The disciples of Jesus were not left alone. Jesus promised, “I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.” The Greek word Jesus used, translated by the RSV as desolate, is the same word the disciple of Socrates used for orphan.
These verses are special to me, as I suspect they are for many of you. Through a series of tragic events just after my birth, my sister and two brothers and I were placed in a foster home in Orlando, Florida. During those first four years of my life, the word orphan was heard often. Other children living with our foster parents never saw or heard from their parents again. My brothers and sister and I were among the fortunate ones. Sometime during the year before I turned five years of age, my father reentered our lives. We had a new mom and a new house to call home. Being the youngest, those four years of fearing abandonment and isolation had little lasting effect. For my brothers and sister, however, the psychological impact still lingers. Jesus promised His disciples He would not leave them as orphans. He promised them His Living Holy Spirit.
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