1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,360 All right, if you have your Bibles, please take this morning 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,039 and turn to Mark Chapter 1. Mark Chapter 1. 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,040 And this morning, if you're watching online or in some days 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,480 to come, then we want to welcome you to North Life. 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:16,920 Welcome to our service. But we want to invite you to 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,280 come and be with us in person. Maybe you're unable. 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:20,680 Maybe you're watching from another state. 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,840 Hello, this week, some others. Renee, I know that you might be 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,200 watching this morning, so some who are nearby and some for far 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,480 away, but if you're able to make it, we're at 115 E Main Street, 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,800 right here in the heart of the historic area of Gaylord. 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,160 We'd love to have you at one of our 9:00 or 10:30 services 13 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,840 sometime soon. All right, if you in Mark, we're 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,800 going to start with Mark chapter 1 and I'm going to start in 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,080 verse 4. This is the story, a story of 16 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,280 John the Baptist, and this is John the Baptist early in Mark, 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,080 Mark chapter 1, Mark is referencing when John the 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,400 Baptist introduces Jesus onto the scene, if you will. 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,520 OK, So remember John the Baptist, he's a cousin to Jesus 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,959 and he's, you know, quite a character and he's out crying 21 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,480 out, you know, repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand. 22 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,640 He's calling people to repentance and he's encouraging 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,400 them to be baptized. So starting in verse 4, John the 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,040 Baptist appeared baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,000 baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 26 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,800 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,640 him, and we're being baptized by him in the river Jordan 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,920 confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,360 camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate 30 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:41,040 locust and wild honey. And he preached, saying, After 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,200 me comes he who is mightier than I. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,640 And of course, he means Jesus, the strap of whose sandals I am 33 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,320 not worthy to stoop down and untie. 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:57,240 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,560 Holy Spirit. John introduces Jesus by saying 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,160 I baptize you with water, but Jesus, who's coming, who's 37 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,440 mightier than I am, he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,040 This morning I want to talk to you about the baptism of the 39 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,240 Holy Spirit or the filling or the immersion. 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,200 All of these are ways that it is referenced, this monumental 41 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,640 event that can happen in the life of a follower of Jesus, the 42 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,560 baptism of the Holy Spirit. John says Jesus will baptize you 43 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:32,080 and the Holy Spirit. Let's pray and then we'll dive 44 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,880 in. God, thank you for this day. 45 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,320 It is a day that you have made, and now after we've sung and 46 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,520 honored you, after we've given and fellowships and been 47 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,160 together, now we turn our attention towards Your Word and 48 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,800 our hope. Our intent here is to grow in 49 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,280 our understanding of what the baptism of the Holy Spirit is. 50 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,760 What does it look like in the life of a follower of Jesus if 51 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,560 it's so mentioned so many times in the New Testament? 52 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,000 It's important. So give us clarity Holy Spirit, 53 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,040 we pray as an act of worship. We are hungry for your word and 54 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,960 Jesus name and everyone loudly together said Amen and Amen. 55 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:19,040 Now John, who was known again as the Baptist, and what he would 56 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,320 do is he would baptize people and by baptizing what? 57 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Well, it's the Greek word baptizo, and it means to immerse 58 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,360 or to submerge or to make well. So the idea is that drawn would 59 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,120 call for people to repent of their sin and as an outward 60 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,640 expression of what was happening inside of them, them being 61 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,560 cleansed, he would dunk them, baptize them, immerse them in 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,240 the Jordan River. And I was in the I was in Israel 63 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,600 about 15 years ago and got to go to the Jordan River and was 64 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,960 baptized there. Had been baptized younger as a 65 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,160 teenager, but was baptized in the Jordan. 66 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,440 So I can envision how muddy and looking it is and, and the sores 67 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,840 of the Jordan. So this is John, Jesus's cousin. 68 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,800 And again, it's so important the way that he introduces Jesus 69 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,000 because this is like the first mention of John talking about 70 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:12,040 Jesus and for him to him to say of Jesus that I baptize you with 71 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,600 water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. 72 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,600 It because it's at first mentioned, John's first 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,320 mentioned that then it is important. 74 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,600 And it's mentioned numerous times in the New Testament. 75 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,400 OK. But often there's certain 76 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,680 Christian traditions that don't talk about it very much, the 77 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,800 baptism of the Holy Spirit or being filled with the Holy 78 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,760 Spirit. And some who do talk about it 79 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,440 often, well then they miss some important details about being 80 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,640 filled or baptized in the Holy Spirit. 81 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,880 And I'll, I'm, I'm going to get there and I'll tell you some 82 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:47,360 things that I think have been misrepresented and that are 83 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,800 confusing then some Christian traditions. 84 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,240 Okay. But what I want to show you is 85 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,320 that the mentioning of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, it 86 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,240 happens numerous, numerous times in the New Testament. 87 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,240 So it is still a valid experience to be baptized, 88 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,040 immersed, filled with the Holy Spirit. 89 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,880 So I want to teach about and students, particularly I timed 90 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,640 it knowing that you were going to 1 heart this this weekend, 91 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,880 right? Because it might be that some of 92 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,120 you when you go to this one heart event, this might be a 93 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:24,560 really monumental time for you to be filled, baptized and the 94 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:25,800 Holy Spirit. So I want you to have some 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,640 clarity on what what it is and what it isn't. 96 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:35,440 OK, so, so here we are now we've been in a series teaching on the 97 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,280 Holy Spirit. And this is what my 6th message, 98 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,680 yeah, 6th message. And so I'm slowly have been 99 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,240 going through the even the Old Testament and Jesus is 100 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,760 mentioning that he would pray to the Father and the Father would 101 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,320 send the helper to that being the Holy Spirit to us. 102 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,800 So we talked about dwelling that in the Old Testament, that the 103 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,120 Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit that was there at the very 104 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,920 beginning of Genesis 1 when they said the Spirit of God was 105 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,680 hovering over the waters and the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit 106 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,640 would dwell with God's people. And God had designed it such, 107 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,320 okay. And in the Old Testament, in the 108 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,480 Holy of Holies, you couldn't get near the presence of God because 109 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,240 of our sin that had not yet been forgiven by Jesus. 110 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,800 So there was like like a temporary atonement system that 111 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,200 got it set up and their worship. But God would dwell. 112 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,680 He's omnipresent, He's everywhere, all powerful at all 113 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,680 times. But God would choose to dwell in 114 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,960 tents, a mobile tent that would move when the firewood at night 115 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,400 would rise up and lead them in the cloud by day. 116 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:41,000 Then they would move and God's presence, the Holy Spirit of God 117 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,400 would manifest itself in tents and tabernacles and eventually 118 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,240 temples like the temple of Solomon. 119 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,240 God, his spirit dwelt there. So, and we see this in Exodus 120 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,080 25, nine where it says and let them make me a sanctuary. 121 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,720 This is God speaking through Moses that I may dwell in their 122 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,480 midst. So it's always been that God is 123 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:06,000 dwelling in dwelling with his people, but he dwelled in tents 124 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,240 and tabernacles and temples. OK, now in the New Testament, 125 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,640 when Jesus is crucified and the temple veil is rent now the 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,400 presence of God that would be behind the temple veil. 127 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,080 Now it's no longer there. Now it's out and available to 128 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,280 all who will receive Jesus. So now in the New Testament era 129 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,400 in which we are in now we are the the temple, the Tabernacle. 130 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,040 We are where God dwells. And I taught at length about 131 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,640 that. If you miss those messages, go 132 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,960 back. You can find them on YouTube, 133 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,560 Facebook, wherever you podcast. But the but I just wanted to 134 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,160 remind you that this is how God has said that where God dwelt 135 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,680 with but in the air and we are in now the Holy Spirit is going 136 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,480 to dwell in. So Jesus in John 1415 and I will 137 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,080 ask the Father and he will give you another helper. 138 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,760 Jesus was their helper. And again, it seems odd that we 139 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,520 would think of God as our helper like Jesus, but he was a 140 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,080 servant. He came and washed the feet of 141 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,720 the disciples. He is our helper. 142 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,120 Jesus says, I'll ask the Father, he'll send you another Helper 143 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,520 and even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive 144 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,880 because it neither sees sees Him nor knows Him. 145 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,680 You know Him, meaning the Holy Spirit, for He dwells with you 146 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,480 and he will be in you. OK, so this is a big principle. 147 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,160 When we follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit, when we receive Jesus, 148 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,640 when we're born again, when we receive salvation, the Holy 149 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,040 Spirit comes to dwell in us. That happens at the point of 150 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,240 salvation. So that's a big part of 151 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,400 understanding the additional experience that happens when 152 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:41,480 we're baptized, immersed, filled with the Holy Spirit. 153 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,880 So you get the Holy Spirit when you're saved. 154 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,640 But then there's ongoing experiences that we have, and 155 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,440 I'll show you evidence of that in the Bible. 156 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,200 OK, so Jesus also speaks of his followers being baptized in the 157 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,600 Holy Spirit. So watch this. 158 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,680 So John says Jesus will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 159 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,160 Then Jesus speaks about himself in Acts, Acts chapter one. 160 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:08,200 This is after Jesus has lived, I was crucified, was resurrected. 161 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,040 He spends 40 days with his followers, OK. 162 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,640 And in this time where he's with his followers after the 163 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,880 resurrection, he's going to talk about the baptism of the Holy 164 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,040 Spirit, verse 4. And while staying with them, he 165 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,240 ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the 166 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,200 promise of the Father, which he had said, You heard from me. 167 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,600 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with 168 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,720 the Holy Spirit not many days from now. 169 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,640 So John speaks of it. Now Jesus is Speaking of it. 170 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:46,080 You will be baptized, immersed, filled with the Holy Spirit, and 171 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,680 then he continues. And so when they had come 172 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:52,440 together, they asked him, Lord, will you at this time restore 173 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,080 the Kingdom to Israel again? In their mind, even after three 174 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,800 years with Jesus discipling them, they're still thinking 175 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,920 that Jesus is going to set up an earthly Kingdom. 176 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,000 But that's not the point. He has other things in mind. 177 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,080 He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons 178 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,280 that the Father has fixed by His own authority, but you will 179 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:17,520 receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and 180 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,000 you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and 181 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,080 Samaria, and to the end of the earth. 182 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,240 What will they receive when the Holy Spirit comes upon them? 183 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:32,320 They will receive power. This is the evidence of being 184 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,200 filled or baptized in the Holy Spirit. 185 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,120 It is the power of God. And the Greek word in this 186 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,200 occasion for power is dunamis, and it's where we get our word 187 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,600 dynamite from or dynamic. Then it means it's a force, it's 188 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,440 spent. Now the Holy Spirit is not a 189 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:50,360 force, but the Holy Spirit gives power, and that power has force 190 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,320 to it, and it's miraculous supernatural ability, abundance, 191 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,520 mighty. So we receive. 192 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,280 When we get filled with Holy Spirit, baptized in the Holy 193 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Spirit, we receive dunamis, which is power. 194 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,840 Now what I want to show you is the day that they have this just 195 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,080 unbelievable supernatural experience. 196 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,760 We call it the day of Pentecost, OK. 197 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,720 And this is where Pentecostals, those from that tradition, they 198 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,320 gather, make their name from this day of Pentecost that they 199 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,600 like we look towards. OK, so this is Acts chapter 2, 200 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,160 the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit is going to visit 201 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,800 them. Watch. 202 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,720 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together 203 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:35,200 in one place, and suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a 204 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,240 mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where 205 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,800 they were sitting. Jesus said it would happen in 206 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,280 Acts chapter 1. John said it would happen in 207 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,520 Mark chapter 1. Jesus says it'll happen in Acts 208 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,360 chapter 1. Here in Acts chapter 2, boom, it 209 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,240 happens. They are baptized in the Holy 210 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,760 Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and the Holy Spirit comes and 211 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,840 settles on them and you remember they burst out of this upper 212 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,800 room where they were, and they were prophesying and preaching 213 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,640 the truth about Jesus and real languages that they should not 214 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,120 have known. Now my wife speaks 3 languages, 215 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,320 right? Jay speaks 3 languages. 216 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,840 So sometimes when she gets a little befuddled this morning 217 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,200 and you know, a couple words and I'm like, she speaks 3 218 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,240 languages, man. So, but we don't, I barely speak 219 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,040 one, you know. So, but here they are. 220 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,040 They're preaching in languages that they do not know. 221 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:28,400 And this is because of the Dunamis, the power of the Holy 222 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:33,960 Spirit supernaturally, miraculously using them to teach 223 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,800 in other languages. OK, so this happens on the day 224 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,160 of Pentecost now, but when Jesus told them what was going to 225 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,760 come, he didn't give them a specific gift. 226 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,160 He didn't say you're going to speak in tongues or you're going 227 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,200 to prophecy, you're going to preach in other languages. 228 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,360 He said you'll receive power dunamis. 229 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,400 And that is what we receive when we are filled, baptized, 230 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,560 immersed, and the Holy Spirit. Now what I want you to see, and 231 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:04,680 this is really important, is that on the day of Pentecost 232 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,960 when they're baptized, immersed in the Holy Spirit, they already 233 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,240 have the Holy Spirit. And how do I know this? 234 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,880 Well, because if we go back in time and John chapter 20, this 235 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,600 is Jesus resurrected after his resurrection but before the day 236 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,640 of Pentecost. And watch what happens. 237 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,680 John 20 verse 19 on the evening of that day, the first day of 238 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:29,680 the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for 239 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:33,200 fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and he said to 240 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,680 them, peace be with you. And we think he actually would 241 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,120 have just like walked through the walls and just shows up in 242 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,520 the room right when that had been something just shows up was 243 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:42,960 like peace be with you. Why? 244 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,480 Well, because it would have been scary for Jesus just shows up. 245 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,720 Verse 20 when he had said this, He showed them his hands and his 246 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,320 side. And then the disciples were glad 247 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,680 when they saw the Lord, and Jesus said to them again, peace 248 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:02,120 be with you, as the Father has sent me, Even so I'm sending 249 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,320 you. And when he had said this, he 250 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:11,800 breathed on them and said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. 251 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,440 So this is before the day of Pentecost. 252 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,600 So this is Jesus now resurrected, and now the Holy 253 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,640 Spirit. We're in the Old Testament, the 254 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,040 Holy Spirit dwelt in tents and tabernacles and temples. 255 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,560 Now the Holy Spirit is going to dwell in US and now these 256 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,400 followers of Jesus, Jesus is like, OK, here you go, receive 257 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:35,440 the Holy Spirit and they do in these days before the day of 258 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,000 Pentecost. So what I present to you is that 259 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,480 the whole we receive the Holy Spirit when we believe, but the 260 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,400 baptism of the Holy Spirit is an additional ongoing event. 261 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,080 OK, so when you receive the Lord, when you receive Jesus, 262 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,480 you receive the Holy Spirit. He comes and he dwells in you. 263 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,400 But then there are periods of time in our life where we are 264 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,840 baptized, we receive the dunamis, the power of the Holy 265 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,240 Spirit, in additional ways, then pass just dwelling in US. 266 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,880 And I must tell you that some Christian traditions disagree 267 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,800 about this. Some Christian traditions do not 268 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,760 believe that there is a second or ongoing experience. 269 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,760 I'm going to show you that it's not a one time event. 270 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,040 We are to be baptized, immersed in the Spirit of God, ongoing, 271 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,360 lifelong. And I'll give you evidence of 272 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,680 that here in a second. But whenever I teach something 273 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,800 like this, I never want to be such where we're we're just 274 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,280 raising controversy and division. 275 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,320 OK, so I like that our church is interdenominational. 276 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,200 OK. And I was telling one of my sons 277 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,520 about this this week. We're not non denominational. 278 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,240 We say interdenominational. Why? 279 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,920 Well, because we're, we have people from Lutheran backgrounds 280 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,760 and Baptists and Pentecostal and Catholic. 281 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,160 Even this morning, the worship team, when we were standing 282 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,360 around, we went through and I said, I'm going to be teaching 283 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:53,960 today on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 284 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,280 And we said, what tradition of Christianity are you from? 285 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,040 And, and some traditions of Christianity, will they talk 286 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,920 more about the baptism of the Holy Spirit? 287 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,960 And some of them when they talk about it, I think they're 288 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,480 getting a kind of wrong. OK. 289 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,760 But then some they don't believe that there's a second or ongoing 290 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,360 experience. I'm showing you that there is. 291 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,360 It was second experience. Jesus gave them the Holy Spirit 292 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,640 when he breathed on them. And then some days later they're 293 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,280 actually baptized when the Holy Spirit comes and gives them 294 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:27,000 Dunamis, supernatural power. OK, now so this is a big 295 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,720 principle that you need to know and some Christian traditions 296 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,800 differ about it. Now, when they receive dunamis, 297 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,240 the power, that's in Acts chapter 2. 298 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,040 But then watch what happens in Acts chapter 4 and Acts chapter 299 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,840 4. There's a story of the apostle 300 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:46,000 Peter and John and they're going to, they're in Jerusalem and 301 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,160 they go by a gate called beautiful. 302 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,840 It's actually called the gate called beautiful. 303 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,840 And these gates have been transported over the sea to 304 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,120 Jerusalem. And and supposedly, legend says 305 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,760 that it was miraculous that they had fallen in the water, but 306 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,840 they they were recovered. OK. 307 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,000 So it was something that the Jews were very proud of. 308 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,079 This gate called beautiful. It's a landmark. 309 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,440 And on this particular day, Peter and John are going to come 310 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:11,280 across a man who's crippled. OK, So this is Acts 4, seven 311 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,079 through 10. And when they had set them in 312 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:16,280 their midst, they being the religious leaders that were 313 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,160 critical of Peter and John, right? 314 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:22,079 So when they heal this man, the Pharisees, the leaders are upset 315 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:23,880 about it. So when they'd set them in the 316 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,319 midst, they inquired by what power or by what name did you do 317 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:30,240 this? So instead of them saying, wow, 318 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:35,160 this is great, the miracle Dunamis power, this guy is 319 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,920 crippled. But now he's walking instead of 320 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,800 saying that they're, they're wanting to know who'd you do 321 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:39,840 this? By whose name? 322 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:45,840 So verse 8 then Peter filled with the Spirit, said to them, 323 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,560 rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today 324 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:54,040 concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this 325 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,040 man has been healed? Let it be known to all of you 326 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:01,040 and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ 327 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:05,320 of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead by 328 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,840 him, this man is standing before you. 329 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:13,240 Well, OK, now how does he heal? He heals to the dunamis power 330 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:16,360 that comes from the Holy Spirit because he's filled with the 331 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:18,200 spirit. So on the day of Pentecost, 332 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:21,240 they're they're speaking in languages that they don't know. 333 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,640 On this day, Peter is healing. He's praying for this man and 334 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,640 supernaturally he is healed. Why? 335 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,920 Because he's filled with the Spirit. 336 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,960 And Luke points us out the reason he's healed is because 337 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,600 he's filled with the spirit. Now what I want to show you. 338 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,480 So you're filled with it. They receive the Holy Spirit 339 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,880 that when Jesus degrees on them, they wait and then in Acts 340 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:46,160 chapter 2 at the specific time and place God supernaturally, 341 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,960 you know falls on them and they go preach in other languages. 342 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,560 Now here is a healing in Acts chapter 4 mentioning that he's 343 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,000 filled with the spirit, but then watch what happens right after 344 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,680 this event. They actually are in jail for a 345 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,240 little while, but then they get out Peter and John and in verse 346 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,280 31 it says and when they had prayed, OK, so after that they 347 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,560 actually now are with with believers again and they're like 348 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,680 in a Prairie meeting. And when they had prayed, the 349 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,360 place in which they were gathered together was shaken and 350 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,440 they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continue to 351 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,920 speak the word of God with boldness. 352 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,240 So watch, they receive Holy Spirit when Jesus breathes on 353 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,840 them the day of Pentecost. Boom. 354 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,120 Now the dunamis comes and then he's healing somebody. 355 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,160 But then even after he's healed somebody full of the Spirit, 356 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,120 they have a prayer meeting. And what happens at the prayer 357 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,840 meeting, right after he did the healing, they're filled with the 358 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,360 Spirit again. It's not a one time event. 359 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,800 It's ongoing. It's happening over and over and 360 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,920 over again. And Luke in his writing, he 361 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,960 wants you to see this. It's not just a one time thing. 362 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,960 And here's The thing is that man, when we know that it's like 363 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,280 it's ongoing, that we could be baptized and immersed and 364 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,000 filled, then we get hungry for God and hungry for the Holy 365 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,040 Spirit and hungry for the dunamis power of God, and it's 366 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,920 available to us. But if you think it's a one time 367 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,040 event that happened 12 years ago or 2040, fifty years ago when 368 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,000 you got saved, he's like, oh, I received the Holy Spirit then 369 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,080 then that's it. It's like, wait a minute, 370 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,600 there's so much more. God wants to fill you again and 371 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,040 again and baptize you and mercy you again. 372 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,920 And he wants you to receive the dunamis power that comes with 373 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:21,000 you being baptized in the Holy Spirit. 374 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,760 So they get filled again and again and again. 375 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,000 Now let me show you another occasion. 376 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,200 This is the apostle Paul, and I want to show you the 377 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,520 progression. So if you remember the story, 378 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,160 Paul, his name initially is Saul of Tarsus, and he's an enemy of 379 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,520 Christianity, and he wants to kill Christians, and he has a 380 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,320 letter that's given him permission to do so. 381 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,920 OK, so he's there when Stephen is martyred. 382 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,280 OK, so Paul is traveling. He's on the road to Damascus, 383 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,680 and Jesus himself appears to Saul and says, Saul, why do you 384 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,760 persecute me? As a glowing light knocks Saul 385 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,200 off his horse, and Saul is blinded. 386 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,480 And then he goes on to the next city, and when he's there, God, 387 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,680 God is going to speak to a man named Ananias. 388 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:08,880 God says to Ananias, go and pray for Saul, who will become the 389 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,120 apostle Paul. But so Ananias is afraid because 390 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,560 he knows that Paul has been killing Christians. 391 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,160 But this is how he responds verse 17 to Chapter 9. 392 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,360 So Ananias departed and he entered the house and laying his 393 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,720 hands on him, meaning Paul, Saul. 394 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,200 He said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the 395 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,440 road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your 396 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,640 sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 397 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,120 And immediately something like scale spell from his eyes and he 398 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,320 regained his sight. And then he rose and he was 399 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,480 baptized and taking food, he was strengthened. 400 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,080 Now what I propose to you is that Paul on the road to 401 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,560 Damascus, Jesus, like, why do you persecute me, Saul? 402 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,080 And at that point, that's his salvation moment. 403 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:59,800 He is saved on the road to Damascus, and he receives the 404 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:04,040 dwelling of the Holy Spirit. But then these days and days 405 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,760 later, when Ananias comes to him, Ananias is going to pray 406 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,960 for him, and there's going to be a miracle. 407 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,480 And at this point, Paul is going to be filled with the Holy 408 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,440 Spirit. He has the Holy Spirit, but now 409 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,960 he's going to be filled with the Holy Spirit. 410 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,560 He's going to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. 411 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,320 And immediately the scales fall off his eyes and he 412 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,400 strengthened. There are so many occasions 413 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,640 where in the New Testament, if I took weeks to teach this, then I 414 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,960 probably could. I want you to see, but you can 415 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,040 go dive into this even the more the occasions in the book of 416 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,720 Acts and other occasions in the New Testament where it just 417 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,600 referenced and they were filled with the Spirit and they were 418 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,840 baptized in the Spirit. John mentions it, Jesus mentions 419 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,600 it. It happens over and over again 420 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,600 in the book of Acts. So if this is happening in the 421 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,840 old test in the New Testament and also with the early church, 422 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,880 then it's I think it's a discipline that we can have 423 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:59,240 today, the ongoing filling and being baptized, immersed in the 424 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:04,360 Spirit of God and received the doomest power that comes with 425 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:06,400 it. Now I'll show you another 426 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,800 occasion. This is Acts chapter 19. 427 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,080 This is when Paul goes to the city of Ephesus. 428 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:15,040 OK, and watch what happens here. Now, Paul, who was Saul now is 429 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,720 this, you know, giant missionary and writer of much of many of 430 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,840 the letters in the New Testament. 431 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,960 So he's a giant apostle leader. OK. 432 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,520 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul 433 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,040 passed through the inland country and he came to Ephesus. 434 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:33,120 Later he's going to write a letter to the Ephesians in the 435 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,320 city of Ephesus. And we have that now in the New 436 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,920 Testament. And there he found some 437 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,200 disciples and he said to them, so if their disciples are 438 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,280 followers of Jesus, and he said, when did you, he said, did you 439 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,480 receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? 440 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:52,800 And they said, no, we've not even heard that there is a Holy 441 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,720 Spirit. And he said to them, into what 442 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,720 then were you baptized? And they said into John's 443 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,160 baptism, So watch this. They're saying that like they 444 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,560 had gotten the news of of this John the Baptist. 445 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,800 Maybe they'd gone to Jerusalem, maybe they've seen John, who 446 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:07,960 knows. But they're baptized in the 447 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,920 tradition of John the Baptist. They don't really yet know about 448 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,720 the ongoing truth of the Holy Spirit, etcetera. 449 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,840 So maybe just John declaring, hey, Jesus is the Messiah, He is 450 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,360 the one. OK, So they're baptized under 451 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,960 that idea, but that's all the revelation that they have. 452 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,080 And Paul said John baptized with the baptism of repentance, 453 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,680 telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after 454 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,320 him, and that is Jesus. OK, so they got that so far, but 455 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,320 on hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord 456 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,280 Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands 457 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,080 on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began speaking in 458 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,360 tongues and prophesying. And they were about 12 men in 459 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:46,480 all. Now this could be a bit 460 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,000 confusing because Paul is saying, hey, did you receive the 461 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,080 Holy Spirit? They're like, we don't even 462 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,320 know. But I would say that yes, the 463 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,840 Holy Spirit was dwelling in them when they were saved, but 464 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,640 they've not yet been filled. They've not yet been immersed or 465 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,880 baptized in the Holy Spirit. So he leads them into that 466 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,680 experience. OK, so they're, and by the way, 467 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,720 they were Gentiles, so they didn't know the history of the 468 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,840 Old Testament where God would dwell with his people, right? 469 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,440 Dwell with them in tents and tabernacles and temples. 470 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,520 OK, so, and this occasion, these are followers of Jesus. 471 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,720 They're saved. But watch, they're only saved. 472 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,240 Then he's going to tell them about the Spirit. 473 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,360 And then here they're going to be baptized. 474 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,400 OK, so they're baptized in the name of Jesus and then they 475 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,760 receive the the feeling of the Holy Spirit. 476 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,600 So it's opposite of what his progression was because he got 477 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,320 saved, he got filled with the Spirit and then he was baptized. 478 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,800 They are saved, then he baptized or then he baptizes them and 479 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,680 then he lays hands on them. OK, so this is the progression. 480 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,360 My point is showing this again that here are people that are 481 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,840 following Jesus, but they don't know about the power, the 482 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:56,080 dunamis of the Holy Spirit. Now this is like many Christians 483 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,200 today, because in Christianity Today, we can promote the idea, 484 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,560 hey, come to Jesus, receive the forgiveness of Jesus, receive 485 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,520 the forgiveness of Jesus. And people like I'm in and maybe 486 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,440 they even get baptized. I'm baptized. 487 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,320 Oh, this is great. Look, I'm following Jesus. 488 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,640 But then you said what? Wait a minute, there's more. 489 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,840 There's an ongoing, ongoing discipline of saying God fill me 490 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,600 again. And even after Paul, after Peter 491 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,360 and John heal the crippled man, they still go to a prayer 492 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:26,480 meeting and get filled again. So that means that we don't just 493 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,080 one time in our life say God fill me instead, it's ongoing. 494 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,440 God baptized me. Holy Spirit, I want the dunamis 495 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:38,720 power that comes from you. The famous evangelist DL Moody, 496 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,040 who started the Moody Bible Institute in Dallas, a famous 497 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,120 preacher from the 1800s. He, he said this, he said that 498 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,720 he needed to be filled often with the Holy Spirit because he 499 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,240 was a, he called himself a leaky vessel. 500 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,000 And that's true. It's like we leak so we can be 501 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,680 filled with the Spirit, But then it's just like it's not just a 502 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,200 one time event, but you had 30 years ago. 503 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,520 Our students are going to go to the one Heart conference this 504 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,400 week. I'm telling you, students, in 505 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,560 the years past, we've had the students up sharing testimonies 506 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,240 about what God had done at the conference. 507 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,440 Maybe we'll do that again this year. 508 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,960 But my hope is that our, our students, our young people will 509 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,360 just be baptized, immersed in the spirit of God at this event. 510 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:20,840 It can happen. So that's one of the reasons 511 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,520 against students why I'm teaching it this weekend, 512 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,960 because I want you to be ready and prepared for that to go, 513 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,480 Yes, God, I'm ready. Show me, fill me. 514 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,400 And it could be a Pentecost type of event where God might 515 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,720 surprise you. And I look back and man, some of 516 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,160 you who went to Promise Keepers, did any of the guys ever go to 517 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,840 Promise Keeper events? Right. 518 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,200 So many years ago I was involved in these events called Promise 519 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,760 Keepers and they were big men's events in stadiums and arenas. 520 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,880 And I remember it like every event, just feeling like, man, 521 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,080 this is getting filled. Oh my God, just fill me, baptize 522 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,800 me, immerse me, God in your spirit, in your Dunamis power. 523 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:59,640 Now in the weeks to come, I'm going to talk about the gifts, 524 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,800 the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit. 525 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,680 And I want to kind of prep you for it by reminding you, and I 526 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,800 mentioned this last week, but I'm going to just kind of spell 527 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,520 it out again, is that there are traditions within Christianity. 528 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,440 There are people that love God, are educated, scholarly 529 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,640 sometimes, and often some of them do not believe that the 530 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,440 supernatural gifts of the Spirit that we're going to talk about 531 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,240 in the weeks to come. Many believe that they passed 532 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,040 away when the Bible was completed and when the apostles 533 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,200 died. And in the weeks to come, I'll 534 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,280 unpack why they think that, and I'll try to represent their 535 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,840 viewpoint as well as I can. But it's from First Corinthians 536 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,640 13. When Paul talks about love, he's 537 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,680 talking about supernatural gifts like prophecy and speaking in 538 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,920 tongues and other things. In the middle of that, he goes 539 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,000 to talking about love, and then he goes back to teaching about 540 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,320 prophecy. OK, so we'll get there. 541 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,200 But my point is that there are some within Christianity, they 542 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,040 would consider themselves to be cessationists. 543 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,440 And it's a big word. You don't have to remember it. 544 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,840 But the cessationist, they believe that the gifts, 545 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,080 supernatural gifts of the Spirit have ceased. 546 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,040 Thus they're cessationist. They have ceased. 547 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,960 So no more gifts of prophecy or healing or speaking in tongues 548 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,640 or other gifts. They they're OK with like mercy 549 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,880 and hospitality and leadership. And the ironic thing to me is 550 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,560 that to me, man, the gift of mercy is supernatural. 551 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,680 But when the, when they say, oh, the supernatural gifts have 552 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,040 ceased, well, then it's saying like mercy and hospitality are 553 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,160 not supernatural. I think they are. 554 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,560 But so some who are cessationist, they believe again 555 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,400 that the gifts, those supernatural gifts have ceased. 556 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,120 Then there are continuationists. And I'm a continuationist. 557 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,760 And what that means is I think that the supernatural, all the 558 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,640 spiritual gifts we're going to get into in the weeks to come 559 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,240 that we receive when we are filled, immersed in the Holy 560 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,040 Spirit, all of the gifts are still available. 561 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,120 OK. So we're continuationist, OK. 562 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,400 Now to me, what's interesting is that sometimes people become 563 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,280 continuationist because they've seen the abuses. 564 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,720 And there are in certain Christian traditions, there are 565 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,520 some, there are abuses and there are some people that that that 566 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,120 name particularly like certain certain Pentecostal traditions, 567 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,880 especially they would say that the evidence, the evidence of 568 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,840 being filled with the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues. 569 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,040 Well, no, I don't believe that at all. 570 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,360 And Scripture does not bear that out. 571 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,320 And I'll show you that even the more in the weeks to come, 572 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,240 because Paul asked the question rhetorically. 573 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,360 Do all speak in tongues? Do all prophecy? 574 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,680 No, he says, no, they don't. But he is promoting the idea of 575 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,920 love, OK. And he says when things are made 576 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,720 perfect, then those things will cease. 577 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,000 Well, things are not perfect yet. 578 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,000 The world's still not what it's meant to be. 579 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,640 When we get to heaven, we won't need the supernatural spiritual 580 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,840 gifts anymore. OK, my point in telling this is 581 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:41,760 that when we are baptized, immersed, filled with the Holy 582 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,440 Spirit, then we do receive supernatural gifts and they're 583 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,200 listed in the Bible. So we'll go. 584 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,840 And my goal in the next couple weeks is to, for one, I want 585 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,600 you, I want to create within you and stir within you in a hunger 586 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,400 to say, God, I want I want to be filled God, I want to be 587 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,000 baptized in your spirit. And it's an ongoing thing, not 588 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,640 one time. I want it to happen in 589 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,000 periodically lifelong in my life. 590 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,880 And then I want to learn what are the supernatural gifts? 591 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,960 For Peter, it was healing that day with the man at the gate, 592 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,720 beautiful. For those on the day of 593 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,480 Pentecost, it was preaching in these languages they did not 594 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,040 know, speaking in tongues. That was a supernatural natural 595 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,960 gift. So the idea is that if you say 596 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,480 God, fill me, baptize me, well then when you get filled 597 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,920 baptized, well then what comes after that are supernatural 598 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,640 gifts and a life that is lived minus an awareness of the 599 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,480 supernatural gifts that God will give you. 600 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,440 Man, it's a, it could be a pretty shallow Christian life, 601 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,480 in my opinion. But when you say God, whether 602 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,000 whatever your gift is leadership, I think my gifts are 603 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,200 leadership, teaching and exhortation. 604 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,320 OK, it's always funny to say your spiritual gifts because it 605 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,240 can sound braggosious. But here I said teaching and I 606 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,800 don't want to just teach out of my wisdom or my own mentality. 607 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,960 I want to I want to say God supernaturally, Holy Spirit, 608 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,560 fill me with fill me with Dunamis power and then teach 609 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,560 through me, right? I want to come from that place. 610 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,360 I want it to be supernatural. I don't want it just to be my 611 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,840 own strength. OK, so when you whatever, if 612 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,760 it's mercy or hospitality or leadership, tongues, prophecy, 613 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,320 words of knowledge, whatever your spiritual gift is as a 614 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,840 pastor and as a church, we want to encourage you in your 615 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,440 spiritual gifts and we want you to live flowing with them when 616 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:29,040 you have been filled and baptized in the Holy Spirit. 617 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,480 But again, because there are abuses and some of the abuses I 618 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,200 remember, particularly Chuck Swindoll, who I really admire so 619 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,880 much, I would been like 22. I was driving an Oldsmobile 620 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,520 Cutlass S83 back in those days. And I would listen to his 621 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,560 program Insight for Living. And he's a cessationist. 622 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,960 He doesn't believe that the supernatural gifts are available 623 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,160 today. Do I admire him? 624 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,760 Yes. Is he a great preacher legend? 625 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,800 Amazing. Who am I to disagree with Chuck 626 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,520 Swindall? But I do because but here's The 627 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,920 thing is that he had a teaching and I remember ordering the 628 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,920 cassette and listening to it over and over and over again. 629 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,720 So this would have been like 1992. 630 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,640 And he was promoting the idea that often people who are about 631 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,560 the spiritual gifts, what they can tend to do is they can miss 632 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,040 the heart of God and only want the hand of God. 633 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,480 So they miss, they miss just knowing God and they just, they 634 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,840 can become obsessed with like supernatural moves that 635 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,720 sometimes again, are not really God. 636 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,960 And there are a lot of preachers on TV you can watch that are 637 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,080 manipulative. Recently there was an occasion 638 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,000 where I won't say the name necessarily, but I don't even 639 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,440 remember his name. I didn't know who he was. 640 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,120 But there was a pretty well known guy who would pack out 641 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,080 big, big churches and maybe arenas and the like. 642 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,600 And he was using Facebook to give words of knowledge to 643 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,080 people. So what he would do is people 644 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,800 would come to his conference and then he would have them sign up. 645 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,560 And then he would look up their names. 646 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,920 And then he would go on Facebook and he would get all these 647 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,960 details about these people. And then in the service he was, 648 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,600 I have a word of knowledge. Is there someone here named John 649 00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,360 Doe? John Doe. 650 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,320 Stand up. Do you live on 125 Main St. 651 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:03,400 Yes. And people. 652 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,560 And then he would tell them all, you have this many children. 653 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,760 Yes. Well, they figured out 654 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,800 eventually he was totally getting all this information 655 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:16,120 from Facebook. OK, that obviously is an abuse 656 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:22,320 and it's scandalous and it's fraud and OK, but does that mean 657 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:27,360 that there are not still words of knowledge that God can 658 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,560 sometimes put in the heart of a person that's following Him? 659 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,800 I believe that the gifts continue and we receive them 660 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,920 when we're filled with the Spirit of God, when we're 661 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,360 baptized, immersed in the Spirit and we're like God. 662 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,280 I want to flow in the supernatural gifts, whether they 663 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,000 be mercy or hospitality or leadership teaching, whatever 664 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,840 they might be. So the creation, the 665 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,280 creationist, the no, the, the cessationist, they throw the 666 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,600 gifts out because they've seen abuses. 667 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:56,880 And I don't think it's worth doing that. 668 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:02,520 I think it's worth figuring out that when we ask God for the 669 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,840 Holy Spirit, we get the Holy Spirit. 670 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:10,280 We don't get demons, we don't get false gods and how do I know 671 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,040 this? Look at Jesus in Luke 1119119 it 672 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,440 because my hope is that you're going to go yes, I want more of 673 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,000 the Holy Spirit. I want to flourish and flow and 674 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,880 be baptized in the Holy Spirit. So you just could ask and what 675 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,880 do you get when you ask? Well, according to Jesus, verse 676 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,760 9, it says, and I tell you ask and he's talking particularly 677 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,160 about the Holy Spirit here. Not, not not a new car or a new 678 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,000 house. And I'd tell not the throne to 679 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,160 pray for a new house or whatever. 680 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,560 But he's not talking about that here. 681 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,480 He's talking about the Spirit. He says, and I tell you, ask and 682 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,520 it will be given to you. Seek and you will find knock, 683 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,280 and it will be open to you, for everyone who asks receives, and 684 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,520 the one who seeks fines, and to the one who knocks it will be 685 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,240 opened. What Father among you, if his 686 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,920 son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish, give him a 687 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,800 serpent? Or if he asks for an egg, we'll 688 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,560 give him a scorpion? If you then who are evil, know 689 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,800 how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the 690 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:13,360 Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? 691 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,000 Watch again. Often we hear those passages out 692 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,040 of context. It's not talking about praying 693 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,360 for a spouse or praying for asking. 694 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,880 It will be given to you. No, Jesus is talking about 695 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,400 asking for the Holy Spirit when you ask for the Holy Spirit. 696 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,600 Some have abused the gifts or the infilling, the baptism of 697 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,080 the Holy Spirit. They made it something it's not. 698 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,680 But Jesus is saying, if you ask for the Holy Spirit, God is good 699 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,840 and that's what He will give you more of. 700 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:47,240 Now I have a story when I was about, I would have been like 14 701 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,840 and I was eager for God as a teenager. 702 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,880 And, and I was part of this really wonderful church and it's 703 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,160 so much of it was really great. And I grew so much in the Lord 704 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,040 there. But in this particular tradition 705 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,320 of Christianity, they would promote that, that when you are 706 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,000 filled with the Holy Spirit, the evidence of you being filled 707 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,600 with the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues. 708 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,040 So here I'm this kid, I'm 14 and eager for God. 709 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,320 And I go down like probably 6 or 8 times. 710 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,360 They would have like ultra calls of sorts and you'd go down and 711 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,960 music would be really dynamic and, and powerful and, and I 712 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,600 would pray and, and what I was praying for is, and what I was 713 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,880 praying for was to speak in tongues. 714 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,320 I wasn't praying to receive the Holy Spirit, although I might 715 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,680 have said that it seemed like in that culture you prayed to 716 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,000 receive the gift of speaking in tongues. 717 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:37,520 And so I'd go down and I would cry, my God, please, Lord, 718 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,120 please. And I would travail and and then 719 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,440 I would get up defeated and go back to my seat. 720 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,120 And other people around me would be speaking in tongues and I 721 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,280 wouldn't. And so in that tradition, they 722 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,800 would also teach that the, well, if if you're not getting the, 723 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,200 what they consider to be the Holy Spirit, well, maybe it's 724 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,680 because you are not sanctified enough. 725 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,000 So they would preach that you're saved. 726 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,360 There's a period of sanctification and then you can 727 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,000 be filled with the Spirit, but you can't be filled with the 728 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,200 Spirit in their tradition until you're sanctified. 729 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,720 And So what I thought was, well, I guess I'm just not sanctified 730 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:09,360 enough. There must still be sin in my 731 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,120 life that is prohibiting me from getting filled with the Holy 732 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,280 Spirit. And I felt so defeated and it 733 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,480 was just horrible, right? But I'd go down and pray and, 734 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,880 and cry and, and it just wasn't happening. 735 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,600 So then one particular time after this happened, there was a 736 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,720 little sweet older lady and I don't know her name. 737 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,280 I could barely remember. I just remember where I was. 738 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,520 I was like getting up and going down that side of the church. 739 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,080 It was maybe a little bit bigger than our church. 740 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,240 And this little lady came up to me and she said, I have been 741 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,480 watching you pray for the Holy Spirit. 742 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:46,000 And she said the Holy Spirit is the power of God and I see the 743 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,280 power God all over you. And when she said that, I was 744 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,640 like, I'm, I'm chasing after the wrong thing. 745 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,440 And so when I realized it was like, oh, I'm not, I'm not 746 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,080 chasing after this particular gift. 747 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,920 And it could be any gift on that particular occasion, that was a 748 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,560 gift I was chasing after, and I wasn't getting it. 749 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:13,160 So I thought, well, I don't have the dunamis, the power of God. 750 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,680 And this woman, she might have been an Angel for all I know, 751 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,080 which is so sweet because all these years later, I realized 752 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,840 it's OK. The evidence of being filled 753 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,960 with the power of God is, yes, baptized, immersed, but it's not 754 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,720 one particular gift. And that abuse, I think, has 755 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,800 done a lot of harm to people who think, well, again, any 756 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,680 particular gift is the one you're chasing after. 757 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,400 Instead, we get the idea. According to Jesus, he said you 758 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,320 will receive this Dumas power and you will be my witness. 759 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,760 The evidence of being filled with the Spirit of God is that 760 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,560 we become bold witnesses for Jesus. 761 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,000 And we're not ashamed to tell others about him. 762 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,280 We're not ashamed to live our lives in a way where we're like, 763 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,600 we point to Jesus, the Holy Spirit in US will point to 764 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,800 Jesus. So in the weeks to come, I'm 765 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,880 going to be unpacking spiritual gifts. 766 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,680 And my hope is that you'll discover and you'll resonate and 767 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,040 go, oh, yeah, yeah, I think that might be me. 768 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,800 And then once you figure out what your spiritual gift is, 769 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,840 whether you're a parent or a teacher or a Carpenter, whatever 770 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:20,000 you do, but you can do it from your spiritual gift that is 771 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,240 empowered by the dunamis power of the Holy Spirit. 772 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,720 And when you live your life that way, it's a whole different ball 773 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,240 game because it's not just your own wisdom. 774 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,200 So for me, even through the years as a songwriter, knowing 775 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,040 that years ago, me thinking, OK, I think one of my spiritual 776 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,960 gifts is teaching. So even like teaching, like when 777 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,800 I would write songs, it's like, I don't want to write them just 778 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,080 from some musical, crafty, creative way. 779 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,480 I want to write songs thinking, wow, I'm using my spiritual gift 780 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,080 of teaching when I write these songs. 781 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,720 So whatever your gift is, again, whether you're, I mean, when you 782 00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:57,280 bring it to your parenting, when you bring it to your career, 783 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,160 when you bring it to your relationships, your spiritual 784 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,600 gifts blessed by being baptized in the Holy Spirit leads to a 785 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,320 whole nother level of Christianity. 786 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,560 Because if you live your Christianity, just grateful that 787 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,320 you got saved and maybe that the Holy Spirit is dwelling in you. 788 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,200 I mean, that's great. The last couple weeks when I've 789 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,280 taught the Holy Spirit dwells in you, that is profound and it 790 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:16,600 should shape the way we live our lives. 791 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,640 But then, beyond just dwelling in US, the Holy Spirit wants to 792 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:26,240 baptize us and immerse us, and he wants us to flourish and flow 793 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,120 in the gifts. Now Paul writes to the Church of 794 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:35,840 Corinth in Romans 15 and he says, may the God of hope fill 795 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:40,480 you with all joy and peace and believing so that by the power 796 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:45,200 of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope. 797 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,000 When this church was leading me to chase after a certain 798 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,400 spiritual gift and I wasn't getting it, that wasn't hopeful. 799 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,520 Paul's saying that the God of hope will fill you with all joy 800 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,000 and peace by the power of the dunamis. 801 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:03,600 Dunamis dynamic dynamite type power that we received through 802 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:08,240 the Holy Spirit. So students, this week when you 803 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:12,240 go to 1 Heart, I'm so excited for you and I'm believing that 804 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,760 you will be baptized, immersed, that the Spirit of God will 805 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,880 visit you greatly. As a church, when we're in our 806 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,280 worship times together, we're singing this morning, or in a 807 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,960 moment of teaching or maybe in a moment of just being with your 808 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:28,640 friends and praying, the Spirit of God can surprise you and you 809 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,200 can be filled again and again and again. 810 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,120 It's not a one time event. Let me close with some 811 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,280 questions. Have you ever prayed? 812 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,000 Holy Spirit, fill me with your power. 813 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,160 You can, you can go home today. I'll pray for you now, but also 814 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,080 you can go home today and you can just start making that a 815 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,360 daily prayer. God, fill me, God, baptize me, 816 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,760 rebaptize me, reimerse me. God, I want to flow in the 817 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,320 dunamis power that you have for me. 818 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,400 Or maybe you've been leaking and it's been a long time since you 819 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,280 had an experience where you felt revived, refilled. 820 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:01,640 And I would encourage you in that. 821 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,880 And certainly church should be a time where each week we were 822 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:07,440 just revived and our hunger for the Holy Spirit and hunger for 823 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,560 the miraculous power that comes from him. 824 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,360 And then I would say this, Are you open to the gifts of the 825 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,800 Spirit that come with being filled? 826 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,880 If you're open, maybe you don't know about them yet. 827 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,960 I mean, you could Google them. You could beat me to the punch 828 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,360 if you want. Within the next couple weeks, 829 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,160 I'm going to be talking about them, but go home and just 830 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,840 Google them. What are the spiritual gifts? 831 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,720 OK. And you might read them and 832 00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:28,960 immediately go, oh, that's me. You know, mercy is a fruit of 833 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,560 the Spirit, but there's also the spiritual gift of mercy, right? 834 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:33,920 So we should all have the fruit. We should all have mercy. 835 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,360 But man, some people just have it supernaturally with Dunamis 836 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,520 power, whatever yours is, I hope that you find it. 837 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,560 And I hope that I inspired you to say for some of you, this is 838 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,840 old news and you're like, Oh yeah, I've I have lots of 839 00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,280 experiences being filled with the spirit. 840 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:50,800 That's cool. You leak. 841 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,760 Let's keep going. But for some of you, this is 842 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,880 going to be really new. And I hope that you say, God, 843 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,400 I'm in being saved and the Holy Spirit dwelling in me is just 844 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,200 not enough. There's more and you can 845 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,920 experience it. Let me pray for us, God, Thank 846 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:11,000 you for this day. Thank you for your word, Holy 847 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:15,080 Spirit, thank you for the dunamis power that you bring to 848 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,400 us. And we are grateful that you 849 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,440 dwell in US. Wow, it's amazing. 850 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,160 We're in the Old Testament. It wasn't, it wasn't a thing. 851 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,360 But now you do. You dwell in US ongoing. 852 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,640 You don't just visit us shortly. And no, but you dwell in US and 853 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,480 we are grateful for that. And now beyond that, we say, 854 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:39,040 fill us with your power, fill us to become great witnesses for 855 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:43,080 you and bring the gifts to come with your infilling so that you 856 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:48,040 might be honored and exalted and glorified forever and ever. 857 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:53,000 We pray before we leave this morning, I also wanted to just 858 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,360 give you an opportunity. If you're here this morning, 859 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,480 you've never accepted Christ as your Savior. 860 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,040 You've been sensing maybe got pulling you, the Holy Spirit 861 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,000 drawing you, but maybe you've never just taken the final 862 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,240 moment to say, Jesus, I want to surrender my life to you. 863 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,080 I want to become a Christian. You don't have to understand all 864 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,920 the tenets of Christianity or all the doctrine, but you do 865 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,320 need to have a awareness that Jesus is God. 866 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,040 And the Bible says that if you believe in your heart and 867 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:19,400 confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, then you shall be 868 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,760 saved. And so we believe that salvation 869 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,080 secures us eternally with God and leads to eternal life. 870 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,280 Now you don't have to wait till the other side of eternity to 871 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,920 have that sense of purpose and relationship with God so you can 872 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,800 receive it. Now it takes you turning from 873 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,640 your own sin and saying, God forgive me, I accept the 874 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,720 forgiveness of Jesus. And then it takes you saying, 875 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,680 Jesus, I want to follow and chase after you. 876 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,000 And then the Holy Spirit comes and he dwells in you and you 877 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:49,760 have the ongoing ability to be filled again and again. 878 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,080 Let me pray. And if you've never received the 879 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,840 Lord in this way, I want to encourage you to echo this 880 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,880 prayer and let somebody know. Tell somebody, tell a friend, 881 00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:58,640 tell me, tell someone, you made this decision. 882 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,440 And then we would encourage you to be baptized, which we will 883 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,320 tell you more about in the days to come. 884 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,280 Let me pray and you can echo this prayer. 885 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,080 You could say, Heavenly Father, I come in Jesus name and Jesus, 886 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,360 I want to accept you as my Savior, as my Lord. 887 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,880 So that means I give away the lordship of my life. 888 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,960 And I say you God, you are to reign and rule in me. 889 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,560 So I turn from my sin, whatever it might be, and I want to grow 890 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,320 in your ways. So forgive me of my sin and the 891 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,160 sin that's kept me from you. Thank you Jesus, that the cross, 892 00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:33,720 the penalty for my sin was paid for by you on the cross. 893 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:38,280 So I received that forgiveness. And I say, come and rule and 894 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,400 reign in me. Grow me in your ways as I chase 895 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,480 after you in Jesus name. And everyone said Amen. 896 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,520 Hey man, let's all stand together. 897 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:51,400 Thank you so much for coming. And if you have questions about 898 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,000 some of the stuff, feel free to e-mail me. 899 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,760 My e-mail is curtcurt@nlifechurch.org. 900 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:02,600 Again, curtcurt@nlifechurch.org. All right, before you go, I want 901 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,280 to say a blessing over you. So if you'll prepare your heart 902 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,080 to receive this blessing before you go. 903 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:14,000 And now may the Lord bless you and keep you, and may He make 904 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,840 his face to shine upon you. And may the joy of the Lord that 905 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,400 is unspeakable and full of glory made abound to you. 906 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,040 And may the peace of God that passes all understanding may 907 00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,120 surprise you in the midst of all of the challenges that life 908 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,560 brings. And then may the mercies of the 909 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,360 Lord, in other words, the forgiveness of God, that is new 910 00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,160 every morning. May it be especially new to you 911 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,120 now and your mornings to come. And now may the Lord Jesus 912 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,360 Christ guard your heart and your mind. 913 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:45,320 You are salt and you are light. Go now and be salt and light 914 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,200 unto the world. You are blessed. 915 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:48,320 We'll see you again soon.