The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

I’ve recently observed again that it really makes a difference when believers receive the Holy Spirit.

And there's no reason why any believer can't receive the Spirit.

It pays for those who have received the Spirit to be reminded again of what they got when they received the Spirit - so they can walk in the fullness of the blessing.

Being baptised in water is one thing: being baptised in the Holy Spirit is another thing altogether.

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐖 𝟑:𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞:

Jesus spent time talking with His disciples about this, before He went to the cross.

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟕:𝟑𝟖,𝟑𝟗
𝟑𝟖 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
𝟑𝟗 (𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧; 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.)

Rivers of living water shall flow out of your belly, He said, speaking of the Spirit. But the Holy Spirit wasn't given yet, because Jesus wasn't glorified yet.

Then after His resurrection, before His ascension, He told them again to wait for it.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟏:𝟒,𝟓
𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞, 𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞.
𝟓 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

They would soon be baptised in the Holy Spirit - as John the Baptist had mentioned.

'The promise of the Father', Jesus called it.

He said they would receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon them:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟏:𝟖
𝟖 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.

Then Jesus was caught up into heaven. And about ten days later:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟏-𝟒
𝟏 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.
𝟐 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝟑 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

All 120 were filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in tongues.

It straightaway attracted a multitude. (The sight and sound of the manifestation of the Spirit always does.)

Peter explained that this is the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy:

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟏
𝟏𝟓 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝟏𝟔 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥;
𝟏𝟕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬:
𝟏𝟖 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐲:
𝟏𝟗 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡; 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞:
𝟐𝟎 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞:
𝟐𝟏 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.

Jesus had been glorified in heaven, Peter said. He received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father. Now He is pouring it out - which they'd all just experienced and seen and heard.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟑𝟑
𝟑𝟑 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.

The baptism in the Holy Spirit, was JESUS giving them an overflow of His kingdom glory in heaven.

𝐇𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝟔:𝟒,𝟓
𝟒 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭,
𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞,

Being made partakers of the Holy Spirit, is tasting the heavenly gift, tasting the good word of God, the powers of the world to come.

It is a foretaste of our future: the glory to be revealed in us, at the Coming of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Christ's Divine glory is poured out on you, and shines out inside you.

𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟒:𝟔,𝟕
𝟔 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.
𝟕 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬.

In Christ, we are promised eternal glory: by the Holy Spirit, eternal glory is deposited into you already.

𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟏:𝟐𝟕
𝟐𝟕 𝐓𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬; 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲:

After hearing the gospel and trusting Christ, next the Holy Spirit of promise seals you. This is the advance receipt of our future eternal co-inheritance with Christ, until the Day the purchased possession goes off lay-buy for us, at His Coming.

𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟏:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒
𝟏𝟐 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.
𝟏𝟑 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞,
𝟏𝟒 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲.

The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience that is royal and priestly in character, and powerful - right now, before the Second Coming when we shall reign with Him forever.

𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟏:𝟓,𝟔
𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝,
𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧.

It makes us one with Christ's heavenly, eternal, resurrected person, and His kingdom glory in heaven, and makes us expressions of that into this dark world, right now in advance of the coming Day of the Lord.

Christ is bringing many sons to glory - and God sends the Spirit of His Son into our hearts already.

𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟒:𝟔
𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐚, 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Jesus didn't go away and leave us orphans. He sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit to us:

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟐𝟑
𝟐𝟑 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

The Spirit of the Father, the Spirit of the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, the guide. Jesus said He will come and manifest Himself to us. It really makes a difference, the moment all of that becomes a person's living experience.

The outpouring of the Spirit, by Jesus Christ, is a sign - evidence in the here and now, of - Jesus' vindication; His glorification in heaven, His Christ-hood, His Lordship. The baptism in the Holy Spirit unites us to Jesus as He really is. Unites us with GOD.

 
That was the significance of the Holy Spirit first being given on the day of Pentecost, that is the Feast of Tabernacles. In future, our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ shall come, and dwell - be 'tabernacled' - with us. There shall be new heavens and a new earth, after the former heavens and earth shall have passed away. God shall remove all sorrow. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is God coming to dwell in us, his new creations, old things having passed away, all things having been made new, in advance of the coming Day - and we rejoice already in the Holy Ghost. A firstfruits celebration, in advance of that Day.

Meanwhile rivers flow through us, the city of God, from God above and from within - to this needy world. This is what John saw, what Paul taught and what Jesus said, and it's the greater meaning that was inherent within Ezekiel's vision and other Old Testament prophecies.

"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us" (II Corinthians 1:20).

This promise is for every believer, in every generation, of every nationality. Just literally for everyone who has been called by the gospel.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟑𝟕-𝟑𝟗
𝟑𝟕 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨?
𝟑𝟖 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭.
𝟑𝟗 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥.

"And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord," (Acts 22:15).

𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟑
𝟏𝟑 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦?