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The Holy Spirit 4

• The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• including a study on the gift of the Holy Spirit

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A Study of The Holy Spirit
The rise of mysticism and emotionalism has played
a large role in attributing to the Holy Spirit
things which we can be certain should not be.
Professed miracles Professed divine
revelation Professed spiritual contacts and
direct faith Professed direct leading
True spirituality is Fearing God and keeping
His commandments as defined by His word.
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Two Primary False Views

• That the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to be
  received by all believers today and is a powerful
  after-salvation experience evidenced by
  speaking in tongues. (Pentecostals/ Charismatics)
• That the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to be
  received by all believers today and takes place
  when God saves us and puts us into Christ.
  (Baptists)

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The Pentecostal Church of God Have You Received
the Holy Ghost Since You Believed?
http//www.pcg.org/s_27.asp

• A Practical How-To Teaching that has Helped
  Many Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
• by Reverend Richard Farley, Capital District
  Bishop, Pentecostal Church of God
• The purpose of this sermon is to dispel wrong
  teaching about the Holy Spirit, give you a desire
  for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and help you
  see that this powerful biblical experience is for
  you today.

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The Assemblies of God / USA 16 Fundamental
Truths http//www.ag.org

• 7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
• All believers are entitled to and should ardently
  expect and earnestly seek the promise of the
  Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire,
  according to the command of our Lord Jesus
  Christ. This was the normal experience of all in
  the early Christian Church. With it comes the
  bestowment of the gifts... (Luke 2449 Acts 14
  18 1 Cor. 121-31). This experience is distinct
  from and subsequent to the experience of the new
  birth. (Acts 812-17 1044-46 1114-16 157-9)

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Jimmy DraperBaptist Press Newshttp//www.bpnews.
net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID25404

• Baptism by the Holy Spirit is a wondrously unique
  experience. By that experience we are joined to
  the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 1213, Romans
  63, Galatians 327). Baptism by the Holy Spirit
  is not some extra-ordinary manifestation, for it
  happens to all believers.

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GotQuestions.orghttp//www.gotquestions.org/Spiri
t-baptism.html

• Question What is the baptism of the Holy
  Spirit?
• Answer The baptism of the Holy Spirit may be
  defined as that work whereby the Spirit of God
  places the believer into union with Christ and
  into union with other believers in the Body of
  Christ at the moment of salvation. (1
  Corinthians 1213 Romans 61-4)

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Catholic DoctrineDavid Pentrackhttp//www.cwo.co
m/pentrack/catholic/BaptismHS.html

• What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
• It is an experience of God present in the person
  of the Holy Spirit. It is an experience required
  by Jesus for all of His disciples, and as such,
  is one of the seven Sacraments that our Church
  bestows on and requires of all the faithful -
  Confirmation - the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

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The pouring out of the Holy Spirit
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I Will Pour Out My Spirit

• Isaiah 329-18
• Isaiah 441-5
• Ezekiel 3925-29
• Joel 228-32
• Zechariah 128-10
• God would pour out His Spirit when He blessed
  His people with salvation and took vengeance
  upon the disobedient nation of Israel. (cf.
  Isaiah 611-3)

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Joels Prophecy

• Joel 228-32
• And it shall come to pass afterward that I will
  pour out My Spirit on all flesh your sons and
  your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall
  dream dreams, your young men shall see visions
• Before the coming of the great and awesome day
  of the Lord.
• And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on
  the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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He Will Baptize You with the Holy Spirit and
FireMatthew 37-12

• To Whom Was John Speaking? The Leaders of the
  Nation of Israel!
• Salvation and Judgment!Blessings and Vengeance!
• John is saying the time has come forGod to pour
  out His Spirit to bring salvation execute
  judgment.

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Luke 2447-49 (NKJV) 47 and that repentance and
remission of sins should be preached in His name
to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And
you are witnesses of these things. 49 Behold, I
send the Promise of My Father upon you but tarry
in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued
with power from on high."
Acts 14-5 (NKJV) 4 And being assembled together
with them, He commanded them not to depart from
Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the
Father, which, He said, you have heard from
Me 5 for John truly baptized with water, but
you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not
many days from now.
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• Jesus promised the apostles that the Spirit would
  
• Be a Helper abide with them Jn. 1416-17
• Teach them remind them Jn. 1426
• Testify about the Christ Jn. 1526-27
• Convict the world Jn. 167-11
• Guide them into all truth Jn. 1612-13
• Glorify Jesus Jn. 1614
• The Holy Spirit was to reveal Gods Word to save
  mens souls.

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2 Suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of
a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole
house where they were sitting. 3 there appeared
to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat
upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance. 7 . . . "are not all these who speak
Galileans? 14 But Peter, standing up with the
eleven, raised his voice and said to them,
(Acts 124-21) ...with the eleven apostles. And
when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they
were all with one accord in one place...
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Peter Said that Joels Prophecy was Fulfilled on
Pentecost

• Acts 216-17 But this is that which was spoken
  of by the prophet Joel And it shall come to
  pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour
  out of My Spirit on all flesh
• Acts 233 Therefore being exalted to the right
  hand of God, and having received from the Father
  the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out
  this which you now see and hear.

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Only on One Other Occasion was the Holy Spirit
Poured Out

• Acts 1045-46 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.

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Peter connected this pouring out with the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit at the beginning

• Acts 1115-17 And as I began to speak, the
  Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the
  beginning. Then I remembered the word of the
  Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with
  water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy
  Spirit. If therefore God gave them the same gift
  as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus
  Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?.

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Peter connected this pouring out with the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit at the beginning

• Acts 158-9 So God, who knows the heart,
  acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit,
  just as He did to us, and made no distinction
  between us and them, purifying their hearts by
  faith.

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Thus, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit (and
by connection the Baptism of the Holy Spirit)
occurred on only two occasions

• Pentecost (first Jews)
• Cornelius (first Gentiles)
• ALL FLESH! (Joel 228)

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Baptism of the Holy Spirit
DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Two Recorded Cases
Acts 2
Acts 10
Apostles
Cornelius
Eph. 45 There IS One Baptism AD 62
Jews AD 33
Gentiles AD 40
Purpose To Confirm to Jews that God Accepted
Gentiles
Purpose To Reveal and Confirm the Word
No Holy Spirit Baptism Today
Mission Accomplished All Truth Revealed and
Confirmed
Mission Accomplished Gentiles Sealed
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Baptism of the Holy Spirit
DIRECT FROM HEAVEN Two Recorded Cases
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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Doesnt Acts 238 teach that all who repent
  and are baptized will receive the baptism of the
  Holy Spirit?
• A NO. It says they will receive the gift of
  the Holy Spirit.
• What gift is that?
• However we view this gift, it is NOT the baptism
  of the Holy Spirit! WHY NOT?

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Why cant the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238 be equivalent to the baptism of the
  Holy Spirit?
• Because in the beginning of the church the
  apostles and no one else did miracles (243 36
  512). If the Baptism of the Holy Spirit was for
  everyone, why didnt they all do miracles?

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Why cant the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238 be equivalent to the baptism of the
  Holy Spirit?
• Because on every other occasion in which
  believers received the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
  they were given through the laying on of the
  apostles hands (Acts 818, 195-6), and these
  occasions were never described as a pouring out
  of the Holy Spirit.

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Why cant the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238 be equivalent to the baptism of the
  Holy Spirit?
• Because miraculous signs were done away when the
  revelation of God was completed (1 Cor. 138-10).

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q What then IS the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238?
• It is either the non-miraculous indwelling of
  the Holy Spirit, or it is the gift which the
  Spirit gives, salvation from sin and fellowship
  with God through His Son.

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q What then IS the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238?
• If it is the gift of salvation which the Holy
  Spirit gives, this is consistent with the promise
  of 239 being Gods gift of salvation that would
  be given when the Spirit was poured out.

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q What then IS the gift of the Holy Spirit in
  Acts 238?
• If it is the non-miraculous indwelling of the
  Holy Spirit Himself, this is consistent with Acts
  532 the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to
  those who obey Him and with Romans 89 if
  indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if
  anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is
  not His.

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Doesnt 1 Corinthians 1213 refer to the
  Baptism of the Holy Spirit - that the Holy Spirit
  baptizes all believers into the one body?
• For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one
  bodyand we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

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Holy Spirit Baptism Today?

• Q Doesnt 1 Corinthians 1213 refer to the
  Baptism of the Holy Spirit - that the Holy Spirit
  baptizes all believers into the one body?
• NO. This verse teaches that it is by means of the
  truth which the Holy Spirit delivered that all
  Christians have been water-baptized into one
  body.
• NEXT WEEK!

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Will You Call Upon the Name of the Lord?
Hear the Gospel (Rom. 1017) Believe that Jesus
is the Son of God (Mk. 1616) Repent of Your Sins
(Acts 1730) Confess Jesus as Lord (Rom.
109-10) Be Baptized for Forgiveness of Sins
(Acts 238) Live Faithfully until You Die (Rev.
210)