RECEIVE THE POWER
First of all many
Christians will think that they have received the Holy Spirit when they
received Christ and were born-again. Read This:
Ephesians 1:13 In Him
you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit
of promise.
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All Christians have
the seal of the Holy Spirit in their life confirming that they are Believers in
Christ but that does not mean that they have the power. All Christians have the
Spirit of Christ and the Holy Spirit inside of them that is why Christians are
the temple of the Holy Spirit. Where is the power?
Christians need power
to live a Christian life with the character of Christ and also to have power to
be a Witness for Christ doing supernatural works like Christ did and the
Apostles. Jesus said that the body of Christ would do greater works then He
did.
What did Jesus tell
His disciples to do? Luke 24:49 “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon
you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on
high.”
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The disciples were to
wait for the power. When you seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit for power
you must wait on God until He comes. Act 1:4 and being assembled together with
them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the
Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me.
The next thing
Christians must do in order to receive the power is to pray. Luke 11:13 “If you
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Yes we must ask the
heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ for the power of the Holy Spirit.
If Christians already have the Holy Spirit when they believe in Jesus why does
the scripture say we must ask the Father for the Holy Spirit?
After Christ died on
the cross, buried and rose from the dead He said that He would ask the Father
to send the Holy Spirit and yet the disciples had some power before they were
baptized in the Holy Spirit because they could heal and cast out demons. After
they were baptized in The Holy Spirit they had even more greater power. This is
what it looks like:
Act 1:5 “for John
truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not
many days from now.”
Act 2:1 When the Day
of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Act 2:2 and suddenly
there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the
whole house where they were sitting.
Act 2:3 then there
appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
Act 2:4 and they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance.
When you get the
power you will speak in tongues because cloven tongues of fire sat on them
which was the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is the power. The power of the
Holy Spirit which is the baptism and tongues are inseparable because they are
one and the same. Read the whole chapter of Acts 2 and see the power manifested
in the believers lives.
Soon you will say: I
GOT THE POWER!
Bill Naugle a Servant, Child and Teacher of God
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