THE HOLY SPIRIT / RUACH HA’KODESH
“… the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.” — Acts 5:32 NKJV
Dr Luke
WHO AND WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?
The Spirit of God I Thessalonians 4:8
The Spirit of Jesus Christ, The Son of God – John 14:18; Galatians 4:6
The Mind of Christ Philippians 2:5
The Spirit of Truth John 14:17; 15:26 The Comforter – John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7 “The Spirit of Your Father” – Matthew 10:20
The promise of the Father Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; Galatians 3:14
Power – Mark 9:1; Acts 1:8 Power from on High – Luke
He is a “Gift of God”, the same as salvation is – Acts 2:38; 8:20; Romans 5:5; I Thessalonians 4:8; Luke 11:13; Acts 11:17; 15:8; Galatians 3:2
WHERE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Here, Always Matthew 28:20; John 14:16-17; Luke 11:13
He was with certain people prior to Pentecost, but not in them – John 7:39; 14:17-18
At Pentecost was made available to all believers – Acts 2:38
WHEN DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT APPEAR?
Now Joel 2:28-29; Psalms 90:4; II Peter 3:8; Hebrews 13:8; Acts 2:39; Luke 11:13
Available now to Gentiles – Ephesians 3:6
WHY BE SAVED AND BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
To become sons of God – John 1:12-13; Romans 8:14-21; Galatians 3:2, 7-9, 14, 29; 4:6-7; I John 3:1-2 To be of Christ – Romans 8:9; Galatians 2:20; 3:27 To become alive – John 6:63; Romans 8:11 To have life and peace – Romans 8:6; Galatians 2:20; 6:8
To have no condemnation – Romans 8:1 To be free from the law of sin and death – Romans 8:2-6; 9, 10, 13; Galatians 2:19-20; 5:16-18
“That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us..” Romans 8:4
To be taught all things and to understand what Jesus
said- John 6:63; 14:26; I Thessalonians 1:5; I John 2:20, 27
To have “Testimony” of Jesus – John 15:26 To be effective witnesses unto Jesus Acts 1:8; John 20:21
To be able to worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth- John 4:23-24
To have Jesus glorified John 16:14; Romans 8:18
To receive the Promise of the Father – Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; Galatians 3:14
To know the joy that Jesus promised – John 3:29; 15:11; 16:20-24
To have a full and effective ministry Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:32
To make known the mystery of the Gospel BOLDLY – Ephesians 6:18-20
To receive the Kingdom of God with Power – Mark
9:1; Romans 14:17; Galatians 2:20
To receive Power from on High – Acts 1:8
To not only be able to “see”, but to “enter into” the Kingdom of God – John 3:3-5
To be partakers of the Divine Nature – II Peter 1:4; Romans 8:38-39; Exodus 9:16
To be shown things to come, things of Jesus, and things of the Father — John 16:13-15
To have the perfect prayer made when we do not know what to pray for – Romans 8:26
To have intercession made for us – Romans 8:26-27
“The redemption of our body”- Romans 8:23 To help “our infirmities” – Romans 8:26 To follow the leading of the Spirit – Romans 8:5;
Galatians 5:25
To be “Guided” into all truth – John 16:13; I John 2:20; I John 2:27
To have righteousness, peace, and joy in the Spirit Romans 14:17
To be called according to God’s purpose – Romans 8:28
To have the Spirit “of power, and of love, and of a sound mind”- II Timothy 1:7
To know we are really baptized into “one body” (Christ’s Church) – Ezekiel 36:26:27; I Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:26-29; Ephesians 1:13 To have the fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9
WHO CAN RECEIVE THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
One who is a “born again” or “converted” believer -John 3:3-6; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 8:12-17 One who is surrendered completely to God, obeying the Great Commandment – Matt. 22:36-38
One who is a child of God- John 1:12
One who receives the kingdom of God as a child – Mark 10:15
One who is willing to become a fool for Christ – I Cor. 3:18
Anyone who meets the above conditions, whether he is Jew or Gentile – Eph. 3:6
WHO IS THE BAPTIZER IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Jesus is the Baptizer – Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7-8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33
Jesus has the power to baptize in the Holy Spirit – Matthew 28:18
HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
The Spirit can dwell with people and yet not be in them – John 14:17
After conversion, one is not necessarily baptized in the Holy Spirit. See the example in Samaria – Acts 8:5-18
How did Peter and John know that the people had not received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit? – Acts 8:15-18
And then, how did Peter and John, and Simon the sorcerer know the people had received the Baptism after Peter and John had “laid hands” on them? – Acts 8:17-18
Another example is the Baptism at the house of Cornelius, a Gentile – Acts 10:1-48
The Jews that went to the house of Cornelius with Peter were astonished, “because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.” – Acts 10:45
And how did the Jews know the Gentiles had received the Baptism? “For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.”- Acts 10:46
The apostolic Jews and Brethren in Jerusalem were very much upset and “contended” with Peter for having gone to the Gentiles and couldn’t believe that the Gentiles had been baptized in the Holy Spirit – Acts 11:1-2
Peter told them that, “the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as on us at the beginning”- Acts 11:15. (In the “Beginning” at Pentecost, “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”- Acts 2:4.)
Then, “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”- Acts 11:18 The Baptism at Ephesus at the hands of Paul – Acts 19:1-6
The evidence of praying in an unknown tongue – Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46, 19:6; Mark 16:17; John 3:8; I Corinthians 14:22
Jesus said every one born of the Spirit would hear the sound thereof John 3:8
You are no “holier” after receiving the Baptism than you were before. But you now have potentially the power of Jesus within you to overcome evil and to be a witness for Christ. The Lord God lets it be your choice, your free will, as to how you, yourself, use this wonderful “gift of God”, or whether you bury this “talent” in the earth – Matthew 25:14-30; Acts 1:8.
WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
The manifestations of the Holy Spirit are “given to every man to profit withal” – I Corinthians 12:7; 12:10
1. The word of wisdom – I Corinthians 12:8
2. The word of knowledge – I Corinthians 12:8
3. Faith – I Corinthians 12:9
4. Gifts of healing – I Corinthians 12:9
5. The working of miracles I Corinthians 12:10
6. Prophecy – I Corinthians 12:10
7. Discerning of Spirits – I Corinthians
8. Divers kinds of tongues – I Corinthians 12:10
9. Interpretation of tongues – I Corinthians 12:10
When you have received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit you get the potential to exercise all of the above nine manifestations. They are all in you. But you only use them one at a time as the Spirit leads you to do, for the Spirit divides all nine “to every man severally as he will”- I Corinthians 12:11
HOW SHOULD THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE ADMINISTERED?
The “more excellent way” is with love – I Corin- thians 13:1-3; 14:1
MANIFESTATION OF PROPHECY DESIRED IN THE CHURCH
Desire to prophesy I Corinthians 14:1
Prophecy speaks to “edification, and exhortation, and comfort.”- I Corinthians 14:3 Prophecy edifies the church – I Corinthians 14:4-5,31
Prophecy greater in the Church than even tongues (except that the tongues be interpreted) – I Corinthians 14:5
Prophesying is for the believer -I Corinthians 14:22 Covet to prophesy I Corinthians 14:39
MANIFESTATION OF TONGUES HIGHLY DESIRED IN PRIVATE PRAYER – BUT TO BE LIMITED IN CHURCH
Paul is careful to separate the usage of tongues in the Church from their use in private prayer I Corinthians 14
Jesus said that believers “shall speak with new tongues” – Mark 16:17
When you pray in an unknown (to you) tongue, you pray directly to God in the Spirit – I Corinthians 14:2
You pray to God in spiritual “mysteries” – I Corinthians 14:2
You worship God “in spirit and in truth,” as Jesus commanded – John 4:23-24; and as Paul stated of the Christians Jews – Phillipians 3:3; Psalm 51:15
You “edify” (strengthen, build up) yourself spiritually I Corinthians 14:4; Ephesians 3:16-17; Romans 8:16; Jude 19:20
You thank God “well”; this means an absolute unselfish prayer, a perfect prayer I Corinthians 14:17
You can know the meaning of, “Pray without ceasing” – I Thessalonians 5:17
When you do not know what to pray for, or are not sure how God wants you to pray about a situation, then pray “in the Spirit” and you cannot miss – Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit will pray for your infirmities (and those of others) for you “with groanings that cannot be uttered” by you – Romans 8:26-27
Pray always “in the Spirit” to be able to make known the mystery of the Gospel boldly – Ephesians 6:18-20; Acts 1:8
It is desirable that “all speak in tongues” – I Corinthians 14:5, $7
“And forbid not to speak in tongues” is a com- mandment of the Lord – I Corinthians 14:37, 39
Praying in tongues is a glory, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:”- I Corinthians 14:18
Singing with the Spirit is also a glory and a joy – I Corinthians 14:15
“Death and life are in the tongue”- Proverbs 18:21
MANIFESTATION OF TONGUES IN THE CHURCH
All manifestations of the Spirit are to “be done decently and in order”- I Corinthians 14:40
Praying in tongues, in the church, should always be followed by interpretation – Corinthians 14:5
Pray for interpretation – I Corinthians 14:13, 27
If no interpreter then keep silent, but pray in tongues under your breath, if you so desire I Corinthians 14:28
Tongues and interpretation are to be of a limited number I Corinthians 14:23, 27, 28
Remember, praying in tongues is a commandment of the Lord and is not to be forbidden – I Corinthians 14:37, 39
And HIS Church is even where only two or three are gathered together in His Name; a prayer group is His Church – Matthew 18:20
WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE POWER GIVEN TO US BY THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT ?
Jesus’ effective ministry commenced after this Baptism – Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21- 22: John 1:29-34
The effective ministry of the Apostles and other disciples, after the Resurrection, commenced after this Baptism – Acts 2:14-42
Also the ministry of Paul – Acts 9:17-18
When you hear the word obey it – John 14:26; 16:13-15
Get to know your bible – John 6:63; 15:26
Edify, strengthen, build up yourself in spiritual growth, so as to be able to carry out the other com- mands of the Lord as to His Church I Corinthians 14:4; Ephesians 3:16; Jude 19-20
Edify, strengthen, build up the Church; be “zealous” to “excel” in the manifestations of the Spirit “to the edifying of the Church” – I Corinthians 14:12, 19, 26, 31, 4, 5; Acts 20:28
Be witnesses for Jesus Christ and the Gospel Matthew 28:19-20; 12:28; Mark 16:15-20; Ephesians 6:18-20; I Thessalonians 4:4; Luke 24:47-49; John 20:21; Acts 1:8, 20:28
Your body is now the “temple of the Holy Ghost”, “therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” – I Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20 Walk in the Spirit – Galatians 5:25-26
Grieve not the Holy Spirit – Ephesians 4:30
WHAT IS THE “FRUIT” OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
The love of God is shed abroad in your hearts Romans 5:5
Love I Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
Love, and its components, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, righteousness, temperance, truth, power and a sound mind Galatians 5:22-23; Romans 14:17; Ephesians 5:9; II Timothy 1:7; John 7:38-39
Again….You are no “holier” after receiving the Baptism than you were before. But you now have potentially the power of Jesus within you to overcome evil. The Lord God lets it be your choice, your free will, as to how you, yourself, use this wonderful “gift of God”, or whether you bury this “talent” in the earth – Mat- thew 25:14-30
HOW TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Become converted and then become as a little child – Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15
Conversion must come first – Ezekiel 36:26-27: John 3:3,5; Acts 2:38; 8:14-17
Obey the Great Commandment – Matthew 22:36- 38; Luke 10:27
Obey God – Acts 5:32
Have faith- Acts 2:1-4; 4:31; 10:44
Let your faith stand in the Power of God not in the wisdom of men – I Corinthians 2:4-8
Determine to know only Christ crucified – I Corinthians 2:2
Relax and surrender every bit of yourself to God, especially your mind, that pride in your intellect and worldly wisdom, for they mean nothing to God and “are foolishness” with Him I Corinthians 1:17-19; Isaiah 29:13-14; I Corinthians 3:18-19; James 4:6-7, 10 Your education can be a hindrance. D.D.’s and Ph-D.’s have a rough time receiving until they get their brain off the altar -I Corinthians 1:20-28; 3:18-19
Laying on of hands sometimes helps but is not always necessary – Acts 8:17; 10:44; 19:6; II Timothy 1:6
Ask the Father and He will give it to you Luke 11:11-13
WHAT MAY HAPPEN AFTER RECEIVING THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
A language of the Holy Spirit, praising and magnifying God in a perfect prayer Acts 2:4, 11; 10:46. Paul says that he will both pray and sing “with the Spirit” – I Corinthians 14:15. The sounds may come haltingly, or seem to stumble at first, but this is entirely due to your own hesitancy and not that of the Spirit. He wants to praise God through your lips! So keep at it. Do not fail to pray several times, or more, “with the Spirit” each day. The wonder and glory of it will grow on you and you will never be at a loss as to how to pray when you do not know what God wants you to pray about Romans 8:26-27
You may be tempted of Satan, as was Jesus, to doubt that you have received the Baptism: “this is me” doing the tongues, “this is all foolishness” – Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-2. Here is the first test of your faith, for Satan is really interested in you now. Just continue praying in the Spirit, no matter how “foolish” it sounds, and Jesus will win out for you. For you now have His Spirit IN you, the Power of the Holy Ghost to help you overcome Satan. “It is written. Matthew 4:4-11; Luke 4:2-12 You may be delivered up before persecutors Matthew 10:16-22; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11-12; 21:12- 15; II Timothy 3:12; I Peter 4:12-14
You may be teaching and preaching – Matthew 28: 19-20; Mark 16:15, Luke 24:47; Ephesians 6:18-20 You may be here for the coming of Christ for His Church, the perfect One, when manifestations of the Holy Spirit will cease, for they will no longer be needed in His presence – I Corinthians 13:8-10
You may be tempted to use tongues only oc- casionally in private prayer. Don’t stunt your spiritual growth-read Section 6 again – Ephesians 6:18-20; I Corinthians 14:18; Hebrews 6:4-6
THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN: BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven except that against the Holy Spirit – Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10; Hebrews 6:4-6, aka the Spirit of grace – Hebrews 10:19-31
George and Harriet Gillies