For the previous two evenings I had been studying Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Witness of the Holy Spirit.
You can only imagine my surprise when I found out that the afternoon's lecture was to be on the subject of..."Baptism of the Holy Spirit", with the witness of the Holy Spirit as a main point.
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Recently I went forward to be baptised by a local church, since I felt that my baptism as a JW was not right before God.
As I pulled up to the Seminary I took my bible out, looking for a verse for inspiration, and the bible fell open at 1 Pet.2. I read verses 2-9 then prayed, before going in. I had to sit right at the front, on my own, so I took out my bible again and re-read the passage before praying and re-reading it once again. I had prayed that it would be nice to hear the verse, but that I didn't feel it was necessary. Other than that I was content and peaceful in what was to proceed.
When it came to the text my mouth dropped open and I offered an immediate prayer of thanks, because it was announced as 1 Pet.2. When it came to expounding it, the minister concentrated on verse 9.
When I spoke of this to the minister, afterwards, his mouth fell open as well. He had intended to read 1 Cor.2:5, but it just didn't sit right, so he had made the change to Peter at the last moment.
The follow-up to this was when I attended my first communion service, a few weeks later. 1 Pet.2:9 came up again, and this minister (a differant one) knew nothing of me, nor the significance of the passage to me. A few dozen in the audience did, however, and had to restrain themselves from jumping up and shouting "YES!!! His text has come up again!".
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This will no doubt be dismissed as an unquantifiable coincidence, by some, yet every sermon that I've been to has included a text that I have studied in the last couple of days (there are only usually a couple quoted in the churches that I have thus far attended).
If the lottery was this reliable I would be brought to court on charges of fraud due to huge circumstancial evidence.
If you are a believer - you know what I'm saying.
If you are not - Think about it.
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