That all happens. When does a person receive the Holy Spirit into his or her life? It's like one of the things that Jesus is teaching us is if you want to be specifically asking for something that I know is really important in your life - something as you ask and you keep going back - this importunity; I feel like He's teaching on importunity, and He says you want to go back to the Father again and again and again and again for something? Poetical Books Filled With the Spirit #1: Baptism or Filling? And that if you have anything happening supernaturally that is not bringing attention and glory to Jesus Christ, you can identify that. Furthermore, nowhere is the believer encouraged to pray to receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is active in the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. Because see, this is where he's wrestling. When did he receive the Spirit in this same fashion? I will give you a new heart (and then simultaneously it seems) and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh, and I will put my Spirit in you." Somebody could come along and say, well, I think sealing of the Spirit is something that happens later after you believe. Johannine Writings Those who are born of God are bringing forth - what does 1 John say? Maybe somebody would even say Ezekiel 36 - it sounds like it's all a package there, but maybe it doesn't necessarily all happen simultaneously. And He told them you go to Jerusalem and you sit there until what happens? Obviously it means you're praying for greater manifestations, re-visitations, greater demonstrations, greater power. These gifts are supernatural graces given to the soul. If you don't have the Spirit, you don't belong to Christ. General Epistles There's more. Each of them was said to be a recipient of the Holy Spirit. "Someone asked me about the Holy Spirit and I gave my belief as follows: We receive the Holy Spirit at the same moment we believe Christ. Historical Books First Corinthians 12:13 declares, “For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” I'll Be Honest is a media ministry that is part of Grace Community Church of San Antonio, TX (. Paul is making it undeniably clear. But what happens when the Spirit falls upon them is something different. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Paul in turn comes to Ephesus and here's what Paul finds. Well, for instance, look at Acts 10. That Spirit gives us the life. Confirming this belief, St. Ambrose in De mysteriis taught, "Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of right judgment and courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God's presence. Wisdom Literature He knows just the baptism of John. of Grace Community Church -------------------- That's what the church needs. Being clothed, being covered with power. Instead of just being given the Holy Spirit during certain times during our life, we have the Holy Spirit living within us, guidings us to do right wherever we go. He focuses in on some certain things in v. 2, 3, and 4. You've got to be made alive. Prophets Ezekiel. Somebody might say why? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence (or persistence or importunity, the KJV says) he will rise and give him whatever he needs.'" But let me ask you this: Were they already believers in Acts 2? Now I am a happy man. And the more of the Spirit that we have, the more manifestations of the Spirit we have, that's what happened. We must pray to the Sanctifier. I'm wanting to deal with this because I think it's a fantastic question. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Somebody could perhaps argue that. You see the point I'm making? They give us generalities. And it's like I was there when you were alone. This is totally baseless. I'm not sure exactly what he's doing with it, but the next one is clear. The Holy Spirit comes when a person prays or reads Scripture, or when a person asks the Holy Spirit for guidance, inspiration or courage. This is Cornelius in Caesarea. -------------------- Then, Peter and John come down, and "the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them. Acts chapter 2. The Holy Spirit is one of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity; he is the comforter and helper that Jesus promised to send his Apostles, who came to them on the day of Pentecost. What event is he speaking about right there? We don't know how to interact with God. (from the room) "No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he's born of the spirit and the water?" Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. When we believe that He died for our sins and that He was raised from the dead, at that moment we are born again.At that same moment we receive the Holy Spirit. That's not what's happening here. Pauline Epistles See, Apollos had been at Ephesus and he only knew the baptism of John. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a And listen, any of you that take your Bible seriously and read Scripture and have read all the way through your Bible maybe several times, if you haven't had questions about the Spirit of God and His operations, then I'm thinking, you're not reading your Bible because you're going to come across the same kind of things that this brother has come across. And the Holy Spirit becomes our permanent possession the moment we believe. But let's look at one of the clearest passages. "He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Therefore, Scripture makes it plain that the moment a person comes to believe in Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit immediately indwells that individual. Okay, so our brother here says, "...That we can believe in Christ only by the Holy Spirit, and God gives the Holy Spirit as a seal, a guarantee..." But we looked at the text that he quoted in 2 Corinthians 1:22. The Holy Spirit is a gift, not a reward for faith or service. It enables us to desire … If you are His temple, God's Spirit dwells in you. Android Google Play They are believers. Pauline Epistles Why? What does it say? Maybe they weren't true believers? In Luke 11, we are specifically told that if we're Christians, we should be praying to our Father that He give us the Holy Spirit. When he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. Amen. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit." And when the Spirit comes, things happen. We should be asking for the Spirit all the time. He's a mighty preacher. So, you see, Apollos was at Ephesus. 123. Johannine Writings It's the same idea of being born of God. We can make the following observations. I mean, doesn't Paul say in Romans 8:9, didn't we see it? There is something else which needs to be emphasized. Luke-Acts A key question often asked is, “When do I receive the Spirit?” The Bible teaches, without any admission of contradiction, that we both receive the Spirit at the moment of conversion, and that we need to actively continue to receive the Spirit after conversion - a principle that we understand from our study of the Gospel. Judea, Samaria, the uttermost parts of the world. Peden - do you have any memory of the Peden guy who was a Covenanter? So, you either have to say the people who believed - it wasn't saving faith yet. His messages were very simple. Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are imparted on those who receive the sacrament of confirmation. (unintelligible) That's what it was. And that Spirit is being poured out on people - sometimes people who had already had the Spirit poured out on them in an earlier chapter. Luke-Acts Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. To receive the Spirit - to be born again, listen, this is one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity. Somebody could say, well, I don't think the thing about "Jesus is Lord" and "Jesus is accursed" - I'm not even sure that that has to do with receiving the Spirit when we get saved. They would be an Eastern Orthodox offshoot. "They were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God." He's not saying, well, I'm calling into question whether you're truly Christians or not. Even though the Holy Spirit was around during the Old Testament, Jesus promised after his death to send the Counselor who would indwell us. Being clothed - don't you love that? (from the room) Titus 3. He wrote. You say what do you mean? So what do we do? But anyway, I didn't even prepare anything for that text. That's what happened in the book of Acts. Recall Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins (Mt 25:1-12), five of whom were wise and five of whom were foolish. How do we interpret this? But these are the two he mentions: , "...Who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee." GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, The Whole Bible The Holy Spirit - God's gift. We need these things. Paul told the Galatians that the Holy Spirit was given to them because they are God’s children. Tim: Keep going. This Sunday, June 8, 2014, we celebrate Pentecost, the 50th day that signals the start of the universal mission of the Church -- a mission that overcomes human obstacles and has the Spirit as its driving force.Our Discussion Questions will guide your Sunday Bible Study sessions with family, friends and church groups. And he finally, in the middle of the meeting, he stood up and he called the man out, and he said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to tell us by what spirit you speak." And in fact, let me ask this question, is there not even a verse in our Bible that says that there are people that say "Jesus is Lord," but on the last day, Jesus is going to say, "I never knew you." See, they won't come out and say, "Jesus Christ is accursed," but what they're going to do is they're going to belittle Him. Historical Books Confirmation is not the new arrival of the Holy Spirit, but rather an intensification of the … You're given a new spirit and He puts His Spirit within you. The subject is "Doubt about Holy Spirit," from Midhun P. Matthew. The contrast between the two groups is clear: those with the Holy Spirit are Christians those without are non-Christians. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Jesus also said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." These gifts are freely given to us to help us live as followers of Jesus and to build up the Body of Christ, the Church. "I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. Probably James, you dealt with him, because I don't remember that name. Something very interesting happens there. And there he finds some disciples. -------------------- So, what do you think Paul's saying when he says, "I want you to understand, no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says, 'Jesus is accursed,' and no one can say 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the Holy Spirit"? There are more manifestations to be had. But you see the point he's making - they have just received the Spirit the way we received the Spirit, but he's not talking about receiving the Spirit the way that is necessary simply to become a Christian. At the time you receive this new Spirit? James: Who was that? They're going to make Him out to be much smaller than He is. Power, boldness, and confidence: Jesus says in Acts 1:5, 8 that baptism in the Spirit means, “You shall receive power. 733 "God is Love" 124 and love is his first gift, containing all others. Every single time - speaking gifts and boldness in speaking are given to the people every single time. Phillip came. Unchanging and immutable Trinity." 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