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War and Victory - Part 8 - Holy Spirit Baptism | Episode #370 | Encore Episode #041 · 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 stories 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. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: I assure you, the one who believes in me will
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  Speaker 2: also do the works that I do, and he will
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  Speaker 2: do even greater works than these, because I am going
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  Speaker 2: to the Father John fourteen twelve. We have looked at
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  Speaker 2: all of the reasons for or the fight that we
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  Speaker 2: are involved in as we have studied war and victory
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  Speaker 2: the Christian by the Faith in review, I want to
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  Speaker 2: cover a few items that have been asked as questions
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  Speaker 2: in the how to of the fight. We've covered the
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  Speaker 2: armor of God thoroughly. We've covered all of the aspects
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  Speaker 2: of our weaponry. When we covered the earlier part of
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  Speaker 2: an inspection list, we said that we must have, according
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  Speaker 2: to Ephesians chapter six and verses thirteen through eighteen, we
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  Speaker 2: must have the helmet of salvation, the girdle or belt
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  Speaker 2: of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, gospel shoes of peace,
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  Speaker 2: the shield of faith, sword of the Spirit, and pray
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  Speaker 2: in the spirit. And we ask the question if we
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  Speaker 2: are familiar with these seven perfect parts of God's holy armor.
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  Speaker 2: We inspected them, we discussed them, and we have already
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  Speaker 2: evaluated their importance in our fight. And so we come
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  Speaker 2: to a portion of this particular study where we need
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  Speaker 2: to understand the equipping of the saints, in other words,
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  Speaker 2: the equipping of the believers to do the work of ministry.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said in the earlier scripture that we read that
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  Speaker 2: he assures us that the one who believes in him
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  Speaker 2: will also do the works that I do, and he
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  Speaker 2: will do even greater works than these, because I am
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  Speaker 2: going to the Father. Now. He follows that particular comment
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  Speaker 2: with the description that the Holy Spirit is going to
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  Speaker 2: come because he's leaving here physically. Jesus is going to
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  Speaker 2: send the Holy Spirit so that he can teach us,
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  Speaker 2: lead us, guide us, and empower us to do the
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  Speaker 2: works that Jesus did. And so we come to one
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  Speaker 2: of the transitional parts of this total study. It has
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  Speaker 2: to do with baptism. Do you know that many people
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  Speaker 2: go into a church and in facilities today there are
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  Speaker 2: many areas that they utilize this particular portion from the
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  Speaker 2: standpoint of even joining a church, becoming a member of
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  Speaker 2: a church, or recognizing that you were a member from
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  Speaker 2: perhaps another church and maybe you've moved into that area. Regardless,
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  Speaker 2: the area that most people refer to when they talk
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  Speaker 2: about baptism is water baptism, and of course water baptism
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  Speaker 2: is a very important part of our Christian growth. There
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  Speaker 2: is still a more important baptism. Now, I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to cause a debate. I just want to bring to
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  Speaker 2: you the scripture that substantiates it, because when you look
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  Speaker 2: at what has taken place historically, you're going to be
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  Speaker 2: able to see that the baptism in the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: is the power of God to cause the performance of
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  Speaker 2: the works that Jesus did to continue, and even greater
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  Speaker 2: works than those that he did when he was here
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  Speaker 2: in the flesh. How can that be? Well, as history
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  Speaker 2: marches on, we have many lessons that we've learned, and
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  Speaker 2: there are also many that have been forgotten. You know,
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  Speaker 2: in the times of the early Christian Church, they were
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  Speaker 2: somewhat different than today. The known world was governed by Rome.
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  Speaker 2: Many people were slaves to Roman tyranny. But all people,
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  Speaker 2: either under a tyrant's rule or free, were then and
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  Speaker 2: are still in need of a savior. Jesus Christ, our
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  Speaker 2: Lord and Savior, came to this earth to establish his kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: Now he said his kingdom was not of this world
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  Speaker 2: John eighteen thirty six. He said his kingdom was in
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  Speaker 2: each of his believers. Now he did not give his
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  Speaker 2: life to change the government of people, but to change
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  Speaker 2: the people themselves. You can find in John fourteen twenty
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  Speaker 2: and one John four and verse fifteen the substantiation of
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God being brought to this earth establishing
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  Speaker 2: a new kingdom. Now, what does all this have to
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  Speaker 2: do with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, We folks,
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  Speaker 2: that has everything to do with it. Let's look at
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  Speaker 2: the scripture. Jesus said in John fourteen twelve that the
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  Speaker 2: works that he performed here on earth would be exceeded
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  Speaker 2: by his believers. The prophet Joel foretold a time when
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit would empower believers to perform supernatural acts.
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  Speaker 2: The prophet was found to have said that in Joel
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  Speaker 2: chapter two in verses twenty eight and twenty nine. The
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  Speaker 2: actual performance of that particular prophecy became evident in Acts
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  Speaker 2: chapter two and verses sixteen through eighteen. Why is the
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  Speaker 2: Gospel so powerful? In the Book of Romans, the apostle
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  Speaker 2: Paul states that he is not ashamed of the Gospel
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  Speaker 2: or the good News of Jesus Christ, for it the
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  Speaker 2: good news realized is power for salvation to the Jews
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  Speaker 2: first and to the Gentiles. That's in Romans verse sixteen.
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  Speaker 2: After his resurrection, Jesus appeared to many of his believers
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  Speaker 2: and instructed them to wait for this power before they
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  Speaker 2: went out to witness or share of the gospel. You
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  Speaker 2: can find Jesus speaking this in Luke chapter twenty four
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  Speaker 2: and verse forty nine and Matthew twenty eight, verses sixteen
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  Speaker 2: through twenty. These early Christians were everyday folk, some regarded
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  Speaker 2: as simple fishermen and uneducated. They needed a different type
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  Speaker 2: of power to effectively influence others to believe the good News.
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  Speaker 2: They needed Holy Spirit power. Are we any less in
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  Speaker 2: need today? Read Acts four and verse thirteen. Jesus knew
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  Speaker 2: that these early Christian followers would face an unfriendly and
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  Speaker 2: persecuting world, and that they would need supernatural power to
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  Speaker 2: live and die for their faith. Luke twenty one, verses
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  Speaker 2: twelve through fifteen states this very purpose. Jesus knew that
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  Speaker 2: much of the persecution would come from religious people. He
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  Speaker 2: also knew that non believers of all governments would feel
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  Speaker 2: threatened by this gospel with its life changing power. Now
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  Speaker 2: we come to the real question. Was this power isolated
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  Speaker 2: or was it for all? Jesus gave all Christian believers
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  Speaker 2: his instructions in his early ministry in the Temple. He
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  Speaker 2: explained the power or the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: He read from the Book of Isaiah, opening the scrolls,
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  Speaker 2: and he showed he was empowered or anointed by the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to preach to the poor, to heal the
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  Speaker 2: broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, recovery of
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  Speaker 2: sight to the blind, and to set at liberty the
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  Speaker 2: hurt or bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. This was directly from Isaiah's prophecy Isaiah sixty one,
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  Speaker 2: verses one and two. We find that Jesus quoted this
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  Speaker 2: in the temple gathering. In Luke four and verses eighteen
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  Speaker 2: and nineteen, John the Baptist spoke of the Holy Spirit baptism,
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  Speaker 2: not water baptism. He said that Jesus would be the
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  Speaker 2: baptizer read Luke three sixteen. John the Baptists saw for
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  Speaker 2: himself this power, in the form of a visible dove,
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  Speaker 2: descended upon Jesus, and he heard the voice of God
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  Speaker 2: proclaim that Jesus was his son. You find this in
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  Speaker 2: Matthew chapter three and verses eleven through seventeen, and also
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  Speaker 2: in Luke chapter three, verses twenty one through twenty two.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus began his earthly ministry full of the power of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit, and he overcame all of Satan's temptations
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  Speaker 2: found in Luke four, verse one. Why is it significant well,
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  Speaker 2: let's look at the difference between water baptism and the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit baptism. Water baptism is external. It's applied to
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  Speaker 2: us as believers, so that we can let others know
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  Speaker 2: that we have received Jesus as our Lord and savior.
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  Speaker 2: So if it's externally applied to the body, then what
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  Speaker 2: is it that creates the power inside of the body.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we have found in many cases people have
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  Speaker 2: looked at baptism strictly in the capacity of water. Water
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  Speaker 2: baptism is important. It demonstrates our willingness to die to
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  Speaker 2: sin and follow Jesus in the new life that he gives.
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  Speaker 2: The key lesson is our willingness to be his disciple
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  Speaker 2: and his witness to the world. But without the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit baptism, which is internal, you are not and I
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  Speaker 2: am not able to do the works that Jesus did.
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  Speaker 2: You see. The difference is the way that perhaps we've
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  Speaker 2: been taught. If you believe water baptism follows the salvation process,
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  Speaker 2: then of course you're going to proceed with water baptism,
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  Speaker 2: and that is important. But being baptized does not empower us.
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  Speaker 2: What I'm saying is being baptized in water signifies an
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  Speaker 2: internal change. We have surrendered to Jesus. We are now
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  Speaker 2: acknowledging that we are dead to sin, buried with Him
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  Speaker 2: in baptism, and then when we come out of the water,
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  Speaker 2: we are in that same resurrection. That 's experience. Here
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  Speaker 2: is the difference. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is
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  Speaker 2: not external or on the body, but internal with a
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  Speaker 2: fire that will burn away or purge our old nature,
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  Speaker 2: and it empowers us to walk by faith.
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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: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Folks, I want you to understand the baptism in the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit was not a historical event that took place
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  Speaker 2: only for a few believers. It continues throughout our Christian life.
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  Speaker 2: We as believers, in order to fight the good fight
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  Speaker 2: of faith, must have the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: It is this baptism that empowers us to be those
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  Speaker 2: who do the Word rather than just hear the Word.
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  Speaker 2: In this manner, we are used of God to be
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  Speaker 2: those disciples that continue His work here on this earth.
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  Speaker 2: And because of that empowerment, we are able to take
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  Speaker 2: the Gospel, which Paul says is the power of God
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  Speaker 2: unto salvation, to the jew Verse and also to the Greek.
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  Speaker 2: And that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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