Joel's Remarkable Prophecy of the Outpouring of the Spirit

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Joel's Remarkable Prophecy of the Outpouring of
the Spirit
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And it will come about after this that I will
pour out My Spirit on all mankind and your sons
and daughters will prophesy, your old men will
dream dreams, our young men will see visions. And
even on the male and female servants I will pour
out My Spirit in those days. (Joel 228-30)
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Purpose of the outpouring upon the disciples the
apostles made
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The Result of the Outpouring on Believers

• Some gifts were revelationary (assisting the
  knowledge of truth)
• Some gifts were confirmatory (assisting the
  belief of truth)

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What blessings did these gifts produce?
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The outpouring of the Spirit bore witness that
they were Gods children (a seal).
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The outpouring of the Spirit assured them that
the inheritance God had promised to them would be
given to them (an earnest).
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The outpouring of the Spirit guided them in
worship!
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• What is the outcome then? I shall pray with the
  spirit and I shall pray with the mind also I
  shall sing with the spirit and I shall sing with
  the mind also. (1 Cor.1415)
• But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your
  most holy faith praying in the Holy Spirit
  (Jude 20)

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• And do not get drunk with wine, for that is
  dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
  spiritual songs, singing and making melody with
  your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 518-19)

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The outpouring of the Spirit gave them
instruction in the absence of a full revelation
of Gods will.
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Leading by the Spirit

• For all who are being led by the Spirit of God,
  these are sons of God. (Romans 814)
• But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not
  under the Law. (Galatians 518)

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Objective not subjective

• But one who prophesies speaks to men for
  edification and exhortation and consolation. (1
  Corinthians 143)

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Application necessary

• But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not
  carry out the desire of the flesh. (Galatians
  516)
• And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom
  you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  (Ephesians 430)

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Incentive to holy living

• Or do you not know that your body is a temple of
  the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from
  God, and that you are not your own? For you have
  been bought with a price therefore glorify God
  in your body. (1 Corinthians 619-20)

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• Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and
  that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man
  destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him,
  for the temple of God is holy, and that is what
  you are. (1 Corinthians 316-17)

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Need for apostolic guidance

• But in my opinion she is happier if she remains
  as she is and I think that I also have the
  Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 740)
• If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual,
  let him recognize that the things which I write
  to you are the Lords commandment. (1 Corinthians
  1437)

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The outpouring of the Spirit gave assurance of
the truth to the NT congregations.
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Certain Knowledge

• But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and
  you all know. I have not written to you because
  you do not know the truth, but because you do
  know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who
  is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is
  the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who
  denies the Father and the Son. (1 John 220-22)

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Gods presence

• And the one who keeps His commandments abides in
  Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He
  abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
  (1 John 324)

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The outpouring of the Spirit assisted the church
in reaching unbelievers.
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Tongues Unbelievers

• So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who
  believe, but to unbelievers but prophecy is for
  a sign, not to unbelievers, but to those who
  believe. (1 Corinthians 1422)

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Prophecy Unbelievers

• If therefore the whole church should assemble
  together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted
  men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that
  you are mad? But if all prophesy, and an
  unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is
  convicted by all, he is called to account by all
  the secrets of his heart are disclosed and so he
  will fall on his face and worship God, declaring
  that God is certainly among you. (1 Corinthians
  1423-25)