The Pentecostal Experience

The pentecostal experience is real, and as believers in Christ with the life-giving Spirit dwelling in our spirit, this experience should be very ordinary and normal and regular. But such experiences does not make one a "pentecostal christian?", that would be division in the Body of Christ. We need the reality of experiencing the Holy Spirit's working within as the "pleroo" for our daily living and His working without as the "pletho" for accomplishing God's eternal purpose. Otherwise, a christian life would be just a life without any function, experience and enjoyment. It is as good as religiosity in form without life in reality.

This pentecostal experience does not need a special conference with a special "gifted preacher?", it does not require any gifted singer with musical band to sooth or stir one's emotion, nor any of the spiritual gimmick of fake tongue speaking nor any professional acting performance of the self cloaked under the banner "praise and worship", for genuine worship is in the spirit, not in music or christian entertainment. All these are non nonsensical. It doesn't even behoves a background of religiosity nor spirituality. The only prerequisite is to be an open vessel before the Lord, yes, not only open, but sanctified for the Holy Spirit to fill into. One can be such by exercising his mingled spirit to touch the living Lord as the Spirit. This can be simply and easily experienced by prayer, hymning, psalming, calling on the Lord's name etc., in any place at any time personally or corporately. What an enjoyment such an experience gives! May all children of God enjoy the Spirit's filling,, moving and working day by day.

As the Lord in His mercy bestowed me such an experience, my inner eye could see how subtle the enemy is to robe the believers of their portion of this enjoyment. He, Satan, is defeated at the cross by the Lord Jesus Christ. That's an accomplished fact, nothing under the sun can reverse nor diverse. I saw this, not that I didn't know this before. The Lord enlightened me to see this fact again more vividly. Oh Christ is Victor! Let's take our stand at the rightful position with and in Christ. Then, the victory is ours, as we take this stand as the Body, in the Body and for the Body. Some ignorant believers often try to take this stand in themselves just to be taught a horrifying lesson of defeat, again and again. Today, Christ is in His heavenly ministry carrying out His heavenly ministry through the Body, the church. Outside the Body, all claims will be nullified. Christ does not work without His Body. So we must take the victorious triumphal procession in the Body.

I truly agree with M E Barbar who penned a victorious hymns "Halleluiah! Christ is Victor!" Verse 4 says ,

"Hallelujah! Christ is Victor,

No defeat nor fear
Evermore must dim thy vision!
Christ the way will clear.
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/890#ixzz1lsgr0JYC"

I could now see, there's no need for beggarly prayer, but praise-full proclamation!. Declare the victory and claim it! Do it all in the Body of Christ! The land is already conquered, possess it! Our duty is, as apostle Paul rightly wrote, "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ and manifests the savor of the knowledge of Him through us in every place. 2 Cor. 2:14", wherever we are, whatever we do, whoever we meet, whatever time it may be, manifest the savur of the knowledge of Christ! Hallelujah!