You Are the Firstfruits

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On Pentecost, we hear about being firstfruits and God's Holy Spirit. This day, more than any other Holy Day pictures you and me as individuals who have been called and chosen by God for a very special mission and special responsibility that God has entrusted to us to be ambassadors of a whole new kingdom. We are to be witnesses to what God will do and is doing. We have the opportunity to be firstfruits. What does it mean to be firstfruit? What does the Holy Spirit mean with being a firstfruit? Do God bless the firstfruits with special responsibilities? How does God's Holy Spirit work in our lives? Are their warnings about having God's spirit and how we use it? 
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Leroy Cole

Leroy (Lee) Cole (1939-2018) served in the ministry of Jesus Christ with his wife, Laura, for 52 years.

Mr. Cole was born and reared in the central Willamette Valley in Oregon. He was brought up in a Sabbath-keeping church. Being reared on a small farm gave him the opportunity for a broad range of knowledge and skills. He attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, after graduating from high school in Oregon, with a degree in theology and history. Leroy married fellow Ambassador College student Laura Jean Counts in 1962 and moved to Australia where he was ordained a minister. Leroy and his wife Laura pastored churches both internationally and nationally. Pastoring churches in Australia and Southeast Asia gave them great experience of travel and knowing how other cultures live. They returned to the U.S.A., along with their three daughters, in the fall of 1974. They pastored many congregations in the U.S. from the west coast to the east coast.