Dr Paul Allen

The Holy Spirit is not distributed by lottery, with a few people selected to receive it. It is not a game of chance. There are no winners or losers. Those whom God calls, He equips. There is more than enough power to go around. No one is left out, and no one gets leftovers. Don’t disqualify yourself when you are already accepted. The Scriptures are clear and without Vagueness. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is not just for a few of “God’s favourites.” No, God has no “favourites.” In fact, we are all His favourites. On the Day of Pentecost, 120 men and women were in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, and we read in Acts 2:3 and 4, “Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit...” It was no coincidence and NO LOTTERY! “Each” of the 120 received and “all” was filled. Their gender was not a consideration; neither was their age nor race or status in life.  Somebody in heaven must have counted the heads since

E.N. Bell — A Voice of Restraint in an Era of Controversy E.N. Bell, the first and fourth general chairman of the Assemblies of God . by  Richard A. Lewis The history of the Assemblies of God is filled with individuals who shaped the fledgling organization into what it is today. One of these influential founding fathers was Eudorus Neander Bell (1866–1923). In citing even a few of his accomplishments, we discover just how invaluable he was. Recognizing the need to organize the revival and with only the initial support of H.A. Goss, Bell agreed to issue the “call” in his magazine,  Word and Witness , for Pentecostals to convene in Hot Springs, Arkansas . Joining these two men in this endeavor were M.M. Pinson, A.P. Collins, and D.C.O. Opperman. This resulted in the formation of the Assemblies of God. Bell was the first and fourth chairman (general superintendent) of the Fellowship. Between his terms as chairman, he served the young organization as general secretary and as

New York Lottery (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Tonight a ticket will be chosen worth over half a billion dollars. Lottery agents in New York were selling 1.3 million Mega Millions tickets per hour Thursday. Officials were expecting to sell about 1.2 billion tickets total before the drawing. “Americans spend about $60 billion on the lottery every year,” says Stephen Dubner , co-author of “ Freakonomics .” “More than $500 per American household goes to playing the lottery.” ( CBS This Morning ) There are at least seven reasons you should not gamble with your money in this way — and should tell your congressmen not to support it. 1. It is spiritually suicidal. “Those who desire to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. . . They have pierced themselves with many a pang” ( 1 Timothy 6:7–10 ). 2. It is a kind of embezzlement. Managers don’t gamble with their Master’s money. All you have belongs to God. All

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia The nationwide explosion of legal gambling may well be the most underrated dimension of our moral crisis. With the expansion of lotteries, casino gambling, and new technologies, the gambling industry is poised to grow even further in the next decade. People spent more on gambling than they did on health insurance, dentists, shoes, foreign travel, or household appliances. The Bible is clear on this issue. The entire enterprise of gambling is opposed to the moral worldview revealed in God ’s Word. The basic impulse behind gambling is greed—a basic sin that is the father of many other evils. Greed , covetousness, and avarice are repeatedly addressed by Scripture—always presented as a sin against God, and often accompanied by a graphic warning of the destruction which is greed’s result. The burning desire for earthly riches leads to frustration and spiritual death. In the wisdom literature of the Old Tes