Lesson #04

• MEMORY VERSE: ACT 2:4

• BACKGROUND:
• BIBLICAL BAPTISMS:
• THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT VARIOUS KINDS OF BAPTISM. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH ONE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• THE WORD, BAPTISM, MEANS = FULL IMMERSION IN.
• THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE

: (MAR 1:4 LUK 3:3 ACT 13:24 ACT 19:4 1COR 12:13)

• THE PERSON WHO FIRST COMES TO CHRIST FOR SALVATION FEELS GUILTY FOR HIS SINS. HE REPENTS OF HIS SINS AND RECEIVES JESUS CHRIST INTO HIS HEART AND IS FORGIVEN OF HIS PAST SINS.
• THIS SPIRITUAL ACTION, IN PRAYER, PLUNGES THAT PERSON INTO GOD’S KINGDOM, AND IDENTIFIES HIM WITH ALL OTHER BELIEVERS. HE IS NOW PART OF WHAT IS CALLED, THE BODY OF CHRIST (THE UNIVERSAL GROUP OF BELIEVERS).
• THIS BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE IS PERFORMED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CONVICTS A PERSON OF SIN, BRINGS A PERSON TO CHRIST, AND REVEALS CHRIST TO HIM. (JOH 16:8 JOH 14:16 JOH 15:26)
• THE PURPOSE FOR THIS BAPTISM IS TO GIVE A PERSON NEW LIFE BY CAUSING HIM TO BE BORN AGAIN SO THAT HE IS A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST. (2COR 5:17)
• WATER BAPTISM:

(LUK 3:16 ROM 6:4 COL 2:12 JOH 1:31)

• THE NEW BELIEVER IN CHRIST IS PUBLICLY IMMERSED IN WATER BY A PASTOR OR A FELLOW BELIEVER FOR THE PURPOSE OF TESTIFYING WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED SPIRITUALLY IN HIS HEART. IT IS A PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF HIS IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST THAT HE IS NOW A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER.
• THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

: (LUK 3:16 ACT 2:38-39 ACT 1:8)

• THE NEW BELIEVER IN CHRIST IS IMMERSED INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING POWER. IT IS JESUS CHRIST WHO DOES THE BAPTIZING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOMETHING DONE SPIRITUALLY LIKE THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE AND UNLIKE THE BAPTISM IN WATER THAT IS OBSERVABLE.
• WE WILL DISCUSS THIS BAPTISM MORE FULLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS.
• THE BAPTISM OF FIRE:

(MAT 3:11-12)

• MANY CHRISTIANS THINK THAT THE BAPTISM OF FIRE IS THE SAME AS THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE THEY ARE LINKED IN THE SAME VERSE IN THE PROPHECY GIVEN BY JOHN THE BAPTIST.
• HOWEVER, WHENEVER FIRE IS USED IN THE BIBLE AS A SYMBOL, THE CONTEXT IS ALWAYS ONE OF JUDGMENT.
• IN OTHER WORDS, JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS SAYING THAT JESUS WOULD SEND THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST. THEN JESUS WOULD BRING THE BAPTISM OF FIRE AT HIS SECOND COMING WHEN HE BRINGS JUDGMENT ON THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST HIS COMING AT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. (REV 19:12 1PET 1:7 2PET 3:7)
• REVIEW:

• THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

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• BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AFTER THE DAY OF PENTECOST, WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, THERE ARE REFERENCES TO THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE HOLY TRINITY. IN FACT, THE CREATION OF THE WORLD BEGAN WITH THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OVER THE FACE OF THE EARTH. (GEN 1:2) WHENEVER GOD, THE FATHER, IS PRESENT, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALSO PRESENT.
• HOWEVER, THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE LIKE THE WIND. THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT COME AND LIVE PERMANENTLY INSIDE OF A PERSON. THAT IS WHY, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU READ IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT A PERSON WAS MOVED OR ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON A PERSON TO ANOINT HIM TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC TASK FOR GOD, AND THEN THE SPIRIT WOULD DEPART.
• WE CAN SEE THIS IN REFERENCE TO KING DAVID IN PSA 51:10-11.
• THE HOLY SPIRIT ANOINTED DAVID TO RULE AS KING. HOWEVER, WHEN DAVID SINNED WITH BATHSHEBA, HE PLEADS WITH GOD TO RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN HIM AND TO NOT TAKE THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM HIM. THEREFORE, DAVID KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO LOSE THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• THIS ROLE CHANGED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.

• READ ACT 2:1-13 THE DAY OF PENTECOST

• “…When the day of pentecost was fully come…”

(1)

• THE PHRASE, “FULLY COME” MEANS = FULFILLED.

• THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST

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• WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW THE OLD JEWISH FEAST DAYS WERE IN REALITY ACTED OUT PROPHECIES THAT JESUS FULFILLED BY HIS FIRST COMING:
• =1= THE PASSOVER
• JESUS FULFILLED THIS FEAST DAY IN HIS CRUCIFIXION. (1COR 5:7)
• =2= THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
• JESUS FULFILLED THIS FEAST AS A SINLESS MAN IN THE TOMB AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION. (EPH 4:9-10)
• =3= THE FEAST OF FIRST FRUITS
• JESUS FULFILLED THIS FEAST DAY IN HIS RESURRECTION. (1COR 15:23)
• =4= THE FEAST OF WEEKS
• JESUS FULFILLED THIS FEAST DAY BY SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• THE WORD, PENTECOST, IS A GREEK WORD FOR A JEWISH FEAST DAY.
• WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PREDICTED IN PROPHECY BY JOHN THE BAPTIST. (LUK 2:16)
• THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS PREDICTED IN ANOTHER PROPHETIC CONTEXT.
• READ JOEL 2:28-32
• NOTICE THAT ONLY A PART OF THIS SCRIPTURE PASSAGE WAS FULFILLED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST. WHY?
• GOD SAYS, “…I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh…”
• ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST ONLY A SMALL GROUP (120 PEOPLE) RECEIVED THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, CERTAINLY NOT ALL FLESH.
• THE SUN DID NOT TURN DARK, NOR THE MOON TURN TO BLOOD ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• THE REASON THAT ONLY PART OF THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED IS BASED IN WHAT IS CALLED, DOUBLE FULFILLMENT OF BIBLE PROPHECY.
• BIBLICAL PROPHECY HAS TWO FULFILLMENTS:
• THE FIRST FULFILLMENT IS CALLED A NEAR FULFILLMENT. THE PROPHECY IS PARTIALLY FULFILLED RELATIVELY CLOSE IN TIME TO WHEN THE PROPHECY WAS GIVEN.
• THE SECOND FULFILLMENT IS CALLED A FAR FULFILLMENT. THE PROPHECY IS COMPLETELY FULFILLED MUCH LATER IN TIME.
• THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS THE FIRST, NEAR FULFILLMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE TO LOOK FOR A SECOND, MORE COMPLETE FULFILLMENT MUCH LATER IN TIME.
• THIS SECOND FULFILLMENT, MUCH LATER IN TIME, WILL OCCUR IN THE MILLENIUM WHEN CHRIST REIGNS ON EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS. HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
• NOTICE THE CONTEXT OF THE PASSAGE IN JOEL 2. IT TALKS ABOUT A TOTAL, DEVASTATING DESTRUCTION FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION AND GOD’S SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH. IT TALKS ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD BEING, THE DAY OF THE LORD. (JOE 2:1)
• ALL THE REFERENCES TO THE DAY OF THE LORD, AND TO THE SUN DARKENED AND THE MOON TURNED TO BLOOD, REFER TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AFTER WHICH JESUS CHRIST RETURNS TO EARTH TO ESTABLISH HIS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
• THEREFORE, THE DAY OF PENTECOST WILL BE REPEATED ON A MUCH GRANDER SCALE IN THE FUTURE WHEN CHRIST RETURNS TO RULE ON EARTH.
• “…They were all with one accord.”

(ACT 2:1)

• THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMENTARY ON THE HEARTS OF THE 120 PEOPLE IN THE UPPER ROOM.
• THIS ALSO TELLS US THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OPERATES BEST WHEN THERE IS AN ATTITUDE OF SPIRITUAL UNITY.
• WHAT WAS THE EVIDENCE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME?
• THE FIRST EVIDENCE…THE GENERAL SOUND: (2)
• IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME AS A WIND, BUT THAT HE SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT WIND. IN OTHER WORDS, THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SOUNDED LIKE A TORNADO, BUT WITHOUT THE FEEL OF THE WIND.
• THE SECOND EVIDENCE…THE SIGHT: (3)
• WHAT LOOKED LIKE FIRE ENTERED THE ROOM AS A SINGLE UNIT, THEN DIVIDES ITSELF INTO SEPARATE TONGUES OF FIRE THAT APPEARED OVER EACH PERSON IN THE UPPER ROOM.
• IT WAS NOT ACTUAL FIRE, BUT IT ONLY LOOKED LIKE FIRE. IN REALITY, IT WAS MORE LIKE THE OLD TESTAMENT PILLAR OF FIRE, THE SHEKINAH GLORY, THAT GUIDED THE ISRAELITES THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
• THE THIRD EVIDENCE…THE SPIRITUAL FILLING: (4)
• WE ARE TOLD THAT ALL 120 PEOPLE IN THE UPPER ROOM WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
• FIRST WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DIFFERENT IN THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FROM THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:
• IN THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE:
• THE NEW BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER RECEIVES THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT. JESUS EXPLAINED IT AS GETTING A DRINK OF WATER. WE CAN SAY THAT WITH THIS BAPTISM, THE BELIEVER HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• READ JOH 4:7-14
• THE DISCIPLES RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE WHEN THEY WERE SAVED AND RECEIVED THE DRINK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• READ JOH 20:19-23
• IN THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:
• THE BELIEVER GETS MORE THAN JUST A DRINK. HE IS NOW SO FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT THE SPIRIT OVERFLOWS OUT OF HIM. WE CAN SAY THAT WITH THIS BAPTISM, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS CONTROL OF THE PERSON.
• READ JOH 7:37-39
• THE FOURTH EVIDENCE…THE VERBAL SOUND: (4)
• THE PEOPLE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE UPPER ROOM BEGAN TO SPEAK IN TONGUES.
• WHAT WAS THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST?
• IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE WORD FOR TONGUES USED IN ACT 2 IS, dialekto, MEANING = EARTHLY LANGUAGES.
• IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE WHERE PEOPLE BEGAN TO SPEAK ACTUAL ETHNIC LANGUAGES THEY DID NOT KNOW OR HAD EVER STUDIED. (6-11) IT WAS A TEMPORARY ENABLEMENT.
• JEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD (3 CONTINENTS) HAD COME TO JERUSALEM FOR THE 4 FEAST DAYS BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED THAT A JEW BE IN JERUSALEM FOR THE FEAST OF PASSOVER. (5)
• A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE SURROUNDED THE BUILDING WHERE THE UPPER ROOM WAS LOCATED BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE SOUND LIKE A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND. (6) THEN THEY HEARD THE 120 BELIEVERS SPEAKING IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES.
• WHAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE SPEECHES IN TONGUES?
• THE BIBLE DOES NOT TELL US SPECIFICALLY OTHER THAN THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE WONDERS OF GOD. (11) HOWEVER, WE CAN TAKE A PRETTY ACCURATE GUESS THAT THE MULTITUDE HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD. ON WHAT CAN WE BASE OUR SPECULATION?
• WE KNOW BY ACT 1:8 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON THEM SO THEY COULD PREACH THE WORD TO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD. PEOPLE WERE THERE FROM THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD.
• WE KNOW BY ACT 1:22 THAT THE DISCIPLES PLANNED TO BE WITNESSES CONCERNING JESUS’ RESURRECTION.
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST?
• THE PURPOSE WAS TO GIVE EVIDENCE OF A SUPERNATURAL EVENT, THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
• INCIDENTALLY, THIS SPEAKING IN TONGUES ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST IS DIFFERENT THAN THE GIFT OF TONGUES THAT PAUL SPOKE ABOUT TO THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH. (1COR 14) WE WILL DISCUSS THIS GIFT AND ITS DIFFERENCES LATER IN OUR STUDY.
• THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS UNIQUE AND NOT REPEATABLE IN THIS CHURCH AGE.
• WHAT WAS THE REACTION BY THE MULTITUDE WHO OBSERVED THE DAY OF PENTECOST? (12-13)
• MANY WERE AMAZED WHEN THEY HEARD THEIR OWN LANGUAGES SPOKEN.
• SOME DOUBTED AND QUESTIONED.
• A FEW MOCKED SAYING THAT THE DISCIPLES MUST BE DRUNK.

• SUMMARY AND APPLICATION:
• THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AFTER THE DAY OF PENTECOST:

• THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH AS WELL AS THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH AGE. THE CHURCH AGE CONTINUES FROM THE DAY OF PENTECOST UNTIL THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
• BELIEVERS ARE COMMANDED TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• READ EPH 5:18
• THE WORDS, “BE FILLED”, MEAN = CONTINUE TO BE FILLED.

HOMEWORK
ACTS 2:14-41
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

• APPLICATION OF ACT 2:1-13
• WHICH OF THE EXPERIENCES DISCUSSED IN THE LESSON ABOUT CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE YOU HAD IN THE PAST?

• IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU DESIRE MORE OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE?
• PRAY AND ASK GOD TO GUIDE YOU INTO A FULLER EXPRESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE.

• PREPARATION FOR ACT 2:14-41
• READ ACT 2:14-41
• WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT POINTS IN PETER’S SERMON?
• WHAT DO YOU THINK PSA 110:1 MEANS?

• MEMORY VERSE: ACT 2:21