Is your spiritual life running on low power mode? In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how to plug in and power up by fully immersing yourself in the Spirit. This world will drain you, but the Holy Spirit will sustain you. We need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

Baptize (baptizō) – to dip, immerse, submerge.

3 Baptisms in the Bible:

1. Baptism into the body of Christ.
    1 Corinthians 12:13 — At the moment you believe, the Spirit places you into Christ and His body, the Church.
2. Water baptism (baptism in the name of Jesus).
    Water baptism publicly identifies you with Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Baptism into Christ changes your spiritual position; water baptism declares your spiritual decision.
3. Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
    If water baptism is your announcement, Spirit baptism is your empowerment. It's being filled with the Spirit or the Spirit coming upon you. Acts 1 says you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit and receive power to be His witnesses.

Four things to know about Baptism in the Holy Spirit:

1. It is separate from salvation and follows salvation.
    Like drinking water vs. bathing in water—two different experiences with two different purposes. The disciples received the Spirit in John 20, but were baptized in the Spirit in Acts 2. Other examples include the Samaritans in Acts 8, Gentiles in Acts 10, and new believers in Acts 19.
2. The Holy Spirit baptizes us for empowerment.
    Salvation—the Spirit in you—is a free gift. But the Spirit on you is so you can do something:
    • Power to live a holy life (Galatians 5:16).
    • Power to supernaturally minister to others (1 Corinthians 12:4-7).
    The Spirit within you is for your spiritual identity. The Spirit upon you is for your spiritual assignment.
3. You receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit by asking for it. 
   Luke 11 says your heavenly Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. This is a good gift from a good Father.
4. You can be baptized in the Holy Spirit again and again.
    Acts 4 shows the same people from Acts 2 being filled again. Ephesians 5:18 says to be continually filled.

Believers are instructed to engage in all three baptisms: the Spirit, the water, and the blood. If you're insecure in your salvation, maybe you don't have all three witnesses in operation.

Closing

Jesus didn't tell the disciples, "Go try your best." He said, "Don't leave until you're plugged in." Salvation puts you in Christ, water baptism declares your commitment, but baptism in the Holy Spirit connects the cable and fires the engine. You weren't designed to live unplugged, but empowered.

Are you plugging in?