This has been a Holy Spirit day from start to finish. This morning, in the final meeting of the Fire Conference, thousands of pastors received an impartation of the fire of the Holy Spirit. I laid hands on over 500 pastors and sent them out into the huge crowd to lay hands on all the other delegates. We heard that a young Muslim man who had been a mute for 2 years was there when the Holy Spirit fell and suddenly discovered he could speak. He didn’t know what had happened to him so he began asking the pastors. They explained to him that it was Jesus who had healed him!
Tonight, after I preached the Gospel, Evangelist Bonnke prayed for the 275,000 people gathered on the crusade field to also receive the Baptism into the Holy Spirit and I had to choke back the tears as the roar of the crowd caused the ground to tremble.
On the day of Pentecost, Peter had the spiritual discernment to recognize that what was taking place was more than ecstatic manifestations or paranormal phenomena. He had the prophetic sensitivity to see beyond the wind, the fire, the tongues and the ecstasy…realizing the eternal significance of that Pentecostal outpouring. “This is that”, he said, “Which was spoken by the prophet Joel”.