1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:04,200 So we trust you are happy in the 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:05,380 Lord Jesus tonight. 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:07,900 We as only people have a right to 4 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:08,480 be happy. 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,160 You know, you're on your way to glory 6 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,360 and your sins are forgiven. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,260 You have the blessed Holy Spirit dwelling within. 8 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,920 We have every right to be happy. 9 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:23,300 Turn tonight, please, to the book of Acts, 10 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,240 chapter 2. 11 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,440 Acts, chapter 2. 12 00:00:31,159 --> 00:00:34,380 Tonight we're going to speak on the baptism 13 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:38,260 of the Holy Spirit of Pentecost. 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,500 Big subject. 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,180 Try to handle it as well as we 16 00:00:44,180 --> 00:00:46,540 can on the time allotted. 17 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,460 Remember, Sunday morning we spoke on the Holy 18 00:00:51,460 --> 00:00:53,840 Spirit being born of the Spirit. 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,820 And apart from the Spirit, we could never 20 00:00:56,820 --> 00:00:58,020 understand the gospel. 21 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:59,660 Apart from the Spirit, we'd never want to 22 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:00,280 be saved. 23 00:01:01,780 --> 00:01:03,660 Apart from the Spirit of God doing His 24 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:07,400 great work of convicting us of sin and 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,060 the need to be saved, we'd never be 26 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:10,480 saved. 27 00:01:11,020 --> 00:01:12,100 No desire to. 28 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,620 Could never understand it. 29 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:17,520 All the college and university education can in 30 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,580 no way illuminate Jesus so you can see 31 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:21,440 how to be saved. 32 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:23,460 Only the Spirit of God can do that. 33 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:25,820 What are we more than anyone else? 34 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:26,480 What is man? 35 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:28,860 Isn't it wonderful to be in the family 36 00:01:28,860 --> 00:01:29,340 of the Lord? 37 00:01:29,340 --> 00:01:31,600 The Lord has revealed His Son to us. 38 00:01:33,020 --> 00:01:35,940 Then on Sunday night we spoke on the 39 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:39,280 blessed coming of the Holy Spirit to dwell 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,500 in the hearts of believers. 41 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:43,380 In the Old Testament days He came upon 42 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:45,080 people in a mighty way. 43 00:01:46,220 --> 00:01:48,900 But David prayed, Take not thy Holy Spirit 44 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:49,500 from me. 45 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:51,300 That wouldn't be proper to pray today. 46 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:53,880 He came upon men. 47 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,480 He came upon even wicked men like Balaam 48 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:57,200 and Saul. 49 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,240 But the Lord Jesus said He was going 50 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,320 to go away and He was going to 51 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:02,180 send the Comforter. 52 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:03,500 He was going to abide with us. 53 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,040 And He's going to be in you, He 54 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:05,400 said. 55 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:08,220 The olden days, I remember reading A.P. 56 00:02:08,380 --> 00:02:11,540 Barker said it was like the days of 57 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:12,400 sailing vessels. 58 00:02:12,580 --> 00:02:14,900 They were dependent on the outside force of 59 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:16,900 the wind to give them speed. 60 00:02:18,140 --> 00:02:19,700 And when there was no wind, they didn't 61 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:20,540 go very far. 62 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:23,440 But we're living the day when the power 63 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:23,960 is within. 64 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,520 The Spirit of God has come to dwell 65 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,320 within us. 66 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,980 And that's a tremendous thing that God dwelleth 67 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:30,900 in the believers. 68 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:33,220 Know ye not that your bodies are the 69 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:35,500 temple of the Holy Spirit. 70 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,020 Now to start with, we're going to read 71 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,020 the Word of God. 72 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,160 Let's just read a verse from chapter 1, 73 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:45,480 verse 4. 74 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,300 This is taken up from Luke 24 where 75 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:52,220 the Lord Jesus told them that Behold I 76 00:02:52,220 --> 00:02:55,460 send the promise of my Father upon you 77 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:56,900 but e'er ye in the city of 78 00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:00,500 Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from 79 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,220 on high. 80 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,040 And in Acts chapter 1 he says here 81 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,460 in verse 4 And being assembled together with 82 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:10,480 them, commanded them that they should not depart 83 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,020 from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of 84 00:03:15,020 --> 00:03:17,940 the Father which saith, He ye have heard 85 00:03:17,940 --> 00:03:18,420 of me. 86 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:22,960 For John truly baptized with water for Jesus 87 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,680 shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not 88 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,000 many days hence. 89 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,940 And when we come to chapter 2, it 90 00:03:30,940 --> 00:03:34,180 does not mention the word baptized but we 91 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:35,920 know that this is the event the Lord 92 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,840 Jesus promised. 93 00:03:37,620 --> 00:03:39,360 And it says in chapter 2, verse 1 94 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,980 And when the day of Pentecost was fully 95 00:03:42,980 --> 00:03:47,060 come they were all with one accord in 96 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,240 one place. 97 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,640 What a great way to gather, isn't it? 98 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,540 God can certainly bless us today when we 99 00:03:54,540 --> 00:03:55,540 gather like that. 100 00:03:55,860 --> 00:04:00,980 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven 101 00:04:00,980 --> 00:04:03,560 as a rushing mighty wind and it filled 102 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,720 all the house where they were sitting. 103 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:09,320 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like 104 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,280 as the fire and it sat upon each 105 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,260 of them and they were all filled with 106 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:19,300 the Holy Ghost and began to speak with 107 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:24,260 other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 108 00:04:24,940 --> 00:04:29,040 Now, we'll stop there for the time being. 109 00:04:30,260 --> 00:04:35,360 Now, I am convinced that today we need 110 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,880 teaching on the Holy Spirit sometimes because in 111 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,760 certain areas there's been an over-emphasis of 112 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,500 the Holy Spirit others when we have gone 113 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:51,240 to the other extreme and hardly ever mentioned 114 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,660 the Holy Spirit. 115 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,320 I think there are two extremes and we 116 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,840 need to find the scriptural balance to be 117 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,020 as balanced as the word of God. 118 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:02,600 After all, He is God as we saw 119 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:03,920 on Sunday night. 120 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,500 He has all the attributes of God. 121 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,920 Peter called Him God in Acts chapter 5. 122 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,800 He's God the Spirit. 123 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,480 Now, if I were to preach to you 124 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,340 only certain aspects of the gospel, it wouldn't 125 00:05:18,340 --> 00:05:20,340 be the right thing just to preach unto 126 00:05:20,340 --> 00:05:23,320 you tonight that believing is everything. 127 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:27,720 Now, there's justification and there's many other great 128 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,100 subjects and including it's the gift of the 129 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:30,900 Holy Spirit. 130 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:33,340 So to give us the whole word of 131 00:05:33,340 --> 00:05:35,600 God we need to deal with it all. 132 00:05:36,060 --> 00:05:38,880 Now, there's only seven verses in the New 133 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,100 Testament that mentions the baptism of the Holy 134 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:43,700 Spirit. 135 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,820 There's four given by John the Baptist, one 136 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:49,400 in the beginning of each one of the 137 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,100 gospels. 138 00:05:50,780 --> 00:05:53,600 The first one is found in Matthew 3 139 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,100 .11 where John said, I indeed baptize you 140 00:05:57,100 --> 00:06:01,880 with water unto repentance, but he that cometh 141 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,780 after me is mightier than I, whose shoes 142 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:06,360 I am not worthy to bear. 143 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,660 He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. 144 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:14,280 You have the same reference again in Mark 145 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:17,900 1.8. I indeed baptize you with water, 146 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,180 but he shall baptize you with the Holy 147 00:06:22,180 --> 00:06:22,800 Spirit. 148 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,960 Again, the same in Luke 3.16, a 149 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,220 very similar verse to what you had in 150 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:29,400 Matthew 1. 151 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,400 And then again in John 1.33 where 152 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,820 John the Baptist is speaking, and I knew 153 00:06:36,820 --> 00:06:40,000 him not, but he that sent me to 154 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,880 baptize with water, the same said unto me, 155 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,320 upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending 156 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,840 and remaining on him, the same as he 157 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:57,100 which baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. 158 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,740 And then there's one more, what we might 159 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:01,240 call prophetic passage. 160 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,640 All these were looking ahead to the Holy 161 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:05,560 Spirit coming. 162 00:07:05,940 --> 00:07:08,860 In Acts 1.5 we read that, but 163 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:12,060 John truly baptized with water, but he shall 164 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:14,920 be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many 165 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:15,620 days hence. 166 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:19,500 All these were spoken, these five scriptures were 167 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,960 spoken before it happened. 168 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:28,560 Then we have the historical passage. 169 00:07:28,940 --> 00:07:30,320 Of course, you have it in Acts 2, 170 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:31,780 but the word is not mentioned. 171 00:07:31,780 --> 00:07:35,340 But if you turn to Acts 11, Acts 172 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:40,340 11.15 and 16 where Peter recounts what 173 00:07:40,340 --> 00:07:43,040 took place in the house of Cornelius as 174 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,300 he was preaching the gospel. 175 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,720 And Peter refers here to that great event. 176 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,720 And you might call this a historical thing. 177 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,000 This has taken place. 178 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,640 And Peter is now saying this very thing 179 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,840 that happened in the house of Cornelius is 180 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,940 the very same thing that happened on the 181 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:01,820 day of Pentecost. 182 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,320 It's part of the whole great coming of 183 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,040 the Spirit of God, taking in these, as 184 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,440 we will see in a little while. 185 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,680 In Acts 11.15, "...and as I began 186 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,560 to speak," Peter's telling the others about it, 187 00:08:18,140 --> 00:08:21,740 "...the Holy Spirit fell on us at the 188 00:08:21,740 --> 00:08:22,200 beginning. 189 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,220 Then learned I the word of the Lord, 190 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,920 how that he said, John indeed baptized with 191 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,340 water, for ye shall be baptized with the 192 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:33,940 Holy Spirit." 193 00:08:33,940 --> 00:08:36,100 So there you have the word mentioned. 194 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:39,700 Then the other scripture that we might call 195 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:45,440 a doctrinal verse is found in 1 Corinthians 196 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,600 12.13. 1 Corinthians 12.13 "...for by 197 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,460 one Spirit are we all baptized into one 198 00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:58,780 body, whether we be Jew or Gentile, whether 199 00:08:58,780 --> 00:09:01,480 we be bond or free, and have been 200 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:07,340 all made to drink into one Spirit." 201 00:09:07,340 --> 00:09:09,400 That's true today. 202 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,680 That was true of the Corinthians. 203 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,660 Even though they were not present, it was 204 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:14,600 still true of them. 205 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:17,480 It incorporated them by one Spirit that we 206 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,640 are all baptized into that one body. 207 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:27,520 Now, Pentecost is the beginning or the inauguration 208 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,360 of a new thing that came. 209 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,620 It was the beginning of the body of 210 00:09:32,620 --> 00:09:34,480 the Lord Jesus Christ upon earth. 211 00:09:35,140 --> 00:09:36,480 Do you remember when the Lord Jesus was 212 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,540 here in Matthew 16, verse 18? 213 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:41,780 He said, "...I will build my church." 214 00:09:41,780 --> 00:09:43,360 The church was yet future. 215 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,240 Sometimes people have disagreements about when the church 216 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:47,720 started. 217 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:50,340 I don't think it's very hard to come 218 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:53,340 to a scriptural conclusion, and I just want 219 00:09:53,340 --> 00:09:55,280 you to turn to two verses again to 220 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,520 verify that. 221 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,580 John 7 and 39. 222 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,140 "...For this spake he," he spoke about them 223 00:10:12,140 --> 00:10:17,780 receiving the Spirit, "...and that he would indwell 224 00:10:17,780 --> 00:10:19,760 them," and verse 39 says, "...and this spake 225 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,520 he, that the spirit which they that believe 226 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,400 on him should receive for the Holy Spirit 227 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,660 was not yet given, because," here's the reason, 228 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:30,480 "...that Jesus was not yet glorified." 229 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,800 That's why the spirit was not given. 230 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:34,380 He was not yet glorified. 231 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:39,970 Then in John 16, verse 7, and these 232 00:10:39,970 --> 00:10:46,650 are very important verses, foundational verses, "...Nevertheless I 233 00:10:46,650 --> 00:10:48,730 tell you the truth, it is expedient for 234 00:10:48,730 --> 00:10:50,690 you that I go away, for if I 235 00:10:50,690 --> 00:10:53,410 go not away, the Comforter will not come 236 00:10:53,410 --> 00:10:56,530 unto you, but if I depart, I will 237 00:10:56,530 --> 00:11:00,450 send him unto you." 238 00:11:00,450 --> 00:11:02,470 Now, you cannot have a body on earth 239 00:11:02,470 --> 00:11:03,630 until you have a head in heaven. 240 00:11:05,030 --> 00:11:06,950 And when the Lord Jesus went back to 241 00:11:06,950 --> 00:11:08,650 heaven, he said, I'm going to send you 242 00:11:08,650 --> 00:11:11,010 the Comforter, and that's exactly what he did. 243 00:11:11,610 --> 00:11:13,810 And when the Comforter came, that was the 244 00:11:13,810 --> 00:11:16,530 inauguration of the body of Christ upon earth. 245 00:11:17,150 --> 00:11:19,810 That was the beginning of that new thing. 246 00:11:19,950 --> 00:11:22,930 As it were, 120 people went up into 247 00:11:22,930 --> 00:11:25,130 the upper room, and only one came down. 248 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:27,370 They were all baptized into the one body. 249 00:11:27,670 --> 00:11:31,470 They were all just fused together to become 250 00:11:31,470 --> 00:11:34,910 that one body of the Lord Jesus Christ. 251 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:38,010 And tonight, dear friends, I believe every one 252 00:11:38,010 --> 00:11:39,950 of us that is saved here, we have 253 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:43,470 been brought in under that great event of 254 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:45,750 being baptized by that one Spirit into the 255 00:11:45,750 --> 00:11:48,170 one body, and we're members one of another. 256 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:49,290 Isn't that great? 257 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:52,610 We belong to the greatest family in the 258 00:11:52,610 --> 00:11:52,950 world. 259 00:11:53,330 --> 00:11:54,830 Wonderful family. 260 00:11:57,380 --> 00:12:01,880 Now, when the time of the Pentecost and 261 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,660 we'll deal with that in a moment, but 262 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:05,960 I believe it took in these four communities. 263 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,000 What you have here in Acts 2, the 264 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,340 Jewish community. 265 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,360 Then if you turn to Acts 8, it 266 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,740 takes in the Samaritans. 267 00:12:14,780 --> 00:12:17,380 Remember, there was no dealings between the Jews 268 00:12:17,380 --> 00:12:19,380 and the Samaritans. 269 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,760 So when Philip went down there and preached 270 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,540 in a great multitude of people was saved, 271 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:29,920 the church at Jerusalem, they sent down Peter 272 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:30,640 and John. 273 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:32,460 You'll see that in verse 14 of Acts 274 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:32,880 8. 275 00:12:34,180 --> 00:12:35,180 And who? 276 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:37,600 They said in verse 15, when they were 277 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,540 come down, they prayed for them that they 278 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:44,220 might receive the Holy Spirit. 279 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,680 They had not received the Holy Spirit because 280 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:50,240 I believe had they received the Holy Spirit, 281 00:12:50,380 --> 00:12:52,420 there would have been two separate churches, the 282 00:12:52,420 --> 00:12:54,680 Samaritan church and the Jewish church, and there 283 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:56,080 would have been division from the beginning. 284 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,660 But they had to come down and pray 285 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:02,080 for them that they might receive the Holy 286 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,900 Spirit, for yet he was fallen upon none 287 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:07,720 of them, only they were baptized in the 288 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,600 name of the Lord Jesus. 289 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:12,560 Then laid at their hands, that which identifies 290 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:15,480 them with the church of Jerusalem, laid their 291 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,120 hands on them and they received the Holy 292 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:18,560 Spirit. 293 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,680 So that took in the Samaritan believers. 294 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,300 Now, Acts 10, where Peter is sent for 295 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,140 by Cornelius, an angel that appeared to him. 296 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:32,900 The angel could not preach the gospel to 297 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:35,280 the house of Cornelius, so he sent for 298 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,400 Peter, and Peter came. 299 00:13:38,140 --> 00:13:39,620 And I tell you, he preached to a 300 00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:41,460 great, attentive audience that day. 301 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:44,880 Oh, what a God that people have decided 302 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,700 that all that God has to say to 303 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:48,280 us today, like they did. 304 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,080 And it says there in verse 43, referring 305 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,580 to the Lord Jesus, "...to him give all 306 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:59,680 the prophets witness," the whole Old Testament witness 307 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,920 to the Lord Jesus, "...that through his name 308 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,620 whosoever believeth." 309 00:14:03,620 --> 00:14:05,220 And if there's someone here tonight and you're 310 00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:09,520 not saved, whosoever means you, takes in you. 311 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,400 If you really believe in the Lord Jesus 312 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,720 Christ, it says, then you'll receive remission of 313 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,100 the forgiveness of sins. 314 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,180 And that's the only way you can have 315 00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:21,540 your sins forgiven, for no man upon earth 316 00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:22,380 can forgive your sins. 317 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,020 Only God can forgive sin. 318 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,540 If you just simply put your faith in 319 00:14:26,540 --> 00:14:28,380 the Lord Jesus, he'll say like he did 320 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:29,900 to that falsely man who lay down to 321 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:32,540 the roofs, "...chance thy sins be forgiven thee." 322 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:35,040 You'll be forgiven tonight, and when he forgives 323 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,760 you, he says, I'll remember your sins no 324 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:37,040 more. 325 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:39,160 They're blotted out as far as the east 326 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:39,780 is from the west. 327 00:14:40,020 --> 00:14:41,920 That's the kind of salvation God gives us. 328 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:43,240 Tremendous, isn't it? 329 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:47,620 And then it says, "...while Peter yet spake 330 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:50,840 these words, the Holy Spirit telling all them 331 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,760 that heard the word." 332 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,760 All of them that heard the word. 333 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:55,780 Look at that. 334 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:57,080 That's the Gentiles. 335 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,420 And that's true ever since, when people hear 336 00:15:00,420 --> 00:15:02,880 the word, and the Holy Spirit uses that 337 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,860 word to convict them, they receive the Lord 338 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:06,220 Jesus. 339 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,980 And the moment you receive the Lord Jesus, 340 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,680 you receive the spirit of Ephesians 1, verses 341 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,460 13 and 14, upon believing. 342 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:17,220 The very moment you believe, you receive. 343 00:15:18,380 --> 00:15:19,100 It's instant. 344 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,540 And that's what happens here. 345 00:15:23,930 --> 00:15:26,050 They receive the Holy Spirit, and they're all 346 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:28,950 heard to speak with languages and magnify God, 347 00:15:29,010 --> 00:15:31,250 and when Peter refers to that, he says, 348 00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:33,190 "...the same thing that happened to us at 349 00:15:33,190 --> 00:15:34,230 the beginning," when? 350 00:15:34,370 --> 00:15:37,450 At Pentecost, "...happened to the Gentiles." 351 00:15:37,450 --> 00:15:40,090 That takes in the Gentile community. 352 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:42,950 And then there's only one other incident, and 353 00:15:42,950 --> 00:15:45,450 I want to draw the attention, never in 354 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,810 the book of Acts did it ever happen 355 00:15:47,810 --> 00:15:48,750 to an individual. 356 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:52,430 It was always a collective group, because this 357 00:15:52,430 --> 00:15:54,810 is a historical event that was to take 358 00:15:54,810 --> 00:15:57,690 place that we'll try to show you from 359 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:58,390 the word of God. 360 00:15:58,510 --> 00:15:59,510 Acts 19. 361 00:16:00,390 --> 00:16:02,490 In this chapter, you get the teaching and 362 00:16:02,490 --> 00:16:05,450 the meaning of John's baptism, but we're not 363 00:16:05,450 --> 00:16:06,890 talking about that tonight. 364 00:16:07,510 --> 00:16:10,690 But Paul came there to Ephesus, and he 365 00:16:10,690 --> 00:16:12,950 found certain disciples, and the first thing he 366 00:16:12,950 --> 00:16:14,870 asked them, have you received the Holy Spirit? 367 00:16:16,070 --> 00:16:18,190 They said, we haven't heard of the Holy 368 00:16:18,190 --> 00:16:18,650 Spirit. 369 00:16:18,790 --> 00:16:20,570 They didn't know a thing about it. 370 00:16:21,010 --> 00:16:22,810 Well, unto what will you baptize? 371 00:16:22,830 --> 00:16:23,530 is the question. 372 00:16:23,690 --> 00:16:25,010 Well, unto John's baptism. 373 00:16:26,130 --> 00:16:26,530 Oh! 374 00:16:29,290 --> 00:16:30,770 Then what did they do? 375 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:35,250 John only baptized to repentance, that those that 376 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:36,990 were baptized should believe on him that shall 377 00:16:36,990 --> 00:16:38,710 come after them, which was Christ Jesus. 378 00:16:39,210 --> 00:16:41,210 When they heard this, they were baptized in 379 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:42,370 the name of the Lord Jesus, and when 380 00:16:42,370 --> 00:16:45,710 Paul, notice that, "...had laid hands," identifying with 381 00:16:45,710 --> 00:16:48,450 them, "...and upon them the Holy Ghost came 382 00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:52,470 on them, and they spake with tongues and 383 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:54,290 prophesied." 384 00:16:54,290 --> 00:16:55,790 And all the men were but twelve. 385 00:16:56,750 --> 00:16:58,850 Now, that's the last time you find that 386 00:16:58,850 --> 00:16:59,870 in the book of Acts. 387 00:16:59,950 --> 00:17:01,090 Now, I want to say that the book 388 00:17:01,090 --> 00:17:03,770 of Acts was a transitional period from Judaism 389 00:17:03,770 --> 00:17:05,710 into Christianity. 390 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:08,869 And this, I believe, takes in, and the 391 00:17:08,869 --> 00:17:10,890 baptism of the Holy Spirit takes in these 392 00:17:10,890 --> 00:17:12,470 four communities. 393 00:17:13,829 --> 00:17:17,690 Now, I believe another thing in connection with 394 00:17:17,690 --> 00:17:19,770 what happened at Pentecost, if you turn back 395 00:17:19,770 --> 00:17:23,750 to Leviticus, chapter 23, it was the fulfillment 396 00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:28,610 of the prophetic type given to us in 397 00:17:28,610 --> 00:17:31,630 the book of Leviticus, chapter 23. 398 00:17:32,930 --> 00:17:36,130 Now, you'll notice in verse 5 of Leviticus, 399 00:17:36,230 --> 00:17:38,790 chapter 23, "...in the fourteenth day of the 400 00:17:38,790 --> 00:17:42,110 first month, as even if the Lord pass 401 00:17:42,110 --> 00:17:42,470 over." 402 00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:45,290 Now, the Lord pass over speaks of Christ's 403 00:17:45,290 --> 00:17:46,510 death for us. 404 00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:50,230 Christ, or Passover, has been sacrificed for us, 405 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:53,190 says Paul the Apostle in 2 Corinthians, chapter 406 00:17:53,190 --> 00:17:54,430 5. 407 00:17:55,470 --> 00:17:58,910 Then, you go down to verse 9 of 408 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:02,890 Leviticus, chapter 22, "...and the Lord spake unto 409 00:18:02,890 --> 00:18:05,570 Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, 410 00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:08,410 and say unto them, When ye come into 411 00:18:08,410 --> 00:18:10,450 the land which I have given you, ye 412 00:18:10,450 --> 00:18:12,170 shall reap the harvest thereof. 413 00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:14,930 Then ye shall bring a sheep of the 414 00:18:14,930 --> 00:18:18,030 firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest, and 415 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:22,450 he shall wave the sheep thereof before the 416 00:18:22,450 --> 00:18:25,430 Lord to be accepted for you on the 417 00:18:25,430 --> 00:18:28,050 morrow after the Sabbath." 418 00:18:28,570 --> 00:18:29,230 Notice that. 419 00:18:29,850 --> 00:18:31,350 The morrow after the Sabbath. 420 00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:33,350 That's the first day of the week. 421 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:38,830 Now, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 15, we have 422 00:18:38,830 --> 00:18:41,870 that fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ. 423 00:18:42,470 --> 00:18:44,830 It says there in 1 Corinthians 15, verse 424 00:18:44,830 --> 00:18:48,570 20, "...but now is Christ risen from the 425 00:18:48,570 --> 00:18:52,890 dead and become the firstfruits of them that 426 00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:53,290 slept." 427 00:18:53,290 --> 00:18:56,090 He was that first sheep that was raised. 428 00:18:56,150 --> 00:18:57,090 He was the firstfruit. 429 00:18:57,510 --> 00:19:01,590 Verse 23, "...but after every man in his 430 00:19:01,590 --> 00:19:03,710 own order Christ the firstfruit. 431 00:19:04,590 --> 00:19:08,650 Afterward, then, there that Christ hath his coming." 432 00:19:08,650 --> 00:19:11,390 His resurrection guarantees our resurrection. 433 00:19:11,970 --> 00:19:13,110 One of these days is going to be 434 00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:15,290 the Great Resurrecting Morning, the first resurrection. 435 00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:17,090 The dead and Christ will be raised, and 436 00:19:17,090 --> 00:19:18,930 we together are going to be caught up. 437 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:19,710 Are you ready? 438 00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:21,810 Would you like to go tonight? 439 00:19:22,570 --> 00:19:23,310 Wouldn't that be wonderful? 440 00:19:24,850 --> 00:19:25,630 He's coming. 441 00:19:27,170 --> 00:19:28,910 Back to Leviticus 23. 442 00:19:30,090 --> 00:19:31,830 Now, down to verse 15. 443 00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:35,330 "...and ye shall count unto you from the 444 00:19:35,330 --> 00:19:38,050 morrow after the sabbath from the day that 445 00:19:38,050 --> 00:19:40,390 ye bought the sheep of the way of 446 00:19:40,390 --> 00:19:40,690 offering." 447 00:19:40,690 --> 00:19:41,310 Notice that. 448 00:19:41,510 --> 00:19:43,430 From the day you bought the sheep of 449 00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:44,290 the way of offering. 450 00:19:44,790 --> 00:19:46,790 Seven sabbaths. 451 00:19:47,370 --> 00:19:50,350 That's 49 days. 452 00:19:51,970 --> 00:19:55,910 "...seven sabbaths shall be complete, even unto the 453 00:19:55,910 --> 00:20:00,830 morrow after the seventh sabbath ye shall number 454 00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:04,750 fifty days, and ye shall offer a new 455 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:08,570 offering unto the Lord." 456 00:20:08,570 --> 00:20:12,910 When the day of Pentecost was fully come. 457 00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:14,790 Pentecost means fifty. 458 00:20:16,390 --> 00:20:20,590 Fifty days after the waving of the first 459 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:21,170 sheep. 460 00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:24,990 That's when this was to take place. 461 00:20:25,450 --> 00:20:28,690 That picture to us, fifty days after the 462 00:20:28,690 --> 00:20:30,690 Lord's resurrection. 463 00:20:31,270 --> 00:20:34,590 It meant He appeared forty days, showed Himself 464 00:20:34,590 --> 00:20:37,210 alive, and many infallible ploofs. 465 00:20:37,730 --> 00:20:39,550 And then He went back to Heaven. 466 00:20:39,650 --> 00:20:41,230 He told them to wait for the promise 467 00:20:41,230 --> 00:20:41,910 of the Father. 468 00:20:42,350 --> 00:20:45,450 Ten days after He came back, He sent 469 00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:46,170 the Comforter. 470 00:20:47,010 --> 00:20:50,390 On the fiftieth day after the waving of 471 00:20:50,390 --> 00:20:54,290 that first sheep of the harvest. 472 00:20:56,850 --> 00:20:58,910 My, there's the fulfillment. 473 00:20:59,830 --> 00:21:01,910 I believe the believers were certainly in the 474 00:21:01,910 --> 00:21:03,590 upper room, one of course, praying. 475 00:21:04,590 --> 00:21:06,910 No doubt praying as the Lord Jesus we 476 00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:07,690 make do tonight. 477 00:21:07,850 --> 00:21:10,970 Before the Holy Spirit came, He told the 478 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:13,070 disciples to pray for the Holy Spirit. 479 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:17,290 But now He came in fulfillment, not just 480 00:21:17,290 --> 00:21:20,370 of their praying, but because of the fulfillment 481 00:21:20,370 --> 00:21:23,010 of the Word of God in the Old 482 00:21:23,010 --> 00:21:26,310 Testament, in Leviticus chapter 23. 483 00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:31,010 Now, I'd like you to turn to some 484 00:21:31,010 --> 00:21:34,010 of the other promises that were fulfilled. 485 00:21:34,550 --> 00:21:35,910 Turn to the Gospel of John. 486 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,720 Then because the fiftieth day the blessed Comforter 487 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:44,680 came. 488 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,920 Just like John the Baptist had promised in 489 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,200 those four verses we gave you, in Mark, 490 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,820 Matthew, Luke, and John. 491 00:21:54,650 --> 00:21:56,140 And in Acts chapter 1. 492 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:02,160 These verses were completely fulfilled in the day 493 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,700 of Pentecost when the Spirit of God came. 494 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:08,800 Now, John's Gospel, chapter 14 again. 495 00:22:08,980 --> 00:22:11,900 Let's just look very briefly at these verses 496 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,660 as we pass by. 497 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,620 John 14, verses 16 and 17. 498 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:21,380 Remember, the Lord is as good at His 499 00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:21,800 word. 500 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,820 Had He not said, and shall He not 501 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:24,340 do it? 502 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,220 Oh yes, He keeps His word. 503 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:30,540 There's one thing about God, He's able to 504 00:22:30,540 --> 00:22:31,080 keep His word. 505 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,060 Sometimes we promise something, and through some circumstances 506 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:37,020 we're not able to keep our word. 507 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:38,940 Not that we wouldn't like to, but we're 508 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:39,460 not able. 509 00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:40,700 We're human sometimes. 510 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,820 We fail, we can't do it, but not 511 00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:44,520 so with God. 512 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:47,020 And the Lord Jesus said, when I go 513 00:22:47,020 --> 00:22:49,160 and I'll pray the Father, and He shall 514 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,560 give you another Comforter that He may abide 515 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,220 with you, how long? 516 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:55,480 Forever. 517 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:00,460 That word is often used in the word 518 00:23:00,460 --> 00:23:00,820 of God. 519 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,320 I love that, because it's the same as 520 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:05,980 with the sealing of the Holy Spirit we're 521 00:23:05,980 --> 00:23:07,060 speaking of next time. 522 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:07,680 It's forever. 523 00:23:08,540 --> 00:23:10,480 Even the Spirit of truth whom the world 524 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,060 cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither 525 00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:13,740 knoweth Him. 526 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:16,540 But ye know Him, for He dwelleth with 527 00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:18,760 you, and He shall be in you. 528 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,840 Remember, He promised it in John, chapter 4, 529 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,640 also the woman at Samaria, how that the 530 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,080 water He was going to give was going 531 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,120 to be a spring dwelling up in you. 532 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,520 He promised in John, chapter 7. 533 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,920 He promised now, if you turn to also 534 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,440 verse 26 of chapter 14, but the Comforter, 535 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,600 which is the Holy Spirit whom the Father 536 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,900 will send in my name, He shall teach 537 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:42,660 you all things. 538 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,480 Notice the personality of the Holy Spirit, and 539 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,100 bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I 540 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:49,940 said unto you. 541 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:55,140 Chapter 15, and verse 26. 542 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,880 But when the Comforter is come, whom I 543 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,820 will send unto you from the Father, even 544 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:04,040 the Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the 545 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:08,420 Father, He shall testify of me, and ye 546 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:11,440 shall bear witness, because ye have been with 547 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,380 me from the beginning. 548 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:18,620 And then down in chapter 16, we read 549 00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:20,380 verse 7, we'll read verse 8. 550 00:24:20,940 --> 00:24:23,280 When He is come, He will reprove the 551 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,240 world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. 552 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,600 And I tell you, friend, tonight the Spirit 553 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,480 of God wants to convict you of your 554 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,220 sin if you're here as an unsaved person. 555 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,980 He wants you to realize the Lord Jesus 556 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:40,980 bear you a sin in His own body 557 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,700 and the tree, so you'd never come under 558 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:43,900 judgment. 559 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,140 He came to convict of righteousness. 560 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:51,760 All we like sheep, we have gone astray. 561 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:52,760 We're all unrighteous. 562 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,200 We've all turned our own way. 563 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,780 But the Lord Jesus, He came and He 564 00:24:56,780 --> 00:25:00,760 revealed the righteousness of God, perfect righteousness. 565 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:02,780 And it can be put to your account 566 00:25:02,780 --> 00:25:05,800 if you put your trust in Him and 567 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,620 of judgment. 568 00:25:07,780 --> 00:25:10,040 I tell you, Satan, he's going to be 569 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,400 judged in the coming day. 570 00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:13,860 And all those that neglect the Lord Jesus 571 00:25:13,860 --> 00:25:15,700 are going to be cast into the same 572 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:16,560 lake of fire. 573 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,620 But again, the Lord Jesus, He came and 574 00:25:19,620 --> 00:25:23,780 He fulfilled everything God ever desired, and He 575 00:25:23,780 --> 00:25:27,820 can indeed save you so you'll never come 576 00:25:27,820 --> 00:25:28,420 into judgment. 577 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:32,440 He also justified God in every way. 578 00:25:34,850 --> 00:25:37,210 Verse 12, And yet are many things to 579 00:25:37,210 --> 00:25:38,910 say unto you, and ye cannot bear them. 580 00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:41,150 Now, when He, the Spirit of truth, is 581 00:25:41,150 --> 00:25:43,110 come, He will guide you into all truth, 582 00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:44,030 and He shall speak. 583 00:25:44,030 --> 00:25:47,090 He shall not speak of Himself, but whatever 584 00:25:47,090 --> 00:25:49,470 He shall hear, shall He speak. 585 00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:52,950 And He will show you things to come. 586 00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:54,990 You have the epistles in the book of 587 00:25:54,990 --> 00:25:56,090 Revelation all here. 588 00:25:56,430 --> 00:25:58,750 He shall glorify Me. 589 00:25:59,170 --> 00:26:02,310 He shall receive of Mine, and shall show 590 00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:03,010 it unto you. 591 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:05,410 All things that the Father had of Mine, 592 00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,750 therefore said I, that He shall take of 593 00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:11,410 Mine, and shall show it unto you. 594 00:26:11,810 --> 00:26:13,530 We'll deal more about that in the future. 595 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:15,110 I just want to read these verses to 596 00:26:15,110 --> 00:26:17,190 show these are the promises of the Lord 597 00:26:17,190 --> 00:26:20,610 Jesus, and they were fulfilled the Spirit of 598 00:26:20,610 --> 00:26:23,330 God came when the day of Pentecost was 599 00:26:23,330 --> 00:26:24,770 fully come. 600 00:26:25,210 --> 00:26:29,010 Now, the promises made before that during the 601 00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:31,510 three and a half years from John the 602 00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:34,670 Baptist and the Lord Jesus was here, even 603 00:26:34,670 --> 00:26:36,150 before the Spirit of God, I want to 604 00:26:36,150 --> 00:26:39,470 just make this point very clear, the disciples 605 00:26:39,470 --> 00:26:42,510 did some tremendous miracles while the Lord Jesus 606 00:26:42,510 --> 00:26:43,290 was with them. 607 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:49,600 It tells us in the Word of God, 608 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,960 in Luke 9, verse 6, for instance, and 609 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,680 they departed and went through the towns preaching 610 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,140 the gospel and healing everywhere. 611 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,060 It also tells us that they had authority 612 00:27:04,060 --> 00:27:06,660 over all devils and to cure diseases. 613 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,900 There was something they could do because the 614 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:13,880 Lord was working with them in Mark 9, 615 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,860 verse 28, it says this, and when he 616 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:19,420 would come unto the home, his disciples asked 617 00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:22,000 him privately, why could not we cast them 618 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:22,160 out? 619 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,600 You remember they came down from the Mount 620 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:24,420 of Transfiguration? 621 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,640 And he said, under this kind can come 622 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,640 forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting. 623 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,720 He didn't say to them, now you need 624 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,800 the baptism of the Holy Spirit to do 625 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,480 this or that experience that sometimes people talk 626 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,640 about, but he said, yes, this time only 627 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,260 comes forth by prayer and fasting. 628 00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:45,920 But they did some remarkable things before Pentecost 629 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,020 while the Lord Jesus was present with them. 630 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,580 But he said, now before you will have 631 00:27:51,580 --> 00:27:53,540 the power within you, I have to go 632 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:54,380 back to heaven. 633 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:55,960 And that's what he did. 634 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,120 And when the Pentecost came, and I believe 635 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,760 it's like Calvary, it was a one forever 636 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:02,420 event. 637 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,120 Turn to the book of Hebrews, chapter 9 638 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:07,700 and 10. 639 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,420 There's two or three verses there. 640 00:28:11,980 --> 00:28:14,220 I think if we can realize that, if 641 00:28:14,220 --> 00:28:16,640 you think of Leviticus chapter 23, there's the 642 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:21,000 one Passover, there's the first fruits, then there's 643 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,240 the Pentecost, 50 days. 644 00:28:24,860 --> 00:28:27,380 Christ died for us upon the cross. 645 00:28:28,260 --> 00:28:30,080 How often does he have to die? 646 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,220 Let's read it in Hebrews, in chapter 9, 647 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:36,400 verse 26. 648 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,820 But now once in the end of the 649 00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:43,300 world had he appeared to put away sin 650 00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:45,400 by the sacrifice of himself. 651 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:46,700 Well, if it's been put away, you can't 652 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:47,760 put it away again, can you? 653 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:49,360 He did once. 654 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,780 Chapter 10, verse 10. 655 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,820 By the which will we are sanctified through 656 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:59,260 the offering of the body of Jesus Christ 657 00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:03,700 once for the twelve. 658 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,240 But this man, after he had offered one 659 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,640 sacrifice forever for sin, forever sat down on 660 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,460 the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting 661 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:14,740 till his enemies be made his footstool. 662 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:19,240 For by one offering he had perfected how 663 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:19,900 long? 664 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:20,500 Forever. 665 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,180 Them that are sanctified. 666 00:29:24,340 --> 00:29:27,900 Calvary only appears once, once in the end 667 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:28,500 of the age. 668 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,320 So the Holy Spirit of God only came 669 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:32,040 once. 670 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,640 Never to be repeated. 671 00:29:36,550 --> 00:29:38,930 How often did the U.S. Constitution have 672 00:29:38,930 --> 00:29:39,770 to be written up? 673 00:29:39,810 --> 00:29:42,130 That was written back, I think, in 1776. 674 00:29:42,970 --> 00:29:43,690 Just once. 675 00:29:44,790 --> 00:29:46,450 If you're born in the United States today, 676 00:29:46,450 --> 00:29:47,970 you come in under the good of that, 677 00:29:48,010 --> 00:29:50,830 and that's the same as Pentecost. 678 00:29:50,850 --> 00:29:53,430 By one spirit are we all baptized into 679 00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:54,290 one body. 680 00:29:54,950 --> 00:29:56,790 Oh, blessed be God for that. 681 00:29:58,980 --> 00:30:01,220 And those kind of Christians that Corwin was 682 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:02,420 saying, no, you're not. 683 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,380 That your bodies are the temple of the 684 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:06,040 living God. 685 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,260 It's to them, he wrote, ye have all 686 00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:09,960 been baptized. 687 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:10,800 All of them. 688 00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:12,380 You'll notice, it doesn't say just those of 689 00:30:12,380 --> 00:30:13,340 you that are spiritual. 690 00:30:15,140 --> 00:30:17,340 Look at that verse in 1 Corinthians, chapter 691 00:30:17,340 --> 00:30:23,090 12, and verse 13. 692 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:30,390 For by one spirit are we all baptized. 693 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:36,750 Writing to carnal believers, that Corwin, into one 694 00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:40,890 body, whether we be Jew or Gentile, whether 695 00:30:40,890 --> 00:30:44,710 we be born afree, and have been all 696 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:48,650 made to drink into one spirit. 697 00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:51,090 That's very simple and clear, isn't it? 698 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:54,950 Very, very wonderful to have that. 699 00:30:57,070 --> 00:30:58,790 Now, what are some of the other purposes 700 00:31:00,150 --> 00:31:02,530 of Calvary or Pentecost? 701 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:04,710 Well, it is, of course, to give the 702 00:31:04,710 --> 00:31:05,770 disciples power. 703 00:31:06,050 --> 00:31:07,290 No question about that. 704 00:31:07,570 --> 00:31:10,630 Ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit 705 00:31:10,630 --> 00:31:11,930 of God has come upon you. 706 00:31:13,390 --> 00:31:16,910 And God wants us to enjoy the presence 707 00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:19,490 and the power of the Spirit of God. 708 00:31:20,350 --> 00:31:22,750 That's why on Friday night, Lord willing, we're 709 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:25,050 going to speak about the filling or the 710 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,450 control of the Holy Spirit. 711 00:31:26,450 --> 00:31:30,370 God wants us to enjoy that liberty and 712 00:31:30,370 --> 00:31:31,010 power. 713 00:31:31,490 --> 00:31:33,970 The leather killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. 714 00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:36,650 The Spirit of the Lord gives liberty and 715 00:31:36,650 --> 00:31:38,970 freedom and power, and you only have to 716 00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:40,290 read the book of Acts to see. 717 00:31:40,410 --> 00:31:41,650 See the freedom they have. 718 00:31:41,850 --> 00:31:43,410 See the boldness they receive. 719 00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:45,790 Think of Peter when a little maid could 720 00:31:45,790 --> 00:31:46,690 back him down. 721 00:31:47,870 --> 00:31:49,070 Aren't you one of his? 722 00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:51,030 Peter says, I never knew him. 723 00:31:52,090 --> 00:31:54,070 The man that hath said these others, they 724 00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:55,770 might deny you, Lord, but not Peter. 725 00:31:55,770 --> 00:31:56,930 You can depend on me. 726 00:31:57,530 --> 00:31:59,210 I'll even go into death with you, Lord. 727 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,820 Remember how a young maiden probably made him 728 00:32:03,820 --> 00:32:05,580 turn pale and shake all over. 729 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,880 And he went back to some of his 730 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,340 old habits of cursing. 731 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:14,060 Sometimes these old sins come out, you know. 732 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,740 But on the day of Pentecost, it's a 733 00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:19,200 different Peter then, isn't it? 734 00:32:19,820 --> 00:32:21,980 What does he say in Acts 2? 735 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,080 Look at this man. 736 00:32:24,180 --> 00:32:25,180 Acts 2. 737 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,320 And verse 38. 738 00:32:28,540 --> 00:32:33,020 Then Peter said to them, Repent and be 739 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:33,260 baptized. 740 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,460 Every one of you knows before that I 741 00:32:35,460 --> 00:32:36,280 wanted the Scripture. 742 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:45,290 Verse 30 speaks about the verse. 743 00:32:45,470 --> 00:32:46,750 I was going to think about where they 744 00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:50,270 were just cut to the heart, and they 745 00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:52,130 cried out, What must we do? 746 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,970 And thank you. 747 00:32:58,050 --> 00:33:00,090 Now when they heard this, they were pricked 748 00:33:00,090 --> 00:33:02,390 in their hearts, and said unto Peter and 749 00:33:02,390 --> 00:33:04,250 to the rest of the apostles, Men and 750 00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:05,510 bread, and what shall we do? 751 00:33:06,290 --> 00:33:09,870 But he pointed right at them and said, 752 00:33:10,010 --> 00:33:11,730 You have taken the Lord Jesus, and you 753 00:33:11,730 --> 00:33:13,970 have with wicked hands taken and crucified him. 754 00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:14,490 So on. 755 00:33:14,670 --> 00:33:16,390 He charged them with their guilt. 756 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,270 Think of that angel-like face of Stephen 757 00:33:20,810 --> 00:33:24,350 that wouldn't back down one moment when those 758 00:33:24,350 --> 00:33:27,390 men full of hatred and anger came upon 759 00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:30,990 him, running toward him, gnashing with their teeth 760 00:33:30,990 --> 00:33:32,790 all stones in their hands. 761 00:33:34,390 --> 00:33:38,270 But Stephen, bold as a lion, he says, 762 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:39,110 I see Jesus. 763 00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:43,030 Oh, he reflected his face too, didn't he? 764 00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,890 Oh, this bit of God makes a difference. 765 00:33:47,710 --> 00:33:52,350 Remember in Acts chapter 4 when these men 766 00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:55,350 had been thrown in jail and other things, 767 00:33:56,330 --> 00:33:58,910 and there was terrible persecution, and that great 768 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:01,250 prayer reading, chapter 4, so they prayed, they 769 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:02,650 prayed for shaking of their members. 770 00:34:03,130 --> 00:34:04,610 And there was one thing they prayed for. 771 00:34:04,730 --> 00:34:07,409 They didn't pray that God would remove the 772 00:34:07,409 --> 00:34:09,530 emperor and give them a more lenient government 773 00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:10,929 and all these things that some of the 774 00:34:10,929 --> 00:34:12,530 modern Christians are looking for. 775 00:34:13,330 --> 00:34:15,449 For they prayed that they would have holy 776 00:34:15,449 --> 00:34:17,570 boldness to meet the need of the hour, 777 00:34:18,449 --> 00:34:19,630 and God met them. 778 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:28,440 Yes, the Holy Spirit gave them great power. 779 00:34:29,219 --> 00:34:32,520 I want to emphasize in closing that the 780 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,060 great object of the baptism of the Holy 781 00:34:35,060 --> 00:34:38,020 Spirit was the formation of the body, the 782 00:34:38,020 --> 00:34:40,739 one fall event that followed the death and 783 00:34:40,739 --> 00:34:43,699 the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, to fulfill 784 00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:46,219 his promise, the promise given in the Old 785 00:34:46,219 --> 00:34:50,739 Testament, the promise by John the Baptist, the 786 00:34:50,739 --> 00:34:52,100 promise by the Lord Jesus. 787 00:34:52,659 --> 00:34:55,120 It was all this to be fulfilled, to 788 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,920 come and bring the believers, you might say 789 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,120 individual people, into one, fuse them into one 790 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,140 body, the body of Christ upon earth, the 791 00:35:05,140 --> 00:35:10,820 bride of Christ, his building, baptized together by 792 00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:13,660 the blessed Holy Spirit. 793 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:17,560 And I believe tonight, friends, that that great 794 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:23,000 event has included every believer, just like the 795 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,680 Constitution includes every American born here, so everyone 796 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,600 that's been born of the Spirit, and that's 797 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:31,540 where it all begins. 798 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,360 The Lord Jesus said, you must be born 799 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:35,740 again. 800 00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:38,140 And how am I born again? 801 00:35:38,780 --> 00:35:42,460 Simply by receiving the Lord Jesus Christ by 802 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:42,940 faith. 803 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,000 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou 804 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,820 shalt be saved. 805 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,060 There's no question about it. 806 00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:51,360 Whosoever shall call upon the name of the 807 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,180 Lord shall be saved. 808 00:35:53,180 --> 00:35:57,040 The moment you receive him as your only 809 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,260 hope, as your only righteousness, the moment you 810 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:03,660 take him as your substitute that died for 811 00:36:03,660 --> 00:36:05,700 you upon the cross and rose again the 812 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:09,360 third day, the moment you receive him, that 813 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,420 moment you're also baptized by the Spirit of 814 00:36:13,420 --> 00:36:15,240 God into the body of Christ. 815 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,920 You're born of the Spirit at that very 816 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,540 moment, and you're sealed with the Holy Spirit. 817 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:21,160 You have the earnestness of the Holy Spirit. 818 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,960 Many wonderful things happen when you receive the 819 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:26,140 Lord Jesus Christ. 820 00:36:26,660 --> 00:36:27,240 It's a wonderful thing. 821 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,180 Your sins are forgiven. 822 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,080 You have the gift of eternal life, and 823 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,660 you can have the joy of the Lord 824 00:36:32,660 --> 00:36:33,260 in your soul. 825 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:36,680 Joy unspeakable and full of glory. 826 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,000 People like to have a good time and 827 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,600 have something really, you know, you know, when 828 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,080 you have this, you have it inside. 829 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,600 You don't have to wait for the wind 830 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:49,640 to blow once in a while. 831 00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:51,500 You have the presence of the Spirit of 832 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,620 God continually dwelling in your heart. 833 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,720 The thing is, we need to let him 834 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:57,680 have all of us. 835 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,800 He's God, and he wants to control our 836 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:02,260 lives. 837 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,380 This is Barnabas Wilson with a prayer. 838 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,180 Father, we thank Thee for the blessed Holy 839 00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:08,740 Spirit. 840 00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:11,580 Thank Thee for Thy Holy Word. 841 00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:14,300 We thank Thee that He hath come. 842 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,840 And we thank Thee when we receive the 843 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,180 Lord Jesus, we receive this wonderful comforter to 844 00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:22,420 entwine us, the one who can lead us 845 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:24,940 into all truth, the one that can keep 846 00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:26,920 and empower us, give us victory. 847 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,580 We thank Thee for the blessed comforter. 848 00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:34,000 And now, Father, we just commend ourselves to 849 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:34,380 Thee. 850 00:37:34,860 --> 00:37:38,420 Help us to live out and allow Thee. 851 00:37:38,740 --> 00:37:41,620 May the Spirit of God indeed so glorify 852 00:37:41,620 --> 00:37:44,400 Christ, and may the life of Christ be 853 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,440 evident in and through us. 854 00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:47,980 May we not try to live this in 855 00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:50,320 our own strength, but may we allow the 856 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,540 Blessed Spirit to live His life, the life 857 00:37:53,540 --> 00:37:55,840 of the Lord Jesus, in and through us. 858 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,140 We pray for His glory, for His sake, 859 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,400 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 860 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:02,360 amen.