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————————— Chorus (John 14:26,15:25,Ef 4:30,Act 13:52,21:4) We are sealed with The Counselor, All disciples of the Anointed Yeshua! We are guided by The Holy Spirit, All who are sons of the Heavenly Father!
————————— Ver (John 14:16-17,26,16:7-8) The Father will give you, The Helper, that He may abide, with you forever, The Spirit of truth, Whom the world, does not see and does not know, He will teach you, all things, and remind you, all that I said to you, He will reprove, the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
————————— Ver (Rom 8:9,14-16,26-27,1 Cor 3:16,6:19) You have received, a spirit of adoption, by which we cry out: Father! The Spirit also helps, our weakness, how to pray, as we should, He Himself, intercedes for us, with unspeakable, groanings Your body, is the temple of God, because of The Spirit, who dwells in you
————————– Ver (2 Tim 1:7, Gal 5:22-23, Rom 14:17) Stir up the gift of God, not of timidity, but of power and love, and discipline. The fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. The kingdom of God, is about justice, peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.
————————– Ver (Tit 3:4-7, Jn 15:26, Act 9:31) God saved us, by the washing, of regeneration, by the Holy Spirit, Which He shed, on us abundantly, through Yeshua, our Lord, and Saviour, That being justified, by His grace, we should be made, heirs, to the hope, of eternal, life. The congregations, continued to increase, being built up, in the Holy Spirit.
Introduction: Jesus was given the Spirit in full measure, no limit. (John 3:34). There are three measures of the Holy Spirit:
(1) The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
Terminology from Romans 8:9
Indwelling received at baptism (Acts 2:38) – Promised to all disciples (39)
(2) The Outpouring (aka Baptism with the Holy Spirit)
A. Characteristics only in Acts 2 and Acts 10
Promise (not command): Acts 1:4-5
Predicted (prophesied)
Came without warning. (People were not specifically praying for it.)
Known languages
Purpose: to usher in the Kingdom with power (Acts 1:8)
B. Accounts of the “Baptism” with the Holy Spirit
To the Jews — in Jerusalem (Acts 2)
To the Gentiles — begins with Cornelius (Acts 10)
(a) Note: Cornelius and his household were water baptized in Acts 10:48, saved at baptism.
(b) Peter explained actions to the Jews. (Acts 11:1-18)
(c) “At the beginning” (Acts 11:15)
(d) Peter gives the “keys to the Kingdom” to both Jews and Gentiles.
C. Does the Baptism with the Holy Spirit still exist today? Ephesians 4:4-6: There is one baptism — which one? (Written about 60-62 A.D.). There are three options:
John’s baptism — Passed when the new covenant began. (Acts 19:1-5)
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2 and Acts 10) — is no longer present as it was a prophecy/promise that has been fulfilled. It was never a general command for all Christians.
Baptism with water in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(a) Jesus commanded this baptism. (Matthew 28:18-20)
(b) This baptism is recorded all the way through the book of Acts and the Epistles. In fact, Peter was present for all the baptisms: John’s baptism, both accounts of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and preached water baptism in the name of Jesus in Acts 2 (33 A.D.) and in 1 Peter 3:18-21 (written around 64 A.D.), well after all the events of the book of Acts.
(c) It had to be the one baptism of Ephesians 4:4-6 as it was the only one practiced by 60-62 A.D. when Ephesians was written.
(3) The miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit
Received by the apostles’ laying on of hands
No longer present today (or people would truly know them because of the internet)
(1) Types of Miraculous Gifts
A. 1 Corinthians 12:8-10
Wisdom
Knowledge
Faith
Healing
Miracles
Prophecy
Distinguishing Spirits
Tongues
Interpretation
B. (Mark 16:16-18) Some will be able to:
Drink poison and not die
Be bitten by snakes and not die (Acts 28:5)
(2) Types of “Laying on of Hands”
A. Blessing (Acts 13:3)
B. Healing
Ananias heals Paul’s blindness (Acts 9:17-18)
Paul heals Publius’ father on Malta. (Acts 28:8)
C. Passing on the Gifts
Apostles pass on the gifts. (Acts 8:18)
These people could not pass on the gifts that they received.
(a) Acts 6:1-8: Context is the choosing of “The Seven.” This is the first occasion that the gifts were passed. Stephen immediately starts to perform miraculous signs among the people with God’s power (v.8).
(b) Acts 8:1-25: Context is after Stephen’s martyrdom. Great persecution breaks out. Many leave, but apostles stay in Jerusalem. Philip, one of “The Seven” who had received the gifts in Acts 6:1-8, goes to Samaria. He performs many miraculous signs and healings to get people to believe (v. 6), including Simon the Sorcerer (v. 13), and they are baptized. (They became Christians and thus receive the forgiveness of sins and the gift (indwelling) of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38). When apostles come to Samaria, Simon saw that the Spirit’s gifts were only given by apostles’ laying on of hands and offers them money for this ability (Acts 8:18). Note: Simon didn’t ask Philip for the gifts because Philip could not pass them on. Simon is rebuked for having the wrong motivation.
(c) Acts 19:1-6: Paul finds disciples in Ephesus who didn’t know what the Holy Spirit was because they had only received John’s baptism of repentance. Then they were baptized into the name of Jesus Christ to receive the forgiveness of their sins and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (v. 5). Then they receive the miraculous gifts of prophecy and speaking in tongues by the laying on of Paul’s hands (v. 6). Paul is an apostle.
(3) General Observations
A. Apostles were able to pass on the gifts because they were apostles. The Apostles possessed the ability to perform miracles even during the ministry of Christ (Luke 9:1). This ability to pass and perform the gifts was not given at Pentecost.
B. 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 are not the directives on how to receive tongues (the church there had already received them), but rather the correctives on how to use them because everyone was speaking at the same time and misusing the tongues. 1 Corinthians 12:28-30 shows that tongues as a gift were not given to everyone in the church. Thus the concept of a “Pentecostal church” (every member speaking in tongues) is contrary to Scripture.
C. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10: “Perfection” here could not mean the coming of Christ because it is in the neuter gender in Greek, not the masculine gender. When perfection comes probably refers to the canonization of the Bible some time after the first century. At that time, all the miraculous gifts would be gone because all the apostles and those to whom they passed the gifts would have died.
D. The purpose of the miraculous gifts from 1 Corinthians 14:20-22:
To get non-believers to believe (tongues were only to be used to bring non-believers to faith).
To edify the Christians and strengthen their faith.
Now the Bible fulfills these needs — thus the church today does not need apostles or miraculous gifts.
E. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 shows that there can be miracles by Satan today. Satan’s purpose is to deceive people about the truth, so they will not be saved.
F. Speaking in “tongues” is common in many religions, because religion gets dried and staid. These are also called “ecstatic utterances” — non-understandable sounds and fragments of speech.
G. A disciple can be filled with the Spirit without speaking in tongues (Ephesians 5:18-20).
H. Jesus never spoke in tongues and he was accorded the full-measure of the Spirit (John 3:34-36).
