What is the promise

Holy Spirit

With all of the activity and proclamations going on in our current churches I thought this might be a good subject for today.

What is the promise of the gift of the infilling of the Holy Spirit that is promised by Jesus in Act 1:8

Acts 1:8 (ESV)

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

This is Jesus' words concerning the promise of the Holy Spirit

To Witness is

1. Declaration of spiritual warfare

Given

1. Supernatural aid to overcome Satan's opposition

Your voice

1. Speaking in boldness and remembrance of biblical words and truths

Acts 4:31 (ESV)

31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Your call

1. Call people to be missionaries

John 16:7–13 (ESV)

7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

In Isaiah 11:2 the gifts that will be upon Christ are prophesied

Isaiah 11:2 (ESV)

2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and might,

the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

1 Corinthians 12:4–11 (ESV)

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

These gifts were given to the believers so the church could grow and the people who were witnessing would be empowered to do God's will

The Holy Spirit is not for your entertainment

Dancing

Flopping about in church

Falling down on the floor

Laughing hysterically

Being drunk in the Spirit

Want to know what the Spirit is saying?

Want hear the commands of God in your life?

What the Holy Spirit promises?

John 16:13 (ESV)

13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

2 Timothy 3:16–17

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.