Baptism in the Holy Spirit

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This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Luke 24:49 </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acts 1:4 </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acts 1:8 </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1 Corinthians 12:1-31 </B></div> <div> <B>This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the  new birth. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acts 8:12-17 </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acts 10:44-46 </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="11650820.gif" border=0 width="80" height="130" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=388 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Baptism in the Holy Spirit</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ef31cc0.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Expect the blessings of the Spirit! </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Psalm 23:5</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with </B></I><I><B>oil; my cup runs over. </B></I></div> <div>  [It is difficult for those living in a temperate climate to appreciate, but it was customary in hot climates to anoint the body with oil to protect it from excessive perspiration. When mixed with perfume, the oil imparted a delightfully refreshing and invigorating sensation. Athletes anointed their bodies as a matter of course before running a race. As the body, therefore, anointed with oil was refreshed, invigorated, and better fitted for action, so the Lord would anoint His "sheep" with the <B>Holy</B> <B>Spirit</B>, Whom oil symbolizes, to fit them to engage more freely in His service and run in the way He directs--in heavenly fellowship with Him.] </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>    <IMG SRC="1af5ef50.gif" border=0 width="350" height="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Enjoy the work of the Spirit in you, whether you are moved to laugh or cry, because it is the Spirit of God, who knows you better than you know yourself.   </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Your experience is uniquely your own.  Only He understands you completely.   We all seem to have different reactions, yet we are united in His loving Spirit.  He leads us beside still waters.  He restores our soul.</B></I></div> <div> <B>   </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1e9a0520.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>    <IMG SRC="07550350.gif" border=0 width="80" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forgiven"><U><IMG SRC="12964320.gif" border=0 width="100" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Few church doctrines have generated more questions and controversy. The debate started at the miracle at Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2. Observers of that premier event asked questions and the apostle Peter preached a sermon to supply answers. He directed his listeners back to the Old Testament prophets for enlightenment about the Holy Spirit.</div> <bR> <div> Throughout the history of the Church, the wind of the Spirit was never still. From Tertullian in the 2nd century to Symeon in the 10th, John Wesley in the 18th, and American revivalists in the 19th, the people of God experienced mighty manifestations of the Holy Spirit.</div> <bR> <div> But one of the greatest outpourings of the Spirit began early in the 20th century. Several small holiness groups whose members were seeking a fuller experience with God witnessed a renewal of the Holy Spirit's gifts. In their meetings they saw miracles similar to those recorded in the Book of Acts. Those who experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit spoke in tongues, gave prophecies, prayed for the sick with miraculous results, and began a new surge of missionary ministry that soon reached around the world.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> These 20th-century Pentecostals understood their spiritual experiences to be a fulfillment of Jesus' promise in Acts 1:4, 5. They believed that this "promise of the Father" was an experience that "all believers are entitled to, should ardently expect, and earnestly seek" (P.C. Nelson, <I>Bible Doctrines</I>, p. 77.). Their emphasis on the ministry of the Holy Spirit sparked controversy with nearly all established religious groups. The Pentecostals were ridiculed and cast out of established churches. </div> <bR> <div> Yet the revival grew. These "holy rollers" built brush arbors and rented store-front buildings for their services. Miracles of healing and deliverance drew crowds. The curious who came to scoff often stayed to pray. At first the crowds were largely poor and dispossessed, but as the miracles continued, their ranks were swelled by business and professional people.</div> <bR> <div> During the next 50 years Pentecostals worked to build churches and establish colleges to train their ministers. They organized Sunday schools and sent missionaries. Yet they never lost their emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit in people's lives.</div> <bR> <div> Then in the 1960s another wave of revival spread the blessings of Pentecost. Many Lutherans began speaking in tongues and praying for the sick. Many Roman Catholics raised their hands in worship and prayed in the Spirit. Upon Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists, Brethren, Disciples of Christ -- the wind of the Spirit was blowing across the entire spectrum of the Church.</div> <div> Today believers from all fellowships who are serious about their faith are looking again at the "promise of the Father." This experience, distinct from and following salvation, brings the believer into the richness of the Spirit-filled life.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Questions are best answered and controversies settled by allowing the Spirit to warm the heart and draw the soul into intimate fellowship with God. </div> <div> However, there are misunderstandings concerning the doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Spirit that are hindering many sincere believers from entering into this blessed experience. There are legitimate questions that call for answers. Against the foregoing historical backdrop, let us consider some of these questions and seek for biblical answers.</div> <bR> <div>         <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More information"><U><IMG SRC="171da6e0.gif" border=0 width="218" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>1 Corinthians 12</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> 4 </div> <div> And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit; </div> <div> 5 </div> <div> and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord; </div> <div> 6 </div> <div> and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all. </div> <div> 7 </div> <div> And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit; </div> <div> 8 </div> <div> for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; </div> <div> 9 </div> <div> and to another faith in the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings in the same Spirit; </div> <div> 10 </div> <div> and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues: </div> <div> 11 </div> <div> and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth. </div> <div> 12 </div> <div> For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="064a0640.gif" border=0 width="160" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ag.org/top/beliefs/baptism_hs/baptmhs_00_intro.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ag.org/top/beliefs/baptism_hs"><U><B>AOG "Baptism in the Holy Spirit" web site</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.assemblies.org/quicken/tricityb/index1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.assemblies.org/quicken/tricit"><U>Are You Afraid of Speaking in Tongues? </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.churchofgod.cc/spiritual_help.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.churchofgod.cc/spiritual_help"><U>Spiritual Help</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                      </FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle"><U><IMG SRC="0e564640.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U><B>Related Links</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1245a350.gif" border=0 width="90" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="20f42660.jpg" border=0 width="322" height="358" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Names of Jesus"><U><IMG SRC="0f075450.gif" border=0 width="117" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   </FONT> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More information"><U>More information</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>