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Have You Recieved The Holy Spirit In Power | Episode #405 | Encore Episode #076 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: When Apoulos was in carn Paul traveled through the interior
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  Speaker 2: regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples and
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  Speaker 2: asked them, did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believe? No,
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  Speaker 2: they told him, we haven't even heard that there is
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  Speaker 2: a Holy Spirit. Then with what baptism were you baptized?
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  Speaker 2: He asked them, with John's baptism? They replied, All said
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  Speaker 2: John baptized with a baptism of repenting, telling the people
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  Speaker 2: that they should believe in the one who would come
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  Speaker 2: after him, that is in Jesus. On hearing this, they
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  Speaker 2: were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And
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  Speaker 2: when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit came on them, and they began to speak with
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  Speaker 2: other languages and to prophesy. Now there were about twelve
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  Speaker 2: men in all acts chapter nineteen and verses one through seven.
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  Speaker 2: In our earlier accounts of the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 2: we have seen in each account a definite experience that
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  Speaker 2: was followed by signs that proof that this experience was real.
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  Speaker 2: You see, this is one area today that we have
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  Speaker 2: difficulty understanding because I hate to be able to present
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  Speaker 2: it in this manner. But we as believers perhaps still
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  Speaker 2: want to have controlled over our own lives, and as
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  Speaker 2: true followers of the Lord Jesus, we have surrendered that
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  Speaker 2: control to him. If he's truly Lord and not only Savior,
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  Speaker 2: then we will have surrendered our own will, our plans,
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  Speaker 2: our own agenda, so that he can accomplish what he
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  Speaker 2: wants through us. And I think that it is indicative
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  Speaker 2: of where the Church stands today. How is it being
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  Speaker 2: taught today, how much is being demonstrated in the power
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit. You see, as the scripture proclaimed
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  Speaker 2: in the earlier reading, when it came to pass that
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  Speaker 2: Paul actually came to the area in the region of
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  Speaker 2: Ephesus when he found some believers. Now, when he refers
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  Speaker 2: to these as believers, he is saying that these are
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  Speaker 2: devout Jews. They were not gentiles. But it didn't make
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  Speaker 2: any difference. It was simply a means of identifying where
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  Speaker 2: they had been. And so when he asked them, why
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  Speaker 2: First of all, why would he ask them? Because he
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  Speaker 2: knew that they, as believers, must be able to fulfill
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  Speaker 2: the Great Commission. It was normative. He wanted to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and
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  Speaker 2: so he asked that question. He said, have you received
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit? Now, when we read that, he is
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  Speaker 2: not just saying did you receive the Holy Spirit as
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  Speaker 2: the seal of your belief? He's saying, have you received
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit in power? And when they heard this,
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  Speaker 2: they knew then there was something lacking. They needed this
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  Speaker 2: baptism of the Holy Spirit. So there was one thing.
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  Speaker 2: They had been baptized in John's baptism. They had been
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  Speaker 2: baptized for repentance. But in this particular case, they were
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  Speaker 2: baptized before Jesus had been crucified, so knowing that the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit would have come may not have even been
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  Speaker 2: an instruction to them. And yet here they were in Ephesus,
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  Speaker 2: these twelve disciples who were followers of John the Baptist.
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  Speaker 2: He told them, there is one that is coming at
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  Speaker 2: after me. This is what John the Baptist proclaimed. He said,
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  Speaker 2: one is coming after me who will baptize you with
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  Speaker 2: fire and the Holy Spirit. You see, John knew that
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  Speaker 2: he was baptizing unto repentance. He was calling those to
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  Speaker 2: be prepared because the baptism that Jesus would provide could
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  Speaker 2: not have been rendered until he was in his glorified
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  Speaker 2: position after his resurrection. Even John didn't understand that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: had to die. John, who had been sinced to death
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  Speaker 2: by trickery and a means of being able to have
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  Speaker 2: King Herod carry out a decree which presented the head
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  Speaker 2: of John the Baptists as a sign of defeat. And
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  Speaker 2: yet John sent his own disciples to Jesus, and he
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  Speaker 2: asked them, He said, go and find out is this
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  Speaker 2: the one? Now John had baptized Jesus, and he knew
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  Speaker 2: he called him out. He said, behold the lamb of God,
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  Speaker 2: who takes away the sin of the world. John as
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  Speaker 2: a prophet, spoke those words, and yet didn't comprehend even
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  Speaker 2: what he said. He even resisted Jesus when he came
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  Speaker 2: into the Jordan River to be baptized. He said, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not even worthy to untie your shoes. But Jesus said,
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  Speaker 2: let it be so for now as an example, and
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  Speaker 2: he baptized Jesus in water. And when Jesus came out
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  Speaker 2: of the water, there was an open manifestation of power
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  Speaker 2: that came upon him. Now, I want you to understand,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is God himself. He's not just a man, but
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  Speaker 2: he is God in man, in man's form, because he
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  Speaker 2: submitted to become a man. It even says in Philippians
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  Speaker 2: that he didn't think that it was rob to be
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  Speaker 2: equal with God, to be God himself, but he set
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  Speaker 2: aside all of that so that he could take on
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  Speaker 2: the form of a man and then to live the
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  Speaker 2: life under the power of the Holy Spirit and die
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  Speaker 2: for the sins of mankind. Jesus submitted his entire will
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  Speaker 2: to the Father and allow the Holy Spirit to guide
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  Speaker 2: every step that he took. One of the things that
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  Speaker 2: we have to recognize is Jesus did no miraculous works,
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  Speaker 2: none until he received power from the Holy Spirit. It
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  Speaker 2: is important for us to understand. If our Lord submitted
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  Speaker 2: his own will so that the power of the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit could glorify his Father, then we should do no less.
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  Speaker 2: We must complete the work that he began. That is
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  Speaker 2: our purpose. That's the whole reason. We're here, not to
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  Speaker 2: gain earthly recognition, but to bring glory to God. So
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  Speaker 2: I asked this question, how is the Holy Spirit being
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  Speaker 2: taught in the body of Christ today? You know, from
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  Speaker 2: the time of Pentecost until now, the Holy Spirit has
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  Speaker 2: been baptizing believers all over the world. In some parts
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  Speaker 2: of the world it is as normal as breathing. In
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  Speaker 2: other parts it is considered radical, and many people shun
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  Speaker 2: the experience. Why because, as I said in the initial
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  Speaker 2: opening comments, perhaps we don't want to give up control.
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  Speaker 2: And if we control ourselves, then certainly we're not surrendered
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  Speaker 2: to the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit in dwells us,
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  Speaker 2: and he is greater than any power that we could
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  Speaker 2: confront on this earthly place, then why would we try
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  Speaker 2: to do it in our own strength. Have we been
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  Speaker 2: mis taught that the baptism in the Holy Spirit was
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  Speaker 2: only a historical event for a few, or have we
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  Speaker 2: been mistaught that the fullness of the Spirit is not
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  Speaker 2: a need in the individual Christian life today. If we
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  Speaker 2: have been mis talked, then we can be re talked.
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  Speaker 2: We can be corrected in what we have been taught.
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  Speaker 2: We need to know that the fullness of the Spirit
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  Speaker 2: is not so that we gained great accomplishments here on
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  Speaker 2: this earth. We are not here for that purpose. We
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  Speaker 2: are here for one purpose, and that is to glorify God.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: If Jesus submitted to the power of the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 2: we as his followers have been commended to do the same,
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  Speaker 2: and we know that we will continue to do the
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  Speaker 2: works of ministry just as Jesus said. If we know
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  Speaker 2: that question must be answered individually, not did you receive
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit when you believe? But have we received
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit in the power to control and direct
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  Speaker 2: us in no way, holding back, even surrendering our tongue
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  Speaker 2: so that he can pray through us the deep mysteries
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  Speaker 2: of God. We will look more into that in tomorrow's segment.
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  Speaker 2: And that is today's Reflection on the Work.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard King or Richard the entire team. This is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections
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  Speaker 1: on the World.