Class 3 from this series was used for GCT Episode 253.<\/p>\n
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\nOur second period teacher is
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\nThe title of his class is The
\nWork of the Holy Spirit in the <\/p>\n
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\nNew Testament.
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\nHoly Spirit baptisms and New
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\nBrother Jim.
\nBrothers and sisters, one of us <\/p>\n
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\nget the projector, to get the
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\nconnections, and as I said to
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\nclass, I said I cannot imagine
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\nI simply can’t.
\nAnd what an infinitely better <\/p>\n
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\nteacher and it’s great for us
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\nWe’re we’re very glad to be here
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\nforward to the week together.
\nI just want to say a word or two<\/p>\n
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\nabout this study before we
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\nA few years ago, perhaps five or
\nsix, I was given an assignment <\/p>\n
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\nin the Merit and Ecclesia to do
\n2 Bible classes on the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit And this was part of a
\nBible seminar follow up program <\/p>\n
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\nthat we were running.
\nAnd I looked at the list of <\/p>\n
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\nassignments and I looked at my
\nassignment and I said why me, <\/p>\n
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\nyou know?
\nAnd by the end of the week, you <\/p>\n
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\nmay be asking the same question,
\nbut there we are. <\/p>\n
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\nI can say this, that everything
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\nweek, brothers and sisters, have
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\nassignment.
\nAnd Esther can attest to the <\/p>\n
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\nfact that I found myself drawn
\nto this study over the last five<\/p>\n
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\nor six years amidst other
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\nAnd it has been something that
\nI’m sure will compel my interest<\/p>\n
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\nfor the rest of of my life as
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\nNow, if there’s any principles,
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\nimpressed themselves on me that
\nI I want to have very close at <\/p>\n
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\nhand as we go through the
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\nThere are two, and the first is
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\nThe more closely we find
\nourselves drawing the lines <\/p>\n
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\nbetween the work of the Holy
\nSpirit and New Testament times <\/p>\n
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\nand the way God worked through
\nthe power of His Spirit and Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament times.
\nProbably the closer we are going<\/p>\n
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\nto be to understanding what’s
\ngoing on in the New Testament. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, that’s principle
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\nexception.
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\n#2.
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\nechoing the words of John the
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\nwith the Holy Spirit.
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\nThat is without exception.
\nAnd those principles have far <\/p>\n
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\nyou of as we go along through
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\nthis week, and perhaps will lead
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\nnot generally viewed things
\nalong the same lines. <\/p>\n
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\nIn any case, we begin today with
\nthe Holy Spirit baptisms in New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament times, and I I do
\nemphasize the plural there. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in the process, there are a
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\naddress.
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\nduring this course of time, 45
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\nThe notes will embody more than
\nI’m able to present. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I can simply say to you, the
\nscriptures embody vastly more <\/p>\n
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\nthan I’m able to put into notes.
\nSo I hope that puts this <\/p>\n
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\npresentation and this week and
\nthis presenter into proper <\/p>\n
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\nperspective.
\nBut one question What was the <\/p>\n
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\nsignificance of the Day of
\nPentecost? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd a second question, how are
\nwe to understand Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n
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\nbaptisms and New Testament
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\nAnd I’m going to address those
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\nthese two headings.
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\nBiblical perspective and the
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\nnotes where the where this part
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\nyou’ll be able to follow pretty
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\nThe other aspect of this that I
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\nLuke’s Holy Spirit Baptism
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\nPage Six of Study One notes and
\nI begin here, Counterfeit <\/p>\n
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\nMiracles by Benjamin B Warfield,
\npublished in 1918, Tongues and <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit Baptism.
\nA Biblical and Theological <\/p>\n
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\nEvaluation by Anthony A Hokema,
\npublished in 1966 Perspectives <\/p>\n
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\non Pentecost New Testament
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\nHoly Spirit by Richard B Gappen
\nJunior, published in 1979 and <\/p>\n
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\n4th Our Miracles, Our Miraculous
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\nThey include the view of Richard
\nB Gappen, who represents. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Cessationist Position of
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\nOrthodoxy is coming from on the
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\nSpirit baptism.
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\nmagazine, you’ll find the term
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\nBut the movement began, at least
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\nJanuary 1st, 1901.
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\nThe Day of Pentecost stands
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\nuse their terminology now, all
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\nIncarnation, the Crucifixion,
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\nascension of Christ in
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\nIt is viewed as the crowning act
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\nredemptive act of the Lord Jesus
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\nThe Baptism and Holy Spirit that
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\nPentecost was an institutional
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\ninvolved in the the baptism of
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\n1 to 4.
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\nassembled in, presumably in in
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\nday of Pentecost, categorically,
\nAnthony Hokema will say this. <\/p>\n
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\nThe day of Pentecost
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\nof the Christian Church.
\nOn the day of Pentecost, Christ <\/p>\n
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\nestablished once for all that he
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\nthe power of the Holy Spirit.
\nAnd that has some frightening <\/p>\n
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\nimplications in some respects,
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\nAll right.
\nIn fact, one Orthodox <\/p>\n
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\ncessationist writer would say
\nthat on the day of Pentecost, <\/p>\n
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\nGod the Holy Spirit came into
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\nunrepeatable as the birth of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nOrthodox Cessationists and and <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll You’ll get the sense of
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\nalready clear to you.
\nOrthodox cessationists assert <\/p>\n
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\nthat the miraculous baptism and
\nHoly Spirit that took place on <\/p>\n
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\nthe Day of Pentecost was an
\nunrepeatable event. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the cessationists view,
\nbaptism and Holy Spirit today is<\/p>\n
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\nthe same as conversion.
\nSo it’s no longer what you see <\/p>\n
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\nin Acts 2 today.
\nIt’s the same as conversion. <\/p>\n
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\nIt does not involve miraculous
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\nFrom the Cessationist point of
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\nphenomenon of New Testament
\ntimes only, all right. <\/p>\n
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\nOn the other hand, the orthodox
\ncharismatics assert that the <\/p>\n
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\nmiraculous baptism and Holy
\nSpirit that took place on the <\/p>\n
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\nday of Pentecost was a
\nrepeatable paradigm. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the Charismatics view, a
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\nexperiences conversion, but may
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\nbaptism as well.
\nMiraculous gifts were intended <\/p>\n
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\nfor the last days, which the
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\nwith the New Covenant age, which
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\nhistory.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
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\nThe thing that struck me as I
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\nbrothers and sisters, simply is
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\nThat both branches of Orthodoxy,
\ncessationists and Charismatics <\/p>\n
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\nlook for the meaning of Holy
\nSpirit baptism within the <\/p>\n
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\nframework of Church history.
\nThat seems to be fairly evident <\/p>\n
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\nin in most of what they write
\nfor the one, mainly the the <\/p>\n
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\nsensationists.
\nAt least since New Testament <\/p>\n
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\ntimes, Holy Spirit baptism is
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\nAnd subtle.
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\nyour Savior, you have had a Holy
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\nit or not.
\nAll right? <\/p>\n
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\nFor the other, the charismatics,
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\nconversional and it is
\nmiraculous. <\/p>\n
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\nIn either case, Orthodoxy seeks
\nthe significance of Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nbaptism in the life of the
\nmortal believer here and now. <\/p>\n
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\nWhere do we stand?
\nAnd you know, I have to ask <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ll come right to the
\npoint. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, you may
\nagree with this or not. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll spend the rest of the week
\ntrying to convince you if you <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t.
\nAnd at the end of the week, you <\/p>\n
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\ncan make sure I get on the plane
\nback east. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right?
\nOrthodoxy fails to see Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit Baptism as the gift of
\neternal life. <\/p>\n
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\nWhich believing men and women,
\ndevoid of inherent immortality, <\/p>\n
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\ndevoid of inherent immortality,
\nwill receive from the glorified <\/p>\n
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\nChrist at his coming.
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\nimmortality, the immortality of
\nthe soul, makes it impossible in<\/p>\n
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\nmy estimation, having having
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\nabout what I’ve read.
\nThe doctrine of inherited <\/p>\n
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\nmortality makes it impossible
\nfor Orthodoxy to comprehend that<\/p>\n
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\na converted believer must yet be
\nbaptized with the Holy Spirit if<\/p>\n
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\nhe is to live forever in the
\npresence of God. <\/p>\n
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\nOr put another way.
\nWhy is it imperative? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do we find the New Testament
\njust just, you know, riddled <\/p>\n
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\nthrough with this concept?
\nWhy is imperative for believing <\/p>\n
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\nman or woman to be baptized with
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\nsaved?
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\nhave a satisfactory answer to
\nthis question. <\/p>\n
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\nAs far as I can see.
\nThe cessationists will equate, <\/p>\n
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\nas we’ve already seen, Holy
\nSpirit baptism with the <\/p>\n
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\nbelieving process itself in this
\nday and age. <\/p>\n
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\nThey effectively evade the
\nquestion of why is it necessary <\/p>\n
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\nfor salvation by calling that
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
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\nHave you been saved?
\nAll right, Charismatics on the <\/p>\n
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\nother hand, view Holy Spirit
\nbaptism as extra conversional, <\/p>\n
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\nbut if pressed, they will grant
\nthat the experience is not <\/p>\n
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\nnecessary for a believer to be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, why is that the case?
\nWell, within the Pentecostal <\/p>\n
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\nslash charismatic movement,
\nbrothers and sisters, there are <\/p>\n
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\nplenty of sincere people who
\nhave have as much faith as <\/p>\n
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\nanyone else and who have prayed
\nas hard as anyone else and have <\/p>\n
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\nnot been able to replicate the
\nmiracles in their life. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ve not been able to speak
\nin tongues, as many of the <\/p>\n
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\nothers claim to have done, to
\nthe point where finally they <\/p>\n
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\nhave to be told, look, it’s all
\nright, you’re going to be saved <\/p>\n
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\nanyway.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ll grant that the
\nexperience is not necessary for <\/p>\n
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\na believer to be saved.
\nOrthodoxy simply does not <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand man’s fundamental
\nneed for eternal life. <\/p>\n
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\nThank God for the truth,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nSimply does not understand man’s
\nfundamental need of eternal <\/p>\n
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\nlife.
\nSo let’s come to Pentecost. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd by the way, Jeff, you know.
\nGive me the hook when the time <\/p>\n
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\ncomes.
\nI don’t. <\/p>\n
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\nIs there clock around?
\nAll right, yeah. <\/p>\n
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\nJust give me the high side.
\nThere’s a time to start and <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a time to stop.
\nAnd I will as quickly as I can. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the way life works.
\nAnd I’ll. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll honor that.
\nAll right, Let’s go to Pentecost<\/p>\n
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\nitself.
\nBirthday of the Christian <\/p>\n
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\nChurch.
\nBrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nCertainly that is an Orthodox
\nview, and it’s not uncommon in <\/p>\n
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\nour own thinking.
\nOr is it something else? <\/p>\n
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\nI want to go to John’s Gospel.
\nBrother Nigel I will he will <\/p>\n
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\nplead for your help if I if I
\nget these points wrong and and <\/p>\n
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\nyou know I don’t mind being set
\nstraight on this and we go to <\/p>\n
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\nJohn Chapter 7 and we are in the
\ncontext of the feast of <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacles about six months
\nbefore the Lord’s crucifixion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re told on the last day,
\nthat great day of the feast. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus stood and cried out
\nsaying, if anyone thirsts, let <\/p>\n
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\nhim come to me and drink.
\nHe who believes in me as a <\/p>\n
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\nscripture has said out of his
\nheart will flow rivers of living<\/p>\n
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\nwaters, living water.
\nAnd that of course conjures up <\/p>\n
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\nour thoughts of John Chapter 4,
\ndoesn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause living water speaks of
\neternal life, it has a <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship to the concept of
\neternal life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there Jacob’s well.
\nIn the meeting with the woman of<\/p>\n
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\nSamaria, Jesus answered and said
\nto her, If you knew the gift of <\/p>\n
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\nGod and who it is who says to
\nyou, give me a drink. <\/p>\n
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\nYou would have asked him, and he
\nwould have given you living <\/p>\n
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\nwater.
\nAnd then in verse 14, whoever <\/p>\n
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\ndrinks of the water that I shall
\ngive him will never thirst. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the water that I shall give
\nhim will become in him a <\/p>\n
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\nfountain of water, springing up
\ninto everlasting life. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we see the connections there,
\nand we come back to John 7 The <\/p>\n
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\nend of verse 38, Living Water.
\nWhat does it mean? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, John goes on to explain to
\nus in verse 39 this he spake. <\/p>\n
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\nThis Jesus spake concerning the
\nSpirit which. <\/p>\n
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\nNew King James, of course, as
\nyou know, has a Trinitarian <\/p>\n
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\nagenda, brothers and sisters,
\nand personalizes the pronouns I <\/p>\n
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\nlike it in many respects, but
\nthat’s one area where where it <\/p>\n
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\nlacks.
\nWe will find another versions <\/p>\n
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\nwhich the impersonalized pronoun
\nthis he spoke concerning the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit which those believing in
\nhim would receive. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the Holy Spirit was not yet
\ngiven because Jesus was not yet <\/p>\n
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\nglorified.
\nSo whatever else we make of this<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit baptism, the giving
\nof eternal life to those who <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve in Jesus would depend on
\nthe glorification of Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nhimself by the Father.
\nAll of that makes sense to us. <\/p>\n
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\nOur salvation at the hands of
\nJesus depends categorically on <\/p>\n
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\nhis salvation by his Father.
\nAnd I ask this, did the Apostle <\/p>\n
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\nJohn, as he wrote these things
\nto say nothing of Jesus as he <\/p>\n
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\nspoke?
\nThese have only the day of <\/p>\n
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\nPentecost in mind, keeping in
\nmind, brothers and sisters, that<\/p>\n
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\nJohn wrote this after the days
\nof Pentecost, after the day of <\/p>\n
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\nPentecost.
\nAnd you go back, and you look at<\/p>\n
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\nthe phrasing again.
\nHe who believes in me, those <\/p>\n
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\nbelieving in him would receive.
\nI find nothing there to limit <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nTo just the day of Pentecost, <\/p>\n
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\nthat sounds very universal to me
\nif the conditions are met for <\/p>\n
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\nall believers.
\nAnd again, John is writing this <\/p>\n
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\nrecord of the words of Jesus
\nwhen Pentecost is already <\/p>\n
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\nhistory though just Pentecost or
\njust New Testament times. <\/p>\n
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\nDid any believer receive eternal
\nlife on the day of Pentecost or <\/p>\n
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\nat any time afterward in all
\nchurch history? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I was just scanning through
\nand you wondered maybe how I got<\/p>\n
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\nthe statistics from the
\nChristadelphia magazine. <\/p>\n
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\nYou all have, perhaps the the CD
\nthat you can go to and you can <\/p>\n
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\njust track all the uses of
\nPentecost and Pentecostalism and<\/p>\n
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\nall the rest of these terms.
\nAll right, Which off and on I’ve<\/p>\n
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\nbeen doing for weeks.
\nAnd then I went and looked at <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Brother Thomas wrote in
\nEureka. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says that the baptism of
\nthe Holy Spirit that came upon <\/p>\n
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\nthe apostles on the day of
\nPentecost left them as it found <\/p>\n
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\nthem mortal and dying men.
\nAnd that’s true. <\/p>\n
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\nIt hasn’t happened yet.
\nNone of the believers received <\/p>\n
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\neternal life on the day of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that already says to us that
\nPentecost was in some way of <\/p>\n
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\nforeshadowing an incipient event
\nrather than the ultimate event <\/p>\n
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\nitself.
\nAnd at no time afterward, in all<\/p>\n
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\nchurch history has that been
\naccomplished yet Back to John’s <\/p>\n
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\nGospel, and now to John 20.
\nSo Jesus said to them, and now <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s meeting with at least ten
\nof his apostles, and it’s hard <\/p>\n
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\nto know how many others.
\nSo Jesus said to them, again, <\/p>\n
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\npeace to you.
\nAs the Father has sent me, I <\/p>\n
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\nalso send you.
\nSo there is John’s version of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Great Commission coming out
\nhere, and when he said this, he <\/p>\n
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\nbreathed on them and said to
\nthem receive the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t know.
\nBut perhaps this is a passage <\/p>\n
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\nthat sometimes we wish wasn’t
\nthere because it seems to take <\/p>\n
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\nattention away from Pentecost
\nand, well, it might, brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, take it at face
\nvalue. <\/p>\n
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\nTake it at face value.
\nHe breathed on them and said to <\/p>\n
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\nthem, received the Holy Spirit.
\nIf you forgive the sins of any, <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re forgiven them.
\nIf you retain the sins of any, <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re retained.
\nAnd he’s, he’s, he’s preparing <\/p>\n
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\nthem for the Great Commission.
\nBut what day is this? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat day is this?
\nWell, clearly John 20 is the day<\/p>\n
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\nthat Jesus rose from the dead.
\nAnd if I’m reading John John’s <\/p>\n
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\ngospel with everything else just
\nset aside and all preconceived <\/p>\n
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\nideas set aside.
\nIf I’m reading John’s Gospel, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, and I read
\nthis in John 20, my mind is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to go back to John 7.
\nAll right? <\/p>\n
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\nThe Holy Spirit was not yet
\ngiven because Jesus was not yet <\/p>\n
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\nglorified.
\nHe breathed on them and said, <\/p>\n
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\nreceive ye the Holy Spirit.
\nJesus has been glorified. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus has been glorified.
\nThat’s the way I would read <\/p>\n
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\nJohn’s gospel.
\nAnd this is the day of his <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection.
\nAnd it’s the day when Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nbreathed the new life, as it
\nwere, into all of his apostles, <\/p>\n
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\nwith the exception of Thomas,
\nwho would make that classic <\/p>\n
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\nconfession 8 days later.
\nWas it? <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:31,530 –> 00:21:34,410
\nAnd Matthias, was he there?
\nWe don’t know. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:35,810 –> 00:21:39,970
\nBut he’s been glorified, and he
\nnow breathes new life, first of <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:39,970 –> 00:21:44,330
\nall into his apostles.
\nThey are the foundation of his <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:44,330 –> 00:21:50,010
\nchurch and the Holy Spirit.
\nMinistry, brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:50,010 –> 00:21:52,610
\nof our Lord Jesus, began on the
\nday that he rose from the dead, <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:52,610 –> 00:21:54,970
\nNot the day of Pentecost, in my
\nestimation. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:57,450 –> 00:22:01,680
\nSo birthday.
\nWhat does John 20, verse 22 <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:01,680 –> 00:22:04,080
\nremind us of?
\nWhat does it take us back to? <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:04,440 –> 00:22:05,960
\nAnd it takes us back, Doesn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:05,960 –> 00:22:09,760
\nTo Genesis 2, verse 7.
\nThe Lord God formed man out of <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:09,760 –> 00:22:12,920
\nthe dust of the ground and
\nbreathed into his nostrils. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:13,040 –> 00:22:16,320
\nHe breathed on them.
\nHe breathed into his nostrils <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:16,320 –> 00:22:19,560
\nthe breath of life and man
\nbecame a living being. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:20,960 –> 00:22:27,290
\nThere’s the birthday of man and
\nI submit, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:27,290 –> 00:22:30,850
\nAt least this is the view I’ve
\ncome to after five or six years.<\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:31,570 –> 00:22:34,330
\nIt isn’t always what I’ve held.
\nBut the birthday of the <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:34,330 –> 00:22:38,010
\nChristian Church took place on
\nthe day that Jesus was begotten <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:38,370 –> 00:22:43,810
\nfrom the dead, received eternal
\nlife from his father, and showed<\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:43,810 –> 00:22:48,050
\nfor the first time that he is
\nnow the lifegiving spirit. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:48,490 –> 00:22:51,930
\nWhat form that Holy Spirit
\nempowerment might have taken at <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:51,930 –> 00:22:54,910
\nthat time, brothers, we’re not
\ntold, but I think we can take <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:54,910 –> 00:22:57,830
\nit.
\nSay at face value that his Holy <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:57,830 –> 00:23:01,750
\nSpirit ministry has begun at
\nthat moment with His apostles. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:02,790 –> 00:23:06,910
\nThe day of Pentecost I believe
\nserved a related but different <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:06,950 –> 00:23:09,790
\npurpose.
\nAnd so we go to the book of Acts<\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:11,670 –> 00:23:14,550
\nand being assembled together
\nwith them and I say probably the<\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:14,550 –> 00:23:16,270
\napostles.
\nI don’t see any need to really <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:16,270 –> 00:23:19,910
\nequivocate there.
\nThe the antecedent in verse two <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:19,910 –> 00:23:23,970
\nis the apostles.
\nHe commanded them not to depart <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:23,970 –> 00:23:27,090
\nfrom Jerusalem, but to wait for
\nthe promise of the Father, which<\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:27,090 –> 00:23:31,370
\nhe said, You have heard from me?
\nFor John, Julie baptized with <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:31,370 –> 00:23:34,330
\nwater, but you shall be baptized
\nwith the Holy Spirit not many <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:34,330 –> 00:23:40,170
\ndays from now.
\nFair enough, Baptized with the <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:40,170 –> 00:23:41,770
\nHoly Spirit on the day of
\nPentecost? <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:42,290 –> 00:23:48,370
\nAbsolutely, absolutely.
\nBut here, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:48,370 –> 00:23:52,590
\nis the crunch.
\nI don’t know how many times I’ve<\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:52,590 –> 00:23:55,590
\nread that and just assumed
\ncertain things. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:56,230 –> 00:23:58,950
\nBut as the study has unfolded
\nand I’ve begun to see other <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:58,950 –> 00:24:02,430
\nthings, I’ve come back to this
\nand I’d say to myself, yes, <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:02,430 –> 00:24:04,750
\nbaptized with the Holy Spirit on
\nthe day of Pentecost, but only <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:04,750 –> 00:24:09,510
\nonce, and only on the day of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:09,790 –> 00:24:12,510
\nNow we have a theology, brothers
\nand sisters, that that that <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:12,510 –> 00:24:19,100
\ndemands us to say yes to that
\nonly once, and to which I agree <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:19,100 –> 00:24:20,820
\nthere’s only one baptism of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:20,820 –> 00:24:26,300
\nIt hasn’t happened yet.
\nIt simply hasn’t happened yet, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:26,980 –> 00:24:28,940
\nand we’ll see more evidence
\npiling up for this. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:29,180 –> 00:24:32,100
\nWhat we see, brothers and
\nsisters, I believe in the book <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:32,100 –> 00:24:35,580
\nof action to the New Testament,
\nis that the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:35,580 –> 00:24:38,980
\nhas been glorified by His
\nFather, and we are now being <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:38,980 –> 00:24:41,820
\ngiven categorical evidence of
\nthis over and over and over <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:41,820 –> 00:24:43,780
\nagain.
\nHe has been glorified by his <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:43,780 –> 00:24:47,820
\nFather to baptize his believers
\nwith the Holy Spirit and to give<\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:47,820 –> 00:24:50,300
\nthem eternal life.
\nAnd the New Testament is a <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:50,300 –> 00:24:55,540
\ndocumented evidence of this
\nmarvelous truth, and we look <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:55,540 –> 00:24:58,780
\nforward to the fulfillment of
\nthis When he comes again and <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:58,780 –> 00:25:01,780
\ndoes what I believe John the
\nBaptist meant when he said I can<\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:01,780 –> 00:25:04,380
\nonly baptize with water and
\nrepentance, and that’s all we <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:04,380 –> 00:25:06,420
\ncan ever say to any of our
\ncandidates for baptism. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:06,660 –> 00:25:10,300
\nHe will baptize you with the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:11,820 –> 00:25:14,540
\nHe will give you the eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:15,100 –> 00:25:18,260
\nAnd I I’m thrilled of what
\nBrother Thomas wrote about that <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:18,460 –> 00:25:20,580
\nin Eureka.
\nYou know, if you’re interested <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:20,580 –> 00:25:23,420
\nin seeing what he said about
\nthat, it it, it tends to support<\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:23,860 –> 00:25:30,860
\nwhat I’m saying, We may assume
\nnot that that’s vital, by the <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:30,860 –> 00:25:37,740
\nway.
\nWhat is vital is ultimately that<\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:37,740 –> 00:25:44,210
\nwe’re scriptural in what we say.
\nWe may assume a once for all <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:44,210 –> 00:25:46,530
\nbaptism of the Apostles with the
\nHoly Spirit in the Day of <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:46,530 –> 00:25:48,890
\nPentecost, but nothing in the
\ntext. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:48,890 –> 00:25:51,890
\nYou go back and read acts one
\nverse five in the surrounding <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:51,890 –> 00:25:54,810
\nverses.
\nNothing in the text compels us <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:55,090 –> 00:25:57,690
\nto believe that this was all
\nthat Jesus intended. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:59,710 –> 00:26:02,870
\nI liken that to to to a little
\nthought here, brothers and <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:02,870 –> 00:26:05,670
\nsisters, a little analogy.
\nYou know, my grandchildren come <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:05,670 –> 00:26:08,830
\nto Sunday school and if I were
\nto say to them, wait for a <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:08,830 –> 00:26:11,470
\nmoment after Sunday school, I’ll
\ngive you a dollar. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:12,950 –> 00:26:14,710
\nDoes that mean it’s the only
\ntime I’m going to give them a <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:14,710 –> 00:26:16,430
\ndollar?
\nAnd you don’t have to answer <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:16,430 –> 00:26:19,950
\nthat question, all right.
\nBut you see the point. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:20,310 –> 00:26:24,150
\nYou’re to wait in Jerusalem.
\nYou will be in and do the power <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:24,150 –> 00:26:27,360
\nfrom on high.
\nYou will be baptized with the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:27,360 –> 00:26:28,680
\nHoly Spirit.
\nYou received the promise, but <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:28,680 –> 00:26:32,280
\nonly that.
\nWe infer that from it. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:32,280 –> 00:26:34,160
\nBut I don’t think there’s
\nanything in the text that <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:34,160 –> 00:26:36,880
\ncompels us to believe that
\nthat’s all that Jesus ever <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:36,880 –> 00:26:40,840
\nintended.
\nWe’ve already seen that he <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:40,840 –> 00:26:44,160
\nbreathed the Holy Spirit into
\nHis apostles on the Day of Day <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:44,160 –> 00:26:48,760
\nof Resurrection.
\nSo Pentecost was not a person in<\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:48,760 –> 00:26:54,330
\nthis respect, and much in the
\nbook of Acts, much in the book <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:54,330 –> 00:26:55,850
\nof Acts, as far as I’m
\nconcerned. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:55,850 –> 00:26:58,410
\nAnd the rest of the New
\nTestament demands that we <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:58,410 –> 00:27:03,330
\nrethink that assumption.
\nMultiple baptisms with the Holy <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:03,330 –> 00:27:08,770
\nSpirit, even not just, even
\nespecially of the apostles, were<\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:08,770 –> 00:27:10,970
\na reality.
\nAnd New Testament times. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:12,770 –> 00:27:14,050
\nAnd I’ll, I’ll show the
\nevidence. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:14,050 –> 00:27:15,410
\nWe’ll get there.
\nWe’ll get there. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:15,930 –> 00:27:20,010
\nSo what then was the importance
\nof the day of Pentecost and <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:20,010 –> 00:27:23,570
\nquite simply brothers and
\nsisters, but profoundly and all <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:23,570 –> 00:27:27,090
\nI want to do here is, is redress
\nthe the, the balance on things a<\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:27,090 –> 00:27:29,410
\nbit.
\nIf we can correct that. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:30,170 –> 00:27:33,970
\nIt was day one of the Great
\nCommission and the day after <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:33,970 –> 00:27:40,050
\nPentecost was Day 2.
\nAll right, that’s not to <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:40,050 –> 00:27:43,530
\nminimize the importance of
\nPentecost, but I hope it is to <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:43,530 –> 00:27:46,010
\nto bring it back into the
\nperspective that I think Luke <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:46,010 –> 00:27:48,410
\nintends for it.
\nWe. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:48,410 –> 00:27:50,690
\nWe’ll say more on that, I I’m
\nsure, as we go along. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:51,240 –> 00:27:53,320
\nSo we go on the next one to the
\nGreat Commission. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:53,680 –> 00:27:56,760
\nYou shall receive power when the
\nHoly Spirit has come upon you, <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:57,000 –> 00:27:58,800
\nand you shall be witnesses to
\nme. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:58,800 –> 00:28:02,320
\nThat’s why the apostles, at
\nleast one of the reasons why the<\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:02,320 –> 00:28:04,680
\napostles would be baptized with
\nthe Holy Spirit and the day of <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:04,680 –> 00:28:06,560
\nPentecost.
\nThere are other reasons too, and<\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:06,560 –> 00:28:08,840
\nwe’ll touch on these multiple
\nreasons as we go. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:09,280 –> 00:28:12,120
\nBut you shall receive power when
\nthe Holy Spirit has come upon <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:12,120 –> 00:28:14,680
\nyou.
\nAnd you shall be witnesses to me<\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:14,960 –> 00:28:19,760
\nin Jerusalem and in all Judea
\nand Samaria, and to the end of <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:19,760 –> 00:28:26,250
\nthe earth.
\nDay one comes and it is the day <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:26,250 –> 00:28:27,850
\nof Pentecost.
\nIt’s all right. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:29,130 –> 00:28:32,330
\nIt’s wonderful.
\nWhen the day of Pentecost had <\/p>\n
454
\n00:28:32,330 –> 00:28:36,050
\nfully come, they were all with
\none accord in one place. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:36,890 –> 00:28:40,050
\nBy the way, the antecedents of
\nall with one accord are the are <\/p>\n
456
\n00:28:40,050 –> 00:28:44,330
\nthe 11 plus Matthias.
\nCheck that for yourself. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:45,090 –> 00:28:49,020
\nThe end of Acts one and suddenly
\nthere came a sound from heaven <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:49,060 –> 00:28:52,540
\nas of a rushing mighty wind, and
\nit filled the whole house where <\/p>\n
459
\n00:28:52,540 –> 00:28:55,340
\nthey were sitting.
\nThat is Old Testament temple <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:55,340 –> 00:28:59,780
\nlanguage.
\nIt filled the whole house. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:02,180 –> 00:29:05,020
\nThen there appeared to them
\ndivided tongues as a fire, and <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:05,020 –> 00:29:08,580
\none sat on each of them and they
\nwere all filled with the Holy <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:08,580 –> 00:29:12,340
\nSpirit and began to speak.
\nNow whatever we make of tongues,<\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:12,340 –> 00:29:15,340
\nand God willing by by Friday
\nwe’ll we’ll touch on this a bit.<\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:16,470 –> 00:29:19,270
\nBut whatever we make of tongues,
\nbrothers and sisters, this was <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:19,270 –> 00:29:22,030
\nthe beginning of the Great
\nCommission for the apostles. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:23,630 –> 00:29:28,310
\nThey are now beginning the
\nwitness to the glorified Jesus <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:28,310 –> 00:29:32,270
\nof Nazareth who is empowered to
\nsave us. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:33,790 –> 00:29:39,070
\nThe empowered witness to Christ
\nbegan, and it is an empowerment <\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:39,070 –> 00:29:45,420
\ngiven by the one who’s empowered
\nto empower on the day of <\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:45,420 –> 00:29:47,700
\nPentecost.
\nThe Apostles of Jesus, not the <\/p>\n
472
\n00:29:47,700 –> 00:29:51,700
\n1:20 in my estimation, were
\nempowered for the first time to <\/p>\n
473
\n00:29:51,700 –> 00:29:56,300
\nmake public what they had
\nlearned on the day Jesus rose <\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:56,300 –> 00:29:58,820
\nfrom the dead.
\nAnd that specifically is that <\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:58,820 –> 00:30:05,780
\nGod had raised the crucified
\nJesus from the dead, given him <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:05,780 –> 00:30:11,540
\nglory, and empowered him to give
\neternal life to all who believe <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:11,540 –> 00:30:16,710
\nin him.
\nAnd the evidence of Christ’s <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:16,710 –> 00:30:21,630
\nglorification was made plain to
\nthe Jews that day, that which <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:21,630 –> 00:30:27,830
\nyou see and hear.
\nAnd so Peter would later explain<\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:27,830 –> 00:30:32,110
\nthe significance of it.
\nThis Jesus God has raised up, of<\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:32,670 –> 00:30:37,830
\nwhich we are all witnesses.
\nAnd there are the 12 able to <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:37,830 –> 00:30:42,980
\nstand up in unison, all in one
\nplace, therefore being exalted <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:42,980 –> 00:30:48,340
\nto the right hand of God, and
\nhaving received from the Father <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:48,340 –> 00:30:52,100
\nthe promise of the Holy Spirit.
\nSo he has received that promise.<\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:54,140 –> 00:30:56,620
\nHe has received the promise of
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:56,820 –> 00:31:00,340
\nHe’s poured out this which you
\nnow see and hear. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:01,580 –> 00:31:03,180
\nThey’ve certainly heard it in
\nthe tongues. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:05,300 –> 00:31:08,460
\nThey had perhaps seen it in the
\ntongues of fire as well. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:08,460 –> 00:31:11,870
\nWe can’t be sure on that, but
\nPeter says that which you have <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:11,870 –> 00:31:16,870
\nseen and heard.
\nIt’s as if I might paraphrase <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:16,870 –> 00:31:23,670
\nthis Jews of Jerusalem, Jesus of
\nNazareth has been glorified by <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:23,670 –> 00:31:28,990
\nGod to give you eternal life.
\nObserve the evidence of this <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:28,990 –> 00:31:33,790
\ntruth, respond to it, and
\nreceive the gift. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:36,990 –> 00:31:41,960
\nAnd so some asked men and
\nbrethren, what shall we do? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:42,240 –> 00:31:46,560
\nRecognizing the the the depth of
\ntheir sin in in the crucifixion.<\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:46,720 –> 00:31:50,400
\nThen Peter said to them, repent,
\nand let every one of you be <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:50,400 –> 00:31:53,200
\nbaptized in the name of Jesus
\nChrist for the remission of <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:53,200 –> 00:31:58,480
\nsins, and you shall receive the
\ngift of the Holy Spirit for the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:58,480 –> 00:32:02,600
\npromises to you and to your
\nchildren, and to all who are far<\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:02,600 –> 00:32:08,360
\noff as many as the Lord our God
\nwill call you shall. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:08,440 –> 00:32:14,680
\nWhen that day there may have
\nbeen some token that day, I’m <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:14,680 –> 00:32:17,280
\ninclined personally to think
\nthat might have been so. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:18,840 –> 00:32:21,160
\nBut surely, brothers and
\nsisters, it wasn’t all done and <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:21,160 –> 00:32:22,680
\nover with on the day of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:23,040 –> 00:32:28,000
\nIt simply was not.
\nIt goes on to read then in Acts <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:28,000 –> 00:32:31,440
\n2, verse 41.
\nThen those who gladly received <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:31,440 –> 00:32:37,490
\nHis Word were baptized, and that
\nday about 3000 souls were added <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:38,010 –> 00:32:44,090
\nto them.
\nAdded to them the Church already<\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:44,090 –> 00:32:51,050
\nexisted, brothers and sisters,
\nThe day of Pentecost did not <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:51,050 –> 00:32:53,290
\nmark the birthday of the
\nChristian Church. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:53,810 –> 00:32:58,210
\nIt marked the first growth of
\nthe church as the gospel message<\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:58,210 –> 00:33:04,160
\nwent first of all, to the Jews
\nof Jerusalem, the day of <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:04,160 –> 00:33:06,920
\nPentecost was day one and only
\nday one. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:07,160 –> 00:33:11,680
\nAnd yet that’s mighty in
\nmeaning, Day one of the Great <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:11,680 –> 00:33:13,920
\nCommission.
\nThis, I believe, is its rightful<\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:13,920 –> 00:33:20,920
\nplace in church history.
\nHow many minutes have we got? <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:24,600 –> 00:33:26,560
\n10 or 15 minutes with an hour
\nand a half to do it. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:27,280 –> 00:33:28,120
\nWork.
\nWork to do. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:28,240 –> 00:33:33,190
\nAn hour and a half work to do.
\nAll right, Luke’s Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:33,190 –> 00:33:36,350
\nbaptism, language, brothers and
\nsisters, And if we get through <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:36,350 –> 00:33:41,750
\nthat, we’ll be going well.
\nWhen you look across the book of<\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:41,750 –> 00:33:45,230
\naction, by the way, Luke is the
\nonly one who actually uses the <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:45,230 –> 00:33:46,790
\nterm filled with the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:46,910 –> 00:33:49,230
\nThat’s not to say that the
\nconcept isn’t throughout the New<\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:49,230 –> 00:33:52,270
\nTestament, but he’s the only one
\nwho actually uses those terms <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:52,550 –> 00:33:55,870
\nthree times, by the way, in the
\nfirst chapter of his gospel. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:57,510 –> 00:33:59,950
\nThat’s something we need to
\nbring into our frame of <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:59,950 –> 00:34:07,570
\nunderstanding, as well as about
\nsix times in the book of Acts. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:07,810 –> 00:34:11,730
\nAnd as you look across all of
\nthese examples, there are <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:11,730 –> 00:34:20,449
\ncertain nouns promise Spirit
\nmodified by holy gift, and <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:20,449 –> 00:34:27,010
\ncertain verbs that recur,
\nbaptize, receive, fill, give, <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:27,500 –> 00:34:30,659
\npour out, fall upon.
\nAnd if I were making up the list<\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:30,659 –> 00:34:33,020
\ntoday instead of about two or
\nthree months ago, I would have <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:33,020 –> 00:34:38,620
\nadd, added, came upon, all
\nright, which is rich, rich, rich<\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:38,620 –> 00:34:44,139
\nand Old Testament background,
\nLuke uses summer. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:44,139 –> 00:34:48,900
\nAll of these words in several
\nHoly Spirit baptism contexts, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:50,219 –> 00:34:52,980
\nand I just want to look at those
\nand we’ll just introduce them, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:53,139 –> 00:34:55,659
\nsay a few words about them and
\nwe’re going to have to stop. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:56,510 –> 00:34:59,110
\nBut what I do want to emphasize,
\nbrothers and sisters, is I think<\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:59,110 –> 00:35:03,390
\nwe’re seeing some repetitive
\nevents here that Luke does not <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:03,390 –> 00:35:07,870
\nplace on some kind of a value
\nscale, as if to say one of these<\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:07,870 –> 00:35:09,310
\nis more important than the
\nother. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:09,950 –> 00:35:13,710
\nThey are all going to fuel, if
\nyou will, the progress of the <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:13,710 –> 00:35:16,270
\nGreat Commission in one way or
\nanother. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:16,630 –> 00:35:19,870
\nThey are also going to give
\ntestimony to the fact that Jesus<\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:19,870 –> 00:35:22,390
\nhas been glorified to give
\neternal life to men. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:23,040 –> 00:35:24,760
\nIt’s going to fulfill all of
\nthese things. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:24,760 –> 00:35:26,560
\nAnd these kinds of events are
\nrepeated. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:26,560 –> 00:35:29,200
\nThey punctuate the the book of
\nActs. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:29,840 –> 00:35:34,920
\nAnd so in Acts Chapter 2 with
\nthe apostles at Pentecost, there<\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:34,920 –> 00:35:39,040
\nare the passages which refer,
\nusing these terms to what <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:39,040 –> 00:35:41,520
\nhappened on the day of
\nPentecost, whether it’s the use <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:41,520 –> 00:35:45,120
\nof the word promise and these
\nwritings of Luke, passages of <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:45,120 –> 00:35:47,960
\nLuke, or Holy Spirit or gift,
\nthere are the nouns, or whether <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:47,960 –> 00:35:50,920
\nit’s these verbs.
\nIt’s a very comprehensive set of<\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:50,920 –> 00:35:55,680
\npassages in which Luke at one
\ntime or another uses these <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:55,680 –> 00:35:57,680
\nwords.
\nThey’re they’re also used, of <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:57,680 –> 00:36:00,200
\ncourse, in that passage.
\nWe looked at it at John 7, verse<\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:00,200 –> 00:36:06,560
\n39, the one where the Holy
\nSpirit had not yet been given <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:06,560 –> 00:36:08,440
\nbecause Jesus has not been
\nglorified. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:08,560 –> 00:36:13,950
\nThey had not yet received it.
\nAll right, so Pentecost was <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:13,950 –> 00:36:17,750
\nprecedent setting.
\nIn many ways, Luke’s record of <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:17,750 –> 00:36:21,270
\nPentecost establishes a
\ncomprehensive language base from<\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:21,270 –> 00:36:24,510
\nwhich we can recognize any Holy
\nSpirit baptism when he reports <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:24,510 –> 00:36:27,750
\nit to us.
\nCome to Peter before the council<\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:29,470 –> 00:36:32,510
\nand you’ll find, in fact, if you
\nwant, you can get your Bibles <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:32,510 –> 00:36:36,830
\nopen to Acts and go to Acts
\nChapter 4, and just just see <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:36,830 –> 00:36:42,240
\nthis as we go along.
\nThis is the problem with the <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:42,240 –> 00:36:54,680
\nPowerPoint is you sit here and
\nand never open your Bibles, but <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:54,680 –> 00:37:00,080
\nyou look at Acts for verse 8.
\nThen Peter filled with the Holy <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:00,080 –> 00:37:01,200
\nSpirit.
\nAnd this is not the day of <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:01,200 –> 00:37:03,320
\nPentecost.
\nThis is afterward. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:04,880 –> 00:37:09,340
\nThis is afterward, and we’ll
\ntake the time later in the week,<\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:09,500 –> 00:37:12,980
\nGod willing to to look up
\npassages like Luke 1212 and Luke<\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:12,980 –> 00:37:17,140
\n2115, and I think the evidence,
\nas you compare it with the Acts <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:17,140 –> 00:37:22,340
\nfor incident, the evidence
\nbegins to mount up that Peter <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:22,500 –> 00:37:28,980
\nwas given that feeling of the
\nHoly Spirit then in that very <\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:29,100 –> 00:37:32,660
\nhour.
\nAnd there’s nothing to <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:32,660 –> 00:37:35,340
\ndistinguish that, brothers and
\nsisters, from the language of <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:35,380 –> 00:37:38,150
\nActs 2.
\nMaybe our theology makes a <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:38,150 –> 00:37:41,310
\ndistinction in that, but I don’t
\nfind that distinction in the way<\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:41,510 –> 00:37:43,070
\nLuke is writing the book of
\nActs. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:43,270 –> 00:37:45,390
\nWe just say a word or two about
\nthis. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:47,270 –> 00:37:50,870
\nIf you look at the nine places
\nwhere Luke speaks about being <\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:50,870 –> 00:37:53,190
\nfilled with the Holy Spirit, the
\nfirst one is of course the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:53,190 –> 00:37:55,750
\nreference to John the Baptist
\nand Luke chapter one. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:56,030 –> 00:37:58,750
\nHe shall be filled with the Holy
\nSpirit from his mother’s womb. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:58,750 –> 00:38:06,150
\nThat’s future tense.
\nAll other references to the the <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:06,150 –> 00:38:09,910
\nfilling with the Holy Spirit are
\nin what is called the aorist <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:09,990 –> 00:38:14,790
\ntense in the Greek, and what
\nthat simply means to me at <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:14,790 –> 00:38:16,870
\nleast.
\nAnd I’m no language expert, so <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:16,870 –> 00:38:20,510
\nyou can correct me if I’m wrong
\non this, but what the aorist <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:20,510 –> 00:38:24,710
\ntense means to me very simply is
\nthat it’s a snapshot of past <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:24,750 –> 00:38:28,630
\naction, and it doesn’t say how
\nlong it lasted. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:28,870 –> 00:38:31,310
\nIt doesn’t say if it happened
\nbefore, and it doesn’t say if it<\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:31,310 –> 00:38:34,640
\nhappened afterward.
\nIt’s just simply a snapshot of <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:34,640 –> 00:38:38,360
\npast action.
\nAn analogy again, if I may. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:39,160 –> 00:38:42,280
\nYou get the family photo album
\nout of the closet, and you blow <\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:42,280 –> 00:38:44,800
\nthe dust off, and you put it
\ndown and you open it up and <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:44,800 –> 00:38:48,760
\nthere’s a photo taken in 1954.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:49,080 –> 00:38:51,680
\nAnd your dad is standing next to
\nhis Nash Rambler. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:54,680 –> 00:38:56,720
\nAll right.
\nAnd you say, oh, yeah, I <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:56,720 –> 00:38:59,880
\nremember that car.
\nYou know, Dad really liked that.<\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:00,670 –> 00:39:02,830
\nYou know, Now you look at the
\nphotograph, brothers and <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:02,830 –> 00:39:06,070
\nsisters, and you cannot tell
\nfrom the photograph how long he <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:06,070 –> 00:39:10,070
\nhad that car.
\nYou cannot tell from that <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:10,070 –> 00:39:14,390
\nphotograph whether he had one
\nlike it in 1953 or 1952, and you<\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:14,390 –> 00:39:16,750
\ncannot tell whether he had
\nanother one like it after that. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:17,310 –> 00:39:20,190
\nIt’s simply a snapshot of some
\npast event. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:22,190 –> 00:39:25,630
\nNow, we’re not going to know
\nmuch about the history of Dad <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:25,630 –> 00:39:29,190
\nand Nash Ramblers unless maybe
\nwe turn the page in our photo <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:29,190 –> 00:39:32,990
\nalbum and there he is standing
\nnext to another one. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:33,830 –> 00:39:35,790
\nHe really did like those Nash
\nRamblers. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:36,030 –> 00:39:38,910
\nHe got another one later.
\nI don’t know how long they made <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:38,910 –> 00:39:42,070
\nthose cars.
\nBut anyway, if you know if, if, <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:42,150 –> 00:39:44,790
\nif, I’m off on that, you know,
\nsubstitute Studebaker or <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:44,790 –> 00:39:47,110
\nsomething in there.
\nBut anyway, all right. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:47,790 –> 00:39:50,510
\nIn any case, you you get the
\npoint. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:50,790 –> 00:39:55,350
\nIf you see that again, then you
\nsay he had another one. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:55,770 –> 00:39:58,890
\nWell, now that’s the way Luke
\npresents things in all of its <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:59,130 –> 00:40:02,210
\nsimplicity.
\nA series of aorist tenses, <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:02,210 –> 00:40:05,690
\nbrothers and sisters that simply
\nsay here it happened, here it <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:05,690 –> 00:40:07,810
\nhappened again, here it.
\nAnd by the way, this is <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:07,810 –> 00:40:09,970
\nhappening to Peter.
\nAnd if you come to Peter before <\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:09,970 –> 00:40:13,370
\nthe Council now in Acts, well,
\nI’m sorry, we just did that. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:13,370 –> 00:40:17,210
\nLet’s come to Peter and his
\ncompanions, still in Acts <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:17,210 –> 00:40:20,570
\nchapter 4.
\nAnd they are the passages. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:20,570 –> 00:40:23,650
\nNot much.
\nBut you’ll find that they are <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:23,650 –> 00:40:26,890
\npraying.
\nGrant Lord, that your servants <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:27,210 –> 00:40:32,170
\nmay with all boldness preach by
\nword that by restretching out <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:32,170 –> 00:40:33,890
\nyour hand.
\nAnd that’s taking us back to the<\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:33,890 –> 00:40:36,490
\nhealing of the lame man,
\nstretching out your hand to <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:36,490 –> 00:40:37,850
\nheal, etcetera, etcetera,
\netcetera. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:38,090 –> 00:40:41,810
\nAnd the place where they were
\nwas shaken and they were all <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:41,810 –> 00:40:44,770
\nfilled with the Holy Spirit and
\nbegan to speak the word of God <\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:44,770 –> 00:40:48,180
\nwith boldness.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, I <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:48,180 –> 00:40:50,780
\ncan’t emphasize enough that the
\nfeatures of that are a complete <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:50,780 –> 00:40:53,940
\nreplication of Pentecost.
\nAnd not just a replication. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:54,140 –> 00:40:56,740
\nThere are repeat event, there
\nare a twin event. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:57,060 –> 00:41:01,540
\nAnd Luke in his Greek is exactly
\nthe same there in Acts 431 is as<\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:01,540 –> 00:41:04,620
\nhe is in Acts 2 verse four,
\nright down to the parsing of the<\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:04,620 –> 00:41:06,100
\nGreek verb.
\nIt’s the same. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:07,140 –> 00:41:10,140
\nSo why should we say that one of
\nthem is the ultimate event and <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:10,140 –> 00:41:12,680
\nall the rest are something else?
\nIt’s interesting. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:12,680 –> 00:41:15,320
\nIt’s interesting to read the
\ncessations on this who say that <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:15,320 –> 00:41:19,200
\nPentecost was an unrepeatable
\nparadigm, an unrepeatable event.<\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:19,640 –> 00:41:21,280
\nHow?
\nThey try to dance around these <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:21,280 –> 00:41:23,960
\nother passages.
\nThey’re there. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:24,040 –> 00:41:25,640
\nThey’re there again.
\nThey’re there again. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:25,640 –> 00:41:27,680
\nThis is the third time that
\nPeter’s being filled with the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:27,680 –> 00:41:32,360
\nHoly Spirit.
\nWe’ll have more to say on this <\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:32,360 –> 00:41:37,000
\ntomorrow as we get into the idea
\nof two inseparable baptisms, <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:37,000 –> 00:41:40,210
\nwater and spirit.
\nSo the Samaritan case, How we <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:40,210 –> 00:41:44,610
\ndoing, time wise, Jeff?
\n3 minutes, 3 minutes, and I’m <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:44,610 –> 00:41:46,210
\ndown to an hour and 20 minutes
\nworth of work. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:46,730 –> 00:41:51,090
\nAll right, Quite a few passages.
\nQuite a few passages. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:51,530 –> 00:41:58,330
\nAll right.
\nAnd here again we are seeing an <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:58,450 –> 00:42:01,370
\nA Holy Spirit baptism of
\nSamaritans. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:02,210 –> 00:42:04,690
\nAnd may I say something here,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:04,690 –> 00:42:07,870
\nAnd this will probably have to
\nto draw this to a close and then<\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:07,870 –> 00:42:14,430
\nwe’ll glance at the summary.
\nIf you read in the the orthodox <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:14,430 –> 00:42:18,190
\nliterature or even some of our
\nown will be inclined to say, <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:18,310 –> 00:42:21,350
\nwell, this is a, this is a a
\nHoly Spirit baptism of the <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:21,350 –> 00:42:24,950
\nSamaritans.
\nOr if we come to to Acts 10 and <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:24,950 –> 00:42:28,150
\nhere’s here’s Saul, by the way,
\nin Acts 9, it’s come to Acts 10 <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:28,350 –> 00:42:30,510
\nand there’s a tremendous
\nrepresentation of the same <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:30,510 –> 00:42:32,790
\nlanguage with Cornelius and the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:32,950 –> 00:42:37,710
\nWe have an inclination to say,
\nwell, this is the Pentecost, the<\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:37,710 –> 00:42:43,150
\nGentiles or Acts 8 is the
\nPentecost of the Samaritans or <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:43,150 –> 00:42:47,390
\nActs 19 is the Pentecost of the
\nthe disciples of John. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:48,390 –> 00:42:51,990
\nIf you’re comfortable with that,
\nbrothers and sisters, that’s <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:51,990 –> 00:42:54,750
\nfine.
\nI have become uncomfortable with<\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:54,750 –> 00:42:58,870
\nthat kind of language.
\nFirst of all, it’s not a <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:58,870 –> 00:43:02,350
\nscriptural rhetoric.
\nIt is not a scriptural rhetoric.<\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:03,400 –> 00:43:06,320
\nThe New, the New Testament.
\nLuke, do not look back on <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:06,320 –> 00:43:08,320
\nPentecost that way.
\nThey don’t look back on it as <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:08,320 –> 00:43:10,360
\nFounders Day.
\nThey don’t look back on it as <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:10,360 –> 00:43:12,440
\nthe crowning event of Christ’s
\nredemptive work. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:12,560 –> 00:43:14,800
\nThey don’t look back on it and
\nconceptualize it. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:16,520 –> 00:43:19,160
\nThey don’t.
\nThere are only two other places,<\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:19,160 –> 00:43:21,840
\nand in the New Testament where
\nPentecost is even referred to <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:22,200 –> 00:43:26,200
\nActs 20 and 1st Corinthian 16.
\nAnd in both cases, Paul is <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:26,200 –> 00:43:28,760
\nlooking at a day on the calendar
\nand that day on the calendar is <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:28,760 –> 00:43:32,180
\nthe next spring, not looking
\nback. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:32,180 –> 00:43:33,980
\nRemember the first time I
\nthought that thinking I was <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:33,980 –> 00:43:36,500
\ngoing to be able to really get
\nmy teeth into this theology of <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:36,500 –> 00:43:38,340
\nPentecost.
\nAnd I said this is no help <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:41,660 –> 00:43:44,380
\nbecause I’m not sure the New
\nTestament spins out of theology <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:44,380 –> 00:43:47,420
\nof Pentecost.
\nThe problem with calling this <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:47,420 –> 00:43:51,380
\nthe Pentecost of the Gentiles or
\nwhatever is it’s taking our <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:51,740 –> 00:43:54,260
\nvision and it’s throwing it back
\nto the day of Pentecost. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:54,460 –> 00:43:58,340
\nThe New Testament starts from
\nthere, and it goes forward to <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:58,340 –> 00:44:04,780
\nthe age to come, then hardly
\nlooks back, hardly looks back. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:05,940 –> 00:44:09,380
\nAll right, where the emphasis
\nbelongs. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:09,380 –> 00:44:12,300
\nAnd the emphasis is placed here
\nin the case of the the House of <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:12,580 –> 00:44:14,540
\nit’s not the Pentecost of the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:14,540 –> 00:44:17,220
\nBrothers, sisters, this is a
\nHoly Spirit Baptism of the <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:17,220 –> 00:44:20,740
\nGentiles.
\nAnd what does it mean? <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:21,660 –> 00:44:23,900
\nWell, you can look this up for
\nyourself in Acts 11. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:23,900 –> 00:44:26,780
\nWhen when Peter is called on the
\ncarpet, so to speak, back in <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:26,780 –> 00:44:30,680
\nJerusalem, you went into
\nGentiles and he explains the <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:30,680 –> 00:44:33,440
\nwhole thing.
\nAnd those in Jerusalem in the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:33,440 –> 00:44:36,800
\nEcclesia there finally had to
\naccept the fact. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:37,120 –> 00:44:41,920
\nThen God has granted under the
\nGentiles repentance unto life. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:43,280 –> 00:44:45,920
\nAnd that’s what the Holy Spirit
\nbaptism that fell upon the <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:45,920 –> 00:44:48,240
\nhouseholder Cornelius, meant to
\nthem at that time. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:48,440 –> 00:44:50,400
\nThat’s what I take to be the
\nmeaning of it. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:51,800 –> 00:44:55,160
\nThey don’t say, well, now God
\nhas Pentecost of the Gentiles, <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:58,110 –> 00:44:59,670
\nall right?
\nAnd I don’t mean to be critical <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:59,670 –> 00:45:01,190
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nI don’t mean to be critical. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:01,350 –> 00:45:05,190
\nThere are beloved brethren who
\nhave used that kind of language.<\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:05,190 –> 00:45:06,870
\nAll I say is that language is
\nnot scriptural. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:06,870 –> 00:45:10,230
\nIt’s a lovely rhetoric, but I
\nthink it clouds the issue. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:12,030 –> 00:45:14,630
\nThese are Holy Spirit baptisms
\nthat are telling us <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:14,630 –> 00:45:18,390
\ncategorically that the one whom
\nGod has glorified at his right <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:18,390 –> 00:45:22,710
\nhand is empowered to save the
\nJews of Jerusalem, or the <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:22,710 –> 00:45:26,590
\nSamaritans of Samaria, or the
\nGentiles of Caesaria, or the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:26,590 –> 00:45:29,950
\nends of the earth.
\nThank God for that. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:29,950 –> 00:45:32,790
\nWe got the documented evidence
\nof it, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:33,910 –> 00:45:35,950
\nWell, I’m past the three
\nminutes. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:35,950 –> 00:45:38,350
\nI suspect by now.
\nJeff, turn to page 13. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:38,350 –> 00:45:40,150
\nWe’re going to sum this up,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:40,530 –> 00:45:42,330
\nWe’re going to leave an awful
\nlot unsaid. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:42,530 –> 00:45:45,610
\nBut again, and I don’t say this
\nto be funny in any way, there’s <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:45,610 –> 00:45:47,690
\na time to start and there is a
\ntime to stop. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:47,850 –> 00:45:50,570
\nWe may not accomplish within
\nthat framework all that we want <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:50,570 –> 00:45:54,530
\nto accomplish, but that’s life.
\nAnd we accept that fact. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:54,610 –> 00:45:56,850
\nAnd when the end comes, the end
\ncomes. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:45:57,210 –> 00:46:00,210
\nWe’ve done all we need to do
\nbefore Almighty God. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:00,610 –> 00:46:05,770
\nNow page 13 is the summary and I
\njust, I will just go through <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:05,770 –> 00:46:10,010
\nthis with you to sum up where I
\nwould have finished had had we <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:10,010 –> 00:46:17,370
\nhad the other hour and 15
\nminutes Now I believe and again <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:17,370 –> 00:46:19,770
\nbrothers and sisters, I’ve
\nthrown an enormous amount at <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:19,770 –> 00:46:22,050
\nyou.
\nI’ve asked you to to flex your <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:22,050 –> 00:46:26,890
\nthinking, probably, and I
\napologize if if it has been been<\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:26,890 –> 00:46:31,260
\ntoo tough an exercise.
\nBut the birth of the Christian <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:31,260 –> 00:46:34,260
\nChurch took place on the day
\nthat Jesus rose from the dead, <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:35,660 –> 00:46:39,260
\nreceived eternal life from his
\nFather, and breathed the Holy <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:39,260 –> 00:46:43,620
\nSpirit, the breath of eternal
\nlife, as it were a down payment <\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:43,700 –> 00:46:49,580
\nand earnest A token, A
\nforetaste, into his Apostles. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:50,980 –> 00:46:53,980
\nThe Day of Pentecost was day One
\nof the Great Commission. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:55,040 –> 00:46:58,280
\nThis, I believe, is its rightful
\nplace in church history and <\/p>\n
743
\n00:46:58,280 –> 00:47:01,680
\nshouldn’t be taken away from it,
\nnor necessarily enlarged on. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:02,920 –> 00:47:06,280
\nOn the day of Pentecost, the
\nApostles of Jesus were baptized <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:06,280 –> 00:47:10,360
\nwith the Holy Spirit, empowering
\nthem to bear public witness for <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:10,360 –> 00:47:14,800
\nthe first time in Jerusalem to
\nChrist’s resurrection, glory, <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:14,880 –> 00:47:20,240
\nand life saving power.
\nConsequently, the Day of <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:20,240 –> 00:47:24,420
\nPentecost saw the first growth
\nof the Christian Church from <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:24,420 –> 00:47:27,740
\namong the Jews at Jerusalem who
\nbelieved the witness of the <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:27,740 –> 00:47:33,900
\napostles repented of their sins
\nagainst God, and were baptized <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:33,900 –> 00:47:37,020
\nin the name of Jesus Christ for
\nthe forgiveness of sins. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:38,900 –> 00:47:42,180
\nAll Holy Spirit baptisms in the
\nNew Testament times were <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:42,180 –> 00:47:45,020
\nadministered by the glorified
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:45,580 –> 00:47:47,380
\nI’ll revisit that point,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:47,380 –> 00:47:50,140
\nI think that has great bearing
\non the Samaritan case, which I <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:50,140 –> 00:47:53,470
\nthink we’ve misused.
\nBut you know, enough is enough <\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:53,470 –> 00:47:55,950
\nfor the day.
\nAll right, All Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
758
\n00:47:55,950 –> 00:47:58,150
\nbaptism in the New Testament
\ntimes were administered by the <\/p>\n
759
\n00:47:58,150 –> 00:48:00,990
\nglorified Jesus.
\nHe will baptize you with the <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:00,990 –> 00:48:05,150
\nHoly Spirit and with fire, and
\nprovided the faithful recipients<\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:05,150 –> 00:48:08,390
\nwith an earnest of eternal life
\nto come life from the dead. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:08,590 –> 00:48:12,190
\nIf we had had time to track the
\nlanguage in other contexts, we’d<\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:12,230 –> 00:48:15,510
\nfind again that those words
\nwhich are part of Luke’s Holy <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:15,510 –> 00:48:18,430
\nSpirit baptism language occur
\nagain and again and again, and <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:18,430 –> 00:48:21,510
\nthey have reference to eternal
\nlife from the dead. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:23,330 –> 00:48:25,810
\nHoly Spirit baptism and eternal
\nlife from the dead. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:25,890 –> 00:48:29,890
\nSame.
\nSame in the ultimate sense, <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:30,450 –> 00:48:31,490
\nsame.
\nSame. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:33,610 –> 00:48:36,650
\nTo be sure, brothers and
\nsisters, I believe this with all<\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:36,650 –> 00:48:39,810
\nmy heart.
\nGod works in our lives now by <\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:39,810 –> 00:48:42,970
\nthe power of His Holy Spirit to
\nbring us to Himself. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:44,170 –> 00:48:47,810
\nHoly Spirit baptisms and New
\nTestament times teach us more <\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:47,810 –> 00:48:51,540
\nthan this, however.
\nThey confirm God’s promise of <\/p>\n
774
\n00:48:51,540 –> 00:48:54,620
\nlife to come.
\nJust look at what’s going on in <\/p>\n
775
\n00:48:54,620 –> 00:48:57,340
\nthe New Testament.
\nThey vouchsafe to all of us, <\/p>\n
776
\n00:48:57,340 –> 00:49:01,100
\nbrothers and sisters, the
\ncertainty that Jesus will come <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:01,100 –> 00:49:05,500
\nand give us eternal life over
\nand over and over again. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:05,500 –> 00:49:09,820
\nThey tell us that Holy Spirit
\nbaptism transcends the here and <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:09,820 –> 00:49:13,180
\nnow.
\nIt transcends the here and now <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:13,180 –> 00:49:17,140
\nlives of mortal believers.
\nIts greatest promise is for the <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:17,140 –> 00:49:21,360
\nKingdom age that will succeed
\nChurch history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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