https://youtu.be/kIberijiS5g

What kind of gas person are you? Me- half tank, time to get gas. Matt is more like Kramer.

Some people treat their spiritual walk like Kramer- let’s see how far I can drive on empty.

Acts 2:1-13 – At Pentecost, the disciples now became ministers of the Spirit. They not only preached Christ crucified and resurrected, leading others to repentance and faith in Christ, but they also influenced converts to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

This baptism or “being filled” with the Holy Spirit is the key to the apostolic work in the NT

Three observable manifestations of the Spirit-

Audible manifestation- sound of a rushing mighty wind

A prophetic sign that the Spirit was coming in power Acts 1:8 “You shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you”

John 3:8 “the wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone born of the Spirit”

Visual manifestation- there appeared “cloven tongues like as of fire”

prophetic sign that the Spirit would empower them to be fiery, contagious witnesses

Acts 1:8 “you shall be witnesses unto me”

Pastor Steve preached on this- you shall BE a witness- your life will be a witness to the power of God to forgive sins and live a new, changed, redeemed life in Christ

Mark 16:17 “And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover”

Everyone of these signs occurred in the recorded history of the early church: (I don’t need the following scriptures put up)

speaking in new tongues- Acts 2:4, 10:46, 19:6; 1 Cor 12:30

driving out demons- Acts 5:15-16; 16:18; 19:11-12

escaping death from snake bites- Acts 28:3-5

healing the sick- Acts 3:1-7; 8:7; 9:33-34; 14:8-10; 28:8-9

although drinking deadly poison is not mentioned in the NT, Eusebius, a historian of Christianity and scholar if the Biblical canon does record a written report from Papias (early second century) that “Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus” drank a deadly poison and was not harmed by it.

Speech manifestation- “they began to speak with other tongues”

The other tongues were a variety of native languages understood by the different nations represented in the crowd

A prophetic sign that the witness of the church was to be universal

Acts 1:8 “unto the uttermost parts of the earth”

Be “filled”- from the Greek “pleo” the idea of plunging through water, to pass in a vessel;

to influence, supply, to fulfill, accomplish, full, furnish, verify- coincide with a prediction

(Please put up the following scriptures): Acts 4:8, 29, 31-33; 6:5; 7:55, 60; 8:17-19; 9:17-18, 27-29; 10:44-46; 11:22-24; 13:9-10; 13:52; 14:3; 19:6

SO we see everywhere someone was “filled” or “full of” the Holy Spirit, POWER was given and they spoke in tongues,  or prophesied, spoke boldly and were fearless “preached freely, boldly and confidently” in Jesus name.

Scripture clearly teaches that we are to expect miraculous dee...