Got the Baptism of the Spirit?

It’s  All About Spiritual Activation

To enter into a relationship with YHVH Elohim, our Creator and Father in heaven, and to become his sons and daughters, we must be spiritually activated.

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Man is comprised of body, soul and spirit (1 Thess 5:23). Before being spiritually regenerated or born again, our soul (our mind, will and emotions) controls what we think, say and do. The Scriptures talk say this about the spirit in man.

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (Job 32:8)

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? (Eccl 3:21)

The burden of the word of YHVH for Israel, saith YHVH, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. (Zech 12:1)

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of Elohim knoweth no man, but the Spirit of Elohim. (1 Cor 2:11)

Man can’t enter into a relationship with a YHVH who is a spirit through his soul. Elohim is a Spirit, and we must relate to  him through the Spirit.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor 2:14)

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Elohim is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23–24)

For man to relate to Elohim, he must do so through his spirit. This means man’s spirit must be activated at the time of his new spiritual birth. When this occurs, a man receives in himself the Spirit of Elohim, which activates and controls the spirit in man, which in turn controls the soul (the mind,will and emotions), which in turn the body what to think, say and do.

When we are born again from above, our spirit man is activated by the Spirit of Elohim.

The spirit of a man is the lamp of YHVH, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. (Prov 20:27)

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding. (Job 32:8)

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of Elohim (Rom 8:16)

That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith (Eph 3:16–17)

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from Elohim, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by Elohim. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of Elohim, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor 2:12–14)

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. … But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. (1 John 2:20, 27)

And every spirit that does not confess that Yeshua the Messiah has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the spirit of the Antimessiah, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. (1 John 4:3)

Why We Need the Baptism of the Spirit

  • We need more of YHVH’s Spirit activated in us.
  • We must decrease so that Yeshua can increase.
  • We need the fullness of the Spirit (all the fruits and the gifts) operating in our lives so that we can be all that YHVH wants us to be spiritually as maximized profitable servants of his.
  • We need the spiritual boldness that the baptism of Spirit brings — boldness to witness to those around us, and boldness to be a river of life to those around us by meeting their spiritual needs.
  • We must become fully equipped to do the greater things that Yeshua prophesied we would do.
  • We need to be equipped to help bring in the spiritual harvest into the kingdom of Elohim.
  • We need supernatural spiritual power of the Set-Apart Spirit to confront the  supernatural power of Satan and his servants.
  • Strength to forward in the face of adversity.

The Results of Being Baptized in the Spirit

We will experience …

  • Greater joy and peace in the face of adversities.
  • Greater ability to hear the voice of YHVH.
  • Greater desire and ability to obey the voice of YHVH.
  • Greater desire and ability to enter into deep praise and worship.
  • Boldness to preach the gospel message.
  • Spiritual empowerment and the ability to be a vessel through which the gifts of the Spirit can flow (healing the sick, casting out demons, speaking prophetically, discerning of spirits and receiving supernatural words of knowledge).
  • Greater boldness and supernatural ability to confront demonic powers.

The Baptism of the Spirit Is for Everyone

  • The baptism of the Spirit was not a one time event that occurred in on the day of Pentecost, but is a promise to future generations of believers as well.
  • For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39)
  • There were three additional “Pentecost-type experiences recorded in the Book of Acts after Acts 2.
  • And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. (Eph 5:18)
  • And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 13:52, NAS)
 

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