1 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 Welcome to the podcast of the white Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,160 Australia We're. Going to we're going to jump 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,200 straight into the word. So we are, we're going to talk 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,800 about the Holy Spirit this morning. 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,160 And so in the in the past weeks we talked about, we talked about 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,520 who Jesus was. We've talked about the gospel. 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,520 We've talked about baptism in water last week. 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,880 This week we're going to talk about the Holy Spirit, the 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,200 baptism of the Holy Spirit. We're going to talk around some 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,640 of these things this morning. This is something that is under 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,320 a lot of debate. The I don't think the church 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,440 cannot, you know, there seems to be a lot of disunity in in what 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,360 we believe and what we how we interpret the Scripture and 14 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,280 stuff like that. This doesn't need to be 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,400 something that divides the church. 16 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,960 This is not, you know, one of the foundational truths to 17 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,560 become a Christian. Whether you believe that the, 18 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,240 the, in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, some sort of a, some 19 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,520 sort of an experience after salvation or whether you believe 20 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,440 that it's when you get saved, whatever. 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,760 What I'm saying is it's not enough for us to be separated by 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:22,120 these things and, and we, but we, we need to have a clear 23 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,880 understanding of what we believe and why. 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,600 And so we're not going to shy away from on, on teaching how we 25 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,480 interpret this, what we believe these things are saying in the 26 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,840 scripture. So that's what we're doing this 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,760 morning. We're not going to, we're not 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,880 going to hide. We're not going to just put it 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,920 aside because people can't agree and we don't want to defend 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,840 people or anything like that. We just have to trust the word 31 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,560 of God. We have to just take it as what 32 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,160 God says and get on with doing what he's called us to do. 33 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:57,400 And so whatever you believe in reading the Scripture, you can't 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,840 argue the fact that there is a Holy Spirit. 35 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,080 He does do a work in people and he does manifest himself in 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,640 certain ways in the Scripture. Can we agree on that? 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,360 Excellent. So we looked at baptism in water 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,240 and we talked about how baptism in water is full immersion, full 39 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,440 immersion in the water. You go down into the water. 40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,280 And so when we talk about baptism in the whole with the 41 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,040 Holy Spirit, it's the it's the same sort of concept, the same 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,280 word. So it's to be immersed, fully, 43 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,080 fully immersed with the Holy Spirit in the Holy Spirit. 44 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,040 The word baptize and the whole and Holy Spirit together are 45 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,440 only used in seven verses in the New Testament. 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:46,200 Only 7 times we see baptism and Holy Spirit used together. 47 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,760 If you compare that to water baptism that we read about last 48 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,200 week, we looked at last week over 50 times, depending on how 49 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,880 you count 57. So there's a whole lot more 50 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,040 about water baptism than there is about this baptism of the 51 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,280 Holy Spirit, which is interesting. 52 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,200 All four gospels mention the baptism with the Holy Spirit. 53 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,600 Usually when something's in all four, it matters, right? 54 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,600 It does matter. It's important. 55 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,920 The writers of the, of the gospels all felt or you know, 56 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,240 they didn't feel it themselves, but the Lord made sure that they 57 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,560 were inspired to put the, the, that that phrase baptism of the 58 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,240 Holy with the Holy Spirit in all of the gospels. 59 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,040 So we're going to read Matthew 3. 60 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:41,480 The 1st 4 mentions of Holy Spirit baptism are all in the 61 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,960 four gospels and they're all talking. 62 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,200 John the Baptist is saying it like it's all mentioned by John 63 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,600 the Baptist. So this one mentioned in Matthew 64 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,440 3 is one of these times. So I'll read Matthew 3 verse 11. 65 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,200 It says I indeed, this is John. I indeed baptize you with water 66 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,880 unto repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than 67 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,040 I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. 68 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,680 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 69 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:17,000 So that the first four mentions of this all say the same thing 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,920 in all four gospels. It's all John the Baptist 71 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,000 speaking and he's saying that that Jesus, it points forward to 72 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,720 Jesus. It says Jesus is going to do 73 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,120 this. OK, the fifth time that we see 74 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,000 baptized and Holy Spirit together in the Scripture is 75 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,760 Acts one verse 4. We are going to put it up on the 76 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,160 screen. If you've got a Bible there, I'd 77 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,360 encourage you to go there. Acts One verse 4, he says he 78 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,560 commanded them. So now we're talking Jesus, This 79 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,200 is Jesus commanding. He commanded them not to depart 80 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,520 from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which 81 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,280 he said, you have heard from me for John truly baptized with 82 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:03,640 water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many 83 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,240 days from now. So Jesus is relating directly to 84 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:14,160 what happens at Pentecost here. That's when this takes place so 85 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:19,280 that so the disciples, the the, the apostles wait exactly 50 86 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:24,080 days from the from the day that Jesus was raised from the dead. 87 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:27,600 This is the day of Pentecost. Pentecost actually just means 88 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,920 50th. So it's 50 days after, after 89 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,760 Jesus was raised from the dead and now baptized with the Holy 90 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:40,240 Spirit as Jesus promises. The sixth time in Scripture we 91 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,880 see baptized and Holy Spirit is in Acts 11 verse 15. 92 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:51,000 So this is when Peter is recounting taking the gospel to 93 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 the Gentiles for the first time. OK. 94 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:59,800 And Peter says here in Acts 11:15 as I began to speak, the 95 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,840 Holy Spirit fell upon them. This is upon the Gentiles as 96 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:08,360 upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered the word of 97 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,280 the Lord when He said, so he's remembering what Jesus said. 98 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,040 John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with 99 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,280 the Holy Spirit. So this, this mention, the 6th 100 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,720 mention is pointing back to Pentecost. 101 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,440 So you have the 1st 4 which are pointing towards Jesus is going 102 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,560 to do this. You have the 5th mention, which 103 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,680 is Jesus saying it's going to happen then at Pentecost. 104 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,360 And then you have Peter looking back at what he's reminded of 105 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,320 what took place at Pentecost by the things that happened to the 106 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,160 Gentiles. The seventh time and the final 107 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,920 time that we see baptized in the Holy Spirit is in one 108 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,600 Corinthians 12 verse 13. So this is Paul writing now and 109 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:58,560 he says for by 1 Spirit we were all baptized into one body. 110 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,840 So we all, he's talking about believers now he's talking about 111 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,640 everyone that was saved, that has been saved and that will be 112 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,400 saved, will be baptized by the Spirit into one body. 113 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,520 That's everyone, that's all the Jews, all the Gentiles. 114 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,880 We are Gentiles, right? We're, is anyone a Jew in this 115 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,320 place? OK, so we're all Gentiles. 116 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,840 If we're not Jews, we're Gentiles, right? 117 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,520 So we're all Gentiles. So, so we are baptized as 118 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,080 believers by the Spirit into the body. 119 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:33,280 So again, just to, to wrap this up, baptism with this Spirit 120 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:39,120 promised by John the Baptist, given a specific time by Jesus 121 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,960 and fulfilled and then explained by Paul to be the promise of the 122 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,320 outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost to all believers and, 123 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,840 and every, every believer beyond that point, our salvation 124 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,600 experience. There's no other mention of the 125 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:00,920 term baptism of the Holy Spirit. That's significant to me because 126 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,480 you know, the the apostles in writing the New Testament, they 127 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,600 didn't, they never mentioned it again. 128 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,280 They never said, Hey, you got, you need to be baptized by the 129 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,000 Holy Spirit. Like Paul never said, you know, 130 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,840 when he was addressing problems in the church and he said, you 131 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,160 guys just need to be baptized by the Holy Spirit like so it's 132 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,560 just not mentioned again, which I find very interesting. 133 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,520 So I guess the question now is, if all believers receive the 134 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:32,840 Spirit at salvation, why don't we always see similar signs that 135 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:38,360 we read about in Pentecost? So we believe that, you know, 136 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,720 and can I, can I just clarify something as well? 137 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,480 This isn't just like what I believe. 138 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,520 You know, as leaders in this church here, we've actually come 139 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,560 together and dug in here and spoken about it and prayed about 140 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,560 it and tried to understand what we believe and why. 141 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,920 And so Justin and Bianca are away their elders. 142 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,160 Justin is the elder in the church here as well. 143 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,120 But these these things that we're speaking about here, 144 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,160 we've, we've come to believe that this is what the the 145 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,640 Scripture is, is speaking and what it's teaching us. 146 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:15,120 OK, so God is authenticating and clearly marking the passing of 147 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,920 the old covenant with the new covenant. 148 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,320 This is at Pentecost. And he's confirming that the new 149 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,720 covenant is not just for Jews, that it is for all people. 150 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,480 So let's take a closer look at Pentecost in this. 151 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,280 We read about this in Acts 2. I would love for us just to read 152 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,160 this whole whole Scripture, but I can't. 153 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,680 It's just too long for time's sake. 154 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,920 But go away and read and read it for yourselves. 155 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,600 Acts 2GO and read about what happens at Pentecost. 156 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,360 But I'll give you the highlights. 157 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,960 I'll give you the dot points. I don't like to do this, but 158 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:49,880 this is how we're going to do it. 159 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,840 So the believers were together. They heard a sound of a rushing 160 00:09:54,840 --> 00:10:00,080 wind and it fills the house. Tongues of fire appeared upon 161 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,520 their heads and they were all filled with the Spirit and they 162 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,840 spoke in other tongues and crowds gathered and they heard 163 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,920 these words being spoken in their own language. 164 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,320 You know, their, their tongues were they, they heard these 165 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,680 people were not Jews. These people, it says that they 166 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,200 were from all different nations and all all around the world. 167 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,760 And they heard these guys speaking the things of God in 168 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,840 their own language. That's a huge sign, isn't it, 169 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,000 that hey, God speaking to us here through these guys, but 170 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,440 then they're not like from, you know, our nation, our place and 171 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,800 and many were amazed. There was great amazement. 172 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,080 There was much confusion. Some mocked, right. 173 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,880 Some said these these guys are all drunk and Peter addresses 174 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,960 all this again, go and read it. Acts 2. 175 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,160 So the Holy Spirit coming upon them is very visible. 176 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,720 You couldn't miss it. It's visible, it's audible, it's 177 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,600 supernatural, it's unmistakable. God poured out his Spirit there, 178 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:03,760 right? And can I say it needs to be? 179 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,040 It needed to be that way. This is a crucial time. 180 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,920 Some would say that that at Pentecost the church was 181 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,520 birthed. This is a crucial moment. 182 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,680 What was clear that the new covenant is now in place. 183 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,120 We have moved from the old God is doing something new. 184 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,840 The new covenant has been set in place and Peter stands up and 185 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,880 makes it clear what is happening from the Scripture. 186 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,720 So Peter full of the Spirit of God, he gets up and he tells 187 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,360 them what is happening. And what does he say? 188 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,680 He says, you know, this is where he says that some of you believe 189 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,480 that that these people are drunk. 190 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,280 They're not. This is the Spirit of God. 191 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,840 And he says, and it sure come to pass. 192 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:47,360 This was spoken by the prophet Joel. 193 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,480 It shall come to pass In these last days, says God, I will pour 194 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:56,360 out my spirit on all flesh. So Peter here tells them what is 195 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:57,600 happening, What's happening here? 196 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,120 This is the the promise of God in the last days, I will pour 197 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,400 out my spirit on all flesh. This is what you guys are seeing 198 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,560 here. This is the promise of the 199 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:12,960 Father that Jesus spoke about. And it never happens exactly 200 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:18,400 like this again. But we do see a pattern and 201 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,520 outward signs when the Holy Spirit is given after this point 202 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,000 in other Scriptures. So we're going to look at some 203 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,080 of these things. In Acts 8, we see the gospel 204 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:33,760 accepted by Samaria. Samaritans and Jews at that time 205 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,160 didn't get along. They weren't friends, right? 206 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:42,080 And so Jesus actually makes a point of going there and, you 207 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,320 know, preaching the gospel. So God's not against Samaritan, 208 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,200 some of the Samaritans, but there was a lot of tension 209 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,000 between the Jews and the Samaritans. 210 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,000 And so this is where we find ourselves in Acts 8, verse 14. 211 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,440 Now when the apostles were at Jerusalem, they heard that 212 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,960 Samaria had received the word of God. 213 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,760 They sent Peter and John to them, who when they had come 214 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,600 down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 215 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,000 For as yet he had fallen upon none of them. 216 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,840 They had only been baptized in the name of Jesus. 217 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,840 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy 218 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,720 Spirit. And it says here that when Simon 219 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,200 saw that through the laying on of the apostles hands the Holy 220 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,840 Spirit was given, he offered them money. 221 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:39,840 So Simon's there and he sees Simon is his, His, I'm not going 222 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,440 to get dug down in that. There's this guy Simon there, 223 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,920 right? He sees the apostles laying his 224 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,720 hands on the people of Samaria and he sees something. 225 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,800 He sees the Holy Spirit come. So he didn't just see, you know, 226 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,480 them laying their hands on them and saying receive the Holy 227 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,720 Spirit and then just going, all right, thanks. 228 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,880 He saw something, something happened because he says, Oh my 229 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,800 gosh, I can I give you some money and you can give me that 230 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,680 power and I could raise, put lay my hands on people and, and and 231 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,120 do that thing that you just did, right? 232 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 So he sees something, there's a sign. 233 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,560 There is my point. And so God sent his apostles to 234 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:20,480 go there. Personally, I believe to lay 235 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:26,240 hands on the Samaritans, those of Samaria and God confirms with 236 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,680 signs, right? Why does it happen like this? 237 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,000 God is confirming that the new covenant is for the Samaritans. 238 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,880 Also, God is saying it's not just for juice. 239 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,960 I'm going to do it in a similar way so that you guys can 240 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,360 understand that this Holy Spirit is for all flesh. 241 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,040 Those guys are not excluded, right? 242 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,440 That's why I believe that it happens this way. 243 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,240 And as we read on, the Gentiles receive the gospel and the Holy 244 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,920 Spirit. So this happens after Peter 245 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,360 takes the gospel to the Gentiles, non Jews for the first 246 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,120 time. And Peter gives this account in 247 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,360 Acts 10 verse 44. He says while Peter was still 248 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,880 speaking the words, so he's preaching the gospel to them. 249 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,440 The Holy Spirit fell upon those who heard the word and those of 250 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,960 the circumcision. The Jews who believed were 251 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:23,520 astonished, and many came as Peter as as many came with 252 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,600 Peter, because of the the gift of the Holy Spirit had been 253 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,800 poured out on the Gentiles also, for they heard them speak with 254 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,560 tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answers, Can anyone 255 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,520 forbid water, that these should not be baptized? 256 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,880 Who received the Holy Spirit just as we have, just as we 257 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,400 have. So again, the Holy Spirit comes 258 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:52,920 in a very similar way that he comes at Pentecost with signs so 259 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,560 that they can know for sure this is God. 260 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,520 God is doing this. You know, there's a whole lead 261 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,120 up to, to Peter going to the Gentiles. 262 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,840 God is all over this. He's orchestrating everything. 263 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,080 He makes sure that Peter knows to go. 264 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,840 He makes sure that the guys where he's going know that he's 265 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,960 coming. They God sends them to get 266 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,680 Peter. God's all over this. 267 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:19,320 God is making sure that the apostles know that this Holy 268 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,200 Spirit is for the Gentiles. This is the outpouring of the 269 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,040 Spirit to all flesh. Do you see it? 270 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,360 God's all over it. He's making it very clear to 271 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,760 them. So this is the the pattern that 272 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,760 we that we see here. The pattern was for the Jews, 273 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,360 the Samaritans, those of Samaria and the Gentiles, which is 274 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,400 really interesting because Jesus said this. 275 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,120 We read this in Acts 1. I believe we read this, maybe we 276 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,280 didn't read this first. Acts one verse 8 says, But you 277 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,680 shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and 278 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,240 you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea. 279 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,640 Where else? In Samaria, where else? 280 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,400 To the ends of the earth. So this is the pattern God says 281 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:06,160 in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the 282 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:10,119 earth, this is the Jews, the Samaritans, and the Gentiles. 283 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,240 So this, God's orchestrating all of this, He's said that this 284 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,680 will happen. This is now happening. 285 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,040 It's happened. So the only time after this that 286 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,920 we read about visible signs, I believe it's the only time. 287 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,880 It might, there might be another one, or I believe it's the only 288 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:31,680 other time that we see visible signs at salvation when, when 289 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,400 people are saved, when the Holy Spirit comes is when Paul goes 290 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,120 to Ephesus and they speak in tongues there. 291 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,800 And it's interesting because Paul's bringing disciples of 292 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:46,760 John again, old covenant into the new covenant. 293 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:51,360 He preaches Jesus, they receive Jesus, they receive the Holy 294 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:52,920 Spirit and they speak with tongues. 295 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,400 It's, it's the passing of the old covenant to the new covenant 296 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,680 again. That's the pattern it would 297 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,240 seem. And so after that, we see many 298 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,240 believers in households saved in Scripture, but there's dozens. 299 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,000 There's no signs mentioned, right? 300 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,360 So you've got the Ethiopian eunuch. 301 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,440 He is saved and baptized in water. 302 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,240 We don't see any signs. We see Saul the apostle. 303 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,720 Now, Paul didn't speak in tongues when he's saved. 304 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,760 When the Holy Spirit comes to him, he clearly speaks in 305 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,080 tongues afterwards because he says that he speaks in tongues 306 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,160 more than all of you, right? So, but it didn't happen. 307 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,520 According to what we read at Salvation, Lydia and her 308 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,400 household are saved. There's no documented signs. 309 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,280 The Philippian jailer and his household saved, baptized. 310 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,320 No signs. Christmas, the ruler of the 311 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,120 synagogue and his household, again, they've saved. 312 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,400 They're baptized. I don't know if it gives an 313 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,200 account of baptism in in water in every single time, but my 314 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:00,040 point is there's no mention of of tongues or any any outward 315 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,560 expression of the Holy Spirit coming and doing things. 316 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,640 I'm not saying that it didn't happen then. 317 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,200 I'm just saying that from what we read in Scripture, it doesn't 318 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:15,720 seem to be the normal pattern right after Pentecost, after 319 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:20,720 Samaria, after the, the pouring of the Holy Spirit on, on all 320 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,160 flesh on the Gentiles. So you might be thinking, well, 321 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,080 we've witnessed something of the Holy Spirit, you know, being 322 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,840 poured out upon people either at salvation or another time. 323 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,320 You might be thinking, but I've experienced the, the baptism of 324 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,840 the Holy Spirit. I was saved here and I've 325 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:42,480 experienced this Holy Spirit come. 326 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,000 I was baptized in the Holy Spirit. 327 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,360 I've received gifts and tongues and stuff like that. 328 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,080 What are you saying, David? I'm not denying that these 329 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,080 experiences happen. We are, we, we just want to, you 330 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,320 know, we want, I'm not denying that they happen and we want 331 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,680 them to happen. We want the Holy Spirit to come 332 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,240 and empower us and pour out his spirit and give us gifts and, 333 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,520 and manifest himself in a real way. 334 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,000 We want to see him working. We believe he does. 335 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,600 We want to see him do that, but we're just clarifying the the 336 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,120 language that we use here. And it's important because it 337 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:24,440 can be confusing. It can create doubt and genuine 338 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,040 in, in our genuine salvation experience. 339 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,120 If I stand here and say that, you know, we receive the Holy 340 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:33,600 Spirit when we're saved, but then we need to have the baptism 341 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,400 of the Holy Spirit to be empowered. 342 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,200 And some of us are and some of us aren't. 343 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,640 You know, you won't be starting to question, well, if I don't 344 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,080 have the, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, then I'm sort of a 345 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,160 lesser Christian than this person over here. 346 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,080 We start to question, I'm confused, what does this mean? 347 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,320 That does it mean that I actually have the Holy Spirit or 348 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,080 doughnut? You see, there can be some 349 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,480 confusion there. And so we would call these, you 350 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,880 know, for us like we're when it comes to the, the pouring out of 351 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,600 the Holy Spirit, you know, outside of our salvation 352 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,880 experience down the road a bit, we would call this the feeling, 353 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,440 the infilling, that that the Holy Spirit would come and fill 354 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,200 us afresh, you know, fill us and empower us. 355 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,160 And so, and I believe that this is scriptural because this is 356 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,640 the language again, that the Holy Spirit that that the Bible 357 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,840 uses, again, it doesn't use this language of the baptism of the 358 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,840 Holy Spirit came and then the room shook or anything like 359 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,600 that. So that the Holy Spirit filled 360 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,640 them. So we just want to line 361 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,200 ourselves with with Scripture in this. 362 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,400 So let's take Peter as our example here. 363 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,000 Peter receives Peter and the apostles received the Spirit 364 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,600 from Jesus. When does the Holy Spirit come 365 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,040 upon Peter? Well, it's after the 366 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,280 resurrection. Jesus has to be resurrected. 367 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,040 He died and he resurrected and the new covenant starts. 368 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:02,040 But Jesus in John 20 verse 22, this is after his resurrection. 369 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:07,960 Jesus is with them and when and this is Jesus, he says, and when 370 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,080 he had said this to them, he breathed on them and said 371 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,600 receive the Holy Spirit. So when did Peter receive the 372 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,920 Holy Spirit from Jesus? We received it in that moment 373 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,920 for sure because Peter, God, Jesus breathed on it and they 374 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,960 received it. So I'm not going to argue with 375 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,120 Scripture. Peter received the Holy Spirit 376 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:32,280 when Jesus breathed on him and said, receive the Holy Spirit. 377 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:37,320 He received it, right? And so I believe that Peter, 378 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,880 these guys were saved already. They had the Holy Spirit. 379 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,600 You can't be saved unless you have the Holy Spirit. 380 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,480 We've talked about this in past weeks. 381 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,000 You come from death to life. What is it that raises you from 382 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,840 the dead and makes you alive? It's the Holy Spirit, only the 383 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,360 Holy Spirit. And so I believe these guys were 384 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:01,200 saved already before Pentecost, but clearly they receive the, 385 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,280 the Holy Spirit comes upon them again and they receive power 386 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,640 because Jesus says this, he says, wait, you will receive 387 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,840 power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 388 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,400 Power to be my witnesses. And they do witness when the 389 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,680 power comes. And so Acts 4, they're filled 390 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,040 again. Acts 4, verse 31, it says that 391 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,760 when they had prayed. So just to give you some context 392 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,360 here, that Peter and these guys, they come, they've been 393 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,480 persecuted by the rulers. They've they've come, they've 394 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,480 been told, don't you speak of this name Jesus again, they just 395 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,840 go, well, what do you want us to do? 396 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,000 We're going to listen to you or we're going to listen to God, 397 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,040 right? So then they come back to their 398 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,760 own in Acts 4, and it says when they had prayed, the place where 399 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,120 they were assembled together was shaken and they were all filled 400 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:52,200 with the Holy Spirit. And they spoke the word of God 401 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,200 with boldness, which is interesting because they were 402 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,000 asking for boldness. And how do you receive anything 403 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,640 from the Lord? Holy Spirit comes and empowers, 404 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,360 right? We can do nothing in our own 405 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,160 strength. The Word teaches us nothing. 406 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,520 You can do nothing in your own strength. 407 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,360 It's by the power of the Holy Spirit that we could do 408 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,200 anything. Do we believe that? 409 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,760 I hope we do, because if you think that you can do anything 410 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,560 on your own for the Lord, you'd be wrong. 411 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,640 It's the Holy Spirit in US and through us that we can do 412 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,280 anything for the Lord, that we can have any sort of success at 413 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,720 all in seeing His Kingdom come in His will be done. 414 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,040 So the pattern seems to be that you receive the Holy Spirit at 415 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,880 salvation, but you can be filled again and again. 416 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,800 And the purpose of power and receiving gifts is for the for, 417 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,560 for works for good works that he has for us. 418 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,320 And I think that's important for us to mention because if we 419 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,160 think that we just come together and, you know, have this moment 420 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,000 of, of come and fill us, Lord, and we get all tingly and we 421 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,120 feel good and we have this Holy Spirit. 422 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:07,440 I felt the Holy Spirit so strong and then like, like, that's what 423 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,600 all it is. It's always for a purpose. 424 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,080 It's always for a reason. It's just not so that you could 425 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,920 just have an amazing moment and then just go and say, oh, the 426 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,400 Holy Spirit really touched me guys. 427 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,240 It's for power, It's for the for his will. 428 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:26,040 It's for, for stepping into greater things that you could 429 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:30,120 see his will be done in and through empowering. 430 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,400 It's for the empowering of his will and not yours. 431 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,640 Like we're laying down our will. We're asking him, you know, when 432 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,280 they asked him for boldness, was it just so that they could be 433 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,840 bold and they could go, hey, like, hey, guys, look how bold 434 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,600 we are now. No, it was for the purpose of 435 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,880 seeing the gospel move forward and for people to be saved. 436 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,840 They were like, we're kind of scared here. 437 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,920 Lord, we're getting persecuted. They, they just had us in 438 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,880 prison. Lord, give us boldness that we 439 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,560 wouldn't shy away that like no matter what they do, we would 440 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,880 have the boldness to continue walking this out. 441 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,360 Lord, please help us. Do you see it was they were 442 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:09,200 asking for boldness so that they could continue to do the work in 443 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,240 the face of opposition. We need boldness. 444 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,840 So we need the Spirit of God to play our part in his mission. 445 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,440 We do. If we're going to come together 446 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,400 and ask for the Spirit of God, it can't be for any other reason 447 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,600 other than to see the mandate that He has for the church 448 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,440 outworked in US and through us. That's it. 449 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,400 The only thing that the Lord is building on earth is His church. 450 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,120 Why? Because the church is the vessel 451 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:40,520 that He's reaching the lost people out there. 452 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,640 It's through the church. Jesus built his church. 453 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,360 Jesus came and established his church. 454 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,600 Jesus empowered his church. Jesus is sending His church. 455 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,880 We need to be empowered so that we can be sent and to do His 456 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,560 will. That's it, Not so that you could 457 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,720 feel better, but the Lord will, will comfort you. 458 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,680 He sees the comforter. So when you're struggling, he 459 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,800 will comfort you. But can I say, and I think there 460 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,360 is a difference here as well. I'm sort of, I'm jumping away 461 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:08,840 from my notes. I didn't want to do this. 462 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,400 But you know, we're in our own personal prayer time when we're 463 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,000 seeking the Lord. It's OK to seek Him for comfort 464 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,760 and for strength, right? You need it. 465 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,400 That's your personal. The Lord wants to change you 466 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,360 from the inside out. The Lord wants to empower you to 467 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:28,000 be like Him. But then there's something 468 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,520 different about when we come together corporately. 469 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,600 We're not crying out to the Lord to make us feel better and to 470 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,480 fix us in this moment. We are crying out for power that 471 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,880 we could be victorious, that we could rise up, that we could 472 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,240 come into our call, that that the church could be moving in 473 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,360 power and strength and overcoming the enemy. 474 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,360 It's the togetherness now. So when we're praying together, 475 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,320 we shouldn't be praying in our for ourselves. 476 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,840 We're praying beyond ourselves. And if your prayer life at home 477 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,160 is just about you, you've also missed it. 478 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,280 You need to pray beyond yourself. 479 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,880 We should be praying for us as a church. 480 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,720 How often are we coming? Like in our personal prayer 481 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,360 life, are we praying for this church? 482 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,960 Lord, help us, strengthen us. Pour out your spirit upon us. 483 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,240 I hope we are because if your prayer life's just become about 484 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,320 you, you don't understand what you've been brought into. 485 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,960 You are a vine in a, in a, you're a branch in a vine. 486 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,480 That means you're connected, right? 487 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,000 You can't be a branch on your own and be a part of the vine. 488 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,480 The church is a body of believers together. 489 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:45,120 This is why we're together, and if you if us being together is 490 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,480 not important to you, you are a withering branch on your own. 491 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,240 You are dying. If you're not a part of the 492 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,720 church, you are dying. You are not connected to the 493 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,480 vine. You are not connected to what 494 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,160 God is doing on the earth. It's as simple as that. 495 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,880 We can't be Christians on our own. 496 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,120 A Christian is a part of the body of Christ. 497 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:13,080 You are a part of his body like it or not be a part of his body. 498 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,360 Get excited to be together and be part of I am way off of my 499 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,240 notes here. I didn't even know, I don't even 500 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:24,200 know where I am Lord. And, and so, you know, the, the 501 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,560 early church, when we look at what they were doing here, they 502 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,160 weren't chasing a single experience. 503 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,080 They weren't chasing just some moment of being empowered that 504 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,520 would see them through for the rest of their lives. 505 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,960 And I think that when we have this understanding that we're 506 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,960 saved and then we need this baptism of the Holy Spirit, and 507 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,280 if I get it, then I'm done. That's dangerous because you 508 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,680 stop seeking after the Lord, You stop seeking after his power. 509 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,960 And it's dangerous because what if you don't receive it? 510 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,600 Then what? What if you don't have that one 511 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,200 moment? Then what? 512 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,400 Now you're just like, you're not even sure whether I'm a part of 513 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,800 this thing or not. So it's not a single experience. 514 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,280 They were never seeking a single experience, and they were always 515 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:14,640 together seeking The Lord. Jesus says that He will give us 516 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,320 living water. How often do you need to drink 517 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,200 water? I need to drink right now. 518 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,320 You can't survive without drinking water. 519 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,880 Try going a day without drinking water. 520 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,120 Living water. Guys, we need to drink from Him 521 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,040 regularly. Jesus says that He is the bread 522 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,640 of life. He says that give us this day 523 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,440 Our Daily Bread. What is He showing us? 524 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,840 We have to eat from Him. How often? 525 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,680 Daily, it's like the Lord's trying to show us that this is 526 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,360 not just to have an experience and then that's done. 527 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,720 This is like you walk this out day by day, moment by moment. 528 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,880 You need His water today, tomorrow, the next day. 529 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,560 You needed it yesterday. You need the bread of life 530 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,800 today. You need to open the word of God 531 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,680 every single day. You need to digest His bread. 532 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,080 We need to come together. We need to drink together. 533 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,040 We need to eat together daily, all the time. 534 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,400 That's the pattern from Scripture. 535 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,640 So I am bringing this to a close, and I just want to 536 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,840 highlight again, I've sort of said it here already, but the 537 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:32,000 times in Scripture when the Holy Spirit comes and fills them is a 538 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,840 corporate time. There's a togetherness when this 539 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,440 happens. And I think that that's really 540 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,440 important. They're not alone in their room 541 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,760 somewhere. I'm sure that God did these 542 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,280 things alone in their room somewhere. 543 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,320 But the Bible, the word of God, what he gives us as a pattern 544 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,400 and how he shows us how that we should live and, and what the 545 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,320 church should be doesn't seem to show you this. 546 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,480 Just go lock yourself away. The Spirit of God will fall on 547 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,000 you and you'll be empowered and you'll come out of that place, 548 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,880 you know, like it's, it's togetherness. 549 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,280 And Paul writes about spiritual gifts. 550 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,840 And what does Paul say the spiritual gifts are for, for 551 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,040 you, for you, for you, for me, are spiritual gifts for me. 552 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:19,280 What are the spiritual gifts for, for the church, for the 553 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,080 building up of the church. So I think it makes sense that 554 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,960 God pours out his Spirit upon the church when they're together 555 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,800 for a reason, because it's not for you, it's for us together. 556 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,520 And so we should be receiving it gifts from the Lord, receiving 557 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,760 the infilling of the Spirit together so that we could use it 558 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:41,960 together, right? The togetherness just together, 559 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,840 together, together. You know, every time we read and 560 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,720 now we're together with 1 accord. 561 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,000 They had all things in common, the togetherness of the Lord. 562 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,400 I hope this is this is stirring us up because it's just like 563 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,200 that's sort of another message. But like man, we we've lost the 564 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:05,920 importance of being together. It's church has become a a, if 565 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:10,920 it's convenient for me thing like once a week, like we can't 566 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:16,160 even align our schedules to align with God's schedule. 567 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,720 God's given us a calendar. God's given us a day come 568 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,960 together, the Sabbath day come together once a week. 569 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,360 But we're just like, I'll come to church as so long as there's 570 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:31,280 not something else on that. I'm interested in God's 571 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:35,200 calendar. We have made our lives and our 572 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,640 things more important than his calendar. 573 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,600 And that's just one day a week, you know. 574 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,040 But anyway, again, I'm getting off into other things. 575 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,760 It's not about like guys, you just you should have to want to 576 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,600 come to church. We need to have a revelation of 577 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:55,280 the importance of being together and honouring God with our time, 578 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,560 His time. This is his time, guys. 579 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,680 This day that we're in right now, this moment that we've come 580 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,760 together, this is His time. We've given up our time to Him. 581 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:14,920 You know, we offer ourselves a living sacrifice to the Lord. 582 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,239 That means that in order for me to be here, I might have to 583 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,600 sacrifice something to be here. Anyway, I'm looking, I'm getting 584 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:24,880 lost. But anyway, I'm just going to 585 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,960 remind us of something that Tie said to us. 586 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,520 You know, we don't seek after gifts. 587 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,800 We don't seek after power. We don't seek after an 588 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,800 experience of being filled more than we seek after him. 589 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:41,600 Ty reminded us he is the prize. He is the prize. 590 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:45,120 Our our relationship with him is what we seek. 591 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,760 Our connection with him is what we seek. 592 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,239 And he gives gifts to those that seek him. 593 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,800 And so we want to be a church that seeks Him. 594 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:02,440 And so I'm going to close here in Acts 42. 595 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,600 I'm just going to read a couple of verses here. 596 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,400 Acts 42, We've sort of been here already, but just bear with me 597 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,600 for one second. I didn't have this in the notes. 598 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,560 I thought about this later to do this. 599 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:21,000 OK, So Acts 42, OK, so sorry, 1st chapter 4, verse 23, it 600 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,600 says. And being let go, they went to 601 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,440 their own companions. Everyone say they went to their 602 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:31,720 own companions. We are with our companions this 603 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:32,920 morning, right? They went to their own 604 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,120 companions and they reported all the chief priests and the elders 605 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,680 had said to them. So when they had heard this, 606 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,040 listen to what they do. They're together. 607 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,000 And they raised their voice to God with 1 accord and said, 608 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,880 Lord, you are God who made heaven and earth and the sea and 609 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,680 all that is in them. Let's do that together. 610 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,200 You ready? Have we got it up there with one 611 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:02,600 accord they said, Lord you God, who made heaven and earth and 612 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:08,080 the sea and all that is in them, you God, they come together and 613 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,160 they and they before the Lord, they say you are God, you 614 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,360 created all things, you made the heavens and the earth, they 615 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:20,240 belong to you. So they declare who he is and 616 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:23,200 they, and they, they go on and, and then they, they quote more 617 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,120 scripture together. It says that they were with 1 618 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,360 accord and they're quoting scripture together. 619 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,080 And then the Holy Spirit falls upon them with power. 620 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,120 And I say all that for us this morning because we have to be 621 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,680 together. We have to be unified and we 622 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,680 have to seek Him together if we're going to receive from him. 623 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,120 It's no good if we're here for our own selfish reasons and 624 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,160 expect that God's going to pour out His Spirit upon us and 625 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,840 empower us for some work that we don't want to do that we don't 626 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,480 even know we should be doing. Do you see what I'm saying? 627 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 So I'm just going to close here like we're going to pray 628 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,680 together. We're going to trust that the 629 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,240 Lord's going to do what needs to be done in our hearts. 630 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:09,480 We're going to trust that He's going to empower us to do what 631 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,520 we need to do. But but more so than that, it 632 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:16,640 might just be that we just ask God to unify us, that you, he 633 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,720 would unify us in his cause. As a local church. 634 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,440 Let's start there. Can we just raise to our feet? 635 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,000 Let's just pray together, seek the Lord together. 636 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,600 He is listening, guys. The Lord is listening. 637 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,000 We're called to seek him. Let's call him together. 638 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,720 Let's call upon him. Lord Jesus, we thank you for the 639 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,560 word that you've spoken this morning. 640 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:43,320 We seek you together corporately, one body under the 641 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,840 name of Jesus, your body. And by 1 Spirit, Lord, we ask 642 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,000 that you would meet us where we're at, but that you would 643 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:55,720 move us from wherever we're at to where you need us to be so 644 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:59,680 that we could be empowered, so that we could move in power, so 645 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:05,320 that we could, you know, be, see great success where you've 646 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,400 planted this church, Lord, so that people around us could know 647 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:13,040 that that you're here, that you're powerful, that you're 648 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,120 working. Lord Jesus, So for my heart, for 649 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,440 every single one of us in this place, we pray, Lord, that you 650 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,760 would reveal yourself in this moment, that you would take us 651 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,200 from where we are to a greater place of fellowship, a greater 652 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:32,480 place of intimacy, a greater place of unity, a greater place 653 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,920 of purpose, a greater experience of your power. 654 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,440 Come Holy Spirit, touch us. Pour out your Spirit upon us. 655 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:44,480 Lord, let this church rise up to the call that you've called us 656 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:50,480 in Jesus mighty name, Amen. Thank you for joining us for 657 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,880 today's message. For more information about The 658 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,080 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 659 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,480 AU. 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