It's wonderful to be here with. All of you today.
And we have a wonderful crowd here that's with us.
We have visitors from other congregations.
We have. Visitors from the community.
And we want you to know that you are.
Our honored guest and we say welcome and thank you for being
here with us today. We just have a wonderful crowd.
And it is. As always the case.
It's my honor to. Speak to you concerning.
The word of God. This morning we're continuing
our. Series on the day the.
Kingdom came and the title of our lesson this morning is
Peter's sermon Part 3. The answer, the benefits and the
results. Our introductory text is found
in Acts chapter 2, beginning in verse 36, where Peter says
therefore let all the house. Of Israel know, assuredly.
That God has made this Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord
and. Christ now when?
They heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter
and the rest of the. Apostles, men and brethren, what
shall. We do.
Then Peter said to them. Repent.
And let. Everyone of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promises to you
and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the
Lord our God. Shall call now verse. 40 And
with many other words, he testified and exhorted them,
saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that
day about 3000 souls were added to them.
Let me just say this. Please before we go any further.
If you've been a Christian. Any amount of time in your life,
I don't know, 20 years? 30 years, 40 years 50.
Years. I have no idea how long you've
been a Christian. Maybe in your mind you're saying
I've heard these verses my whole.
Life. And maybe it causes us sometimes
when we look at verses that we've seen so.
Often in our life, and for so many.
Years, just maybe in our mind we can kind of check out and say
been there, done that, saw the video.
About the T-shirt, I'm going to ask you not to do that.
I'm going to. Ask you to saddle.
Up and ride with me today. I'm going to.
Ask you to stay in tune because just maybe there might be a
nugget or two. That you can take in your life
and just. Maybe if you know these things
inside and out, just maybe. You might have a nugget.
That you can use to give an answer of the reason of the hope
that is in you with meekness and fear.
When somebody asks. You Why do you believe the way
you believe? So stay with me please.
By way of an introduction, let me just say.
And I'm going to be very brief. Our series began on the Kingdom
all the way back in Acts chapter 2.
In the very beginning, Jesus had promised those disciples, his 12
apostles, that they would have the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
They got the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
They spoke in tongues. As the Spirit gave them
utterance, we noticed that those tongues were not gibberish.
It was not ecstatic Babble. It was normative languages and
they actually heard. In their own native not only.
Tongue, but even in their. Own.
Native dialect, Did they understand?
They absolutely did, they said. We hear the wonderful.
Works of God, they heard it in their language.
Then they wondered what could this mean and some said these.
Guys are drunk. And I like what Peter says.
Peter responds to their comment about these men being drunk.
He does so number one in a two fold manner.
But number 1, he does so by appealing to their logic.
He said these men are not drunk and as you suppose, it's 9:00.
In the morning, that's number. One more importantly, these are
the words that were spoken by the prophet Joel, one of your
Jewish prophets. But all that was just laying the
foundation. This is why they're able to
speak in tongues. This is why you're seeing what
you're seeing. But now comes the sermon, the
very heart. Of the lesson and.
It was the story of Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah, that the
Jews longed for, that the Jews even.
Rejected. And that was our last sermon in
this series. And he preaches to them about
Jesus Christ. Now.
It took them all the way down through verse. 35 And now we
begin in verse 36. Today, therefore, let all the
House of Israel, I want to just stop and make a point.
About that phrase right there. That phrase indicates the
following number one in context with regards to who crucified
Jesus. It is an all inclusive phrase
that means all the House of Israel is talking to the Jews.
They are all guilty. And no one's to be excluded.
That's number one in context, but you know something else.
Number 2IN context, and this is beautiful, it is the fulfillment
of what the Word of God says, that the gospel was going forth
to the Jewish people first. The Bible even says that.
For I'm not. Ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
Paul said. For it is the power of God to
salvation to everyone who believes.
For the Jew 1st, and also for the Greek.
Now notice this interesting phrase here.
Greek. I'm glad that.
We understand what that. Means it means Gentiles.
And I'm glad that the gospel went forth to the Gentiles too,
because guess what? I think everybody in this room
is a Gentile. I don't, I don't know.
Maybe you have? Jewish blood in your body, and I
have no idea about it, but I'm just telling you right now, I
think. Everybody's probably a Gentile.
I'm glad about that. That's wonderful.
The gospel went forth to the Jewish people first.
So that phrase right there is an all inclusive phrase of the
entire House of Israel, all the Jews we get.
That now something else though. I want you to notice this phrase
here, please, for it is the power of God to salvation.
For who? Everyone who believes?
Did you know whether I believe the gospel?
Or not. Has absolutely no bearing
whatsoever on whether it's. True or not?
Jesus said in John 17 and 17 when he prayed to his Father, He
said sanctify them by your truth.
Your word is truth. That is absolute truth.
And whether I believe it or whether.
I don't believe it has no bearing on whether it's true.
It is true. In other words, my.
Response to it is going to determine whether it's saves or
fails. I tell you something sometimes.
When the gospel is preached, people get offended, don't they?
Sometimes people get offended. I don't want to hear that stuff,
but you know, a person's response to the gospel
determines whether it saves or offends.
It's your response. In fact, Paul says it has the
power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.
OK, now going back in context, let all the House of Israel know
assuredly that God made that same Jesus that you crucified.
You know what this is called? This is called using the sword
of the Spirit to cut. The heart of the hearer.
Ouch. That's the sword of the Spirit.
You know what the sword of the Holy Spirit is?
It's the Word of God. That's the sword of the.
Spirit and by the way, in our life.
We don't wield a sword and go fight people.
The weapon that we use is the word of God.
My good friend and brother in Christ's great branch.
One day we were standing outside some, I think it was AI can't
remember what meeting it was, maybe.
I don't think it was New Year. Anyway, Labor Day I think it
was. We're all standing out there.
He has a stack of Bibles in his hands.
He goes, man, I got to get rid of these stories before I hurt
somebody. I got to go put these down.
The services are over. I got to put these down before I
hurt somebody. That's the only weapon we have.
And Peter, on the day of Pentecost, is using the sword of
the Spirit to cut the heart. Now remember, a person's
response determines whether it saves or offense.
OK. What he's saying is he's putting
the blame on crucifying the Messiah.
On the Jews. The long-awaited Messiah.
Let's talk about that sword of the Spirit, Hebrews 4 and 12.
For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than
any 2 edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and
spirit and of joints and Morrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents. Of the heart again.
Our response determines whether it saves or offense.
Notice after he's pretty much convicted them of crucifying
Jesus, he says what God made that Jesus.
He made him Lord in Christ. And I'm going to be.
Very careful how I phrase. This next thing.
If I want to ask you if you've ever seen a bumper sticker or a
T-shirt or a sign that says Jesus is Lord, you would say
absolutely, I've seen that. I'm not going to ever stand
before you and say. It is an overused phrase because
you can't overuse that phrase. It is true.
Jesus is Lord, absolutely. Let me ask you a question
though. Is he?
Your Lord. People say Jesus is the Lord of
my life. Well, let's find out.
Let's find out if he's really the Lord.
Of your life. The word Lord signifies having
power and authority. Now we know that Jesus has power
and authority. Jesus said that.
He said all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Who gave him the authority? His Father, God the Father gave
him the power. We get it, we get it, we get it.
So he's Lord absolutely. He's King of kings, he's Lord of
Lords. I know I'm just overemphasizing
that, but I'm doing that because I don't want you to get the
wrong. Idea.
I'm not saying he's not. I'm saying if you don't give him
or submit to his power and authority in your life, he is
not. The Lord of your life.
How do you? Submit to his authority.
You know what Jesus said out of his own mouth?
I love the name dropping. Jesus.
I like just to say what Jesus said.
Then you can. Get off my back, right?
Jesus says, why do you call me Lord?
Lord and do not do the things that I say?
Oh, OK, He said if you love me, keep my commandments.
He said if you love me, keep my words, and if you keep my words
you will abide in my love as I've kept my father's
commandments. And abide in His love.
First, John says this. By this we know that we know
him. That's a relationship.
If what if we keep his commandments?
So that's how you know if you're submitting to His power and His
authority, then he's the Lord of your life.
Now. He's also the Christ.
And you know what? Everybody loves this one.
Everybody wants him to be this, the anointed one or the Messiah
that saved your soul. Everybody wants that one.
I'm just. Saying this, please hear me, you
only reap the benefits of Jesus being the Messiah in your life
when he is Lord of your. Life and that comes by.
Submitting to his power and his authority and keeping what he
said to do. All right.
So the facts are in 5 facts. One, Jesus had been approved of
God by miracles, wonders and signs.
That was verse 22. Fact #2 God raised Jesus from
the dead. Verse 24.
Oh, this was a masterful sermon. Was it not?
That Peter preached 3 Jesus is the son of David from the
lineage of David verse 30. Next Jesus, not David, is at the
right hand of God. That was verse 33.
And finally, Jesus, not David, is the holy One exalted to reign
over the. Kingdom of God that was.
Verse 34. Now remember, our response
matters, right? Verse 37 when they heard this,
they were cut to the heart. The word cut or in the King
James, it's the word pricked. It comes from that Greek word,
right? There, I don't know how to
pronounce. I can kind of sound it out, but
I'm not a Greek scholar. I'm not.
And you know, we don't really don't care how it's pronounced.
I'm going to tell you what it means.
Fair says it means to pain the mind sharply, agitated
vehemently. That sound very pleasant.
That doesn't sound like a lot of fun at all, is it?
Have you ever stopped to consider that God wants you to
feel guilty when you are? Wrong.
Even though our society says don't be guilty, don't feel
guilty, that's a bad. Thing we don't want that to
happen. We don't want disappointment and
guilt. You know what?
God? Wants you to feel guilty but
never live in a state of perpetual guilt.
He wants you to live in a state. Of I want to find out what I got
to do to get. Rid of the guilt.
See a change? That's the ultimate plan of God.
What happened? They were cut to the.
Heart, that was. Painful.
The gospel literally stung the hearts of the Jews.
They heard it. Now please get this.
They heard. They believed.
Were they saved? Now I'm going to tell you.
They heard it. And they believed it.
Were they saved? Hang on, let's talk about the
Word of God though. Having the power Romans 10/17 So
faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
Now notice they heard faith was produced, they believed and then
they asked the question, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
When they heard the facts, their grief and feeling of guilt
caused them to ask what should they do?
Well, let me ask you a question. Do about what?
Remember verse 21, verse 21 said in Acts 2, And it shall come to
pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
You know, if they were asking folks when they said, men and
brethren, what shall we do? They're saying what shall we do
to be? Saved.
That is the greatest question you will ever ask, by the way.
Do you know the? Answer to that question is the
only thing that matters in your life, because you know why.
Because if the answer to that question is wrong, then nothing
in the world will ever matter. But if the answer to that
question is right, nothing else. In the world will ever matter.
Get the point? It's the greatest thing ever.
What I mean by that is when all the negative stuff and bad stuff
happens in life, if you got that answer right and then nothing
matters. Got to get that one right.
That's the only thing that matters.
What's it mean though, to call on the name of the Lord?
Calling means to invoke adore, worship the Lord, IE Christ,
according to Mr. Thayer. And calling on the name of the
Lord for salvation means obey His commandments.
That's what it means. They want to know what.
Must I do to be saved? Now folks, listen.
I'm not making fun. Please understand.
I say this with all humility. I say this with love in my
heart. Listen to me.
Please, he doesn't say raise your hand except Jesus in your.
Heart as your savior and then go on and do whatever you want.
He just didn't say it. Did he say it?
He didn't say it. He gave them something.
They. Had to do OK.
I know it's a popular way. But do you know raising your
hand? And praying a little couple
sentence prayer called the sinner's prayer is not in the
Bible at all. Not one passage, not one place,
not once. Let.
Me tell you what exactly the. Answer was in this passage.
They had to do something. Here it is Remember, remember,
they already heard, they already believed.
Then they said, what do we do? And that's verse 38.
And the first thing they said, repent.
You know, I got to tell you, we spend a lot of.
Time on the next part, but we don't spend a whole lot of time,
maybe not enough time, on this one.
And may I just say this too, repentance means to change 1's.
Mind. So that a change of life is
produced. It changes your mind.
If you don't think that's important in a life change, let
me ask you a question. Have you?
Ever in. Your life had to quit something
that you realized was bad and you needed to quit it.
And you? Struggled in doing so.
I don't want to know. I'm just saying, have you?
Let me just say this, until a person determines in their mind
first, I am finished with that. You're not finished and.
Sometimes if something's difficult to quit, you got to
get it in your mind. I'm done with that.
And then seek out help in order to do that, no.
Problem with that. But nothing happens until you
determine. In your mind.
Until you determine in your. Mind, I'm done.
I'm going to tell you something. I'd never do this.
I'm going to do it right now. OK, preacher's going to get a
little vulnerable here. It comes long before I was ever
a preacher. Started when I was. 11 years
old, I'd dip. Snuff.
Yeah, I did. Cowboys.
That's what Cowboys did. Treat Copenhagen all my young
life. Sorry Mom 11 tried to quit many
times. Married a dental hygienist.
People tried to. Scare me.
Loved ones tried to beg me to quit, tried many times only to
go back, quit for a week. Two weeks.
Went back, but then I looked at that little girl and Tina and I
said, a friend of mine said you're going to be gone one day
and you won't have them. It made me so mad.
I laid it down. Had to decide right there.
I'm done, by the way, long before I was a preacher many
moons ago, a lot of years ago, but yeah, struggled.
Haven't had any of that in a million years, but had a problem
then. Until you determine in your
mind. You're done.
You're not. And then?
When you want to change your life for the Lord Jesus Christ,
until you determine in your mind I'm going to change you didn't
The Bible says as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
It all starts right here. That's what repentance is.
And if a person is struggling spiritually in their spiritual
life with change, it's because they haven't determined here I'm
changing. That's what you got to do first.
Change it right here. WE, Vine said.
From a spiritual perspective, in the New Testament the subject
chiefly has reference to repentance from sin, and this
change of mind involves both the turning from sin.
And a turning to God. So repentance is something that
a person does and not something that somebody gets.
Ian Zer said this. It's a turning from a sinful
course and a choosing of the. Right one.
It's a choice, remember, they said, men and brethren, what
shall we do? Sounds like you got.
Some stuff to do doesn't. It sound like something you got
to do, got to change. Starts in your mind, leads to a
change of life. Then what?
Let everyone of you that are requesting of what to do to be
saved be baptized. Now please understand, contrary
to a popular position, this is not.
Holy Spirit baptism this is. Water baptism Holy Spirit
baptism was a promise that was given to the.
Apostles in Acts chapter 2. Water baptism is a command that
everybody must do. In order to be saved.
One's a promise to the apostles for a.
Reason and a purpose. The other is a command if
somebody. Wants to be saved.
Water baptism. In fact, when the Bible says in
Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 51 Lord 1 faith, one baptism.
The one baptism is water baptism for the remission of sins.
It's required of every. Person that wants to be.
Saved so the scripture says the. Following about baptism 5.
Things 11 must be baptized to be saved.
Mark 16162. Baptism is for the remission of
sins. Acts 238.
Three baptism will wash your way sins.
Acts 22164 Baptism puts one into Christ.
Galatians 327 and five. Baptism saves US first.
Peter 3. 21. That's what the Bible says.
About baptism, OK, so. Let everyone of you be baptized,
and I have to make a point about this in the name of Jesus
Christ. There's no contradiction in the
Scripture. Somebody asked me not long ago.
Why does it say in Acts 238 that you're baptized in the name of
Jesus and then Jesus said in Matthew 2819 and 20 we're
baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit? There's actually full doctrines
that actually believe in people that believe.
No, I believe in being baptized in the name of Jesus only.
Let me explain it. Don't have a lot of time, but I
have. To just explain it to you
quickly. One what it means is this, to be
baptized in the name of Jesus is to be baptized by his.
Authority, in other words. Exactly the way the Lord said to
do it by His authority. How do you baptize?
By his authority. Look to the words that he
already said. Matthew 2819 and 20 baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and.
Of the Holy Spirit. No contradiction.
When you baptize somebody in the name of the Father, Son, the
Holy Spirit, you are baptizing them by the authority of.
Jesus Christ. So it's both.
By the authority of Jesus, I baptize you in the name of the.
Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Now let me just say this.
I know. That a lot of.
People in life, I'm just. Going to say this in.
Passing have been baptized at. Some.
Point in their life, in some sort of past that they've had,
they've had some. Kind of water baptism.
OK, let me just say. This ask yourself the question
in your heart privately. This was I baptized by the
authority. Of Jesus Christ.
By being baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit for the. Remission of my sins.
More on that in just a minute. Just ask yourself.
Was I? Because that's what matters.
Peter presented the evidence of his sermon.
The answer was repent and be baptized.
Now there's two benefits. Benefit #1 you get the
remission. Of.
Sins. That's what you get.
This is something that you do repent and be baptized.
This is something that you get from doing it.
Remission of sins. You know what remission means to
have your to have the debt removed.
Isn't that great? Having the debt removed, OK.
All right. So here's the problem.
My whole life I've heard. The dispute of what this phrase
means some people believe that this means that you're baptized
because. Of the remission of your sins,
or in other words. It is an outward show.
Or outward demonstration of an inward faith.
It is the confirmation outwardly of what you've.
Already become inwardly heard all that that my whole life.
OK, well let's just do this. Let's examine what the word for
means. If we can understand what that
means, we'll know exactly what this passage means.
This word for comes from this Greek word here EIS, however you
pronounce it. That Greek word is found in
another passage. It's very familiar.
Not only the same word but also the same exact phrase when Jesus
instituted the Lord's Supper in Matthew chapter 26 and 28.
When Jesus said for this is my blood of the new covenant which
is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Let me ask you a question. Did Jesus shed his blood on the
cross because our sins were already remitted?
Nobody in the world believes that.
If you believe in the existence of Jesus Christ and that he died
on the cross, nobody in the world believes that he died
because our sins were already forgiven.
Nobody believes that. But people also say but we're
baptized because our sins were already.
Forgiven. Let's go back to that word,
remission. Remission means the removal.
Of guilt. Jesus died on the cross, shed
his blood so that we might have the removal of the guilt of our
sins. Everybody believes that same
word when you're baptized. Same is true.
Now remember, please, they heard the word.
Still have the guilt. Still have the debt.
They believed in Jesus. They still have the debt.
They still have the guilt. They were told to repent as part
of the process and change their life.
Still have the guilt, still have the debt.
But when they were baptized in order to have the removal of the
debt, that's when it happened. You know why?
Because that's when they contacted the blood that Jesus
shed. On the cross.
Because you know what? I don't care who you are, you
can't be forgiven without the blood of Jesus.
Does everybody agree with that? Absolutely.
And the only way you get the blood of Jesus is at baptism.
That's where you contacted? OK, every morning.
I'm not a Starbucks guy. I'm a cowboy.
I like to go down and get, you know what I like, say what I
like. I like black coffee from the gas
station. And I get it every day, love it.
Sometimes Tanner will say, how much have you had today By the
time I get to the job? That's what I do.
Every morning. I go to the gas station for a
cup of coffee early in the morning.
It's still dark outside. Favorite time of the day?
Let. Me ask you a question.
Did I go to the gas station? Because I already had one, or I
go to the gas station for a cup of coffee in order to get one.
It's the same phraseology. It's the same idea.
OK, now, Kaufman said this. As long as this verse remains in
the sacred New Testament, the terms of admission in the Christ
Kingdom shall continue to be understood as faith.
And by the way, remember they were already believers.
Then repentance and baptism unto the remission of sins.
And by the way, I corrected all these.
And then the computer messed it up and it stuck it back and I
had trouble this morning. I know that's supposed to be an
F. OK.
Oh, I tried. So the word stands, baptism and
water for the remission of sins is divinely, is a divinely
appointed prerequisite for salvation.
Mark 1616. Acts 2216.
First Peter 3. And verse 21 the.
Gospel is preached the answer to their souls inquiry what shall
we do was repent and be baptized benefit. #1 great.
Stuff you get remission of sins meaning.
It's removed. Your previous sins are removed.
Benefit #2. And that's where we'll spend the
rest of our time. You get the gift of the Holy
Spirit. I want you to notice something,
folks. Please, please get this.
You get 2 things. They're not the same.
It's not the same thing. You get 2.
They were told what to do. And that was point number one of
our three-part lesson. The answer?
Repent and be baptized. After the sermon is preached.
The benefits of doing that, remission of sins, that's number
one. Here's benefit #2 the gift of
the Holy Spirit. This big word and right here
means you get both 2 great things.
When you repent and are baptized, you have the remission
of your sins and you have the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Now 5 sermons ago. Yeah, it's been 55 sermons ago
of me. I touched on this briefly.
And I said when we get to Acts 238, I'm going.
To say a little bit more, what's the gift I'm.
Going to tell you I. Used to believe.
Well, the gift was salvation. I used to believe, well, it's
all spiritual blessings in Christ.
I used to believe that. It meant.
It is the gift that comes from the Holy.
Spirit or the Holy Spirit's gift?
But after further study of this, is that what it's talking?
About no, because when a. One repents and is baptized.
He's not automatically assured of eternal life or salvation.
Why? Obedience to the gospel simply
allows one to run in the Christian race.
It does not guarantee the reward.
The outcome of salvation depends on faithfulness of the
individual. Give me some Bible.
James 519 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth
and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a
Sinner from the error of his way will save the soul from death
and cover a multitude of sins. Also, Galatians 5 and verse 4
says that it's possible for a person to fall from grace.
OK, so that being said, what is the gift?
The gift, according to Thayer, is an hexagenical expression of
the thing given. And maybe in your life, maybe in
your. Back academic background you
knew about what the. Word apexagenical.
I even had to I even had to click on Google to.
Find out how to pronounce it. So maybe you've always known
what apexagenical was, but not me.
So I looked it up. Apexagenical actually means a
word to further clarify or explain the subject under
consideration. The gift isn't a pexigenical
expression, meaning a word to clarify the subject under
consideration. OK now in Acts chapter 2 and
verse 38, the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The clause is a pexigenical with the word gift being the Holy
Spirit himself. You get 2 things.
Folks, you get remission of sins and you get the.
Gift of the Holy Spirit. So far, it's the Holy.
Spirit himself, stay with me. Here we go.
The word gift is added to clarify what the Holy Spirit is.
What is it? It's a gift.
JW Megarby said this. This expression means the Holy
Spirit is a gift and the reference is to the non
miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit by which we bring
forth the fruits of the Spirit and without which we are not of
Christ. According to JW Mcgarvey.
Give me some more. Bruce said this way, the gift of
the Spirit is the Spirit himself bestowed by the Father through
the Messiah. Finally, Reese.
So the thing received therefore by baptized believers is the
indwelling presence of. The Holy Spirit by definitions
of words and by the description of it.
I changed my position on that subject.
I did. It's a gift.
It's the second blessing. Now with.
Regards to how the spirit indwells, I know there's a
number of positions that I'm not here to argue that I used to.
Believe that the holy. Spirit indwelled us.
Only through the. Word.
Now, he doesn't dwell through the word, sure, but.
I used to believe it was only. Through the word of God.
Because the Bible says that the word indwells too.
And I'm not saying that the word doesn't indwell, because it
does. But may I suggest the following
please? About that.
When people try to make it exclusively the indwelling,
exclusively through the Word. On the day of Pentecost, those
who repented and were baptized had already gladly received His
Word. They already had.
It before they were baptized. OK, what else?
That's Acts 241 verse 40. They were encouraged to be saved
with many other words. What else?
So the conclusion can be drawn that one may have the word of
God and still not have the gift of the Holy Spirit.
So the gift is the Holy Spirit Himself who comes to dwell.
In the heart of every. Christian.
Now. Regardless of a person's
position. On how he indwells, it's
undeniable that he does Romans chapter 8 and verse 9, but you
are not. In the.
Flesh, but in the Spirit. If indeed the Spirit of God
dwells in you now, if anyone. Does not have the Spirit.
Of Christ He is not His in Acts. Chapter 5 and verse 30. 2:00 And
we are as witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy
Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
Do you see that given doesn't given?
Sound like a gift given what's the prerequisite for getting it?
Those that obey him? Those that follow what we talked
about next to. 1st Corinthians 619 Or do you not know that your
body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who was in you, whom you
have from? God and you are not your own, so
I have to. Put this up to sum it up, please
don't misunderstand me. The gift of the Holy Spirit in
this verse, yes, is the Holy Spirit himself.
Everyone who is commanded to repent and be baptized for the
remission of sins is also given the promise of the Holy Spirit
as a gift. The gift of the Holy Spirit that
indwells every Christian has no reference at all to the
miraculous gifts of the Spirit given through the laying on of
the Apostles hands, nor does he indwell the Christian in any
way, shape or form miraculously the age of.
Miracles are gone. We don't have that.
I'm not talking. About any any kind of.
I'm not talking about anything miraculous, nothing miraculous.
And for those. That say, well these passages
just don't apply. Today.
OK, well look verse 39. For the promises to you and to
your children and all that are far off, even as many as the.
Lord, our God shall call. You know this phrase right here
Even as many as. The Lord our God shall.
Call kind of sounds like me and you and everybody.
Else that would ever live. Same promise.
What's the promise? The mission of sins and the gift
of the Holy Spirit. When you do what?
When you repent and are baptized in that fashion.
According to the authority of Jesus Christ.
OK, Christian. Water baptism, all right.
We've noticed so far the benefits.
Well, the answer, the benefits, and here's the results.
And we're just about finished. Here's the results.
They heard the word Remember when I said your response to the
gospel determines? Whether or not.
It saves or offends pretty cutting gospel on that day, it
says with many other words, he testified and exhorted them
saying be saved from this perverse generation, meaning he
told them they have to do. Something on their part, you got
to act on it. Then those who gladly received
His word were baptized, and that day 3000 souls were.
Added unto them, 3000. Souls received remission of
sins. Which is a removal of the dead.
Of your past sins received. The gift of the Holy Spirit,
finally, I heard. This not long ago where?
Somebody said this has to be in Acts chapter 2.
This has to. Be Holy Spirit.
Baptism, because it's impossible to baptize 3000 people on that
one day. In that one time frame, you
probably heard that that's a not a new argument I.
Love what? JW Mcgarvey.
Said JW Mcgarvey did a little math.
JW Mcgarvey said this. Peter's sermon began at 9:00 AM.
We'll know that from Scripture. And we may.
Safely suppose that the proceedings at the temple closed
as early as noon. This allows 6 hours to get it in
that day for the. Baptizing to be.
Completed as the text does assert, it is very deliberate.
Work for an. Administrator to baptize one
person in a minute, and if he stands at one spot, as is often
the case when a large number are to be baptized and his
candidates to come to him and one continuous line.
The book can actually be done in half that time, but.
At the rate of 60. 2 the hour. 12 men could.
Baptize. 720 in one hour. And 3000.
In four hours and 15 minutes, guess what?
They got it done. I didn't need JW.
Mugabe to say that I just read the Bible.
But you know what? That's a good one, right?
There, that's a good one. Water baptism, remember?
That's a command next. I'm finished today, but guess
what's coming next. The benefits of the gift I'm
going to preach on what the. Gift practically.
Does for you and your. Life what is?
The gift of the Holy. Spirit.
That indwells every Christian. What does it do for you?
And your life now I. Know you know me and you're
thinking, man, Frank, that's a huge subject.
There's no way you're going to be able to that's going to be
another series. I could preach a very long
series. I'm not going to do that.
So I'm not going to talk on every every single aspect
haven't determined. Exactly how I'm going to.
Approach that. But when my next lesson comes
up, when it's my turn again, I'm going to talk about some
practical, specific benefits. That you get by having the gift.
In your life, because you know what?
That's what people want. They want to know what they're
doing for me. What is the?
Benefit that's going to be. When I preach next.
Thank you so much for your kind listening.
You've been amazing and I appreciate that very, very much.
If you have any questions regarding.
This subject please. Ask me, I will gladly do my best
to answer any questions. We never close.
A time that we. Teach from the.
Word of God without extending an invitation.
The invitation is very clear. The steps to become a Christian
you got to. Hear the Word of God.
We talked about that in Acts chapter 2, Romans 10/17.
So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
That's what produces faith. Faith is belief.
Hebrews 11 and 6. Without faith, it's impossible
to please. Him, for he who comes to God
must. Believe that he is.
And that he. Is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek him. Then what?
Here's that word we talked about today.
You got to repent starts in your mind.
Acts 17 and 30. Truly these times of ignorance
God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
Then you have to be willing to say the greatest thing you will
ever say in your life, Confess Jesus as the Son of God.
Acts 837. Then Philip.
Said if you believe with. All your heart you may.
And he answered and. Said I believe that.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Upon taking those steps, you're
a fit candidate to go to the point of salvation, the place
where you contact the blood of Jesus, and that is to be
baptized for the remission of sins.
Mark 16/16. He who believes and is baptized
will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.
And finally doesn't matter. And do you have to do it to be
saved first? Peter 321 the King James says
the like figure where the even baptism does also now save us,
not the. Putting.
Away the filth. Of the flesh, but the.
Answer of a good conscience toward God by the.
Resurrection of Jesus Christ if you have never taken those steps
of obedience. We would love to assist you in
that today if you have and maybe there's just something in your
life that you. Need to correct You've been away
from the Lord. You've been struggling.
Whatever it might. Be then repent of that.
Confess that we'll pray with. You and for you and God will
forgive and. Restore if you want to be in a
class, come forward while we stand.