#373 But Wait, There’s More, Series# 3: Power

#373 But Wait, There’s More, Series# 3: Power
By: Pastor D. Karl Thomas

John 10:10 “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Romans 8:32 (AMP)“He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?”

Luke 24:45, 49“Then He [thoroughly] opened up their minds to understand the Scriptures, … And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain(WAIT)in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Acts 1:4-5“… He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but towaitfor the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit…”

John the Baptist summarized Jesus purpose for coming as: (If I said the plumber is coming … fix pipes)

Matthew 3:11“… He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:”
“Baptizo”:– to submerge, to immerse, to pickle, to saturate causing a permanent change

Those who can’t accept the doctrine of the Baptism with The Holy Spirit do not have a theological problem they have a grammatical problem.
Freda pickled the cucumbers in vinegar. Jesus will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Three Baptisms:1. Spirit baptizes the believer into Christ / Body 2. Disciple baptizes a believer in water. 3. Jesus baptizes believer in the Holy Spirit

All 4 Gospels record the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
All 4 Gospels also record the baptism in the holy spirit.
When God repeats Himself 4 times He wants you to pay attention.

Matthew 3:11“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Mark 1:8“I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 3:16“John answered, saying to all, ‘I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.’”

John 1:33 “I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’”

Acts 18:24-26 “… Apollos, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, … instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John … When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of Godmore accurately.”

+++++++++++++++++ Picture book on D.L. Moody!!! ++++++++++++++++++++++

Source: The Life of D. L. Moody, written by his son, pages 146, 147, and 149.
D. L. Moody
D.L. Moody was a successful minister but by his own admission later, he lacked the power in his ministry. One day two women came up to him after a service. They said,
“We have been praying for you.”
“Why don’t you pray for the people?” he asked.
“Because you need the power of the Spirit,” they said.
“I need the power! Why,” said Mr. Moody, in relating the incident years after, “I thought I had power. I had the largest congregations in Chicago, and there were many conversions.”

Moody also said that in a sense, he was satisfied. He was in a comfort zone. But these two praying women rocked the boat. They told him that they were praying for an anointing by the Holy Spirit for D.L. to have a special service to God. He could not get this off his mind and he said, “There came a great hunger in my soul. I did not know what it was and I began to cry out to God as never before. I felt I did not want to live if I could not have this power for service”.

After the great fire of Chicago, DL was working to raise money to rebuild a tabernacle. He said his heart was not into it because he kept crying out to God to fill him. He withdrew and prayed during a visit to New York to raise money and he cried that God would fill him with His Spirit. DL describes it this way:
“Well, one day, in the city of New York — oh, what a day! — I cannot describe it, I seldom refer to it; it is almost too sacred an experience to name. Paul had an experience of which he never spoke for fourteen years. I can only say that God revealed Himself to me, and I had such an experience of His love that I had to ask Him to stay His hand. I went to preaching again. The sermons were not different; I did not present any new truths, and yet hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed back where I was before that blessed experience if you should give me all the world — it would be as the small dust of the balance.”

Acts 19:1-6“And finding some disciples he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? …when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.”

Acts 8:18-19 “And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:8“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;…”
Power:– {dunamis} inherent power, explosive TNT, Dynamite
Power to produce 5 things:1. Miracles 2. Morality3. Money 4. Multiplication 5. Movement

Acts 13:1-3“…they put their hands on them and sent them away.”
Rich deposits of God upon people to equip for effective ministry.
Impart:– (meta) (didomee) with and to impart, furnish or supply

Conductor:— An object that allows the transfer of electrons. PICTURE … APPLE AND RCA CABLES

The Greek word for “impartation” is (metadidomi):— “to give over, i.e. share: give, impart” (Strong’s);“to give a share of” (Young’s);“to share in association with anyone, i.e. to impart, communicate” (Bullinger’s);“to transmit, pass on, confer, transfer.”

Mark 16:17-19“And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will … lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” BELIEVERS ANOINTING: Our hands are used for impartation.

“Laying on of hands” epíthesis:—(Strongs) The imposition of hands …conferring of divine blessings, especially bodily health, or the Holy Spirit (at the administration of baptism and the inauguration to their office of the teachers and ministers of the church):

1. The Fact Of Impartation
A Doctrine
Hebrews6:1-2“Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”

A Duty
1 Timothy.4:14
(NKJV) Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
(AMP) Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination].

A Desire
Romans 1:11
(NKJV) “For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established”
(AMP) “For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you;”

2. The Act Of Impartation
For Blessing
Mark 10:13-16 “And they kept bringing young children to Him (Jesus) that He might touch them; and the disciples were reproving them [for it]. But when Jesus saw [it], He was indignant and pained, and said to them, ‘Allow the children to come to Me – do not forbid or prevent or hinder them – for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God as a little child [does], positively shall not enter it at all.’ And He took [the children up one by one] in His arms and (fervently invoked a) blessing, placing His hands upon them”

For Healing
Acts 9:17“And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus,[a] who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 28:8-9 “And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him. So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.”

For Power
Acts 8:17-19 “Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts19:6“And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.”

For Office(Service)
Acts 6:4-7 “…but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.’ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

Acts 13:1-3“Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.”

Acts 2:17
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:”

ORDINATION ON SUNDAY!!!
2 Timothy 4:12-16
12 Let no one [d]despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, [e]in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to [f]doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

2 Timothy 1:14 English Standard Version (ESV)
14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

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