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    Baptized With Fire
    Baptized With Fire
    Baptized With Fire
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    Baptized With Fire

    By Brian Anthony Bowen

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    Explore Scriptures that define what Keeping the Sabbath means to Christians, and examine the unique significance it holds for LGBT people, while keeping sight of the fact Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man--man was not made for the Sabbath. Then go on to explore the Scriptural account of the Day of Pentecost, and the spiritual empowerment that comes from the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and discover the strong emphasis God places on LGBT people partaking in the exercise of this heavenly gift as well!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Anthony Bowen
    Release dateSep 6, 2014
    ISBN9781310270857
    Baptized With Fire
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    Brian Anthony Bowen

    Following his rededication of his life to the cause of Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit led Brian Anthony Bowen through an exhaustive study of God's Word which led to the discovery of hidden Biblical revelations regarding LGBT people, and the critical prophetic role we play in the Return of Jesus Christ. As a serious student of God's Word, Brother Brian shares detailed examinations of Scriptures most Christians are familiar with, as well as introduces us to Scriptures most have never heard of. It is Brother Brian's hope that these revelations will empower Church Shepherds and Congregants alike, as this message restores families that have been destroyed upon learning that a child or parent or spouse is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, as well as to restore the many Church bodies that have been sharply divided by traditional teachings on the subject of homosexuality over the centuries. More than another book about how the Church has been wrong, and what Scriptures LGBT people can feel free to disregard, this work bridges the gaps in both "pro gay" and "anti gay" schools of theology.

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      Baptized With Fire - Brian Anthony Bowen

      Lord of The Sabbath

      Copyright 2014 Brian Anthony Bowen

      Published by Brian Anthony Bowen at Smashwords

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Amplified Bible

      Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

      Used by permission

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One: Lord of The Sabbath

      Chapter Two: Baptized With Fire

      About Brian Anthony Bowen

      Other Books by Brian Anthony Bowen

      Connect with Brian Anthony Bowen

      Chapter One: Lord of The Sabbath

      Jesus said to them,  The Sabbath was made on account and for the sake of man, not man for the Sabbath; so the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.

      Mark 2:27-28

      Let us examine more closely another primary adherence that God mentions in His prophecy regarding eunuchs from Isaiah 56:1-8, as well as those Philip shared with the Ethiopian eunuch from Acts 8:37, to help us understand as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people what He expects of us in return for including us in His house of prayer for all people.

      While these are explained from the perspective of what God seems to expect from LGBT believers, I think they will reveal themselves to actually apply to all believers beginning in Isaiah 56:

      1 Thus says the Lord: Keep justice, do and use righteousness (conformity to the will of God which brings salvation), for My salvation is soon to come and My righteousness (My rightness and justice) to be revealed.

      2 Blessed, happy, and fortunate is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold of it and binds himself fast to it, who keeps sacred the Sabbath so as not to profane it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

      3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, The Lord will surely separate me from His people. And let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

      4 For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths and choose the things which please Me and hold firmly My covenant--

      5 To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name better [and more enduring] than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

      6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him and to love the name of the Lord and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it and who holds fast My covenant [by conscientious obedience]--

      7 All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

      8 Thus says the Lord God, Who gathers the outcasts of Israel: I will gather yet others to [Israel] besides those already gathered.  Isaiah 56:1-8

      and

      37 Philip said, If you believe with all your heart [if you have a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah and accept Him as the Author of your salvation in the kingdom of God, giving Him your obedience, then] you may. And he replied, I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  Acts 8:37

      If we were to list these out individually, we see them as:

      Keep Justice

      Do and use righteousness

      Keep the Sabbath sacred

      Keep our hand from doing any evil

      Do not complain we are dry trees

      Choose the things that please God

      Hold firmly His Covenant (Jesus Christ)

      Believe with all the heart, full of joyful trust that Jesus is the Messiah

      Accept Jesus as the Author of our salvation in the Kingdom of God

      Give Jesus our obedience

      Believe Jesus is the Son of God

      Receive Baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

      So that’s quite a list, but in this chapter, I’d like to first explore keeping the Sabbath sacred. What does that mean in today's society?  Fortunately, we don't have to just ask someone's opinion.  The Word of God has plenty to say about it.  But as we’ll see, it is important to understand this in a balanced way, keeping in mind that Jesus taught that the Sabbath was made for man, and man was not made for the Sabbath.

      Most of us are familiar with the origins of the Sabbath as God’s Day of Rest:

      …on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day

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