HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM

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HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM

• Chapter 64

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I. Introduction

• 1. Spirit Indwelling Spirit dwells in believer
  after conversion forever not
  temporarily.
• 2. Spirit Sealing Spirit seals believer at
  conversion forever for eternal security
  personal purity.
• 3. Spirit Baptizing

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II. Spirit Baptizing - Factoids

• 1. First predicted by John the Baptist in Matt
  311 -
• I baptize you with water for repentance. But
  after me will come one who is more powerful than
  I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will
  baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• 2. Foretold by Jesus Christ after his
  resurrection in Acts 15
• For John baptized with water, but in a few days
  you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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III. What does Holy Spirit Baptism Do?

• 1. It Joins Us to the Body of Christ
• a. Romans 64
• We were therefore buried with him through
  baptism into death in order that, just as Christ
  was raised from the dead through the glory of
  the Father, we too may live a new life.
• b. Being in his body means we are raised with
  Him to newness in life.
• c. 1 Corinthians 1213
• For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
  body whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and
  we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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III. What does Holy Spirit Baptism Do?

• 2. It Actualizes our Co-crucifixion with Christ
• a. Colossians 212
• having been buried with him in baptism and
  raised with him through your faith in the power
  of God, who raised him from the dead.
• b. We associate ourselves with Christs death,
  burial, and resurrection which creates the basis
  for realizing our separation from sin and our
  newness of life.

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IV. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics

• 1. Only Operative in this Dispensation
• a. Dispensation - It is a method or way of
  dividing, not God, but His Word, so that one
  receives a clear understanding of God's dealings
  with man over the millennia.
• b. 7 Dispensations
• 1. Innocence - From the creation of man until
  the Fall
• 2. Conscience, or Moral Responsibility - From
  the Fall until the flood
• 3. Human Government - From the Flood until the
  call of Abram
• 4. Promise - From the call of Abram until the
  Exodus
• 5. Law - From Sinai until Christ
• 6. Grace - From Pentecost until the Rapture
• 7. Kingdom - From the Rapture until the eternal
  state

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IV. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics

• c. We are in the Dispensation or Age of Grace
• d. O.T. has no prediction of baptism and Jesus
  only points it out to happen on Pentecost (Acts
  15)
• e. Peter calls the coming of Holy Spirit at
  Pentecost the beginning in Acts 1115-16
• As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on
  them as he had come on us at the beginning.

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IV. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics

• 2. Experienced by All Believers in this
  Dispensation. 3 Evidences
• a. 1 Corinthians 1213
• For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
  body whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and we
  were all given the one Spirit to drink.
• 1. Shows different conditions of believers in
  Corinth, carnality will not make us miss the Holy
  Spirit baptism

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IV. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics

• b. Nowhere in the Scripture is there a single
  exhortation for anyone to be baptized with the
  Spirit. This indicates all believers have
  experienced this ministry.
• c. Ephesians 4 4-6
• There is one body and one Spirit just as you
  were called to one hope when you were called one
  Lord, one faith, one baptism one God and Father
  of all, who is over all and through all and in
  all.
• 1. If one baptism refers to Holy Spirit
  baptism, then those who have one Lord, one
  faith, have experienced the one baptism.

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IV. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics

• 3. It Occurs at Salvation and Is Not Repeated
  Thereafter
• a. Can an out-of-the-body believer exist? If
  Holy Spirit baptism did not occur at salvation
  there would exist believers who were saved but do
  not belong to the body of Christ.
• b. Can a believer be detached from the body of
  Christ? Repetition of Holy Spirit baptism would
  only be needed if a believer were detached from
  the body of Christ and needed to be rejoined.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• 1. Unclear conception of the Body of Christ.
• a. Why would the Spirit need to Baptize if we
  are the children of Abraham and have repented of
  our sins through the ministry of John the Baptist
  and Jesus ministry on this earth? Dont we
  belong to this body when we are converted?
• b. Here the body is confused as being started
  since Abraham or through the repentance of sins
  ministry.
• c. If one recognizes that the body is the work
  of God started at Pentecost, then the necessity
  of baptizing people into that body is clear.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• 2. Overemphasis on water baptism
• a. Sometimes the truth of Spirit baptism is lost
  when water and Spirit baptism are not
  distinguished.
• b. Early theologians believed that the baptism
  of the Spirit as the baptism into the local
  church through the action of water baptism. D.L.
  Moody said that God imparts the
  Spirit in (water) baptism. This is wrong.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• 3. Charismatic denominations associate Spirit
  baptism with the second blessing or experience
  of tongues.
• 4. Baptism of Spirit and filling of the Spirit
  are not distinguished.
• a. Many believed in filling-baptism happened
  following conversion and not to all believers.
  They considered baptism as an infilling for
  special power but did not necessarily involve
  speaking in tongues.
• b. Great men like R.A. Torrey and D.L. Moody
  were unclear in this area.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• 5. The Doctrine of Two Baptisms
• a. 1 Corinthians 1213
• For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
  body whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and we
  were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• b. Since Word of God shows all believers are
  baptized by the Spirit, contemporary teachers
  want to associate special baptism for power or
  second blessing by stating there are two Spirit
  baptisms.
• 1. First being the Spirit baptism that is
  accomplished by the Spirit joining a believer to
  Christ.
• 2. Second by Christ to place people in the
  Spirit for experiences of power.
• 3. The first occurs at conversion and results in
  a position. The second occurs later and can be
  repeated for power.
• 4. The first doesnt require speaking of
  tongues, the second does.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• c. N.T. uses the phrase to baptize with, in, or
  by the Spirit only 7 times
• 1. Matt 311 - He will baptize you with the Holy
  Spirit and with fire.
• 2. Mark 18 - I baptize you with water, but he
  will baptize you with the Holy
  Spirit.
• 3. Luke 316 - He will baptize you with the Holy
  Spirit and with fire.
• 4. John 133 - The man on whom you see the
  Spirit come down and
  remain is he who will
  baptize with the Holy Spirit.
• 5. Acts 15 - For John baptized with water, but
  in a few days you will be baptized
  with the Holy Spirit.
• 6. Acts 1116 - John baptized with water, but
  you will be baptized
  with the Holy Spirit.
• 7. 1 Cor. 1213 - For we were all baptized by
  one Spirit into one body

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• d. These verses can be put into three categories.
• 1. Predictions in the Gospels Christ is the
  baptizer, Spirit is sphere in which people were
  baptized.
• 2. The pointing ahead and back to the Pentecost
  in Acts - Spirit is agent in baptizing and body
  of Christ is the sphere in which people were
  baptized
• 3. The doctrinal explanation in 1 Corinthians
  Spirit is agent in baptizing and body of Christ
  is the sphere in which people were baptized.
• 4. Both Christ and Holy Spirit are the agents
  and spheres.
• 5. Christ is the Ultimate Agent, Spirit is the
  intermediate agent. Clearly the body of Christ
  and Spirit are distinct.
• 6. Conclusion Similar to the Spirits work in
  sealing. He is the agent who seals and in
  which we are sealed.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• e. Charismatic denominations view the references
  in the Gospels as two separate entities.
• 1. In Acts they say that Christ is the Agent and
  the Spirit is the sphere which is baptism in the
  Spirit and thus power is attained.
• 2. They say Corinthians shows the Spirit as the
  Agent and Christ as the sphere which is baptism
  by the Spirit.
• 3. So they say all believers are baptized by the
  Spirit but not all have experienced baptism in
  the Spirit.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• f. Utradispensationalism uses this same argument
  to say there were two churches in the Acts
  period.
• 1. The Jewish church or Petrine church existed
  from Pentecost to Paul and received power by the
  baptism in the Spirit.
• 2. The Pauline, or body, church existed from
  church on and is formed by the baptism by the
  Spirit.

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V. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing

• g. To see two agents is biblical and it is normal
  to see different persons of the trinity be
  involved in the same work.
• 1. Acts 232 33
• God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are
  all witnesses of the fact. Exalted to the right
  hand of God, he has received from the Father the
  promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what
  you now see and hear.
• 2. It is Christs work through the agency of the
  Spirits ministry to join those who believe to
  the church or His body.

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Summary

• 1. What does Holy Spirit Baptism Do?
• a. It Joins Us to the Body of Christ
• b. It Actualizes our Co-crucifixion with Christ
• 2. Spirit Baptizing Characteristics
• a. Only Operative in this Dispensation
• b. Experienced by All Believers in this
  Dispensation
• c. It Occurs at Salvation and Is Not Repeated
  Thereafter
• 3. Confusion concerning Spirits Baptizing
• a. Unclear conception of the Body of Christ.
• b. Overemphasis on water baptism
• c. Charismatic denominations associate Spirit
  baptism with the second blessing" or
  experience of tongues.
• d. Baptism of Spirit and filling of the Spirit
  are not distinguished.
• e. The Doctrine of Two Baptisms

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QUESTIONS?