Tuesday, October 16, 2012

T#029 THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

BEFORE Pentecost Day, A.D. 33

  • even the great men of GOD
  • in The Old Covenant times
  • were not indwelt by The Holy Spirit.
  • The Holy Spirit was only UPON them
  • when GOD led them.

For proofs, refer to:


•    >>2nd Chronicles 20:14  -  in the case of Jahaziel

•    >>Numbers 11:16-17   -  in the case of  Moses and the 70 men from the elders


•    >>Judges 3:10  -  in the case of Othniel, Caleb’s nephew


•    >>Judges 6:34  -  in the case of Gideon


•    >>Judges 15:14  -  in the case of Samson


•    >>1st Samuel 11:6  -  in the case of King Saul


•    >>1st Samuel 16:13  -  in the case of  King David


•    >>Isaiah 59:21  -  in the case of  Isaiah


•    >>Ezekiel 11:5  -  in the case of Ezekiel himself


The only probable exceptions were perhaps Joseph
(>>Genesis 41:38), Joshua (>>Numbers 27:18), and
Daniel (>>Daniel 4:8 and >>5:11).


THE PROMISE of

THE BAPTISM
WITH The Holy Spirit

  • which Pentecostals and
  • their-influenced Catholic Charismatics
  • wrongly snides as
  • THE INDWELLING of The Holy Spirit in man
  • was first mentioned by John the Baptist in >>Matthew 3:11 and >>John 1:33
  • and was to be ACCOMPLISHED by JESUS HIMSELF.
  • The promise was to happen in the last days (>>Acts 2:17)
  • also of The Jewish Political Kingdom
  • which history has recorded as having ended in A.D. 70.

JESUS HIMSELF however
referred to

THIS INDWELLING
of The Holy Spirit
in man

  • as forthcoming at that time HE mentioned IT and
  • IT was not to occur until after HE had ascended
  • back to The Father. (>>John 7:34-39, >>16:7)
  • Shortly after JESUSascension
  • IT was still to happen as recorded in The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 1:4-5
  • not many days from now.”

The apostles

  • tarried in Jerusalem
  • (in obedience to JESUScommand
  • in The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 1:4)
  • but
  • did not have to obey any further command
  • nor submit to any ceremony
  • asking for the promise to be received by them,
  • as recorded in The Acts of The Holy Spirit .... >>Chapter 1:2 up to Chapter 2:1.

>>Chapter 2
verses 2 to 4

  • The Holy Spirit was poured out as THE PROMISE
  • (without anyone asking for IT)
  • attested by supernatural signs
  • such as those recorded in >>verses 5 to 15

The poured out
Spirit empowered
the 12 apostles only

  • to speak (all Galileans, >>verse 7)
  • in DIFFERENT tongues

in their SINGLE
utterance

  • --- understood without the need for interpreters
  • --- by their each and every hearer
  • --- who came from every nation  
  • --- under heaven and
  • they did all kinds of miracles

 Refer to The Acts
of The Holy
Spirit.... >>Chapters
2:14-43>>5:12-16


  • --- in Paul’s case ---- he, who joined as the last of the apostles
  • --- is recorded as healing every one also as recorded in
  • --- The Acts of The Holy Spirit .... >>Chapter 28:9

The 3,000 people

whose story is written
in The Acts of
The Holy Spirit ....
>>Chapter 2:41-47

are not recorded
as having done
those miracles;

only the apostles did

   
       In verse >>16, Peter declared that their speaking in tongues was the result of The Outpouring of The Holy Spirit as prophesied by Joel in The Old Covenant times yet!


       In verse >>17, Peter declared to his audience that it was the beginning of the last days.

  • Further, he reminded them OF the events
  • which were to immediately follow The Outpouring of The Holy Spirit
  • that they were at that time experiencing in verses >>17b to 18:
  • OF the miraculous events(!) that are still even in our days --- yet to come 
  • because they shall immediately precede
  • THE LORD’s 2nd coming
  • from heaven as stated in >>verses 19 to 20
  • the end of the last days

•    OF THE LORD’s
 JUDGMENT on
the world

in the last phrase
of >>verse 20



    • OF SALVATION in the name of
    • THE LORD JESUS
    • in >>verse 21



    In verses >>22 to 36,
    Peter presented proofs
    that
    JESUS is THE LORD
    of >>verse 21!



    The Baptism
    or Overwhelming 
    WITH The Holy Spirit

    • was not some mysterious miracles
    • but rather the sending of The Holy Spirit
    • by THE CHRIST HIMSELF
    • as recorded in >>Luke 24:49,
    • which sending was also called baptizing with
    • as recorded in The Acts of The Holy Spirit ....
    • >>Chapter 1:4-5. 

    The recipients of this
    one-time-particular-

    sending-and-baptizing
    with The Holy Spirit on

    that particular
    Pentecost Day
    of A.D. 33

    were
    the apostles ONLY

    • (the antecedent to the 4 theys and the 3 thems in >>verses 1-4 of Chapter 2
    • being the last word and noun appearing in The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 1 verse 26).

    As a result,
    the apostles alone
    that day preached

    • (>>Acts 2:14-36)
    • for the first time
    • JESUS as THE LORD & THE CHRIST
    • ---- and got 3,000 souls
    • --- in that very preaching
    • --- to realize & believe
    • --- in both HIS LORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD initially
    • --- and thereafter obeyed the two other commands
    • --- necessary for the summary forgiveness of all their sinnings
    • they committed prior to their realization
    • --- as recorded for our guidance
    • --- in The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 2:38
    • --- and thus ....... having been summarily forgiven of their sinnings
    • ---  by the merit of JESUS' substitutionary death
    • --- resulted for them
    • THE INDWELLING
    • --- of The Holy Spirit
    WHICH PRIOR TO
    THAT EVENT
    DID NOT HAPPEN
    TO ANY MAN!!!


    Their OBEDIENCE
    to THE OBEY-or-DIE
    COMMANDS
    in THE New
    COVENANT:

    • >>John 8:24;
    • >>Luke 13:3, >>5;
    • >>2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9 (>>1st Corinthians 15:1-4)

    brought them to the summary
    forgiveness for their sinnings

    • ---- after their hearts were pierced
    • ---- when they believed what Peter said in >>Acts 2:14-36

    that JESUS after all was
    their LORD and their CHRIST
    individually!
    (>>Acts 2:37)

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    • ---- which are the complete specifics of what are to be believed
    • ---- before we are to obey >>Acts 2:38
    • ---- and >>Acts 5:32,
    • ---- and what are exactly meant
    • ---- by “stirring up your sincere mind
    • ---- by way of reminder that you should remember
    • ---- the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets
    • ---- and the commandments
    • ---- of THE LORD and SAVIOR

    spoken by your apostles
    (>>2nd Peter 3:1-2)


    ---- as a reiteration.


    As OBEY-or-DIE commands,
    they are

    ALL-EQUALLY-IMPORTANT
    TO OBEY,

    including
    >>Matthew 10:32-33

    • --- on as-often-as-needed-repetitive basis
    • --- while we ......... await HIS 2nd Coming!

    As a result of
    that promised baptism
    on the apostles ONLY

    • spontaneously followed and resulted
    • the outpouring of The same Holy Spirit
    • on ALL BELIEVERS in
    • JESUSLORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD
    • as they obeyed the commands
    • to repent
    •  and get baptized with
    • for the summary remission of their sinnings
    • committed during all their time of unbelief yet
    • in THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS
    • ---- which sending/baptizing/outpouring was seen and heard
    • (The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 2:17, >>33)
    • by all present.

    The same sending/baptizing/
    outpouring as seen and heard

    • happened only on that particular event
    • when the apostles received
    • (by merely tarrying in Jerusalem)
    • THE PROMISED BAPTISM WITH The Holy Spirit
    • and then thereafter ....

    for the 3,000 believers
    on that very occasion

    • who obeyed the two commands
    • for the forgiveness of their sinnings ---- 
    • they individually received
    • The Indwelling of The Holy Spirit.

    Yes, there were

    two distinct baptisms
    (>>Hebrews 6:2)

    in that single event:


    [1] the promised one for the apostles (only), and

    [2] the commanded baptism for ALL BELIEVERS IN THE CHRISTHOOD & THE LORDSHIP of JESUS
    • ---- LIKE US
    • ---- as typified by the 3,000-turned believers
    • ---- then in attendance.

    There being no more
    apostles in our time 

    • --- apostleship having been for that [ specific ] period of time of the foundation of THE CHURCH {only} (>>Ephesians 2:20),
    • --- and all their teachings
    • ---- (THE AUTHORITY FOR US now(!)
    • --- ANG TUGON nga pina-agi kanilang mga apostoles
    • dili gyud nato dapat papun-an ug dili gyud nato dapat pakuhaan ilabi na gyung dili dapat nato ipatu-is o pa-ilisan og ato-ato lang!)
    • ---- are here with us already
    • in written form --- in THE New COVENANT,

    there is the
    commanded baptism

    • ---- for all of us who are continuing to repent (>>>T#002)
    • ---- that results in THE INDWELLING of The Holy Spirit
    • ---- in OUR spirit
    • ---- WHICH FEEDS ON THE RIGHTLY APPROPRIATED / DISPENSED WORD of THE TRUTH (>>2nd Timothy 2:15)
    • .... and inasmuch as we in The Household of GOD are now(!)
    • .... at every circumstance judged of our mistakes (>>1st Peter 4:17)
    • .... all these necessary corrections in our faith
    • .... are all leading us
    • .... to becoming the real image in the likeness of GOD's AUTHORITY
    • ....... as GOD made us
    • ....... and continuing build us up
    • via our cooperation & obedience
    • .... destined for THE NEW JERUSALEM!

    There is nothing written in
    THE BIBLE that speaks of

    THE BAPTISM WITH
    The Holy Spirit

    happening after
    that Pentecost Day of A.D. 33 

    • as duplicating what happened
    • as recorded in The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 2:1-17
    • Nowhere, after The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... Chapter 2
    • is the action of pouring by JESUS THE CHRIST
    • mentioned as a present occurrence
    • or as if it had just occurred.
    On the contrary


    The Outpouring
    of The Spirit
    by JESUS THE CHRIST

    • after The Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 2:16 and following
    • has been mentioned consistently
    • as A SINGLE, PAST, and COMPLETED ACTION
    • as in The Acts of The Holy Spirit
    • .... >>Chapter 2:33 and >>Titus 3:5-6.

    The matter of receiving

    THE INDWELLING
    of The Holy Spirit

    • by every repentant
    • and baptized believer in
    • THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS
    • after that single instance outpouring of The Spirit
    • by JESUS on THAT Pentecost Day of A.D. 33

    brings to fulfillment

    the intended
    pouring out

    of HIS Spirit
    ON ALL PEOPLES

    (Acts of
    The Holy Spirit ....
    >>Chapter 2:17)


    • but, in actuality only to them
    • who believe in THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS
    • AND DID NOT STOP AT BELIEVING ONLY
    • particularly they who ---- obeyed the commands
    • repent and be baptized for the remission of (their) sinnings
    • { NOT FOR MEMBERSHIP to THEIR CHURCH }  

    ARE ACTUALLY INDWELT
    by The Holy Spirit

    (Acts of The Holy Spirit
    >>Chapter 2:38)


    • just as THE CHRIST offered HIS body on the cross
    • once on that fateful day to save all (>>Hebrews 10:10);
    • however, only the many whose sinnings have been forgiven
    • did HE shed HIS blood (>>Matthew 26:28)
    • and are thus in actuality AMNESTIED
    • ---- sealed by The Holy Spirit  (>>Ephesians 1:13)
    • ---- when they obeyed (>>Acts 5:32)
    • ---- according to >>Romans 1:5 and >>Romans 16:26
    • as will be true in all cases of authentic believing
    • by them who are to do the same
    • whether Jew or Gentile under THE New COVENANT.

    Truly, covenants
    are enforced only

    • ---- after its author is already dead
    • ---- or separated from this world
    • ---- as it remains inoperative
    • ---- while the one who made it
    • ---- is still living in this world
    • (>>Hebrews 9:17)
    • ---- (because during his lifetime, he can always chose to implement his interim decisions if he so desires)
    • just like what HE did with the thief on HIS side

    That particular Day of
    Pentecost in A.D. 33

    • --- when JESUS was 1st preached
    • as THE ANNOINTED LORD & CHRIST
    • for ALL MANKIND
    • --- was the very first day of effectivity
    • of THIS NEW and better
    • (than The Old One that was then for the Jews only)
    • COVENANT
    • --- of which JESUS is THE MEDIATOR
    • --- under a more excellent ministry
    • --- enacted on better promises (>>Hebrews 8:6)
    • --- and following up to >>verse 13
    • --- where HE made it unmistakably clear
    • ---- we Jews and Gentiles are to take heed
    • ---- of THIS NEW COVENANT
    • as the rule and guide of our common FAITH
    • in & for THIS CHURCH AGE!

    What about you?

    What scriptural back up
    can you count on

    ---- as having received HIS
    INDWELLING

     on that particular occasion

    you THINK you had
    HIM reside in you?



    [BAPTISM of 
    The Holy Spirit
    is heard only from

    the mouths of
    Pentecostals and their
    teaching-influenced various
    neo-Pentecostal groups

    (as my very good friend
    oldest Pentecostal Pastor
    in Cebu
    I have been with --- call them)

    including
    The Charismatic Groups of
    The Roman Catholic Church.]

    • In no single instance has it ever been mentioned, written and printed in The New Covenant including The whole Bible.
    • This is how sadly unbiblical their practices and teachings are on this matter.
    • Oh, how anti-&-contra-biblical it is
    • to administer 2 baptisms to their members
    • as being contradictory to the oneness of The Baptism for our obedience >>Ephesians 4:5.]

    THE PURPOSES OF
    THE BAPTISM WITH
    THE HOLY SPIRIT:


    A.     What the purposes could not have been:

    1.     Not to get them into THE CHURCH
    • as they have been apostles of THE CHRIST
    • even before they were baptized with The Holy Spirit and
    • as apostles they were in fact the very first
    • in THE CHURCH
    • (>>1st Corinthians 12:28, >>Ephesians 2:20).


    2.     Not to give them The Holy Spirit

    • because they already earlier had The Holy Spirit in them
    • in that unique manner just for them
    • as apostles, as recorded in >>John 20:21-23.


    B.     The Real Purposes as evident in the promise by JESUS:

    1.     Was to saturate them with power

    • as they comprise the initial batch of official witnesses
    • of THE Resurrected CHRIST
    • (Acts of The Holy Spirit....  >>Chapters 1:8, >>2:31, >>4:33).


    2.     Was to guide them into all the truths

    • as they taught then verbally
    • of the things that will finally become part
    • of what we have now(!)
    • as THE written NEW COVENANT.



    3.     Was to bring all past things
    • to their remembrance and recall
    • so that those truths be included
    • in what they continue to teach verbally
    • and then .... later write
    • to form part of what we now(!) have
    • as completely compiled, written already and very well-circularized & publicized
    • THE New COVENANT
    • (>>John 14:26, >>16:33).



    C.     The Real Purposes evident in the benefits conferred by JESUS:

    1.     Was to enable them to do signs and wonders/miracles
    • ---- which served to confirm the truths
    • ---- to the people they preached to
    • (Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapters 2:43, >>5:12
    • >>Hebrews 2:3-4)
    • ---- when THE New COVENANTt was not as yet
    • ---- the whole written book
    • ---- that we can now refer to
    • ---- at every need
    • ---- and believe
    • without need
    • ---- for current proofs and confirmations
    • ---- with current miracles (>>John 20:30-31).

    2.     Was to enable these unlearned-of-languages men
    • to speak in a single utterance
    • ---- the different languages they have not learned
    • ---- and not known prior to that speaking they did
    • ---- getting them understood by their hearers
    • ---- to initially carry out the great commission
    • to those transients in Jerusalem 3,000 Jews
    • on that particular Pentecost Day of A.D. 33
    • (Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapter 2:4-11, >>Matthew 28:19-20)
    • ---- with unexpected efficacy.

    3.     Was to enable them to confer the extra-ordinary gifts
    • (>>1st Corinthians 12:4-11) of The Holy Spirit
    • --- while THE New COVENANT
    • --- was still in the process of being implemented
    • --- not yet in written form as we have it now
    • --- by the laying on of their (apostles) hands
    • (Acts of The Holy Spirit.... >>Chapters 6:6, >>19:6,
    • >>Romans 1:11, and
    • >>2nd Timothy 1:6).


    “ There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one LORD, one faith,  one baptism, one GOD and The Father of all Who is over all and through all and in all.” ---  >>Ephesians 4:4-6




    THE INDWELLING of
    The Holy Spirit is:


    1.    GOD’s sealing us
    • ....... as HIS OWN
    • ....... and HIS downpayment and pledge
    • ....... for us to-be with authenticity HIS OWN
    • ....... even unto the day of our redemption
    • >>2nd Corinthians 1:22,
    • >>Ephesians 1:13
    • >>Ephesians 4:30).


    2.    THE ASSURANCE that in between

    • HIS sealing and our day of redemption
    • ....... there is HE in us
    • ....... in all our worldliness
    • ....... WHO convicts us concerning
    • sinning,
    • righteousness and
    • judgment
    • ....... concerning SINNING, because the world does not believe HIM
    • ....... and concerning RIGHTEOUSNESS, because THE JESUS
    • ....... we have come to know as incarnated, lived in this world, died, resurrected as recorded in The Bible
    • ....... is already ascended and with The Father in heaven
    • ....... and concerning JUDGMENT
    • because Satan has already been judged
    • (>>John 16:8-11).


    3.    Our ASSURANCE --- that there is HE WHO helps us in all our weaknesses

    • ....... even unto our praying as we ought to
    • ....... where HE intercedes for us
    • ....... with  groanings too  deep for words
    • (>>Romans 8:26).


    4.    Our ASSURANCE --- that there is HE WHO is in us in all our isolation

    • ....... and even forever unto eternity when
    • ....... GOD will be all and in all
    • (>>John 14:16-21).


    5.    Our ASSURANCE --- that in all our ignorance, HE will guide us into all truth

    • ....... disclosing even those which are yet to come
    • ....... such as, but not limited to understanding
    • ....... what are disclosed in The Book of REVELATION
    • (>>John 16:13)


    6.    THE DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE IN GOD's PROVISION for HOLINESS

    • ....... FOR THE MEN OF GOD WHO LIVED UNDER THE OLD COVENANT
    • ....... & WE WHO LIVE IN THESE LAST DAYS as ....... THE NEW CREATION (>>2nd Corinthians 5:17).


    7.    WHAT MAKES US individually JOINED TO as-part-of HIS CHURCH, HIS BODY, HIS HOUSEHOLD, HIS FLOCK, HIS BUILDING, HIS FARM, HIS KINGDOM, HIS BRIDE
    • .…. WITHOUT THIS INDWELLING
    • ...... WE ARE NOT ANY of HIS above
    • ...... & THE PROMISES IN THE NEW COVENANT
    • ...... DO NOT HOLD TRUE FOR US !!!


    ~~~#~~~




                                                        

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