PENTECOST-THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH 5-19-24 VIDEO BAPTISM OF H.S TODD
Happy birthday body of Christ! When God gives you the gift of the Holy Spirit in His power, Hes giving you the biggest gift that heaven and earth could ever possess. Hes given you Himself, His very Spirit. He joins you together with Him eternally by His Spirit. God presents you with Himself, and with the present action of Himself, dwelling in you, His power then comes. On the day of Pentecost, the very treasure of the heart of the eternal God would be unlocked for your benefit. The streams of Gods life would possess us from the crown of our heads to the soles of our feet. Every cell of your being is now the residence of the living Spirit of God.
The day of Pentecost could only come when they were gathered together in unity in one place. Each one present received fire. The fire engulf them from the pillars of fire that came into the room. They spoke in tongues (heavenly languages,) but also spoke in the tongues of nations. The medium by which God will undertake to bless the world will be by the transmission of Himself by the Spirit. This is a secret of abundant life. After you receive the Spirit, they could pass the Spirit of the living God onto an apron or handkerchief.
John 3:5 Jesus said, "You're not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation the 'wind hovering over the water' creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life it's not possible to enter God's kingdom.
6 When you look at a baby, it's just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can't see and touch the Spirit and becomes a living spirit.
7 "So don't be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be 'born from above' out of this world, so to speak. MSG
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. AMP
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ACT 1:8 But I promise you thisthe Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power. You will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinceseven to the remotest places on earth! TPT
JOHN 14:15 In your loving me you will greatly value and treasure the prophetic conclusion of my ministry.
16 In my prayerful engagement with the Father, he will give you another close companion to be with you - in such an intimate way that my immediate presence will continue to be inseparably one with you in timeless ages to come!
17 Your eternal companion is the Spirit of truth, whom those trapped in the sense-ruled world, just cannot get to grips with! Their visual horizon is veiled, and they are unable to understand what they cannot see. But, youare familiar with this seamless, intimate union, and the Spirit's continued presence within you. MIRROR
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JOHN 14:15 Loving me empowers you to obey my commands.
16-17And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like meand he will never leave you. The world wont receive him because they cant see him or know him. But you know him intimately because he remains with you and will live inside you. TPT
ACTS 2:2 Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!
3 Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them. TPT
ACTS 2:4 They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tonguesempowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!
5 Now, at that time there were Jewish worshipers who had emigrated from many different lands to live in Jerusalem.
6 When the people of the city heard the roaring sound, crowds came running to where it was coming from, stunned over what was happening, because each one could hear the disciples speaking in his or her own language.
7 Bewildered, they said to one another, Arent these all Galileans?
8 So how is it that we hear them speaking in our own languages? TPT
Acts 2:17 'And it shall be in the last days,' God says, 'That I will pour forth of My Spirit upon all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams;
18 Even upon My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit And they shall prophesy.
19 'And I will grant wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth beneath, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
20 'The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.
21 'And it shall be, that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' NASB
ACTS 19:11 God kept releasing a flow of extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul.
12 Because of this, people took Pauls handkerchiefs and articles of clothing, even pieces of cloth that had touched his skin, laying them on the bodies of the sick, and diseases and demons left them and they were healed. TPT
Matt 9:19 Jesus got up and went with him, his disciples following along.
20 Just then a woman who had hemorrhaged for twelve years slipped in from behind and lightly touched his robe.
21 She was thinking to herself, "If I can just put a finger on his robe, I'll get well." Jesus turned caught her at it. Then he reassured her: "Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and now you're well."
22 The woman was well from then on. MSG
2 PET 1:21 The holy men who first spoke these words of old did not invent these thoughts, they simply voiced Gods oracles as they were individually inspired by the Holy Spirit. MIRROR
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2 Peter 1:21 And why? Because it's not something concocted in the human heart. Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted men and women to speak God's Word. MSG
1 COR 6:19 Do you not realize that your body is the sacred shrine of the Spirit of God, echoing within you. You do not own your life!
20 You are bought and paid for. All of you are his. Live your life conscious of how irreplacable priceless you are. You host God in your skin. MIRROR
2 COR 6:16 How can the tangible, physical address of the living God compare with a phantom image that people host in their minds? Mankind is Gods idea - we did not invent God or ourselves; he invented us! He said, In you will I reside and move and have my being; we belong together; I am yours and you are mine!
17 Consequently, escape the snare of these phantom ideas; do not reduce your horizon to become attached to anything that is not equally elevated.
18 Then you will know the embrace of your Father to simply enjoy being my sons and daughters, says the Almighty. MIRROR
2 COR 3:17 The Lord and the Spirit are one; his Lordship sanctions our freedom. A freedom from rules chiselled in stone to the voice of our redeemed design echoing in our hearts! MIRROR
EPH 1:14 The Holy Spirit is our tangible link to the inheritance that was ransomed and preserved for us. Gods glorious plan for mankind is the theme of our celebration. MIRROR
ROM 8:26 The Spirit also sighs within us with words too deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bulls-eye every time.
27 He who scrutinizes the heart understands the intention of the spirit. His intercession for the saints is consistent with the blue-print purpose of God. MIRROR