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I. The Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit?
A. It is the Spirit of God.
1. Jesus taught His disciples that He had to leave them so that he could come back and be in them!
(verse 17)
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He told them He wanted to keep them comfort, but it had to be in a different fashion!
I am with you now, but I shall be in you!
B. Jesus did come back to be in them!
He kept His promise!
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Notice in verse 4 they were all FILLED with the Holy Ghost!
These men and women were born again of the Spirit!
2. Jesus had told them before leaving them to do some things and they would receive the Promise of the Father!
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They not only received the promise, but they were evidently excited about it!
People everywhere around started talking about it.
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These people were filled and they were fervent!
1. Filled: to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained.
(Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
(Eleventh ed.).
Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
2. Fervent: exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling: zealous (Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
(Eleventh ed.).
Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
i. Synonyms: impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean showing intense feeling.
(Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
(Eleventh ed.).
Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
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To be filled and fervent!
A. Jesus set a precedent in the very beginning of His ministry of being full!
1. Jesus said the waterpots needed to be filled!
2. The servants didn’t slack in their duties.
They ensured that the pots were not just filled, but filled to the BRIM.
B. Jesus is interested in making sure people are full and have more to spare!
While Jesus was walking the earth he filled the people with bread and fish!
He went above and beyond!
C. At Pentecost He was still filling and encouraging fervency!
While He was with them physically He was filling them with bread and fish!
When He came back He filled them with His Spirit!
The disciples understood that when they were filled, they were fervent!
4. Joy comes with the Holy Ghost!
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When we are filled with the Holy Ghost we will have a desire to be fervent in what God has called us to do!
A. Paul tells us of this!
We are encouraged, yea commanded to present ourselves to God!
This will cause us to take on a transformation!
We won’t think the same.
We won’t desire the same old things.
We won’t talk the same.
We won’t walk the same.
B. Paul tells us if we are filled that we should be fervent!
When you are filled with the Holy Ghost you will have a zeal, a passion, a fervor to pray fervently!
When you pray fervently you will “avail much” or help much!
When you are filled with the Holy Ghost you will have a zeal, a passion, a fervor to be in the presence of God!
You will feel like Paul did:
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