What The Church Is Meant To Be Like

24th April 2021

I have recently listened to Roger Price’s teachings about the ‘Baptism of the Holy Spirit’ and ‘The Gifts of the Holy Spirit’ which are part of his ‘Essentials for Growth’ series. You can learn more about Roger by going to the Recordings page on this website. It is part of the Resources section.

As I listened to what he was saying it was clear that the church he was part of were putting everything he said into practice. His church was Chichester Christian Fellowship. They were full of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit were in common use. It reminded me of what the Church was like at the beginning as we read of in The Book of Acts and the Letters and it was glorious.

Sadly, I don’t know of a single church that is like this anymore. The Church was always meant to be full of the power of the Holy Spirit through the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and it was always meant to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is what makes the Church so extraordinary and effective. It is part of the essential character of the Church. The Church was always meant to be spiritually powerful, miraculous and utterly life changing. It was meant to be a powerful witness of the existence of God. Sadly, today the Church is none of this. This has come about through widespread false teaching about the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is also the result of outright rebellion in the Church against God’s Word.

It breaks my heart to see what has happened to the Church in my lifetime. And if it does this to me how much more does the Holy Spirit grieve.