1. To be filled with the Spirit is different from being baptized in the Spirit. There is one baptism, but multiple fillings. 2. In no New Testament text are we commanded to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. There is no appeal to do something in order to be baptized; no exhortation, no imperative. 3. On the other hand, we are commanded to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18). 4. It is possible to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, to experience the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and yet not be filled with the Holy Spirit (e.g. the Corinthian believers). 5. To be “full of the Holy Spirit” is to reflect a maturity of character; it is the ideal condition of every believer [see Acts 6:3, 5; 7:55; 11:24]. To be “filled with the Holy Spirit” is to experience an anointing for power, purity, proclamation, and praise.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Grains	Jewish	Fruits, Cakes	15	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Nutmeg
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Baking soda
1 1/4	c	Oil
2		Eggs
2	c	Sugar
2	c	Fresh apples; sliced
1	c	Chopped nuts
1	ts	Vanilla
1/3	c	Brandy

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift together flour, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and soda. Mix oil, eggs and
sugar. Add flour mixture to oil mixture and mix well. Add apples, nuts,
vanilla and brandy; mix again. Batter will be very stiff like a cookie
dough. Spread into lightly greased 13x5x2 inch pan. Bake at 350~ for 35 to
45 minutes. This is a very rich cake and should not be iced. The crust is
crunchy like a cookie and the inside is moist and chewy like a brownie.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Nancy Berry <nlberry@prodigy.net> on Apr
30, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“We don’t change God’s message — His message changes us.”

Jesus is quickly thrown backwards with His shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly but to allow some flexion and movement. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes [the vertical beam].... The left foot is pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified as He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating, fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain – the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet. At this point, another phenomenon occurs. As the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push Himself upward... Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically He is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen... Hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermit tent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber: Then another agony begins. A deep crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart... It is now almost over – the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level – the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues – the tortured lungs are making a frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air... The body of Jesus is now in extremis and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues... His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally he can allow His body to die.

C. Truman Davis