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Day 4 –A Review by Chris Thompson.
This book should be read by all Christians, and read and re-read by all ministers. I have read and been blessed by each of Dr. Frank Tunstall’s books. They are all Biblical, full of doctrine, and inspirational. This one, Discovering the Job Description of the Holy Spirit, is his best. I have been searching for a book as a text for a course on the Holy Spirit from a Pentecostal perspective. Such a book would be the text to be used at the world’s oldest Pentecostal Bible college, Holmes Bible College in Greenville, S.C. I have found my text! The book is scholarly but without the feeling of being “academic.” All Christians will find its vocabulary easy for studying.
May I speak to each follower of Jesus who loves the Scriptures: Read it! Engage your Lord! Intensify and strengthen your journey with Him! He is alive and well!
President of Holmes Bible College
And now an excerpt from the book.
The Holy Spirit in the Songs of the Servant.
The Holy Spirit anointed Isaiah to pen four songs, identified as Songs of the Servant, each of which show the concealed Messiah who would one day step on the stage of history to save the world.
1. The anointing of the Servant (Isaiah 42:1-4). Isaiah prophesied about Jesus the Messiah, speaking the words of God: “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I [God] will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations” (Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 12:18).
2. The call of the Servant (Isaiah 49:1–7). Isaiah heard Messiah’s own testimony and quoted it as a prophecy: “Before I was born the Lord called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name” (Isaiah 49:1). The call was fulfilled in Jesus’ incarnation. Messiah’s mission was to be the sharpened sword in His Father’s hand and the very special polished arrow in His quiver. He was to call Israel back to God. He would also be a “light for the Gentiles,” successfully bringing “salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 49:6). In achieving so grand an objective, Messiah’s ministry displayed the Father’s splendor.
3. The obedience of the Servant (Isaiah 50:4–9). Isaiah predicted the submission of the Servant, again recording Jesus’ actual testimony in advance. It squares with Paul’s kenosis or self-emptying teaching in Philippians 2. “The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back” (Isaiah 50:4–5; John 5:19–36; Psalm 16:7–8; Acts 2:25; 10:38; Philippians 2:1-12).
4. The suffering of the Servant (Isaiah 52:13–53:12). As the Father’s loyal servant, the Messiah in His Holy Spirit anointing would be willing to pay the ultimate price of crucifixion for man’s salvation. Isaiah anticipated the high cost of redemption in the disfigurement of Messiah’s face and body, and wrote about it in the past tense, as if it had already happened. He was “marred beyond human likeness… and He was “despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering” (Isaiah 52:14; 53:3). Some priests even turned their backs when he walked by so that they would not have to look at Him (Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 32:33, MSG). But, thank God, Jesus triumphantly walked out of His tomb on the morning of the third day….
The Need to translate this book into Spanish:
Our Hispanic brothers and sisters must be able to get this book in their language too. Any pastor who encourages his church to make a gift toward translating and printing The Job Description of the Holy Spirit into Spanish will receive a free copy of the book. (If only 80 churches across the church give $100 each, we will be able to retain a qualified translator and publish the book in Spanish, and the pastor will get the book.)
You may click on the hyperlink below to order your book.
The church check should be made out to Great Command Ministries, Inc. and designated as an offering for translating the book into Spanish and mailed directly to:
Great Command Ministries, Inc.
10840 NW 32nd Terrace
Yukon, OK 73099
You can order your book or books today by Clicking Here on this Hyperlink.
Day 4 –A Review by Chris Thompson.
This book should be read by all Christians, and read and re-read by all ministers. I have read and been blessed by each of Dr. Frank Tunstall’s books. They are all Biblical, full of doctrine, and inspirational. This one, Discovering the Job Description of the Holy Spirit, is his best. I have been searching for a book as a text for a course on the Holy Spirit from a Pentecostal perspective. Such a book would be the text to be used at the world’s oldest Pentecostal Bible college, Holmes Bible College in Greenville, S.C. I have found my text! The book is scholarly but without the feeling of being “academic.” All Christians will find its vocabulary easy for studying.
May I speak to each follower of Jesus who loves the Scriptures: Read it! Engage your Lord! Intensify and strengthen your journey with Him! He is alive and well!
President of Holmes Bible College
And now an excerpt from the book.
The Holy Spirit in the Songs of the Servant.
The Holy Spirit anointed Isaiah to pen four songs, identified as Songs of the Servant, each of which show the concealed Messiah who would one day step on the stage of history to save the world.
1. The anointing of the Servant (Isaiah 42:1-4). Isaiah prophesied about Jesus the Messiah, speaking the words of God: “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I [God] will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations” (Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 12:18).
2. The call of the Servant (Isaiah 49:1–7). Isaiah heard Messiah’s own testimony and quoted it as a prophecy: “Before I was born the Lord called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name” (Isaiah 49:1). The call was fulfilled in Jesus’ incarnation. Messiah’s mission was to be the sharpened sword in His Father’s hand and the very special polished arrow in His quiver. He was to call Israel back to God. He would also be a “light for the Gentiles,” successfully bringing “salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 49:6). In achieving so grand an objective, Messiah’s ministry displayed the Father’s splendor.
3. The obedience of the Servant (Isaiah 50:4–9). Isaiah predicted the submission of the Servant, again recording Jesus’ actual testimony in advance. It squares with Paul’s kenosis or self-emptying teaching in Philippians 2. “The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back” (Isaiah 50:4–5; John 5:19–36; Psalm 16:7–8; Acts 2:25; 10:38; Philippians 2:1-12).
4. The suffering of the Servant (Isaiah 52:13–53:12). As the Father’s loyal servant, the Messiah in His Holy Spirit anointing would be willing to pay the ultimate price of crucifixion for man’s salvation. Isaiah anticipated the high cost of redemption in the disfigurement of Messiah’s face and body, and wrote about it in the past tense, as if it had already happened. He was “marred beyond human likeness… and He was “despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering” (Isaiah 52:14; 53:3). Some priests even turned their backs when he walked by so that they would not have to look at Him (Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 32:33, MSG). But, thank God, Jesus triumphantly walked out of His tomb on the morning of the third day….
The Need to translate this book into Spanish:
Our Hispanic brothers and sisters must be able to get this book in their language too. Any pastor who encourages his church to make a gift toward translating and printing The Job Description of the Holy Spirit into Spanish will receive a free copy of the book. (If only 80 churches across the church give $100 each, we will be able to retain a qualified translator and publish the book in Spanish, and the pastor will get the book.)
You may click on the hyperlink below to order your book.
The church check should be made out to Great Command Ministries, Inc. and designated as an offering for translating the book into Spanish and mailed directly to:
Great Command Ministries, Inc.
10840 NW 32nd Terrace
Yukon, OK 73099
You can order your book or books today by Clicking Here on this Hyperlink.