An Essential Guide to Baptism in the Holy Spirit

by Ron Phillips

Overview

This book is part of the Foundation Series by Pastor Ron Phillips. The series will contain books describing the basic foundational truths for the Spirit-filled believer. An Essential Guide to Baptism in the Holy Spirit describes the author’s own experience of being baptized by the Holy Spirit. It will demonstrate how the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives today can help us to preach the good news, drive out devils, heal the sick, and see God’s kingdom on the earth grow.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616382391
Publisher:	Charisma Media
Publication date:	06/07/2011
Series:	Foundations on the Holy Spirit , #1
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

In 1979 Ron Phillips was called as pastor of Central Baptist Church located in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area, where he serves today. Under his ministry, this Southern Baptist church has experienced the birth and growth of many ministries and completed several building projects, but more importantly, the church has exploded into new realms of renewal and spiritual awakening. Having earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University, as well as a master of divinity and a doctorate of ministry from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, his successes were many. But in 1989, he felt in his spirit that the joy in serving had left him. He was burned out in ministry and ready to resign when he had an encounter with the Holy Spirit that changed his life forever. With Pastor Phillips' new anointing came a deeper passion to reach across America and eventually around the world with the powerful message of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. My Own Story
Initial Difficulties

Revival at Last

2. An Old Testament Promise

 

3. Entering the Spiritual World

What Is the Spirit World?

Entering the Spiritual World

4. The Seal of God

Is There One Baptism?

A Fresh Start

Sealed by the Spirit

The Baptism or Seal Opens Heaven

5. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament

Look at Jesus

The Apostles and the Holy Spirit

Baptism With the Spirit Described

What the Baptism With the Holy Spirit Is Not

 

6. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit as Your Inheritance

You Are an Heir!

Your Covenant Inheritance

The Seven Gifts of God’s Wisdom

Five Promises of Your Inheritance

Activating Your Inheritance

Some Cautions About Your Inheritance

7. God’s Endowment for Ministry

Testimony of History

Your Promise for Today

 

8. Physical Manifestations of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Shaking or Trembling

Joy and Singing

Drunkenness or Euphoria

Crying and Weeping

Dancing and Bodily Movements

Falling Out in the Spirit

 

Falling Out in the New Testament

Notes From History

Purposes for Manifestations

How Can We Be Sure These Things Are Real?

What Is Divine Order?

Proper Responses to Manifestations

9. Seven Dangerous Sins Against the Holy Spirit

A Fire Put Out

How Does One Quench the Spirit?

How to Rekindle the Flame

10. Traditionalism vs. Real Biblical Truth

Resisting the Miraculous

Avoiding the Outsider

Discrediting the Obvious

Denying the Truth

Waving “Bye” to Jesus

 

11. The Hope for the Church

Truth vs. Experience

Were There Only Three Periods of Miracles?

Miracles in the Old Testament

Did Miracles Cease With the Apostles?

The Bible Annihilates Cessationism

A Call to the Church

The Church of the Future

The Hope of This Generation

Reclaiming What Is Yours

Conclusion: The Baptism of the Holy Spirit at the End of the Age

For Further Reading

Endnotes

 

Interviews

Chattanooga, TN