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“The Christian life is life in the Spirit,” writes John Stott. “It would be impossible to be a Christian, let alone to live and grow as a Christian, without the ministry of the gracious Spirit of God. All we have and are as Christians we owe to him.” The Holy Spirit continues to be at work around the world, as evidenced by numerous renewal movements. Yet much confusion and controversy remain...

Antioch were ‘filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit’ (Acts 13:52). These verses appear to denote Christian normality, or at any rate what God intends Christian normality to be. Secondly, the expression indicates an endowment for a particular ministry or office. Thus, John the Baptist would be ‘filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb’ in preparation, it seems, for his prophetic ministry (Lk. 1:15–17). So, too, Ananias’ words to Saul of Tarsus that he would be ‘filled with the Holy
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