"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come . . . They were all filled with the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:1, 4
Beautiful Reception and Training: I reached the campus. of the Emmanuel Bible College, at No.1, Palm Grove, Birkenhead, in Cheshire, U.K. I was shaken to see the impressive scripture on a board: "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?" (Acts 19: 2). I was challenged to examine my life. I knew that after conversion one needs to be sanctified and filled with the Spirit. So I determined to be sure about my sanctification.
The Lord's mighty visitation: I remembered the practice of our having a long season of 'waiting on the Lord,' on Saturday nights at the LEF, in India. There in Birkenhead, I found an underground chamber where the heaters were kept, emanating heat to the whole building. I locked myself in that warm chamber, to pray from 9 p.m. (Saturday night) till 6 a.m. (Sunday morning). My British friends discouraged such long seasons of prayer.
One night the Lord spoke to me, "The Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts (Malachi 3: 1b). Then came the Word, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come ...they were all filled with the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2: 1, 4). I could not believe that I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The next day was the prayer day for the college. I humbly went into the hall where the whole college, staff and students, all British, had gathered. When my turn for prayer came and I opened my mouth in prayer, the Holy Spirit descended on all the people in the hall. They fell down from their seats and cried to the Lord. After some time, the meeting was over, and each one went to his room. I give all the Glory to the Lord Who significantly visited me, with my 'white' seniors around.
Our Principal, Rev. Stanley Banks, was quite impressed and so was the whole college, to see the 'black, Indian boy' blessed by the Lord. They asked if I could lead the college, at the Principal's level. I rejected the offer, as I had still to learn, to grow in the spirit and prepare for the ministry.
- Taken from the book, "The Second Mite," the autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Whitson Paul
(Posted with permission from Daniel Job, coauthor of the book).
Beautiful Reception and Training: I reached the campus. of the Emmanuel Bible College, at No.1, Palm Grove, Birkenhead, in Cheshire, U.K. I was shaken to see the impressive scripture on a board: "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?" (Acts 19: 2). I was challenged to examine my life. I knew that after conversion one needs to be sanctified and filled with the Spirit. So I determined to be sure about my sanctification.
The Lord's mighty visitation: I remembered the practice of our having a long season of 'waiting on the Lord,' on Saturday nights at the LEF, in India. There in Birkenhead, I found an underground chamber where the heaters were kept, emanating heat to the whole building. I locked myself in that warm chamber, to pray from 9 p.m. (Saturday night) till 6 a.m. (Sunday morning). My British friends discouraged such long seasons of prayer.
One night the Lord spoke to me, "The Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts (Malachi 3: 1b). Then came the Word, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come ...they were all filled with the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2: 1, 4). I could not believe that I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The next day was the prayer day for the college. I humbly went into the hall where the whole college, staff and students, all British, had gathered. When my turn for prayer came and I opened my mouth in prayer, the Holy Spirit descended on all the people in the hall. They fell down from their seats and cried to the Lord. After some time, the meeting was over, and each one went to his room. I give all the Glory to the Lord Who significantly visited me, with my 'white' seniors around.
Our Principal, Rev. Stanley Banks, was quite impressed and so was the whole college, to see the 'black, Indian boy' blessed by the Lord. They asked if I could lead the college, at the Principal's level. I rejected the offer, as I had still to learn, to grow in the spirit and prepare for the ministry.
- Taken from the book, "The Second Mite," the autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Whitson Paul
(Posted with permission from Daniel Job, coauthor of the book).
"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come . . . They were all filled with the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:1, 4
Beautiful Reception and Training: I reached the campus. of the Emmanuel Bible College, at No.1, Palm Grove, Birkenhead, in Cheshire, U.K. I was shaken to see the impressive scripture on a board: "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?" (Acts 19: 2). I was challenged to examine my life. I knew that after conversion one needs to be sanctified and filled with the Spirit. So I determined to be sure about my sanctification.
The Lord's mighty visitation: I remembered the practice of our having a long season of 'waiting on the Lord,' on Saturday nights at the LEF, in India. There in Birkenhead, I found an underground chamber where the heaters were kept, emanating heat to the whole building. I locked myself in that warm chamber, to pray from 9 p.m. (Saturday night) till 6 a.m. (Sunday morning). My British friends discouraged such long seasons of prayer.
One night the Lord spoke to me, "The Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts (Malachi 3: 1b). Then came the Word, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come ...they were all filled with the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2: 1, 4). I could not believe that I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The next day was the prayer day for the college. I humbly went into the hall where the whole college, staff and students, all British, had gathered. When my turn for prayer came and I opened my mouth in prayer, the Holy Spirit descended on all the people in the hall. They fell down from their seats and cried to the Lord. After some time, the meeting was over, and each one went to his room. I give all the Glory to the Lord Who significantly visited me, with my 'white' seniors around.
Our Principal, Rev. Stanley Banks, was quite impressed and so was the whole college, to see the 'black, Indian boy' blessed by the Lord. They asked if I could lead the college, at the Principal's level. I rejected the offer, as I had still to learn, to grow in the spirit and prepare for the ministry.
- Taken from the book, "The Second Mite," the autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Whitson Paul
(Posted with permission from Daniel Job, coauthor of the book).
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