Jesus said:
Acts 1:8
9 And when HE had spoken these things, while they beheld, HE was taken up; and a cloud received HIM out of their sight.
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In approximately 1978, I was at a copy store waiting to get to use their copy machine, when a little old man came up to me and said: "Little lady, you didn't happen to park behind that green and gold car out there did you?"
"No sir." I replied.
He went on to say: "That's a Baylor car." (Baylor is a Baptist University in Texas.)
Then he said: "You don't happen to be a Christian do you?"
With great excitement I responded:
"Well YES, I am! Just recently I was born again."
He was then downcast and his countenance fell as he said, "OH HECK. I just joined the witnessing class at First Baptist Church and you are the first person I chose to witness to."
(This is not the witness of the Holy Spirit but the witness of man who tries to witness.)
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In the late 1970's, I owned a business in Dallas, Texas. I was on a plane enroute to a buying trip for my shop. As the plane touched down in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I heard this from the Holy Spirit. "Be baptized."
My cousin, Church of Christ member, met me at the airport and I said: "Jeanne. If you can arrange it at the church I will be baptized before I return to Dallas this afternoon."
She was very confused and replied, "You've already been baptized."
I replied, "But I wasn't born again at that time. Now I am born again and the Holy Spirit says to me 'Be baptized.' "
As we drove along to the place where I would buy merchandise, I talked about many things God has done for me.
Jeanne listened.
Then she said: "Well ... I believe you are a Christian ... I just don't see how you can be one."
(I laughed.)
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At the Church of Christ building that afternoon, she did arrange for me to be baptized.
I was very surprised for about 15 of my relatives were waiting there to witness to my baptism.
Even more surprising the young minister said to me: "Would you like to say anything?"
I replied: "I guess." (and I just started talking as the Holy Spirit led.)
I noticed that one of my cousins was very joyful and shaking her head up and down as I spoke. And my uncle was crying.
As the minister lowered me into the water, the Holy Spirit said to me: "This is like being buried with Christ."
As I came out of the water, the Holy Spirit said: "This is like being raised with Christ."
When we rejoined my relatives, my uncle came to me and he still had tears in his eyes. He said: "I've never heard anything like you spoke today. Could you write that out and send it to me?" I said: "I guess so." (When I returned to Dallas I did that.)
Years later, I realized my uncle was born again as I was speaking.
(At that time, I had no idea that God had called me to be a minister. I was just following what I heard by the Holy Spirit.)
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