I have ministered in the Church in various ways and capacities since 1992, thinking that I was doing the real work of God, ministering to people, with all the fantacies/so called speaking in tongs/ shouting and all sorts of rolling thinking that was the work of the Holy Spirit when in actual fact that was not, asking the entire church to persistently repent so that God should forgive us and the entire church of our sins, legalistic as it was, I did not know the exact truth.
It was up until when I red several sermons books by Paul C. Jong including series 1,2,3 that I experienced a turning point in my real spiritual life. Yes I can realize how powerful this gospel of the water and the Spirit is, that reflects the true righteousness of God in the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, the highest priest, from the descendant of Aron, the last high priest, representing mankind, carrying all the sins of the world including mine onto Jesus, and was condemned for those sins and was sentenced to be crucified and shed blood on the cross for us. He died for us, and rose again and is alive in heaven. God Himself, taking the flesh of man, the Holy Spirit aligning upon Him was a clear testimony as well as the voice from heaven.
Prior to my salvation, although I was ministering, still, I looked at the bible not only as another encyclopedic book, but also as an anthropomorphic, obscure and incomprehensible with our human minds. But now I can unlock the bible word easily with the help of the Holy Spirit that has come upon me with my belief in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Praise be to God !
Pastor Hastings Chawinga - Malawi.
