THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Acts 2 & 19
After the Resurrection:
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:22
The Disciples were now ______
Peter said to them, " Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.Acts 2:38-39
The Holy Spirit is our ______and the ______that we are saved
"... God has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." Romans 5:5 (LB)
Approximately ______later to the Disciples who had ______the Holy Spirit, Jesus says:
Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”6So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8but you will receive power(dunamis) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses (Martus) both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Acts 1:4-9
Purpose: ______to be His ______
(v.4) The last time anyone in the Bible is told to ______for the ______
Acts 2
Three Responses to the Holy Spirit: (vv. 12-13)
And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity (doubt KJV), saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”
Acts 2:12-13
Acts 19:1-7
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Luke 11:13
“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8