HOLY SPIRIT?

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Permalink Reply by Carla on October 3, 2010 at 5:05pm

Hi Shanaya,

When you recieve Jesus as your Savior...at that moment you receive theHoly Spirit. This will likely cause other questions to come up... that's a good thing.. keep asking! ;-)

1:13 In [fn] Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also [fn] believed, you were sealed in [fn] Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,


Eph 1:14 who is [fn] given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.

and this..

Rom 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.


Rom 8:10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is [fn] alive because of righteousness.


Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [fn] through His Spirit who dwells in you.


Rom 8:12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—


Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you [fn] must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.


Rom 8:14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

and this scripture...


Jhn 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.


Jhn 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.


Jhn 3:7 "Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born [fn] again.'


Jhn 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."


Jhn 3:9 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can these things be?"


Jhn 3:10 Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?


Jhn 3:11 "Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony.


Jhn 3:12 "If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?


Jhn 3:13 "No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.


Jhn 3:14 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;


Jhn 3:15 so that whoever [fn] believes will in Him have eternal life.


Jhn 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His [fn] only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.


Jhn 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.


Jhn 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the [fn] only begotten Son of God.


It does not make sense that you would get the Holy Spirit when you get your life together.. You CAN"T get your life together without the Holy Spirit. HE is the ONLY REASON you are getting your life together for God's purposes as a believer and as a child of God.
Blessings sis... Live and abide in Him.
Love in Christ, Carla

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Permalink Reply by Shanaya Dewitt on October 3, 2010 at 5:45pm

Thank you so much Carla for those encouraging words and those scriptures. I have been praying about the holy spirit asking god to give me a better understanding about it and he has truly answered my prayers, (excuse me) THANK YOU JESUS!!! once again thanks Carla.

God's Love, Shanaya

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Permalink Reply by David Velasquez on October 3, 2010 at 7:51pm

This reply was made by Thomas William Bradshaw 31 minutes ago

OK lets see if we can make this simple. The best way to see something is to look at the pattern Jesus used to see what he did the reason for this is Jesus did what he did so that we could follow in his footsteps John 14 v 12 says you can do greater things then these. He is talking about miracles healings. What gives him this power when he was water baptised he received the holy spirit Matthew 3 v13-17 v16 says When he had been baptised Jesus came up immediately from the water and behold the heavens were opened to him and he saw the spirit of god descending like a dove and alighting upon him. OK Some people say you have to be baptised into the spirit. Thats for you to decide now i believe when we are saved we have the holy spirit Just like Jesus. the next question you are probably wanting to know is what about fruit and what about power Gal 5 v 22 talks about the fruit i will let you look this up this is produced as your journey continues on. The next things you might want to know is what about the power gifts they are found in !st Corinthians chapter 12 read this chapter to better understand the power gifts these are given as the spirit wills. I hope i have helped you

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Permalink Reply by David Velasquez on October 3, 2010 at 8:08pm

This is a very good reply by AAG Netguy on May 5, 2009 at 8:54am

All true believers in Jesus are all baptized by the Holy Spirit when they believe on and receive Jesus as their Savior. So yes, baptism by the Holy Spirit is a requirement. But at the same time it is automatic when you believe. There may or may NOT be any outward signs of this. There may or may NOT be various emotions involved. So, don't get hung up on outward manifestations. According to the Bible, if you really believe in Jesus, you are already baptized by His Holy Spirit! So rejoice! :-)

http://www.allaboutgod.com/baptism-in-the-holy-spirit.htm

Baptism in the Holy Spirit - What Is It?
We should be careful to not confuse baptism in the Holy Spirit with the various other ministries of the Holy Spirit. The filling of the Holy Spirit is how He empowers and controls us (Acts 4:31; Ephesians 5:18). The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is God the Holy Spirit taking up permanent residence in our lives (John 14:17; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 1 John 4:4). The sealing of the Holy Spirit is God marking us as His permanent possession (Ephesians 1:13-14). Baptism in the Holy Spirit is related to these other ministries of the Holy Spirit, but at the same time, it is separate from them.

Baptism in the Holy Spirit - What Are the Results?
In the book of Acts, baptism in the Holy Spirit sometimes resulted in speaking in tongues (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; Acts 19:6). However, in other instances, people believed and therefore received baptism in the Holy Spirit, but nothing is said of tongues (Acts 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 8:17; 13:12, 48; 14:1; 17:12, 34; 18:8). Again, the Bible makes it abundantly clear that every believer has received the baptism in the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13), but not every believer speaks in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:27-31). As a result, there is no specific sign that a believer should expect when they are saved and receive baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Baptism in the Holy Spirit can be defined as: at the moment of salvation, the Holy Spirit places a believer into permanent union with Christ and with other believers in the Body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Romans 6:1-4 are the central passages in the Bible where we find this doctrine. 1 Corinthians 12:13 states, "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." Romans 6:1-4 says, "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."

Baptism in the Holy Spirit - Who Has It?
Every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ has experienced baptism in the Holy Spirit. That is why Paul could state, "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body… we were all given the one Spirit to drink" (1 Corinthians 12:13). As we read in Acts chapter 2, baptism in the Holy Spirit began on the day of Pentecost. This was in fulfillment of Jesus' words in Acts 1:5, "…but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." The Apostles experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. It resulted in them being empowered to proclaim the Gospel and lead thousands of people to faith in Christ (Acts 2:41). In two instances later in Acts, the baptism in the Holy Spirit was temporarily delayed in order to demonstrate to the Apostles that Samaritans (Acts 8:14-17) and Gentiles (Acts 10:27-48) were equally a part of God's plan of salvation. The Apostle Peter proclaimed, "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." From that point on, every believer received the baptism in the Holy Spirit the moment they believed.

Baptism in the Holy Spirit - What Does It Mean To You?
To summarize, baptism in the Holy Spirit does two things. First, it identifies us spiritually with the death and resurrection of Christ, uniting us with Him. Second, baptism in the Holy Spirit joins us to the body of Christ, and identifies us as united with other believers. Practically, baptism in the Holy Spirit means we are risen with Him to newness of life (Romans 6:4), and that we should exercise our spiritual gifts to keep the body of Christ functioning properly as stated in 1 Corinthians 12:13. Experiencing baptism in the Holy Spirit serves as an exhortation to keep unity of the church (Ephesians 4:5). Being identified with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection-through baptism in the Holy Spirit-establishes the basis for realizing our separation from the power of indwelling sin and our walk in newness of life (Romans 6:1-10, Colossians 2:12).

"You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ" (Romans 8:9).

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Permalink Reply by Carla on October 3, 2010 at 8:36pm

This is a very excellent response.
Blessings, Carla

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Permalink Reply by Shanaya Dewitt on November 23, 2010 at 9:28pm

I thank Jesus Christ for the free gift of the Holy Spirit. I have been seeking the infilling of the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues and I have recieved it and I thank Jesus for such a precious gift. I want to share my experience, I am reading this book called the holy spirit and his gifts. That book help me to understand a lot about the holy spirit with proof from the holy bible. I have learned once you take jesus as your lord and personal savior you recieved the gift of salvation and the nine fruits of the spirit should show in your life. The infilling of the holy spirit is a gift also and the believer has to recieve it by FAITH. I was praying in my car on morning and I just started saying hallelujah over and over again and the tongues started coming, I prayed in tongues all the way to my job and when I got to work I was telling speaking in tongues. I didn't feel no different when I started speaking in tongues I just feel much better about myself I now feel refresh and I thank Jesus for all he done, for all he doing, and for all he's going to do.

In God's love
Shanaya

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Permalink Reply by David Velasquez on November 23, 2010 at 10:15pm

Hallelujah - "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7

Amen speaking in tongues will edify the inner man. Praise God - Thanks for sharing

Love to you and your hubby beloved. :)

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