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What About the Pentecostal "Second Blessing"?



BRI denies emphatically "the second blessing" bequeathed by mainline Pentecostalism. There is only ONE salvation, an integrated unity in Messiah. When we are saved we are saved WHOLLY (salvation is the "health of Yahweh").

There is NO second experience subsequent to salvation-experience. It is when we are saved that we receive "the baptism of the holy Spirit." God, and all that God is, and all that God has, are given (as gifts to us) in the Incarnation of Himself as Our Lord Yeshua haMashiach. The one gift of Himself is in His Son. All else is contained in that ONE personal gift.

For some of us, it may take a little longer to appreciate and apprehend what is already ours by virtue of the new birth. But if the conversion we experienced was indeed a genuine new birth, then the realisation will dawn that the Real Presence is within us demanding a dynamic, edifying and practical expression of God's love toward us, and for us, in radical outreach to others.

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      • IMCF CONGREGATIONS
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    • What are the correct Jewish Festival dates for 2018?
    • ROMANS 8.1b
    • Origin of the Name Christian
    • Advantages When You Financially Support the IMCF
    • Call to Bless Israel
    • DaVinci Code
    • Should Christians Revere the Cross?
    • American Power & Jewish Influence
    • The Authentic Grace of God, or Who Actually Believed the Holy Spirit?
    • The Tithing Paper
    • But What About Our Pets?
    • Jewish Messianic Expectation Revealed in the Intertestamental Period
    • Baptised Paganism
    • Are There Contradictions in the Bible?
    • Ancient Records Reconsidered
    • Satan in the Sanctuary: The Coming Occupation of the Third Temple
    • Did Yeshua Observe the Correct Passover in the Year of His Crucifixion?
    • Can a Woman be an Apostle?
    • On the First Day of the Week
    • Gentile Ministries: Scholarship, a Lost Cause?
    • Fire at the Dais of Messiah
    • The Forgiveness of Yeshua and the Fear of Death
    • Two Gods in Conflict, or One God Supreme?
    • So - You Think You're Mortal!
    • The Blood of the Mashiach - God's Universal Love
    • The Mysterious "Lamb's Book of Life"
    • The Satisfaction of the Justice of God
    • Whatever Did Yeshua Mean When He Said: 'Let The Dead Bury Their Dead"?
    • Give 'Babe' a Miss!
    • Has the Easter Bunny Laid An Egg On Our Sacred Christian Customs?
    • TIMES UP - Living in the Shadow of the Second Coming
    • Twas GRACE that nobody wants to know about!
    • The Hidden Truth of the Menorah Revealed as May 5, 2000 Looms on the Horizon!
    • Did Our Lord Yeshu Wear Earrings?
    • Shabbat Lectures on the Torah: SELF ESTEEM
    • Did the Prophet Jeremiah Go To Ireland?
    • The Bitter Fruit of [the] Vine
    • "Saving Faith" - Just What is it?
    • Iran in Prophecy
    • Do You Qualify The Statements Of Yeshua? - Or, The Trouble With Ellen!
    • What Was the Secret of the Temple Cherubim?
    • A Christmas Message to an Apostate Church
    • Final Protestant Argument Against Seventh-day Sabbath Observance Collapses Under New Research
    • IF "Christ is the ANSWER," What Are the Questions?
    • Whatever Did Yeshua Mean When He Termed Herod a "Fox"?
    • What is the One teaching that makes Messianic Christianity Unique?
    • The Blessing of God
    • So Long Gentile Jesus
    • Star of Bethlehem
    • What was Paul's view of the Torah in relation to Gentile believers?
    • Who Killed the Messiah?
    • Are we saved when we accept the Messiah?
    • If we are not saved by keeping the Torah, what's the point of observing it?
    • In as few words as possible, can you describe your view of salvation?
    • What distinguishes BRI from other sabbatarian organisations?
    • What was Paul's attitude toward the Torah?
    • So basically you're saying that the Bible teaches that human personality survives its bodily death?
    • We understand you believe in the soul's immortality. Is this correct?
    • You referred to reincarnation. Doesn't this brand BRI as New Age?
    • Are the "gifts of the Spirit" still around today?
    • You slam the image of Jesus to the "max." Why?
    • What is the Focus of BRI's Theology??
    • What About the Pentecostal "Second Blessing"?
    • Why do you differentiate between Christians and "disciples" as you seem to do in all your lectures?
    • Is the Messianic Community the body of Messiah? Is it also "the bride of Christ"?
    • What is your view on Enoch and Elijah? Did they escape death?
    • What Hebrew word is often associated with door to door representatives and used-car salesmen?
    • Can Angels be Female?
    • The Extinction of the Lion
    • The Rapture Doctrine [1]
    • Rapture Doctrine [11] A Case Against the Rapture
    • Rapture Doctrine [lll] Do We "Knock Knoch"? Or, Do We Seek the Approbation of Men?
    • Rapture Doctrine [IV]: Origin of the Secret Rapture Doctrine
    • The Two Hands of God
    • Does Satan Lurk in Ezekiel 28?
    • The Wailing Wall: Source of Jewish Idolatry
  • Messianic Believers Youtube
  • Audio Page
    • WEEKLY PARSHAH
    • Does BRI teach the coming of a New World Order?
  • Contact Us