Baptism of the Holy Spirit 2
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Promise of John:
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:
Jesus speaking of it
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.
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Promise of John - Promise of Jesus
Fulfilled
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
This i the fulfilment of the promise
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:
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids In those days will I pour out my spirit.
When was this to happen?
After repentance!
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, And give not thine heritage to reproach, That the heathen should rule over them: Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
The word after means an event subsequent to another event!
First the working of the Holy Spirit “with” the unbeliever
Second the Holy Spirit working “in” the believer
Third working of the Holy Spirit “upon”
The Hebrew word pour in Joel means “to lavishly expend with restraint” and the Hebrew word for on is a term signifying relationship of one object to another with the focus of the object being in the middle or in the inner area!”
Kittle describes it as “a marker of the experience, implying a superior force of person is upon the experiencer!”
Again indicating that this event is and “experience” in the life of the believer
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Then the Holy Spirit working “through” the believer!
Three distinct works of the Holy Spirit
We see the word Filled used interchangeably with the word “baptism” of the Holy Spirt and gift of the Holy Spirit
It is the this release of the power of the Holy Spirit subsequent to the “born Again” experience that seems to be a great divider of the people of God!
As always, we just need to follow the Word of God and not apply man’s interpretation of the experience!
Generally speaking God mean what He says!
We don’t interpret “Thous shall ned steal” as “Thou shall not steal in certain cases!”
The same applies here!
The obvious meaning of the text is the acceptable one!
Don’t read into the Scriptures!
So did God or did He not give us a clear understanding of this experience?
Yes!
The baptism of the Holy Spirit was subsequent to the infilling of the Holy Spirit
We discussed the argument about John 20 :22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Did anything happen?
It was only symbolic action by Jesus
NO WAY!
This was the event in which the Holy Spirit was now “in” the disciples!
We can not say “nothing happened!”
The promise by Jesus came AFTER this event!
They were “born again” by the Spirit
A spiritual birth must take place!
I like the NLT of the verse
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
Spiritual birth brings vision into the spiritual world
So let’s continue
after Acts 2 Peter preached and people were convicted
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.
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.
We see the three fold working of the Holy Spirit
Repent, Be baptised, Ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit!
Phillip in Chapter 8
Preaching - they believed and baptized
But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized.
Now those at Jeruslaem
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Believing - Baptized but not yet received
Now the Holy Spirit is residing in them!
They sent Peter & John so they might receive!
Who to receive? The believers! Not just the Apostles!
Notice the Holy Spirit had not yet come “hapee” Upon them!
There was visible and audible evidence!
Simon wanted to do the same!
And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
There was clear evidence of the manifestation
Saul heading to Damascus to arrest those calling on the name of the Lord
As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
“Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!
Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
His conversion - “Lord”
Paul led to Damascus - Straight street
Ananias baptizes Saul
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Again we see Pauls filling subsequent to and separate from his conversion
Acts chapter 10 Peter called to Caesarea and sheared the truth of Christ
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.
And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,
The Holy Spirit fell “hepi” them and they were surprised
“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.
Peter give a defense about the event - All I was doing was speaking!
Acts chapter 19 Paul in Ephesus - Not the first
Apollos preaching in Ephesus
Something was missing! Paul seeks to find out what is wrong here!
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
And all the men were about twelve.
What have we seen?
Variety of methods and experiences
2 - seated and suddenly
8 - imparted by laying on of hands by Paul & John
9 - Imparted to Paul by Ananias, a common believer! - Healing occured but no record of other phenomena but we do know that he did use the gifts of the Holy Spirit for he said “I speak in tongues more than all of you!”
In Samaria - Peter & John no listed events but why then did Simon seek the power
Paul - healed from blindness
10 - Peter while he was speaking didn’t have chance to lay hands on them
19 - Laid hands on them tongues and prophecy
No identical experiences
We should not pattern our experience after someone else
Finney described these waves of liquid love that just kept flowing over and over him, until he had to shout out to God crying, "God, stop! I cannot take any more." Now that is wonderful, and that is glorious, and that is how Finney experienced the baptism with the Holy Spirit. But it does not mean that is the way you are going to experience it or that I am going to experience it.
Don’t pursue someone else's experience! We do not put pur trust in experiences but rather the Word of God
God deals with us according to our nature and temperaments
Don’t look for a particular experience - the experience is not important but the promise is!
And just open your heart. As Peter was preaching in the house of Cornelius, the hearts of the people were opened by the Spirit. The Spirit was bearing witness of the truth to their hearts. And as their hearts were opened by faith, they were receiving the Word of God. And as they were receiving the Word, the Holy Spirit just came upon them and it was beautiful