Baptism of the Holy Spirit
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The only thing I want to do with the Help of the Holy Spirit, is to show you how to connect with the Holy Spirit… How to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit… my approach will be simple today:
I will explain a little bit, the concept of baptism
A case study of the upper room
what about you?
Text: ; , act 1:4-8
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
John foretold the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
According to John, Jesus would be the baptizer in the Holy Spirit.
John compared water baptism to the baptism of the Holy Spirit: we have to pay attention to the word used by John here: baptize is a simple greek word transffered into the english language by bible translators: with the root word being - “baptizo,”
The root word simply mean to “dip something into water or a liquid, to completely submerge it under the liquid”
Baptism in the new testament was understood to be by complete immersion in water.
Those who went to be baptized by john in the Jordan river were simply dipped into the water until they were completely covered with the water - Apostle Paul, explained the spiritual Science behind this simple act of obedience to the commandment of the Lord as meaning being burried together with Jesus in his death : When you bury a man, you put them under the ground completely.
To be baptized in the Holy Spirit can mean to be completely overtaken by the Holy Spirit, to be drenched in him like a water.
This is what is expected to happen, but, most of us are still struggling with him, so we are in control and he is silent… you are meant to be dead in yourself, and allow the Holy Spirit to bring you back up to fullness of life in Christ Jesus.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Act 2:32-33
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
act 2:38
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Peter gave us, what I can call steps to baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Repent and be baptized: repentance from sin and dead works, and the first baptism that he mentioned here, is simply the water baptism - this step is necessary for believers to publicly identify with the Lord Jesus Christ. and two, to obey the commandment of the Lord. Foremost:
There is need for your sins to be forgiven first of all. clearly what peter is saying is simple: “an unbeliever can not be baptized in the Holy Spirit” you can not be living in your sin and think you will receive Holy Spirit “this gift is promised to only believers - it is one of those promises of the scripture that is limited by identity”
And Ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost: Two words are immediately clear in Peters statement: 1) you shall receive 2) the gift of the Holy Ghost:
You are to simply take the delivery of a gift that is being offered to you by Jesus Christ… You are not to work for it, you are simply to desire him and ask the right person for the gift - he is offered as a gift, simply position yourself to receive him into your heart:
Finally, Peter said: the promise include you.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
in case you are wondering whether or not the baptism of the Holy Spirit is still happening today… peter said, as long as God is adding people to his kingdom, he will keep pouring his spirit on them.
4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Before the time of John, there was an old testament prophecy by a prophet named Joel, regarding the Holy spirit baptism: joel 2:28
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, That I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions: