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For Forty Days
The book of Acts opens with a quick review of the events following the resurrection of Jesus Christ
We are told that for 40 days Jesus appeared to many and completed many other infallible proofs!
He reminds the reader that this book is a continuation of the ministry of Christ through His saints!
We find here the statement that Luke’s first treaties was the opening act of an ongoing activity
The word Archomai - is Middle voice indicating that Jesus is performing the action and Aorist in tense that His actions began without indication of stopping!
Another interesting fact is the use of the phrase “to do” - It speaks specifically to the creative activity of deity
As we have been discussing the work Christ came to do was to save that which was lost!
We see then a chronicle of the continuing acts of Jesus through His Holy Spirit in the book of Acts
This is why the command was given to “go and wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them”
Salvation was bought
They were for all intensive purpose “saved”
Yet they did not have the fullness of the power they would need to accomplish their last commission, Go into the world and make disciples!
So we see that there was something else to be had to transform them from where they were to where they needed to be!
It was empowerment for ministry!
What does baptism represent?
Certainly it isn’t the washing away of sin so what then?
The Scripture tells us that when we confess Christ as Lord and Savior we should be baptized.
When we go under the water it represents our burial, when we come up out of the water our new life which is empowered by the Holy Spirit!
Now the Scripture teaches us that on the day of pentecost the Disciples were baptized in the Holy Spirit
Let’s look at the imagery since we are told these things were a foreshadow of that which was to come.
Passover was celebrated when the barley was just coming into season.
A hand full was to be dedicated to God thereby sanctifying the rest of the harvest
We are told that Christ was the the “firstfruit” of those who have fallen asleep!
So that now, the harvest that come to maturity is already sanctified by the first dedication!
From this day forward the harvest was sanctified by the initial offering to God (Christ)
50 Days later Pentecost arrives - A celebration of the ongoing harvest - It was the most bountiful time!
So from Passover (crucifixion) to the day of pentecost - the day commemorating the giving of the Law,
the work continued until the harvest was ready.
the (Holy Spirit) then establishes a working relationship with the believer empowering the believer to bring in the harvest (souls)
From the 50th day to the end of the season, the people worked the fields and labored for the ingathering to celebrate on during the festival of booths or feast of tabernacles.
It was a time to remember that God had promised them a homeland of their own and commemorates the establishment of God’s people in the land!
(Rapture) When once again, God will gather to Himself His people and settle them into their eternal land!
The issue is
How in the world can we follow in His footsteps without the miraculous power and demonstrations of the Holy Spirit?
My friends I want to tell you today that there is a difference between the “Gift” of the Holy Spirt and operating “In the gifts” of the Holy Spirit
How in the world do we expect to fulfill our commission if we only have access to carnal weapons?
The following week we will look at the Gift of the Holy Spirit in preparation of the feats of Pentecost
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