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Review of Part 3A

The focus of part 3 of this study has been ‘what the Holy Spirit will do through you’

The Text is the same:

last week, I told us that there are at least 10 major things that the Holy Spirit will do through when you become baptized in the Holy Spirit.

before i go further, i want us to reflect on this question: “how is knowing those things that the Holy Spirit will do through me a game changer for me?”

If you are claiming to have being baptized in the holy spirit, but none of the things that would be mentioned during the cause of this message is not happening through you, then it is clear that you have not been keeping pace with the Holy Spirit....

on the other hand, for those that have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit, but are truly aspiring to serve the lord, this knowledge will force you to pray and ask God to give you the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy spirit is invisible, and the only way he becomes visible to the world, is through those things that he does for us and more importantly “through us”

What the Holy Spirit does through us, is the only proof that we are truly baptized in the Holy Spirit and we are walking in step with the Spirit: our text made this plain:

isa

it seems like the scripture is saying “ the only way by which i can tell that the Holy Spirit has come upon me, is simply because i received the anointing to preach and do some other works - so, the works is a proof of his indwelling:

— So, what

The first thing that happened after that the Holy spirit has come upon you is that:

let us begin by carefully considering :

Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tiding unto the meek:

The Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek: Last week, I said: “when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, he will make a proclaimer of good tidings of you - he will give you the confidence, the message and the right opportunities to present the kingdom of God to somebody.

explains better what it means to proclaim good tidings:

isa 52 7

— you are a publisher of peace

— you are a publisher of good news

— you are a publisher of God’s saving grace “salvation”

— you are a publisher of the resurrection of the lord Jesus Christ - every time that you spread the good news, you are saying “Jesus is alive forevermore”

The proof that you are truly baptized with the Holy Spirit and that you are walking in the Spirit “are the works that he does through you.”

As soon as the holy Spirit rests upon you, there is a word that comes into your mouth:

isa

— note the union: “the spirit is upon, and words is in the mouth.”

mat 11:

— the messiah, is simply translated “the Anointed one” the one baptized in the Holy Spirit… John, sent his disciples to question the authenticity of the messianic ministry of Jesus, he questioned his baptism…

The response of Jesus was simple “go and report the DEEDS to john, go and report the WORKS that the Holy Spirit is doing through me.”

And one of the things that he said was “the good news is proclaimed to the poor.”

mat 12 18

— I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim.

Note: have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit?

where are the proofs?

are you constantly proclaiming the kingdom of God? or, are you one of the christians who just speak empty tongues - speaking in tongues without accompany works, is a mere show of foolishness, it worths nothing… THE HOLY SPIRIT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A PREACHER OUT OF YOU: SOMEONE WHO PROCLAIMS THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD...

— After your baptism: (1) ye shall receive power (2) power to do what?

to be my witnesses.

“ this was the statement of Jesus before they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Now let us see what happened as they were baptized:

Act 2

— so what happened next?

fast forward to verse 14-15; 22; 40-41

act 2:1-

act

— so, what happened next after the apostles became baptized with the Holy Spirit?

PETER BEGAN TO PREACH, AND AFTER HIS SERMON 3000 PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIVES TO JESUS… HALLELUYAH!

Just like i said in the beginning: “when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, he will make a proclaimer of good tidings of you - he will give you the confidence, the message and the right opportunities to present the kingdom of God”

— please pay attention to this: it was the same day that they were baptized..

they were baptized in the upper room

but, when the opportunity avails itself - they moved downstairs to proclaim the good news.

they did not stay in the upper room and continue to speak in tongues.... as a matter of fact, the tongues that they were speaking was good news, how did i know this? the people who heard them said ‘we hear them speaking in our own languages the great deeds of God’

act 2:

You may not fully understand why this passage is a huge departure from where they started, until i read these other passages of the scripture concerning the apostle.

the passages I am about to read was their picture before the baptism of the holy spirit:

what did you see from these passages?

— they all forsook him

— one of them ran away naked

— sorrow

--- all of these are statements indicating fear and lack of confidence

mark 14:

— what can you say about peter?

— he denied his Lord three times

— He invoked curse upon himself as a result of fear

--- this statements indicates how dreadful the apostles were of the Jews

— they were living behind closed doors, because of the Jews.

so there was no way for any of them to preach the good news…

now, let us go back to act 2: at least on 3 places, peter said to they Jews, listen to me brethren… he began to speak boldly about Jesus, and 3000 people surrendered their lives to Jesus....

— they ran away

act 2:14 “ Peter lifted up his voice and address them… give hear to my words — this is confidence

act 2:22 “ men of Israel, hear these words — no more fear of the jews,

act 2:29 “brothers i may say say to you with confidence — was this peter the timid

act 2:36 “ let all the house of israel therefore know for certain” — these are no longer the words of someone who denied his lord

act 2:37 made it clear to us, that the people actually listened to him and responded:

6. act 2:38 “ and peter said to them...

at least in 6 major places in act chapter 2, we saw the evidences that something has changed about these men.... the people attested to it, that they have changed...

what was the game changer?

The Holy Spirit came upon them, and foremost he made a preacher of good news out of them.

this bring us to the conclusion today, actually it is where we started from: THE WORKS THAT HE DOES THROUGH YOU IS THE PROOF OF YOUR BAPTISM AND CONSISTENT WALK WITH HIM.

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LET US PRAY.