Jerry Shugart
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After being resurrected and shortly before the day of Pentecost the Lord Jesus told His apostles the following: “He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1: 7-8).
The Lord told His apostles that when the Holy Spirit comes upon them they will receive power and be His witnesses, and being His witnesses refers to service. Lewis Sperry Chafer revealed exactly what kind of ministry of the Spirit relates to service, writing that “Christian service, according to the New Testament, is the exercise of a 'gift'...a gift, in the Bible use of the word, is a direct undertaking, or manifestation, of the Spirit working through the believer...true Christian service is a direct ‘manifestation of the Spirit’: ‘Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit’."
Chafer’s reference to the “manifestation of the Spirit” and gifts bestowed by the Holy Spirit is found in the following passage:
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware...Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills” (1 Corinthians 12: 1, 4-11).
One of the gifts mentioned by Paul in this passage is the gift of tongues and that gift can indeed be described as a manifestation of the Spirit. That is the gift which the believers on the day of Pentecost received for power and for service. In his commentary on Acts 1: 8 Albert Barnes wrote, “The word ‘power’ here refers to the help or aid which the Holy Spirit would grant; the power of speaking with new tongues; of preaching the gospel with great effect; of enduring great trials, etc.”
THE GIFT POURED OUT
The following passage describes the event when Gentiles were first given the gift of the Holy Spirit: “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also” (Acts 10: 44-45).
The gift of the Holy Spirit was “poured out” on the Gentiles as it had previously been poured on the Jews and the following verse speaks of that previous “pouring out” of the gift of the Holy Spirit: “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear” (Acts 2: 33).
The “gift of the Holy Spirit” was “poured out” and that which was seen and heard was the believers speaking in tongues: “Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?’” (Acts 2:5-8).
The “gift of the Holy Spirit” was “poured out” and that which was seen and heard was the believers speaking in tongues: “Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?’” (Acts 2:5-8).
The 'gift of the holy Spirit" was in regard to service and not salvation. once a Jew believed that the Lord Jesus is both the Christ and the Son of God he was saved (1 Jn.5;1-5; Jn. 20:31) so submitting to the rite of baptism played no part in his salvation. After all, the Lord Jesus told them the following:
"Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life" (Jn.6;47).
The Lord told His apostles that when the Holy Spirit comes upon them they will receive power and be His witnesses, and being His witnesses refers to service. Lewis Sperry Chafer revealed exactly what kind of ministry of the Spirit relates to service, writing that “Christian service, according to the New Testament, is the exercise of a 'gift'...a gift, in the Bible use of the word, is a direct undertaking, or manifestation, of the Spirit working through the believer...true Christian service is a direct ‘manifestation of the Spirit’: ‘Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit’."
Chafer’s reference to the “manifestation of the Spirit” and gifts bestowed by the Holy Spirit is found in the following passage:
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware...Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills” (1 Corinthians 12: 1, 4-11).
One of the gifts mentioned by Paul in this passage is the gift of tongues and that gift can indeed be described as a manifestation of the Spirit. That is the gift which the believers on the day of Pentecost received for power and for service. In his commentary on Acts 1: 8 Albert Barnes wrote, “The word ‘power’ here refers to the help or aid which the Holy Spirit would grant; the power of speaking with new tongues; of preaching the gospel with great effect; of enduring great trials, etc.”
THE GIFT POURED OUT
The following passage describes the event when Gentiles were first given the gift of the Holy Spirit: “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also” (Acts 10: 44-45).
The gift of the Holy Spirit was “poured out” on the Gentiles as it had previously been poured on the Jews and the following verse speaks of that previous “pouring out” of the gift of the Holy Spirit: “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear” (Acts 2: 33).
The “gift of the Holy Spirit” was “poured out” and that which was seen and heard was the believers speaking in tongues: “Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?’” (Acts 2:5-8).
The “gift of the Holy Spirit” was “poured out” and that which was seen and heard was the believers speaking in tongues: “Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?’” (Acts 2:5-8).
The 'gift of the holy Spirit" was in regard to service and not salvation. once a Jew believed that the Lord Jesus is both the Christ and the Son of God he was saved (1 Jn.5;1-5; Jn. 20:31) so submitting to the rite of baptism played no part in his salvation. After all, the Lord Jesus told them the following:
"Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life" (Jn.6;47).
You're an idiot. The body is NOT the new creation that has been transformed to His image. A believer (not you) has been made spirtually alive as they await the redemption of the body.