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Ok, last week, Autumn talked about baptism in the Holy Spirit.
I do want to
say quickly that Holy Spirit baptism is a definite experience in the life of a
believer.
But it is more than just an experience - it is supposed to become a way of
life for us.
One experience won’t do us much good if it doesn’t have long-term and
long-lasting effects on us and how we operate, if it doesn’t transform our life.
In
other words, baptism with the Holy Spirit should lead us into the development of a
consistent, Spirit-filled life.
Paul says in Ephesians 5:18 NKJV “And do not be
drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.”
In the Greek, this literally says, “be being filled with the Holy Spirit.”
That’s
a strange way to say it in english, but it’s saying that there is one baptism, but then
multiple, consistent, daily available in-fillings of the Holy Spirit.
The book of Acts
shows a lot of these additional infillings, but a few examples of the Holy Spirit
bringing this in a fresh way include Peter defending the faith (Acts 4), Paul
rebuking the demonic (Acts 13), boldness and power, and the ability to withstand
persecution (Acts 13).1
And Holy Spirit baptism kind of leads me into my message today.
I want to
talk about the Great Exchange, Christ in us, or living the exchanged life.
The
exchanged life has to do with our identity, with who we are at the core of our
being, our new, alive spirit in God.
To say that in a different way, I want to talk
about how we need to come to terms with our new identity in Christ, and how the
life of Jesus is now our life now because we are in Christ.
But let’s pray before we get started; Father in Heaven, You are holy,
righteous, loving, and kind, and we come before you to do in humility and
reverence.
Thank You for your great love towards us, that You gave Jesus so that
we could live a new life in You, by Your Holy Spirit.
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Duffield, Guy P. Foundations of Pentecostal Theology (Revised & Updated) Volume 1, P304-306.
Foursquare Media, 2016.
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I ask that You would bless this time, that You would speak to every heart, and
that You would grow in us an awareness and better understanding of our new life
in You.
Thank you for your grace, thank you for Your word, and move in our midst
we ask, in Jesus’ Name, amen.
First off, I want to say that the “exchanged life,” as it is called, is
supposed to be experiential.
In other words, living the Christian life, or living a
“Jesus life” is something that becomes a reality in our daily lives.
It’s something
tangible; it’s not just theories, intellect, and ideas.
It’s life on earth as we know it,
just different.
And it’s different in a Jesus-way.
I forgot who said it, but the quote is that you can’t actually live the Christian
life.
It’s impossible because you’re not perfect.
Only Jesus can live the Christian
life, and He lives it through us.
Or you could think of it in terms of how we live our
lives, we are in control of ourselves, but then we willingly surrender to Jesus so
that He can work through us.
I’m attempting to say the same thing in different ways, but basically our life
has been exchanged for the life of Jesus.
Galatians 2:20 AMP “I have been
crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body I live by
faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself up for me.”
Paul is saying that because we’re united to Jesus by our faith, our belief, and
our trust in Him, we’ve died to our old life and our old sinful nature and we now
have a new life in Christ.
That sounds great!
So why don’t we see more people really moving into a
life like Jesus had, ministering grace, life, peace, healing, and love to all the people
they interact with?
Well, because it involves an active yielding, or surrender to
God, His will, and His ways.
That’s the tough part.
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It’s difficult to lay down our wants, our desires, and our ways and instead
focus on what Jesus wants and do His will instead.
1 Peter 4:1 ESV “Since
therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of
thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.”
You see,
our suffering in the flesh often means we don’t get what we want.
Now, please
understand when I say that, I’m talking about the fleshly desires of our old sin
nature, not God-given desires.
There are good desires, you know.
God wants to
redeem our desires just like He redeemed the rest of us.
And He wants to give us
good things.
Jesus said Luke 12:32 NKJV “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your
Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
You don’t have to worry that in
your surrender to God, He will take away all of the good things in life that you love
and care about and just replace them with misery and suffering.
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