From
Acts to Revelation
Part
51 – The Two Baptisms
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
House
of Faith Church | www.PS127.org
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INTRODUCTION
Last week we left Apollos in the hands of
Aquila and Priscilla. They took Apollos in, teaching him the way of Jesus,
which they had learned from their friend Paul.
This week, we will follow Paul into
Ephesus, where he meets Disciples of Jesus, who have only received the Water baptism
of John the Baptist.
From today's text, we will learn;
1. What are the two
baptisms?
2. What is the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit?
3. What is the
Difference whether we have them both or not?
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
Acts 19:1-7
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through
the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and
asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy
Spirit.”
“John’s baptism,” they replied.
4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a
baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after
him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. 6 When
Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they
spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in
all.
I.
PAUL CONTINUED HIS MISSION TRIP
a. Paul
came to Ephesus while Apollos was back at Corinth. (Acts 18:23;27)
i.
Remember last week, Aquila and Priscilla,
the two friends of Paul that he had worked for as a tent maker, took Apollos in
and taught him what they had learned from being friends with Paul for over two
years and hearing about Jesus' teachings.
ii.
Afterwards, Apollos continued on to Achaia
preaching
iii. and the
scriptures tell us that he mightily convinced the Jews, showing scripture, that
Jesus was Christ.
b. While
Paul was in Ephesus, he finds some Disciples.
i.
Disciples meaning they were followers of
Jesus.
ii.
These men were “saved”
c. However,
Paul recognized a problem.
i.
Although saved, they did not have the Holy
Spirit!
ii.
This is a problem in the church today!
II.
SAVED, BUT NOT FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
a. Paul
recognized that although they were believer’s, they were not baptized with the
Holy Spirit.
b. How did
Paul know? Perhaps his spiritual gift of Discernment, OR; he didn't see any of the signs of someone who has the Holy
Spirit.
i.
Signs of the Holy Spirit are the Spiritual
Fruits;
a.
Charity
b.
Peace
c.
Joy
d.
Patience
e.
Kindness
f.
Goodness
g.
Faithfulness
h.
Modesty
i.
and Self-Control
ii.
Spiritual Gifts and the Whole Armor of God
also come with the Holy Spirit.
c. Paul
asks, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
i.
In the original Greek, this is literally,
“having believed, did you receive?”
ii.
Because they are called Disciples in the
scripture, we “know” they believe in Jesus.
III.
THE TWO BAPTISMS IN THE NEW TEESTAMENT
a. They
answered no, they were not aware that the age of the Spirit had come!
i.
And that Believer's could literally be
baptized with Him.
ii.
At Salvation, the Holy Spirit baptizes
believing sinners into Christ.
iii. At the
Spirit Baptism, Jesus baptizes believer's into the Holy Spirit.
a.
Matthew 3:11-12 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But
after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy
to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and
fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his
threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.”
1.
Holy Spirit and Fire: Acts 2:2-4 “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came
from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.3 They
saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each
of them.4 All
of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other
tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
2. Fire
represents judgment in scripture
3. Speaking
of judgment, or Salvation to save from the coming judgment.
b. Matthew
3:12 John said that Jesus has, “His winnowing fork is in his hand,
and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and
burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
b. By
coming to us, Jesus is GATHERING ALL PEOPLES with His winnowing fork in hand.
i.
He will clear the threshing floor.
(clearing all of earth form people)
ii.
Gathering wheat into the barn (Believer's
into Salvation)
iii. and
burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (non-believer's cast into the
everlasting, unquenchable fire of Gehenna. HELL!)
c. They
were baptized in John's Baptism of repentance, and told to believe in Jesus.
However, they were never baptized into Jesus.
i.
John's water baptism of repentance was NOT
a FULL baptism, and couldn't be
.
ii.
Jesus had not yet dies on the cross,
therefore, no one could be baptized in the manner Jesus taught, and instructed
the Disciples in Matthew 28:19, which says, “Therefore go and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” UNTIL AFTER HIS RESURRECTION!
iii. Before
the cross, John said, “I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the one
coming, who is greater than I, will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
d. Since
the Cross and resurrection, we can be baptized into;
i.
the
Father (the Ten Commandments to give understanding that our relationship with
God has been severed, and we are in need of a savior),
ii.
the Son (the only one who can mend the
broken relationship with God the father),
iii. and the
Holy Spirit (God dwelling within us, to make us whole, and enable us to serve
Him!).
e. When
they heard Paul explain this, they were Baptized into Jesus!
i.
As it says in Matthew 28:19
f. Paul
laid his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came unto them.
i.
This constitutes the biblical principal in Acts
8:17; 9:17-18
ii.
and they were now Baptized in the Holy
Spirit
g. They
spoke in tongues, and prophesied!
i.
Fire in scripture represents judgment, and
the tongue speaking...this would make sense, considering the scriptures say
they spoke prophecy.
ii.
They could easily have been prophesying
about the coming judgment, and the need for Christ!
CONCLUSION
1. We need salvation
as well as the baptism of the Holy Spirit
2. We need to be
baptized as Jesus commands in Matthew 28:19
3. Once we receive the
holy Spirit, we can have access to the Spiritual Gifts, the Fruits of the
Spirit, and the Whole Armor of God!
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