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What Philip Could Not Do
Posted by Edward R. Cross on September 18, 2026
Philip preached Christ, cast out devils, healed the lame, and baptized a city — and he could not give the Holy Ghost. Jerusalem had to send apostles. That one limit explains Acts 8, answers Acts 19, and exposes what is being claimed today.
The Seal of the Holy Spirit: Sealed Unto the Day of Redemption
Posted by Edward R. Cross on June 16, 2026
Paul states it twice and assumes it everywhere: the believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit the moment he believes, unto the day of redemption. This study traces what the seal is, what the earnest guarantees, and what it means to grieve a Spirit who can never leave the one He has sealed.
Ye Know All Things — Rightly Dividing the Remnant's Unction
Posted by Edward R. Cross on June 4, 2026
The unction of 1 John 2:20 is the specific New Covenant provision given to believing Israel — rooted in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Joel, and promised by Christ to His Jewish disciples in the upper room. It is not a general Christian experience, and Paul never uses it to describe the Body of Christ.
The Anointing of the Spirit: What Changed When the Mystery Was Revealed?
Posted by Edward R. Cross on May 25, 2026
Under the prophetic program the Spirit was poured upon selected individuals externally and conditionally. Under the mystery every believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit the moment they trust Paul's gospel — permanently and universally. This article shows what changed when the mystery was revealed.
