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If you are going to operate in the spirit realm, the
baptism of the Holy Spirit is an essential component of the
Christian life. The Gospel message disappeared almost completely
after 325 A.D when Christian churches became state institutions and
its members were no longer born again. Salvation was restored under
Martin Luther in the 16th century, water baptism came next with the
Anabaptists in the 17th century and the baptism of the Holy Spirit
was restored in the 18th century under the Moravians. It was the
baptism of the Holy Spirit that ignited the Methodist revival fires
in England and America. The fire continued to spread with Charles
Finney, D.L. Moody, Hudson Taylor and C.T. Studd in the 19th
century. This led to a holiness movement in the United States in the
latter part of the 19th century and the birth of the Pentecostal
movement in the 20th century. The story of Pentecost continues to
live on today. God is looking for men and women who are willing to
preach the message of the cross but He also wants you to be baptized
in the Holy Spirit and operate in supernatural power. Have you
received the baptism of the Holy Spirit? That is what Pentecost was
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