The Message of the CROSS

10 MAJOR REASONS Why We Should Pray in Tongues ! I hope this teaching will encourage you to believe God to be baptized in the Holy Ghost, with the gift of speaking in tongues. #1 It authenticates, substantiates, and verifies God's presence. Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Mark 16 proclaims these signs, including tongues. This is the evidence of the presence and power of Holy Ghost.In the old covenant the manifestation of God’s presence was a Fire by night, and a cloud by day.But now in the New Testament, the evidence of the spirit of God and rolling his tabernacle is the gift of tongues. Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 1 Corinthians 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that b...

Why did Jesus say: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ?'  It reads as a bitter, desperate cry. As Jesus hangs on the cross, naked, dying, and at the climax of his earthly ministry he cries: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.' The phrase appears in both Matthew's and Mark's account of Jesus' death and both include a transliteration of what Jesus said: 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' before adding, 'which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"'. Jesus, the son of God, who has led a life in perfect union with God the Father, is abandoned by him at his most desperate moment. And as he dies he gives this heart-rending cry: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.' So why did God abandon him at this moment? At this moment, all the world's sin and guilt is laid on Jesus. All the things we have done which we shouldn't and thing we should have done but didn't create a sep...