The Baptism And Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

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< > Chapter One The baptism in the Holy Spirit Why our Heavenly Father desire to give us the baptism in the Holy Spirit Our heavenly Father loves to give. God is love; He is perfectly unselfish and wholeheartedly generous. 1Jn.4v8-10. Our Father is the most bountiful giver, even to the ungrateful and selfish; He is full of mercy and kindness. Lk.6v35,36. Ps.103. all. 107v8,15,21,31,43. Our God of love even gave His own dear Son for our salvation, and with Him He freely gives us all things. Jn.3v16. Rom.8v31-39. Our heavenly Father loves us so much. We are so very precious to God, and He makes us the objects of His wondrous love and affection. Jn.16v24,27. Our heavenly Father is much more loving and kind than the very best earthly father. Mt.7v7-11. Lk.11v9-13. It is an amazing fact that God loves us with the same tender love that He loves His only begotten Son, Jn.17v23,26., and Jesus loves us on this same incredible level of love. Jn.15v9. cf. 13v34. God's love is always a “much more” love, it “surpasses human understanding” and longs to do “exceedingly beyond and immeasurably more than all our highest prayers or thoughts, or hopes and dreams.” Lk.11v13. Eph.3v14-21. Rejoice in His wonderful love, and claim and receive His “exceeding great and precious promises” to you. 2Pet.1v1-4. Our heavenly Father desires us to know Himself and the Lord Jesus in a deeper way. The Holy Spirit has come to reveal Christ and the Father to us. Jn.15v26. 16v12-15. Eph.1v15-23. 3v14-21. The apostles and other disciples were full of joy and praise before Pentecost, because they had a glorious fellowship with their risen Lord; however, the Saviour promised, and they experienced, a new and greater revelation of Himself to their souls, and a deeper appreciation of spiritual things, at their baptism in the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Beset as we are by the world, the flesh and the Devil, earthly armour fails, we can only overcome by God's help, the baptism in the Spirit is a Divine answer to our needs and the wickedness around us. The revelation of God to the inner depths of the soul, is the only thing that can bring spiritual victory and satisfy the deepest longings of the soul. 2Cor.3v12-18. Our heavenly Father wants to manifest Himself to the Church and the World. Though the disciples had the Lord Jesus with them, and many of them had experienced His ministry through them to a remarkable degree, He told them plainly that the baptism in the Spirit would give them a more powerful ministry for Him. Acts.1v1-8. Paul said, in 1Cor.12v7., “The manifestation of the Spirit is given to everyone for the common good;” “manifestation” is “phanerosis,” which means “a making visible, a shining forth, an appearing, a making known in a definite and tangible manner.” Mk.4v22. 16v14. 1Cor.2v9,10. 2Cor.4v2. The baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit are intended to bring an overwhelming sense of the presence of God. God does not intend us to apprehend spiritual things or the Holy Spirit's presence by blind faith alone, the healing of the sick, the release of Satan's captives, make it plain that God is in the midst of His people. 1Cor.14v23-25. Acts.8v5-14. Christ said that people needed the evidence of signs and wonders to help them believe. Jn.4v48. The Lord, therefore, did many signs and wonders, for the very purpose of creating faith and saving the souls of His hearers, and He sent out many preachers with miraculous ministries to do the same. Jn.5v19-25. 10v37,38. 11v15. Lk.9v1,2. 10v1-9. Mk.16v17,20. 1Cor.2v4. 2Cor.12v12. Rom.15v18,19. Even the greatest miracles will fail to reach some people, Christ said that many of Israel's religious leaders had seen and hated Himself and the Father; they had rejected His gracious words and mighty acts. Jn.15v22-26. Mt.11v20-24. Rejection of God when He is manifested in great signs and wonders, is the final act of spiritual suicide. Mk.3v22-30. This was the reason why the Lord refused to give some sensational sign to the sceptics of Mt.12v38-42.; they did not need a sign, they already had a multitude of them, they needed to genuinely repent of their sins and accept Christ. Spiritual decadence is always due to a lack of a vision of God and His spiritual gifts and ministries. Judg.2v7-11. Prov.29v18. History shows that as we get further away from God, we rely more and more upon what we can do, and are less able to trust God for the miraculous manifestations of His presence. When we do this, we shall find, as Israel did, that our enemies are always stronger than we are. God does not glorify unsanctified human endeavour, but He does delight to show His power to those who trust Him, particularly if the odds are stacked against us, and we are in great need. Therefore, God used Jonathan and his armour bearer, Gideon and his 300, to defeat great armies, and David the shepherd boy to defeat giant Goliath, and Christ's despised apostolic band to lay the foundation of His Church. 1Cor.1v26-31. Eph.2v19,20. < >
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Chapter One

The baptism in the Holy Spirit

Why our Heavenly Father desire to give us the baptism in the Holy Spirit

Our heavenly Father loves to give.
God is love; He is perfectly unselfish and wholeheartedly generous. 1Jn.4v8-10. Our Father is the most bountiful giver, even to the ungrateful and selfish; He is full of mercy and kindness. Lk.6v35,36. Ps.103. all. 107v8,15,21,31,43. Our God of love even gave His own dear Son for our salvation, and with Him He freely gives us all things. Jn.3v16. Rom.8v31-39.

Our heavenly Father loves us so much.
We are so very precious to God, and He makes us the objects of His wondrous love and affection. Jn.16v24,27. Our heavenly Father is much more loving and kind than the very best earthly father. Mt.7v7-11. Lk.11v9-13. It is an amazing fact that God loves us with the same tender love that He loves His only begotten Son, Jn.17v23,26., and Jesus loves us on this same incredible level of love. Jn.15v9. cf. 13v34. God's love is always a “much more” love, it “surpasses human understanding” and longs to do “exceedingly beyond and immeasurably more than all our highest prayers or thoughts, or hopes and dreams.” Lk.11v13. Eph.3v14-21. Rejoice in His wonderful love, and claim and receive His “exceeding great and precious promises” to you. 2Pet.1v1-4.

Our heavenly Father desires us to know Himself and the Lord Jesus in a deeper way.
The Holy Spirit has come to reveal Christ and the Father to us. Jn.15v26. 16v12-15. Eph.1v15-23. 3v14-21. The apostles and other disciples were full of joy and praise before Pentecost, because they had a glorious fellowship with their risen Lord; however, the Saviour promised, and they experienced, a new and greater revelation of Himself to their souls, and a deeper appreciation of spiritual things, at their baptism in the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Beset as we are by the world, the flesh and the Devil, earthly armour fails, we can only overcome by God's help, the baptism in the Spirit is a Divine answer to our needs and the wickedness around us. The revelation of God to the inner depths of the soul, is the only thing that can bring spiritual victory and satisfy the deepest longings of the soul. 2Cor.3v12-18.

Our heavenly Father wants to manifest Himself to the Church and the World.
Though the disciples had the Lord Jesus with them, and many of them had experienced His ministry through them to a remarkable degree, He told them plainly that the baptism in the Spirit would give them a more powerful ministry for Him. Acts.1v1-8. Paul said, in 1Cor.12v7., “The manifestation of the Spirit is given to everyone for the common good;” “manifestation” is “phanerosis,” which means “a making visible, a shining forth, an appearing, a making known in a definite and tangible manner.” Mk.4v22. 16v14. 1Cor.2v9,10. 2Cor.4v2. The baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit are intended to bring an overwhelming sense of the presence of God. God does not intend us to apprehend spiritual things or the Holy Spirit's presence by blind faith alone, the healing of the sick, the release of Satan's captives, make it plain that God is in the midst of His people. 1Cor.14v23-25. Acts.8v5-14. Christ said that people needed the evidence of signs and wonders to help them believe. Jn.4v48. The Lord, therefore, did many signs and wonders, for the very purpose of creating faith and saving the souls of His hearers, and He sent out many preachers with miraculous ministries to do the same. Jn.5v19-25. 10v37,38. 11v15. Lk.9v1,2. 10v1-9. Mk.16v17,20. 1Cor.2v4. 2Cor.12v12. Rom.15v18,19. Even the greatest miracles will fail to reach some people, Christ said that many of Israel's religious leaders had seen and hated Himself and the Father; they had rejected His gracious words and mighty acts. Jn.15v22-26. Mt.11v20-24. Rejection of God when He is manifested in great signs and wonders, is the final act of spiritual suicide. Mk.3v22-30. This was the reason why the Lord refused to give some sensational sign to the sceptics of Mt.12v38-42.; they did not need a sign, they already had a multitude of them, they needed to genuinely repent of their sins and accept Christ.

Spiritual decadence is always due to a lack of a vision of God and His spiritual gifts and ministries. Judg.2v7-11. Prov.29v18. History shows that as we get further away from God, we rely more and more upon what we can do, and are less able to trust God for the miraculous manifestations of His presence. When we do this, we shall find, as Israel did, that our enemies are always stronger than we are. God does not glorify unsanctified human endeavour, but He does delight to show His power to those who trust Him, particularly if the odds are stacked against us, and we are in great need. Therefore, God used Jonathan and his armour bearer, Gideon and his 300, to defeat great armies, and David the shepherd boy to defeat giant Goliath, and Christ's despised apostolic band to lay the foundation of His Church. 1Cor.1v26-31. Eph.2v19,20.

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