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Re: 3rd Quarter 2018 The Book of Acts
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"John the Baptist foretold the baptism with the Spirit by the coming Messiah
Luke 3:16; John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
compare with Peter's experience while in the house of Cornelius Acts 11:13-17,
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”
Jesus Himself referred to it several times
Luke 24:49, “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be 3witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
This outpouring would be His first intercessory act before God (John 14:16,And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
John 14:26; But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 15:26)
But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
At Pentecost, the promise was fulfilled
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Re: 3rd Quarter 2018 The Book of Acts
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That particular day of Pentecost saw the commencement of two very important things. 1. Christ's followers being empowered for the witnessing of the gospel in Jerusalem, then Samaria, and then to the whole world. Empowered for the building up of the Christian church, which was the true Israel (almost all of them were Jews who had accepted Christ, they were the true stem of the tree, and their first mission was to get as many Jews as would respond to accept the One to Whom all their symbolic worship symbols pointed. 2. It was the opening of Christ's heavenly ministry in the heavenly sanctuary as our Priest and Mediator. AA.038.003
Christ's ascension to heaven was the signal that His followers were to receive the
promised blessing. For this they were to wait before they entered upon their work.
When Christ passed within the heavenly gates, He was enthroned amidst the
adoration of the angels. As soon as this ceremony was completed,
the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples in rich currents,
and Christ was indeed glorified, even with the glory which He had
with the Father from all eternity. The Pentecostal outpouring was Heaven's
communication that the Redeemer's inauguration was accomplished.
According to His promise He had sent the Holy Spirit from heaven to His
followers as a token that He had, as priest and king, received all authority
in heaven and on earth, and was the Anointed One over His people.
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Re: 3rd Quarter 2018 The Book of Acts
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The Holy Spirit is the third member of the Godhead.
He is not Jesus, just like Jesus is not the Father. Yet, if you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father.
Likewise, if you have the Holy Spirit with you, you have Jesus with you. There are three living persons in the Godhead, the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Three living personalities - yes! Why anyone would want to deny the reality of the Holy Spirit in light of this week's lesson is hard to understand. Who is denying the reality of the Holy Spirit? What we are seeing is a false idea of what the Holy Spirit really is. It is not essential for us to be able to define just what the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Spirit is the Comforter, "the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father." It is plainly declared regarding the Holy Spirit that, in His work of guiding men into all truth, "He shall not speak of Himself." John 15:26; 16:13. {AA 51.3} The nature of the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Men cannot explain it, because the Lord has not revealed it to them. Men having fanciful views may bring together passages of Scripture and put a human construction on them, but the acceptance of these views will not strengthen the church. Regarding such mysteries, which are too deep for human understanding, silence is golden. {AA 52.1} But the Sabbath School Lesson isn't about defining the Godhead, rather it is about the Gift of the Holy Spirit empowering God's people to take the gospel to the world.
Oh, that men might open their minds to know God as he is revealed in his Son! {ST, January 20, 1890}
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Please stick to the lesson -- this is not a thread on the Godhead -- there are other threads for that. We are talking about Pentecost - and the gift that the Son of God bestowed on His followers, are we not? So yes, this is very pertinent to the lesson. Too bad you can understand that fact!
Oh, that men might open their minds to know God as he is revealed in his Son! {ST, January 20, 1890}
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Monday The Gift of Tongues What is the evidence that at Pentecost the apostles spoke in existing foreign languages and not in some unknown ecstatic language?What is the purpose of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit? Why are they given?
The gifts of the Spirit are promised to every believer according to his need for the Lord's work. The promise is just as strong and trustworthy now as in the days of the apostles. "These signs shall follow them that believe." This is the privilege of God's children, and faith should lay hold on all that it is possible to have as an endorsement of faith. {DA 823.2}
The promise of the Spirit is not appreciated as it should be. Its fulfillment is not realized as it might be. It is the absence of the Spirit that makes the gospel ministry so powerless. Learning, talents, eloquence, every natural or acquired endowment, may be possessed; but without the presence of the Spirit of God, no heart will be touched, no sinner be won to Christ. On the other hand, if they are connected with Christ, if the gifts of the Spirit are theirs, the poorest and most ignorant of His disciples will have a power that will tell upon hearts. God makes them the channel for the outworking of the highest influence in the universe. {COL 328.1}
Is it possible while being distracted over differences and making them the forefront of discussion with ongoing debates thus leading minds away from the more important themes, that the church today will not be found in "one accord" and will not receive the latter rain of the Holy Spirit?
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The promise of the Spirit is not appreciated as it should be. Its fulfillment is not realized as it might be. It is the absence of the Spirit that makes the gospel ministry so powerless. {COL 328.1}
Oh, that men might open their minds to know God as he is revealed in his Son! {ST, January 20, 1890}
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Why anyone would want to deny the reality of the Holy Spirit in light of this week's lesson is hard to understand.
Why would anyone deny Jesus? I find your comment offensive. No one has denied the Holy Spirit. They have only denied it in the form of your making.
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Is it possible while being distracted over differences and making them the forefront of discussion with ongoing debates thus leading minds away from the more important themes, that the church today will not be found in "one accord" and will not receive the latter rain of the Holy Spirit?
- I've heard it said many times during the Sabbath School that the disciples were "in one accord", as in: they had all pledged allegiance in true sincerity of heart to a creed of 28 Fundamental Beliefs and they had all come to a common understanding with no one having, or even thinking of proposing, a difference of opinion concerning any doctrine. I've heard it urged on the members to therefore quiet their misgivings and conscience, seal their lips and say nothing, to accept the denomination's interpretations of things that we all may receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
- That is NOT what Luke meant.
What he was doing was emphasizing the dramatic contrast about to develop from harmony to the ensuing "confusion", from unity to diversity, from a single language of praise to a cacophony of tongues in adoration.
So then, as one may imagine, they all began singing together in one accord in sweet harmony in one language, "Praise to the LORD, The Almighty, the King of Creation ...." when suddenly, as it is written, "there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them." Immediately, the entire congregation of about 120 people started praising God in a multiplicity of languages!
- From one accord of a common language to a diversity of tongues, each a language of those who come to witness what had happened.
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We want the Holy Spirit, which is Jesus Christ. If we commune with God, we shall have strength and grace and efficiency. {Lt66-1894}
But don't you see -- It's all three! All three are mentioned in the above. Jesus and the Father are with us through the Holy Spirit, and we commune with the Father, and with Christ, when the Holy Spirit fills our hearts and minds with divine truth.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who comes forth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And no -- James, I have never heard anyone say "one accord" means they pledged to all 28 Adventist beliefs.
But one thing I'm sure -- they weren't arguing over whether Jesus had descended upon them or the Holy Spirit. They only knew the Divine presence from God had come and was empowering them and they went out to tell the world about Jesus and salvation.
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