Drinking Alcohol
© 05 Colin Melbourne
Readers Questions and Answers
Q: Is drinking alcohol against the word of God?
A: There are many legalistic fellowships, especially amongst the cults, who completely prohibit Christians from drinking alcohol.
Once Saved: Always Saved?
© 07 Colin Melbourne
Q: Can I lose my salvation
A: This is the oldest chestnut of all, and the most tiresome. When you find yourself fussing over this topic, it’s a sure sign you’re wandering away from your primary purpose on Earth.
Jesus Christ: The Oyster Man
© 05 Colin Melbourne
I feared thee, because thou art an austere man…
Lk. 19:21a Holy Bible, KJV
An inspirational true story for those who are less than gifted orators, or struggle to master their mother tongue.
The Meaning and Message of Christmas
© 05 Colin Melbourne
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Holy Bible Is. 9:6 KJV
Victory in the Trial
© 07 Colin Melbourne
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Now here’s an interesting truth. If evangelists and preachers depended upon their feelings almost nobody would ever hear the Gospel.
I thank God for one mighty preacher I heard in the midst of the Charismatic revival in the early 90s.
Background to Scottish Hebrides Revival of 1949
© 03 Colin Melbourne
With testimony of Duncan Campbell
Two praying women moved God to visit the Isle of Lewis, turning their community, and the Scottish Hebrides, from sin to Christ. You and God can do that where you live, if you are willing to repent and believe.
Introduction
Attend to My Words
© 12 Colin Melbourne
The Things Which We Have Heard
Let us note the warning God gives us in Heb. 2:1 KJV;
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
We must keep at the forefront of our attention the full redemption of Christ, otherwise we risk letting slip the Gospel facts that God in the Flesh confirmed to us.
Better than Angels, Prophets, and The Law
Authority and Power
© 22 Colin Melbourne
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 10:18-19 KJV
The Witness of God
© 13 Colin Melbourne
God’s Testimony of Christ
First John 5:1-15 KJV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
The NKJV and KJV 2016
© 23 Colin Melbourne
More Corrupted Compromise “Bibles”
Q: What is your opinion of the New King James Version, and the KJV 2016?
A: I defy the motivation and spirit of anybody who wishes to change the perfect written words of God in English: The KJV: The text which Almighty God has confirmed, for over four centuries, to be His precise words in my mother-tongue.
The Man Who Wrote Messiah
© 19 Colin Melbourne
Read Part 1
George Friderick Handel composing with his portable clavichord.
Despised and Rejected of Men
Even So In Christ
© 19 Colin Melbourne
Divine Earworms
Charles Jennens
Once heard, never forgotten: The wonderful da capo arias of Charles Jennens’ libretto for G.F. Handel’s oratorio Messiah resonate in our hearts with their majestic musical accompaniment.
Self-Righteousness and Judgment
© 22 Colin Melbourne
Q: If a person lives their life; according to their conscience, is true to their convictions, and to themselves, surely God would be evil to throw them into Hell when they die?
A: I sense a philosopher at hand!
Philosophy is for losers, please consider a safer pastime like sword-swallowing.
How to be Certain You Are Saved
© 05 Colin Melbourne
Part 1 of 4
God wants you to be absolutely certain that you are saved right now. He wants you to be free of doubt about your salvation, so that you can stand confident before Him today, tomorrow, and forever.
The keys to assurance of salvation
Good News for Prostitutes
© 05 Colin Melbourne
It is a remarkable fact that, when Almighty God judged the wicked city of Jericho, He spared only one family. Not the priest’s, or the ruler’s, but the city prostitute’s.
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Part 10
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
Polly’s Word of Wisdom
Then she said, “You have not been to God yet. When you go to God you will get it all.”
Part 9
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
The Gift of Wisdom
The first of the nine gifts which has to be made manifest is the Gift of wisdom.
Part 8
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
Oh Brothers, it is ministration, it is operation, it is manifestation!
Those are three of the greatest leading principles of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. And we must see to it that God is producing through us these three.
Part 7
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Latter Rain publication of the Stone Church 1923
The Nearest Help
When I was in Norway, God was mightily moving there, though I had to talk by interpretation. However, God always worked in a wonderful way.