Come Holy Spirit Part 7: Be Filled with the Spirit

Acts 19:1-2 (NIV) While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 

(Acts 2:1) When the day of Pentecost came…

Matthew 5:17 (NIV) Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

• Passover: .

The Passover lamb was sacrificed at 9 am.

The lamb was put in the oven at 3 pm.

The sacrifice covered their sins.

Jesus was sacrificed at 9 am.

Jesus was put in the tomb at 3 pm.

Jesus’ sacrifice removes our sins.

1 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

• Passover: .

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

• Pentecost: .

A cloud descended with loud noise and fire.

God wrote his law on tablets of stone.

3000 people died.

The Holy Spirit descended with loud sound and fire.

God wrote His law on our hearts.

3000 people got saved.

Acts 1:3-5 (NIV) After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:8 (NIV) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

• Pentecost: to .
• Tabernacles: .

They were wandering and living in temporary huts.

They were brought to their final home.

They celebrated it during the harvest season.

We are living on this temporary earth.

We will be brought to our final home in heaven.

There will be a great final harvest of people.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV) For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

• Tabernacles: The .

Ephesians 5:18 (NIV) Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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Being filled with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean

Spirit, it means the Spirit .

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We fight the Lord because we want to .

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His power is .

1. all barriers.

Acts 2:38-39 (NIV) Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off–for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

2. the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:13 (NIV) If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

3. Him by faith.

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV) And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

4. to Him daily.

(2 Corinthians 13:14 Message) The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.