Sermon Tone Analysis

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Immersion into the Body of The Christ

Disciples are instructed to stay in Jerusalem until they receive the promise from the Father

Involves Immersion by the Holy Spirit

A sign to the Jews

Dividing of tongues, like fire

The Type of Filling They Had Under the Old Testament

Different from the type of filling we have today

The Beginning of the Church

The Disciples Were Instructed to Immerse All into the Name of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19

Matthew 28:19 (NKJV)

Having been made to go, you all disciple the nations , immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Peter’s Sermon, Acts 2:38

Acts 2:38 (NKJV)

Then Peter said to them, “Repent (change the mind), and let every one of you be baptized (immersed) in the name of Jesus Christ because of (because of) the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Phillip in Samaria, Acts 8:12

Paul and Barnabas in Lystra, Acts 14:21

A good example of why signs are not done among the Gentiles.

They pervert them.

The Holy Spirit Coming Upon the Different Nations at the Beginning of the Church

The Holy Spirit Coming Upon the Believers in Samaria, Acts 8:14-17

The Holy Spirit Coming Upon The Gentiles, Acts 10:44-45

The Holy Spirit Coming Upon The Disciples of John, Acts 19:1-7

The Rejection from the Jews, and Acceptance of the Gentiles, Acts 13:46

Other Immersions in Scripture

John’s Baptism was an immersion unto repentance (changing of the mind) Concerning the Messiah, Acts 19:4

He Immersed to Find out Who Was the Messiah, John 1:29-32

Christ’s Immersion Unto His Priestly Service, Matthew 3:13-15

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 3:16

Into His Priestly Service according to the Order of Melchizedek, Hebrews 7:17

Beginning at the age of 30, Luke 3:23

Immersion as a Ritual for Eating, Mark 7:2-5

Mark 7:2–5 (NKJV)

Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash (βαπτίσωνται).

And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing (βαπτισμοὺς) of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Immersions Under the law, Hebrews 6:1-2

There is no Scriptural Support for a Second Baptism or a Baptism by Fire for the Church

Only One Immersion, Ephesians 4:5

The Holy Spirit Coming upon the Disciples in the upper room as a flame of fire was not immersion

When The Holy Spirit Comes Upon Us Today

Immersion is Rational, not Emotional

Only the Initial Manifestation of the Holy Spirit was His appearance like a tongue of flame

Speaking in Tongues is not a Sign of the Immersion of the Holy Spirit

Of all Those Who Are Saved, We Have Only Three Instances of Them Speaking in Tongues, and all Three Were Related to Signs

The Convicting Work of the Holy Spirit, John 16:8-9

A Human Presents the Gospel for Salvation

The Holy Spirit Convinces the Unbeliever

The Unbeliever Changes the Mind in Response to the Facts of the Gospel

The Cleaning and Regeneration Work of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5 (NKJV)

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

The New Believer is Washed of Sins

Death of Christ Imputed, Romans 6:3

Circumcision of the sins of the flesh, Colossians 2:11

The New Believer is Born Again

Resurrection of Christ Imputed, Romans 6:4

Born of An Incorruptible Seed, 1 Peter 1:23

The Immersion Work of the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12:13

The Believer is Placed into the New Man: The Christ

The Believer Become Part of the Body of The Christ - The Church

The Death and Resurrection of Christ is Imputed to the Believer, Romans 6:3-4

The New Birth And Immersion Into The Christ are Intertwined in an Inseparable Way

The Filing of the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 5:18

Ephesians 5:18 (NKJV)

And stop being drunk with wine in which there is no savingness; but be filled (where lacking) with the Spirit,

Influences our desires, Galatians 5:17

Led us when we govern our lives by His desires, Galatians 5:18

Fulfilling the righteousness of the law of the Spirit, by walking by the Spirit, Romans 8:4

Knowing the surpassing knowledge of the Love of Christ, filled up where lacking with the fullness of God, Ephesians 3:16

Filled up where lacking with the fruits of righteousness, Philippians 1:11

Filled with the knowledge of the desirous will of God, Colossians 1:9

Filling all the good pleasure of God’s goodness and work of faith in inherent ability to a proper expression of Christ Jesus, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

The Beginning of the Church

Other Immersions in Scripture

When The Holy Spirit Comes Upon Us Today