Intro: “I’m saved, sanctified, baptized, filled with the Holy Ghost & trying to figure out what’s next!”
- Experiencing the exuberance that comes from Holy Spirit revelation tempts one to become a religious addict
- Pursuing religious experiences rather than God Himself is an act of Idolatry!
- Holy Spirit Terminology & The Thinking That Goes With It.
- Terms relating to Salvation:
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit Luke 3:16,17
- Addresses a mixed audience;
- all will get one of 2 baptisms [Holy Spirit or Fire]
- parallels gathering into barn or burned up with unquenchable fire.
Born of the Spirit John 3:5
Water & Spirit parallels flesh [watery, earthly Jewish birth and spirit]
Washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit Titus 3:5,6
Beautiful picture of the objective & subjective works of the Holy Spirit at conversion
Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise Ephesians 1:13,14
Sanctified 1 Corinthians 6:11
- Past Tense, connected with washed & justified & accomplished in connection with Name of Jesus Christ
- Not a state of perfection subsequent to salvation
- *Pastor who claimed he had only sinned 2 or 3 times in 19 yrs (I asked, ‘Can I talk with your wife?’)
- Rational for a changed lifestyle
Terms relating to Our Christian Life
- Filled with the Spirit
- 11/12 Xs used by Luke
- Focus on quality, not quantity
- Quality of influence *Filled with anger, awe, etc
- Always results in words or actions
- Emotional experience is response to Manifest Presence
Terms relating to Our Christian Life
- Walk in the Spirit Galatians 5:22,23
- Focus on on-going sensitivity to the presence of God.
Conclusions:
- We get everything we need at Salvation. There are no 2nd class citizens in the Kingdom
- *Dennis Bennett “problem is not getting the HS into a believer, but getting him out’
- Growth is a process, often beginning or culminating with a revelation experience.
- *Problem: People Want The ‘30 Second Cure’
Applications
- Are you A Christian?
- Are you living in obedience to the revelation and promptings of the Holy Spirit?
