"While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished...because the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God."
Acts 10:44-46
I can understand the astonishment of the Jewish believers when these Romans received the Holy Spirit baptism. Fifty years ago, in the early 1960s, God poured out his Spirit on many people in liturgical denominations. One of the first was an Anglican Church in Seattle pastored by Father Bennet. From there it spread to Episcopalians and Catholics and then to Lutherans and other mainline denominations. This astonished many in the Pentecostal denominations because they didn't think people in these denominations were even saved! But God saw devout people who were serving Him in the knowledge they had. God often works outside my parameters to build His church.
Today's Thought: God's church is bigger than any one sect or denomination.
Have an "enlarged" day. Love you.
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