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Message Notes:
1 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland[a] country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” 4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. 7 There were about twelve men in all. – Acts 19v1-7 (ESV)
As the world gets more like the empire of Rome, the church has to get more like the book of Acts
Three Things in the book of Acts
Demonstration of the Holy Spirit
Evident fruit of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control)
The “Church” started as a prayer meeting
1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power— 1 Corinthians 2v1-5 (ESV)
about the Holy Spirit…
1. The Holy Spirit comes in you to save you, and He comes on you to use you
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. – Isaiah 61v1-3 (ESV)
2. The Holy Spirit has moods, but He’s not moody
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. — John 3:8 (NIV)
What matters is not the different ways He comes, but that He knows how YOU need Him to come.
3. The Holy Spirit is an untapped relationship for many
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. – 1 Corinthians 15v3-6 (ESV)
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) – Acts 1v15 (ESV)
4. The Holy Spirit needs to be honored
And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” — Acts 19v2 (ESV)
And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. — Joel 2v28 (NIV)
And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. — Acts 19v6 (ESV)
