THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST.
All believers are entitled to, and should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father...The baptism in the HOLY GHOST and fire, according to the command, of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was a common experience of all in the early church. With it comes enduement of Power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
LUKE 24:49
ACTS 1:4
ACTS 1:8
1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-31
This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth.
ACTS 8:12-17
ACTS 10:44-46
ACTS 11:14-16
ACTS 15:7-9
With the baptism in the HOLY GHOST come such experiences as:
an overflowing fullness of the Spirit:
JOHN 7:37-39
ACTS 4:8
a deepened reverance for God:
ACTS 2:43
HEBREWS 12:28
an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work:
ACTS 2:42
and a more active love for Jesus, for His Word and for the lost:
MARK 16:20
Many people are afraid to get it in the flesh. You cant get it any other way! Speaking in tongues is men and women in the flesh worshiping God in Spirit. God promised in JOEL 2:28..."And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all FLESH..."
LET NO ONE SAY, "I DO NOT KNOW; I CANNOT UNDERSTAND." For surely My word, saith the Lord, has been given unto you, and thou art without excuse, for you must walk in the Light. For it is written," if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanseth us all from sin."
WALK IN THE LIGHT ...FOR YOU ARE WITH OUT EXCUSE...YOU MIGHT SAY "I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, AND I DONT KNOW." OR YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IN YOUR HEART, WHAT I DONT KNOW ABOUT ...I WILL BE EXCUSED FROM IT. "FOR THOU ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOST, FOR MY WORD IS NOT JUST GIVEN TO ONE HERE AND ONE THERE. BUT MY WORD IS GIVEN UNTO ALL.
