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FEBRUARY 20, 2022
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 2:38-39
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
HOW AND WHEN DO WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
This past Wednesday night we studied repentance, baptism, the name of Jesus, and forgiveness
Today our subject is the last part of the verse, “you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit”
The question is, “How and when do we receive the Holy Spirit?”
The Holy Spirit Himself is the “gift,” a gift is that which we do not earn or purchase on our own
God’s gifts to us are according to His Grace, God freely giving to us what we do not deserve
The Holy Spirit is a part of God’s gift of salvation to the one who repents and receives Jesus,
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Within the gift of salvation is the “gift of the Holy Spirit”
Scripture shares many wonderful spiritual truths that we receive through God’s gift of salvation,
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
The blessing and gift of the Holy Spirit is debated among different religious groups today
There is a view among those known as Pentecostal, Charismatic, or Full-Gospel
They believe that a person receives the Spirit at the time of salvation, which is true
But then they must receive a second spiritual experience of the Spirit after salvation
Which they identify as the baptism of the Spirit, which is received by the laying on of hands
And the evidence of receiving the baptism of the Spirit is speaking in tongues
That is not the view that I will teach today, so there may be those who will disagree with me
A Biblical view cannot be based upon any verse without comparing scripture with scripture
Acts 2, the Day of Pentecost, was the day that the promise of Jesus to send the Spirit was fulfilled
The Holy Spirit came from God the Father in a new earthly ministry to those who are saved
At the time of salvation all believers receive the Person and present ministry of the Holy Spirit
Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit “shall be in you,” Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with
you, and shall be in you.
Throughout the OT and until the Pentecost coming of the Spirit, He was “with” God’s people
The Spirit was present to empower God’s people to accomplish God’s work
Since Pentecost He “dwells” or abides in the believer, the promise is He “shall be in you”
Jesus made another promise to His disciples, Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The church identified in Acts and the NT letters was not previously in existence
The NT church as revealed in Acts could not exist prior to the coming of the Holy Spirit
Jesus gave them another promise, Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
(According to God’s evaluation, what God considers the greatest)
That was a great promise but hard to believe or understand before the coming of the Spirit
How could there be greater works than what they had witnessed in the presence of Jesus?
Jesus had already presented to them the truth of greater works, Joh 7:37 In the last day, that great day of
the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Jesus’ offer of salvation is to whoever will come to Him, but keep reading
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Jesus promised a never-ending flow of spiritual water which would supply never ending life,
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water.
That promise and the fulfillment of greater works were both based upon the same truth, Joh 7:39
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not
yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The promises of Jesus were based upon receiving the Spirit which was to come
The conviction of the Spirit will draw sinners to Jesus through believers who receive the Spirit
The Apostles and all believers in the Church Age would now minister through the Holy Spirit
The book of Acts tells the story of the Acts of the Apostles through the Holy Spirit
The continued work of Jesus upon the earth would now be through Spirit-Filled believers
The ministry of the Holy Spirit for this age had its beginning in Acts 2
Without the present ministry of the Holy Spirit the truths of the cross would not be realized
The cross of Christ made N.T. truths possible, the Holy Spirit today makes them available to us
Every believer in this age is a member of the NT Church, whether Jew or Gentile
All believers are united into the “Body of Christ,” a body of Jews and Gentiles united-together,
1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ.
That which unites all believers into the “Body of Christ” is the “Baptism of the Spirit”
The New Testament Church (the body of Christ) had its beginning with the baptism of the Spirit, 1Co
12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be
bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
All N. T. believers are baptized with the Spirit the moment they are saved
We receive the Holy Spirit at the time of our salvation which is called the “seal” of the Spirit,
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
The Holy Spirit is the “seal of salvation” because He is received at-the moment of our salvation
Scripture has been fulfilled--the Promise of the Father has been fulfilled
The promise of Jesus to send the Holy Spirit has been fulfilled, Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of
our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The Spirit is identified as “the earnest” which means, “a down payment” or first installment
A partial payment which is a pledge or guarantee of payment in full
It teaches us that we can know that God is going to give us all that He has promised
The Holy Spirit within us is God’s pledge of a completed action, Php 1:6 Being confident of this very
thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
The Holy Spirit within us today is only the beginning of our salvation experience
And the presence of the Holy Spirit is just a foretaste of what the rest will be like
Our present experience of the Spirit’s blessings is only a touch of our eternal blessings
We will experience a full and complete salvation, 1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is.
All believers are now united into the NT Church, which is the Body of Christ
Which is the experience of every believer because of the “COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”
As a believer you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and
be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Pay attention to His identification, He is the “Holy Spirit,” and He is a “Person”
When we receive the Person of Jesus, we also receive the Person of the Holy Spirit
As Christians we have a personal relationship with God, with Jesus, and with the Holy Spirit
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If a person does not possess the Holy Spirit they do not belong to Christ, Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
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