Before men had what might be called spasmodic experiences of the spirit. This coming of the Spirit upon Jesus was in a totally different way than he had ever come upon any other person. Now at his baptism, in a most unique way, this Spirit came upon Jesus. And thirdly, he gave them the ability and the courage to preach the truth to people.
Secondly, he gave people the power to recognize the truth when they saw it. You see, the Spirit of God did three things for the person in whom he came. (21) As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.Īgain, in Isaiah, Isaiah says, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek…”Īnd the thirty-sixth chapter and verse number 26, it says, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you…” “And I will put my spirit within you,” says verse number 27.
PRECIOUS MOMENTS BAPTISM FULL
(8) But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, Look at Micah’s– listen to his words in Micah three, verse number eight, Thirdly, the spirit was God, the power and the life of the spirit was beyond mere human achievement and attainment, the coming of the spirit into a man’s life was the coming of God.Ībove all, it was the spirit who controlled the prophets and inspired these prophets. The very center and soul and essence of life, the very dynamic of the existence of man was through the Spirit of God. The Spirit was power, power like a mighty rushing wind. To the Jews there were always three basic ideas of the Spirit. What was the Jewish idea of the spirit? The Jewish word for spirit is “ruach”, R-U-A-C-H which means “wind”. When John the Baptist spoke of the Spirit coming upon Jesus, he was thinking in Jewish terms of that day. Remember at this time the Christian doctrine and realization of the Spirit had not yet come in to being. The picture of a dove was one which the Jew both knew and loved. A dove to a Jew was a sacred bird, neither hunted nor eaten. John says he saw this in the form of a dove. At the baptism of Jesus, the Spirit of God came upon him with power. Something happened at the baptism of Jesus, which convinced John the Baptist beyond all doubt that Jesus was the Son of God. (33) I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ (34) And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” (32) And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. And we go to John chapter, number one, verses 32 through 35. The coming of the Spirit, and the first disciples is what we’re going to discuss. Thank you, Steve, I so much appreciate your help. Pastor Bennett, I’m so glad to say the floor is yours. He’ll be discussing the Holy Spirit and the first disciples. In today’s episode, Pastor Bennett is in chapter one of the Gospel of John.
It’s been about 10 months and I’m thrilled to be able to produce this episode for you. I’m so thankful that our beloved Pastor Bennett is back behind the microphone. This is episode number 35, and my name is Steve Webb.
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