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  1. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Thanks for your reply. This is a testimony thread - I think it is best to keep it that way. We are quite likely to meet on more appropriate forums and address your theological questions. I am quite used to dialogue with folks who's theology doesn't let them believe that God heals today, and...
  2. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Well hopefully mine will be...
  3. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Friends, I give more detail on one of my more notable experiences... I left NZ with $150 on a jumbo Jet to Jerusalem. The money for the flight came in by faith one hour before the tickets had to be paid for. I was away for 10 weeks and everything I needed was paid - strangers supported me...
  4. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Amen to that... ...and I am trying to gently encourage others to join in praying for others simple faith and obedience.
  5. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Here we go again... I had to take a German backpacker to hospital with acute tonsillitis. He had a roaring fever, hot and cold sweats, raging sore throat, dizzyness. They gave him paracelomol and brufen and a script for antibiotics. But... I prayed for his healing in the Hospital waiting...
  6. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    And one in the last 12 months. This was a first for me - a member of the Christian forum in the US asked me for prayer - PSA 70+ I am just telling it as it is... I wandered out on the back lawn and prayed earnestly to God and cursed the cancer and asked for healing in God's mercy. Over the...
  7. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Here is a more recent example of prayer being answered. Dear friend of 33 diagnosed with cancer. Several Tumours in her thyroid. She confessed sins. We prayed with oil for healing. Pre op biopsy, cells extracted Malignancy confirmed... Initially facing a wait of several months for...
  8. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Hello Auntie Jane, I was relieved to read that what you offer is just an opinion. :) If you would like to ask me any particular questions, no problem. You might notice I don't emphasise the issue of gifts. My Church has a long history of healing in fact has a healing order as part of the...
  9. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    No Problem - good question...
  10. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Of course - God works on a variety of levels. However in this age we need to be wise about when and why we seek help about what. Also in any event we should put the matter before God first. This said I will expand on that comment you quoted. I had a friend that became quite ill. He was in...
  11. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    Thanks for the responses - something to pray about... There are a variety of truth's intersecting and differences in definition. However the object of the exercise is effective ministry empowered and directed by Him.
  12. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    This is a reference to being born again - first birth in water, second birth in the Spirit when receiving the indwelling presence. Empowering for ministry usually comes later and is receiving a permanent empowering for ministry exactly as Jesus did at His Baptism.
  13. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    No not at all - sorry for any misunderstanding.
  14. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    Are you sure? John 21 24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not...
  15. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    Another testimony... About 37 years ago I was engaged to my Wife Sandi and we attended church one evening together. At the end of the service I got a call from a friend - he sounded excited and invited us to share in fellowship with him and a few friends at his home. immediately I felt uneasy...
  16. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    I trust that there are some who need the word I bring. When Jesus sent out the 12 and the 72 he particularly selected untrained folk who followed Him in simple obedience. In His name they saw Satans strongholds broken over folk - they has no formal training. They had no theological bias to get...
  17. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    OK... let's consider another testimony concerning a dear brother now with Jesus. This man left for Colombia with his wife and family from New Zealand in the early eighties. I have never forgotten this message that I heard from him first hand. His ministry was substantial, working in districts...
  18. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    You remind me of a very good friend who has now passed on... He said "I dont have many answers but my questions are very well organised..." I digress... Here are a couple of scriptures that are pivotal. Mark 16: 16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has...
  19. Carl Emerson

    My take on the Baptism in the Spirit...

    Sure... I assume you know your bible so I shouldn't have to quote verses.
  20. Carl Emerson

    Jesus Ministry.

    If you first see the Father healing, then all you do is declare it and it is... The issue of what realm or cause is at that point insignificant. But you must learn to hear Him first.