Can you share how to receive your Baptism of Fire? How to have a Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit? How to Have Your Calling and Election and Second Comforter?
Answer:
The Baptism of Fire comes as we follow the directions of the Holy Ghost. As we bring ourselves more and more in alignment with the Saviour. There is the question though: What is in alignment with the Saviour?
To keep the commandments as the Saviour kept them. To walk the path the Saviour walked! To live as He lived.
We must change our lives! We must repent in sackcloth and ashes! We must have a broken heart, and a contrite spirit. A broken heart and a contrite spirit is KEY!
To have a broken heart is to be so distraught for our sins, because of our sins, that we humble ourselves so much until we become contrite! Contrition means that we are finally ready to do whatever the Lord says to fix these things, internally and externally, to make ourselves right before Him.
When we have a broken heart, and a contrite spirit, and we proceed to bring ourselves into alignment with the Saviour, doing all things the Holy Ghost tells us to do, then the day will come that we are purged by Fire and by the Holy Ghost.
As we continue forward we may obtain the Second Comforter, who will continue to teach us. As we follow His teachings, He will eventually make our Calling and Election sure.
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These questions seem to "pop" up often. We often times try so hard to accomplish something, when it is actually fairly easy. A hardened heart comes from doing iniquity, choosing to turn from the Lord and choose to pursue things which get us gratification and pleasure. I am far from perfect and continue to learn through experiences, but I can be taught. What do you do with a hardened heart? It needs to be broken, broken from the path of iniquity by choosing to turn from that path and return to the path the Lord desires for us to be on. We really need to turn to him in all aspects of our lives, not parts. He purchased our sins, and we need to give them to Him, be humble in all that we do. We need to stop hanging on to those sins that He shed His precious blood for, and really give them to Him and let Him heal us. Irene
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful.
DeleteThank-you for sharing!
Thank you Brother Joseph for posting this online for the rest of us to read. 😊 Plain and simple explanation.
ReplyDeleteMy current understanding of sin= missing the mark/error.
Amen to what you wrote and what Irene posted in the above ^ comment. Your sister in Christ- Sally
Thank-you so much.
DeleteYour insight is so appreciated!