I recently discovered and then downloaded three books written by a great British Pentecostal pioneer, Alexander A. Boddy, to my iPad. The first of the books, The Laying on of Hands, was written in 1895, and the other two, Pentecost for England and (The True) Pleading of the Blood, were written in 1907. Through the influence of the Anglican Alexander and his wife Mary, a move of God’s Spirit began sweeping across the United Kingdom at the beginning of the twentieth century. Mary often prayed for people to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The most famous of these is Smith Wigglesworth.
I discovered a thought in Pentecost for England, which I continue to meditate on. I trust that it will be a blessing to you.
Pentecost is a baptism of praise, coming over the balconies of heaven from the glorified presence of our Savior, having an unmistakable relation to His glorification, fills us with His glory striking the chords of praise we never dreamed existed in our souls and finding adequate expression only in the tongues, which come with it the scenes of heavenly praise and adoration above.
Reread Boddy’s statement one more time. If you are like me, this statement changes the definition of “Pentecost”. To many, Pentecost is a noun labeling a group of people or denomination or distinctive. But, if you will read it again, Pentecost becomes a verb. There is action and movement in Pentecost – heaven in motion, you in motion, Holy Spirit-empowered downloads and uploads, brain-bypassed Spirit-to-spirit connections, heaven-enabled words (tongues) communicating on God’s level – action and more action.
Let today be a day of Pentecost and then also tomorrow and the next day and the…
