Amen so the title of my sermon tonight is fundamental truths about the Holy Ghost fundamental truths
About the Holy Ghost a lot of false doctrine about the Holy Ghost the third person of the Holy Trinity tonight
I'm gonna look at five facts five truths. We can learn from Scripture fundamental truths about the Holy Spirit
we'll see him referenced in the Bible as the Holy Spirit as the Holy Ghost as the Spirit of the Lord and
God is a Trinity there are three persons in the Holy Trinity the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost
The Bible says these three are one we believe there are three distinct
Persons three wills three centers of consciousness one essence one God in Luke chapter
3 if you would look down at your Bible at verse 15 where the Bible says and as the people were an
Expectation and all men mused in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not
John answered saying unto them all I indeed baptized you with water
But one mightier than I come at the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to one loose
He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire
So John the Baptist speaks of a time where people are gonna be baptized with the Holy Ghost
And if you would skip down to verse number 21 where the Bible says in verse 21 there in Luke chapter 3
Now when all the people were baptized it came to pass that Jesus also being baptized in praying the heaven was
opened and the Holy Ghost
Descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven
Which said thou art my beloved son in thee. I am well pleased. This is a tremendous
Verse here in Luke chapter 3 verse 22, which shows the Trinity we see the Father
We see the Son Jesus Christ and we see the Holy Ghost
Descending upon him the body the Bible says in a bodily shape
Like a dove the Holy Spirit has a body the Holy Spirit is a person. He's not an energy
He's not a force. He's a person
He's the third person of the Trinity the reason why people are confused about this is because of false religion
It's because of false doctrine
But it's also the influence of pop culture today when I think of the force I think of Star Wars
I think of stupid movies coming from Hollywood. The Bible doesn't cheat doesn't teach that the Holy Ghost is some
impersonal force or energy he is God
And we have to establish that fact we have to know who God is and we have to understand who God is
From the Bible we got to get everything we believe from the Word of God
Not from charlatans who were trying to confuse you now if you would go to Acts chapter number 5
Acts chapter number 5 the very first truth. I want to go over tonight
Is that the Holy Spirit is God now we get excited when we talk about or when we defend rather
The deity of Jesus Christ and we should because if Jesus was just a man
Everybody would be on their way to hell today because a man cannot pay for your sins
It was Jesus Christ who paid for our sins on the cross and the Bible teaches very clearly that the Holy Ghost is
God in first John chapter 5 verse 7 the Bible says there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the
Holy Ghost and these three are
One it's one God made up of three persons
We should defend the deity of the Holy Ghost just like we defend the deity of Jesus Christ
The Father was a hundred percent God
The Son is a hundred percent God and the Holy Spirit is a hundred percent God you say well
How can I make logical sense of that? It's what the Bible says. That's all you need to know take it by faith
Acts chapter 5 look at verse number 1
The Bible says there but a certain man named Ananias with Sapphira his wife
sold a possession and kept back part of the price his wife also being privy to it and
Brought a certain part and laid it at the Apostles feet
but Peter said
Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land
So we see a possession here that was sold by Ananias and
Sapphira and they lied about the profit they made as a result of selling this possession the land
Look at what the Bible says in verse number four
Whilst it remains was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power?
Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?
Listen to this thou hast not lied unto men but unto God
So we see the Holy Ghost and God used
Interchangeably in verse number three. We see the Holy Ghost there and then he's referred to as God in verse number four
Proving that the Holy Spirit is God Peter says they lied to the Holy Ghost and it's used interchangeably with that
It's also worth noting that
This passage wouldn't make any sense if the Holy Spirit wasn't God if he wasn't a hundred percent
Deity in Hebrews chapter 9
You don't have to turn there
The Bible says how much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God
Purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God those who are trying to work their way to heaven are
Exhibiting dead works those works ain't gonna get them there
but the Bible says here that through the eternal spirit he offered himself without spot to God and
Eternality is an attribute of deity. We know that the Father has always existed
we know that Jesus Christ has always existed and yes, the Holy Ghost has always existed and
We see him in creation as well
If you read Genesis chapter 1 the Bible says the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
So he had a hand in creation
Let's read I'm gonna read for you actually second Corinthians 3 where the Bible says nevertheless
When it shall turn to the Lord the veil shall be taken away now
The Lord is that spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty
So the Bible says in 2nd Corinthians 3 the Lord is that spirit?
2nd Timothy 3 16 says all
scripture is given by
inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in
Righteousness every word in your King James Bible tonight is inspired by God himself
Now go to 1st Peter chapter number 1 1st Peter chapter number 1 the point I want to make here
improving the deity of the Holy Ghost is if the Bible is inspired by God and
Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost that would make the Holy Ghost God
I
I'm sorry. I told you to go to 1st Peter chapter number 1. I meant 2nd Peter chapter 1
Sorry about that 2nd Peter chapter 1 and when you get there look at verse 20 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 20
The Bible says there knowing this first that no prophecy of the scriptures of any private
interpretation for the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man
But holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost
scripture is inspired by God and we see the Bible teaches here that
Prophecy of Scripture came from men of God who were moved by the Holy Ghost. And so the Holy Spirit is deity
100% we believe the Trinity in this church
Like I said at the top of the sermon three distinct persons three wills three centers of consciousness one God
It's what the Bible teaches
Now my second point is that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth
The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth
The Bible says in 1st, John 5
This is he that came by water and blood even Jesus Christ
Not by water only but by water and blood and then it says and it is the spirit that beareth witness
Because the spirit is
truth and if you're saved tonight
You have that spirit of truth inside you and you can rely on him
To teach you the Word of God you can rely on him to understand Bible doctrine
This is why unsaved people don't understand doctrine half the time and it's because they don't have the spirit of truth
Jesus says that those who are his will hear God's words
In
John 14 26 the Bible says but the comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name
He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance
whatsoever I
Said unto you. So again, it's the truth. It's the spirit of truth that's inside you. He's inside you
You've been sealed with the Holy Spirit and greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world
Go to John chapter 16 if you would John chapter
number 16
This is why in conversations when you're talking Bible doctrine amongst the brethren here at steadfast Baptist Church
Don't you notice sometimes that verses kind of pop into your head?
Involuntarily, don't you notice that you think of certain scriptures to go to in the midst of a Bible conversation?
That's because you're walking in the spirit at that moment
You're fellowshiping with your brothers and sisters in Christ your spirit bears witness with their spirit
And so the Holy Spirit brings things into your remembrance the Holy Spirit guides you into all truth
Now as you're turning to John 16
I want to read out of John 15 where the Bible says and when the comforter is come this is Jesus talking whom I will send
unto you from the Father even the spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father
He shall testify of me and he also shall bear witness because he have been with me from the beginning
So the spirit of truth the Bible says will testify of Jesus Christ
He will help you to understand
The Word of God and this is why God has to have that triune nature if God is loved
But he's a oneness God then he loves himself
But we know according to what the Bible teaches that the Father loves the Son the loves
The Son loves the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit loves the Father
Now in John chapter 16 take a look at verse 13 John chapter 16 verse 13
It says how be it when he the spirit of truth is come
He will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself
But whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come
He shall glorify me for he shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you all things that the Father hath are mine
Therefore said I that he shall take of mine and shall show it unto you. So the mysteries of God
What's Jesus talking about here?
The fact that the mysteries of God can be unlocked to the believer to those who trust Jesus Christ for salvation
You have that spirit of truth which can lead you to all truth
You don't need man to interpret the Bible for you. It's not a necessity
You don't need somebody to tell you what God said you can read it for yourself you can understand doctrine for yourself
You can lock yourself in a room for a few hours with nothing
But a Bible sit down and read it and understand what God said it just takes time. It takes practice you say well
I've already read the Bible cover to cover and I'm no expert. Well, that's obvious. It's gonna take repetition
You might have to read it twice three times four times five times six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve
thirteen fourteen fifteen times and
Every single time you read it you're gonna notice you learn more and more and more
That's because you have the spirit of truth inside you teaching you all things
You don't need a man to teach you there are some religions
However, that would teach like the Catholics do you need a man?
You need a priest to tell you what God said you need a pope to tell you what God said you need a man
You must rely on sinful man to tell you the Word of God that's stupidity you have God inside you and that's all you need
So what I would do
Tonight is implore you not to be a lazy Christian
Don't remain a baby in Christ for the rest of your life spend time studying doctrine reading your Bible
Understanding what it says now preachers can be extremely helpful. That's why you go to church, right?
Preachers can be extremely helpful in the sense. They can perfect your knowledge
They can show you things that perhaps you didn't find yet, but it's all the same truth
It would be possible for you to find that truth on your own
But preachers can help you perfect your faith and perfect and perfect your knowledge of the Word of God
So preachers do have a very important role to play. I don't want anyone here to think I'm trying to diminish that by any means
So if you would go to
1st Corinthians chapter 2 1st Corinthians chapter 2 what I'm talking about is that the Holy Ghost will guide you into all truth so
Far we've established that the Holy Spirit is God. He is the third person of the Trinity. He has a personality
He's not an energy force. This isn't Star Wars. He is a person and
We saw in the book of Acts if you read the book of Acts
I'm not gonna have time to go into it tonight
But in the book of Acts you see the Apostles were directed by the Holy Spirit
He told them where to go. He told them where to preach the gospel. He directed them. He forbade them from going certain places
He is our director as well
Now I'm gonna read out of Luke 12 where the Bible says and whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man
It shall be forgiven him but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost. It shall not be forgiven
So this is teaching those who would blaspheme the Holy Ghost
That
Particular sin will not be forgiven
Obviously only an unsaved person can do that because the Bible says that a good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit
This is also talking about those who looked on Jesus and said he healed people through the power of the devil
That would be blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, but it continues you're turning to 1st Corinthians 2
I'm reading out of Luke 12 and when they bring you unto the synagogues and unto magistrates and powers
Take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer or what ye shall say for the Holy Ghost
Shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say
So the Bible is teaching here that the Holy Ghost taught the Apostles what to say
Jesus said that the Holy Ghost would teach them what they would have to utter if they were ever in a situation
Where they were being persecuted if they were brought forward to the magistrates if they were brought forward to the wicked people who healed
God who are trying to stop the gospel from being disseminated around
Jerusalem and the Holy Ghost the Bible says here will teach you so I take the application that if we ever
Find ourselves in a situation whether it's during the Great Tribulation
Period or any time before that where we where we are brought forth in front of evil people
Whether it's the local police department or whoever it might be the Holy Ghost will teach us what we ought to say
Now you're there in 1st Corinthians 2
Notice what the Bible says in verse 1 and I brethren when I came to you came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom
Declaring unto you the testimony of God for I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him
crucified and I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling and my speech and my preaching was not with
Enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power
Verse 5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men
But in the power of God our faith does not stand in the wisdom of men
We're not Christians tonight because some pseudo-intellectual preached us
Apologetics, we're Christians tonight because a man of God showed us what the Bible says about salvation straight out of a King James Bible
And we ought to rely on the wisdom that comes from God the wisdom that comes from the Holy Ghost
Not the wisdom that comes from men these people that want to try and make logical
arguments for the invention for the existence of God and
Apologetics and they go and they debate all these atheists. It's a total waste of time
We're not supposed to obsess over that garbage. We should want the wisdom that God has given us through the Holy Spirit
It's that easy we don't rely on that wisdom it's fake it's a front it's synthetic and
So what Paul is saying is he hit the wisdom he conveyed stemmed from the Holy Spirit
Not the wisdom of men and certainly not
pseudo-intellectual arguments
skip to verse number 9
But as it is written I have not seen nor ear heard
Neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit
For the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God
You say I want to graduate from the milk of the word to the meat of the word
I want to understand the deep things of God well
Then walk in the spirit
Because the Bible says here that it's the spirit who knows the deep things of God if you walk in the spirit if you take
Time to study the Word of God if you take time out of your day
Just you and the Holy Spirit you can graduate from the milk of the word to the meat of the word you can graduate from
Being a babe in Christ and that should be our goal
Look at verse 11
For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him
Even so the things of God knoweth no man
But the Spirit of God now we have received not the spirit of the world
But the spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God
We can know the things of God because the spirit dwells in us
That's the point. He's making and
That's why we compare
spiritual things with spiritual things
We don't go to the world and and use carnal examples as the basis as the fundamentals of our faith
We go to spiritual things. That's why we use Ephesians chapter 1 to help us interpret what the word
Predestination means in Romans chapter 8 you compare spiritual with spiritual look at verse 14 in 1st Corinthians 2
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for their foolishness unto him
Neither can he know them because they're spiritually discerned
You say why is it that Tyler Baker can't understand clear scriptures?
Proving the Trinity the normal Trinity not this weird variation
He's come up with in his cult across the across town from us
It's because he doesn't have the Spirit of God and the Bible says that if you don't have the Spirit of God
The Bible says the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God if you have the Holy Ghost
Obviously you can understand Bible doctrine those who don't have him can't understand Bible doctrine even when you show them clear scriptures
This is why the unsaved world
Laughs at us they laugh at the women in this church who wear skirts and dresses who actually dress like women
What a concept they laugh at the men in this church who believe they should be the ones who are providing for their families
And that their women shouldn't be submitting to some boss and a mega conglomerate somewhere
They laugh at us because we actually believe the Word of God because the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God
They can't understand it
They look at us and they think we're a bunch of crazy people because they don't
Understand the things of the Spirit of God it makes no sense to them. They don't have the Holy Spirit
First Corinthians chapter 12, I'm gonna read this you don't have to go there first Corinthians 12
The Bible says wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God
Calleth Jesus accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost
Yes, because you have the Holy Spirit inside you it means there are certain doctrines. You will not believe nobody here is gonna say
Jesus is accursed the Bible says no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed
That's the easiest way to tell somebody's an unsaved heretic
It's what these Hebrew rooters do they claim the name of Jesus is a curse that it's actually Yeshua
But nobody here would do that
Nobody who's saved would suddenly believe in a work salvation or become a hardcore
God hating atheist because you have the spirit of truth. Let's take advantage of it and not waste that
Now the first point I made is the Holy Spirit is God the second point I made is the Holy Spirit will guide you into
The third point I'm gonna make now is the Holy Spirit came upon
Individuals in the Old Testament a lot of people wonder what about the Holy Ghost in the Old Testament?
How did he work in the Old Testament? Well, let's learn about that if you would go to Numbers chapter 11
Numbers chapter 11, let's talk about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament in the Old Testament
the Spirit of the Lord
temporarily indwelled people and
Temporarily came upon people and what happened when that occurred is they preached
the result of being filled with the Spirit is preaching men of God who get up here behind this pulpit and they
Preach hard against sin are filled with the Spirit the result of being filled with the Spirit isn't speaking
Gibberish like the Pentecostals do the result of being filled with the Spirit is preaching preaching the gospel
Preaching sermons behind the pulpit now in Numbers chapter 11 look at verse 11
And let's look at an exam
I'm gonna look at a few examples here in the Old Testament of the Holy Spirit coming upon people
This is how he works in
the Old Testament look at verse 11 and Moses said unto the Lord wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant and
Wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me
Have I conceived all this people have I begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me carry them in thy bosom as a
Nursing father beareth the sucking child unto the land which thou swearst unto their fathers
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people for they weep unto me saying give us flesh that we may eat
I'm not able to bear all this people alone because it's too heavy for me
And if thou deal with us with me kill me
I pray thee out of hand if I have found favor in thy sight and let me not see my wretchedness
So Moses reaches his breaking point here because the Israelites are incessantly whining
They're complaining. They're whining about not having any food
They're whining about the conditions in the wilderness and Moses just can't take it anymore
He says why have you dealt this with me Moses pleads with God and he even contemplates death
Because it's just too much for him to handle. He can't do it all
Multitudes of people in the wilderness are relying on Moses to get to the Promised Land and it's a really tough
Situation for him to deal with look at verse 16 and the Lord said unto Moses gather unto me
70 men of the elders of Israel whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people and
Officers over them and
Bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stand there with thee and I will come down and talk with thee
there and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them and they shall bear the burden of
The people with thee that thou bear it not thyself alone
We see the Calvary appointed here by God to help Moses in his situation
The 70 men are ordained they get the Holy Ghost
This happens today when a man gets ordained by a pastor the Holy Ghost, right?
They lay hands on him signifying that he's getting a portion of the Holy Spirit, right? So these 70 men are ordained
by God to help Moses
Because he just couldn't take it anymore and notice what it says that the Holy Spirit which is upon thee upon Moses will be put
On them because that's what happened in the Old Testament you had
Temporary indwelling and a temporary
Filling of the Holy Ghost as well as it a temporary anointing of the Holy Spirit now go to Judges chapter 3
Let's look at another example of how the Holy Spirit works in the Old Testament
Judges chapter number 3
I'm gonna take a look at the judge off kneel in
Judges chapter 3 off kneel and it just why you go there
I'm gonna read out of Judges 14 talking about Samson where the Bible says then went Samson down and his father and his mother to
Timnath and came to the vineyards of tin math Timnath and behold a young lion
Roared against him and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him and he rent him as he would have rent a kid
And he had nothing in his hand
But he told not his father or his mother what he had done
So Samson defeated a lion
Why because the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him the Spirit of the Lord?
Brings victory if you want victory in your life be filled with the spirit. That's what happens
The devil is a roaring lion and his influence can corrupt your Christian life today
If you're not walking in the spirit consistently
Look at Judges 3 verse 7 and
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and
Forgot the Lord their God and served Balaam and the groves
Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel and he sold them into the hand of Kushan
Rish that Risha Thayim king of Mesopotamia and the children of Israel served Kushan Risha Thayim eight years
You'll have to forgive me if I didn't pronounce that right
Look at verse number nine and when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of
Israel who delivered them even off kneel the son of keen as Caleb's younger brother
So this begins the cycle of the Israelites repeatedly turning against God over and over and over again
God giving them a deliverer they plead with God for a deliverer
They get one and then they go back to being wicked again and it happens over and over here in the book of Judges look
At verse 10 and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him talking about off kneel
And he judged Israel and went out to war and the Lord delivered Kushan Risha Thayim king of Mesopotamia
Into his hand and his hand prevailed against Kushan Risha Thayim and the land had rest 40 years and off kneel
The son of keen as died so God raises up a deliverer off kneel to save the children of Israel from the king of Mesopotamia
And the Spirit of the Lord comes upon off kneel
That's what he did in the Old Testament. There was no permanent indwelling in the Old Testament. It was temporal
It was an anointing. It was a filling. It was an indwelling, but it wasn't permanent
Now go to 2nd Chronicles 24
2nd Chronicles 24
Let's look at another situation here in the Old Testament where the Holy Spirit came upon someone
In
Judges 3 the Holy Spirit came upon off kneel. He judged the children of Israel
He delivered them from the hands of from the hand of the king of Mesopotamia
and
in 2nd Chronicles 24
What we're gonna talk about next is basically after Athaliah who is a wicked woman
the Bible actually directly refers to her as a wicked woman she broke up the house of God and
King Joash of Judah
He ends up repairing it
but once he repairs the temple he turns his back on the Lord and
so like we see so many times in Scripture a
Prophet preaches against him and he doesn't like it very much, but we'll notice that the Prophet preaches after the anointing of the Holy Ghost
Look at you're in 2nd Chronicles 24
Look at verse 20 and the Spirit of God came upon Zachariah the son of Jehoiada the priest
Which stood above the people and said unto him thus sayeth God why?
Transgress ye the commandments of the Lord that ye cannot prosper because ye have forsaken the Lord he hath also
forsaken you
Now I want to make this point. This is very important
Although there wasn't a permanent indwelling in the Old Testament
there is something similar between
the Old Testament and the New Testament with regard to the manner in which the Holy Ghost worked and
in the New Testament you can be filled with the Holy Spirit just like men of God were in the Old Testament and
What happens in the Old Testament is when you're filled with the Spirit you preach and in the New Testament?
What happens when you're filled with the Spirit your you preach? It's the same thing
now take a look at verse number 21 and they conspired against him and
Stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him
but slew his son and when he died, he said the Lord look upon it and
require it so notice the Bible says there that the Spirit of God came upon the son of Jehoiada the priest and
He preaches against Joash. Joash doesn't like it people who are called out for their sin often don't like it
He didn't he wasn't an exception and he retaliates
But the key there is the way the Holy Ghost works in the Old Testament
Now it's also worth noting that the Holy Spirit can leave people in the Old Testament. We saw that in the life of King David
Now go to Psalm 51
Go to Psalm 51 and let's look at what David said about the Holy Spirit leaving if you say why did the Holy Spirit leave him?
Because of the fact he committed adultery with another man's wife and then got that rightful husband
Murdered, right? So the Holy Spirit left him. This does not mean he lost his salvation
salvation in the Old Testament was by faith just like it is in the New Testament and
People who were saved by faith in the Old Testament had eternal security
Just like we do the difference is though
The Holy Spirit can leave people in the New Testament in the Old Testament
But in the New Testament the gas tank will never hit empty now
You might not be filled with the Holy Ghost all the time
But that gas tank is never going to go completely empty because we have the permanent indwelling in
First Samuel 16 the Bible says but the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord
Troubled him so when Saul was rejected from being King the Bible says that the Spirit of the Lord
left him an evil spirit replaced him and so
the Spirit of the Lord can leave people when they go into wicked sin when they turn their back on God and
Today in the New Testament if you choose to quench the Spirit, you're not going to be filled with the Spirit
You're not going to exhibit the fruits of the Spirit
Now in Psalm 51 David after he transgresses big-time against God and commits adultery and gets the rightful husband murdered
He says in verse 10. He writes about it here in Psalm 51. He's lamenting about it and in verse 10
He says created me a clean heart Oh God and renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me
He says in verse 12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit
Like I said if somebody loses the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, they didn't lose their salvation and notice
He says restore and restore unto me the joy of my salvation
He's not saying restore restore unto me my salvation itself
He's talking about the joy of salvation and guess what if you live a wicked life
You're not gonna have the joy of salvation David lost that because of what he chose to do with Bathsheba
So the Holy Spirit can leave people in the Old Testament the Holy Spirit's anointing is temporary
The indwelling is temporary and the filling is temporary as well
But now let's compare that to the New Testament. I already touched on it a little bit
But let's compare this to the New Testament so far. I've said if you would go to John chapter 14, by the way
John chapter 14
So far I've said the Holy Ghost the Holy Spirit is God
100% God I said the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. I
Said the Holy Spirit came upon individuals in the Old Testament. They didn't have the permanent indwelling
Now I'm going to talk about the New Testament the Holy Spirit
Permanently indwells people in the New Testament. You're sealed until the day of redemption
the Bible says I
Looked at Othniel. I looked at I looked at David. We looked at some other who else we look at here
I can't believe I forgot looked at King Joash. I looked also at Samuel and
Zechariah and there are other examples as well. I don't have all day to go through them, but
It was temporary now in the New Testament. It's permanent. Look at John chapter 14 and verse 15
Jesus says here if you love me keep my
Commandments and I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever
Even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him
but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and
Shall be in you. I will not leave you comforted comfortless
I will come to you. So Jesus says the Spirit of God will be inside those who believe him
How do people get the Spirit of God when they get saved when they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ?
They get the Holy Spirit
They're sealed until the day of redemption the Bible teaches in Ephesians chapter 1 which we'll look at here in moments
But Jesus teaches here that in the New Testament, there's a permanent indwelling you have him forever
Now
Just like in the Old Testament, it's possible to have different levels right in the New Testament
It's possible for somebody to have different levels of the Spirit
You could be filled with the Spirit or not
But again, but at the end of the day that gas tank will never hit empty. Like I said earlier now go to Acts chapter 2
Acts chapter 2 in Luke 1
the Bible says and his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and
Prophecied saying
blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raised up and horn of
salvation for us in the house of his servant David
So when the father of John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost he preached
He didn't speak an unintelligible language. He preached that's the result
That's one of the fruits of the Spirit and what I want to look at here in Acts chapter 2 is the day of Pentecost
We saw the indwelling of the Spirit here
We saw the anointing of the Spirit as well and the miracle of speaking with tongues in verse number one
in Acts 2 the Bible says and when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place and
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and there
Appeared unto them cloven tongues like as a fire and it sat upon each of them
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance
So this is a miracle
Orchestrated by God they had cloven tongues like as a fire
Literally on top of them and when the Bible uses the word tongues we're gonna see in the following verses. It's talking about
languages, it's not what the Pentecostals do rolling around like fools in the aisle way and jumping and hopping around looking like
Demon possessed crazy people what the Bible is meaning what it talks about tongues
It's another language the miracle was that these people were able to hear the Word of God in their own language
It would be like if I got up here and started speaking Arabic
Brother Joe would be the only one who would mildly be able to understand what I'm saying. Everyone else here wouldn't have a clue
But if we were at the day of Pentecost you would be understanding what I'm saying
every man was speaking their own language and they understood what was being said look at verse 5 and
There were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every nation under heaven
Now when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were confounded because that every man heard them speak in his own
languages that's case closed right there tongues are
Languages and
so today if you choose to speak another language, whether it's Spanish or Russian or
Japanese or whatever it may be you're speaking in another tongue. It's not gibberish. It's another language other people can understand
Now skip down to verse 38. Let's take a look at
the Pentecostals favorite verse in the whole Bible, this is there John 3 16 acts 2 38 and
And
Notice what the Bible says here in verse 38 then Peter said unto them repent
Comma and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins
And there's another comma there and he shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
So in order to receive that gift the Holy Spirit is not given to you by works
Salvation is not given to you by works if you repent of
Whatever it is you were trusting in to get you to heaven before and instead place a hundred percent of your faith on Christ
Peter is teaching you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
You have to turn away from trusting in your works
You have to turn away from trusting in false gods or anything else now notice
It says repent and then there's a comma there and be baptized for the remission of sins
That means because of the remission says you should be baptized because your sins have been remitted by Jesus Christ
because you're safe believers baptism and
Then the gift of the Holy Ghost in this verse directly corresponds
There are two commas here separating two different ideas and the gift of the Holy Ghost directly
Corresponds to the repentance of the unsaved individual who repents from what they were trusting before to placing their faith on Christ
That's what actually 238 is talking about and it's further proof that we have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament
by faith alone on
Jesus Christ now look at verse 39 for the promises unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off
Even as many as the Lord our God shall call and with many other words
Did he testify and exhort saying save yourselves from this untoward generation?
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized and the same day there were added unto them about
3,000 souls that's a pretty good soul winning day right there
When we do the mega marathon, thanks brother Brian when we do the the mega marathon
I'm thinking of trying to hit this number right here of 3,000 souls think about it
3,000 souls sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise
3,000 souls received that
Down payment from God the Father and
He will redeem them when Jesus Christ returns on the day of Pentecost
We see the indwelling we see also that people were filled with the Spirit. We see the miracle of speaking with tongues as well
Now go to Ephesians chapter 1 Ephesians chapter 1 while you do that. I'm going to read from 2nd Corinthians 1
You're going to go to Ephesians chapter 1
I'm gonna read
2nd Corinthians 1 where the Bible says now he which establishes us with you in Christ and hath anointed us as God
Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts?
So you get the Holy Spirit at salvation and you're sealed forever
It's a done deal
This is further proof of eternal security because the Holy Spirit cannot go to hell that would be total
Nonsense and the Bible talks about how you've received the earnest of the Spirit and
the Bible says in John chapter 3
The Father talking about Jesus it says for he whom God hath sent
Speaketh the words of God for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him
So Jesus was completely full of the Holy Spirit
You are given an earnest of the Spirit and now it's your choice whether you want to be full of the Spirit or not
But like I've said multiple times already that needle will never hit empty. You'll never completely lose the Holy Ghost
It's been given by measure unto you. You have the earnest of the Spirit
Look at Ephesians 1 verse 10
Ephesians 1 verse 10 the Bible reads there that in the dispensation of the fullness of times
He might gather together in one all things in Christ
Both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him in whom also we have obtained an inheritance
Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things
after the counsel of his own will
That we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ in whom he also
Trusted after that she heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye believed
Ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise and what I'm going to tell you tonight is a simple truth
What God has sealed no man can unseal what God has sealed
No
Man can unseal now people will try as hard as they can to contort and distort the scriptures to try and teach something else
But you folks have been sealed with the Holy Spirit
And if you go to hell for any reason after salvation then the Holy Spirit's coming with you
But that's obviously total nonsense
It's not gonna happen verse 14 says which is the earnest of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession
Unto the praise of his glory. Not only do you have eternal life as a saved Bible believing Christian
Not only do you have the Holy Spirit inside you you have
The down payment that has been placed on you by God the Father. It's a down payment
It's a promise that one day you will be redeemed and this sinful flesh will go to the ground and you won't have to worry
about the conflict and your members between the spirit and the flesh and at the rapture you will be redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ when
You're resurrected out of the grave in a perfectly sinless glorified body
That's what the Bible is talking about when it says you have been you will you're sealed until the day of redemption
The Father purchased you through Jesus Christ
Now the question is
Why do we have the permanent indwelling in the New Testament?
But it's temporary in the Old Testament. I
Think we can surmise something about this. Why do we have permanent indwelling in the New Testament?
But it's temporary in the Old Testament go to first Kings chapter 8
We have to understand there's a reason for everything in Scripture
It's not that New Testament believers are somehow better than Old Testament believers
Trust me. We're not better than Abraham. We're not better than Moses
We're not better than David because we happen to be born after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ
So that's not the answer. It's not that we're just better. That would be prideful, right?
There's a very real reason I think we could surmise based on what the Bible says
Regarding the temple of God if you go to first Kings chapter 8
Look at verse number 12
This is Solomon speaking about the temple of God
He says in verse 12 then spake Solomon the Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness
I have surely built thee and house to dwell in it's talking to God here. He's blessing the Lord
I have surely built thee and house to dwell in a settled place for thee to abide in forever
Why was the indwelling temporary in the Old Testament? Why was the anointing temporary in the Old Testament?
Why didn't they have the permanent indwelling of the Holy Ghost?
Because in the Old Testament
God didn't dwell forever
Inside people he dwelled with them. He dwelled with them in the tabernacle
He dwelled with them in the temple of God Solomon talked about how this temple was built for God to dwell it
So in the Old Testament God dwelt with the Israelites
He dwelt with people in the tabernacle in the wilderness and later in the temple of God
But in the New Testament the Bible says in 1st Corinthians chapter 3
No ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you
So in the New Testament, we're the temple the Spirit dwells inside New Testament believers because New Testament believers
Are the temple of God we don't have a physical temple of God
The next physical temple of God you see spring up in the Middle East is gonna be for the Antichrist
It's not gonna be for Jesus
It's the Antichrist who at the abomination of desolation will sit in the temple of God and proclaim himself to be God
You are the temple the Bible says and so the responsibility the onus is on us as
The temple of God to make sure we're not defiling it
God hated when that happened in the Old Testament and we shouldn't let that happen to us
So I think that's a possible theory as to why in the Old Testament
The indwelling was permanent because God dwelled with them in the tabernacle and in the physical temple
Whereas in the New Testament we our bodies are the temple of God and God dwells with us forever
We're sealed with the Holy Spirit
Now go to Ephesians chapter 4 as I move into my final point
Ephesians chapter 4 so far. I've said the Holy Spirit is God. I said the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. I
Said the Holy Spirit came upon individuals in the Old Testament. I
Said the Holy Spirit permanently indwells people in the New Testament and
Now my final point is the Holy Spirit can be grieved or quenched
You can quench the power of God in your life if you choose
to yield to the flesh
look at Ephesians 4 verse 29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth
But that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers and
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God
whereby ye are sealed until the day of
Redemption don't grieve the Spirit of God by talking like the heathen
By using corrupt communication by cursing up a storm
We should speak like Christians and if you're hanging out with people and they can't tell that you're a Christian you're doing something wrong
You should be weird to people people should look at you and say hey, you're kind of weird
You don't exactly fit in with everybody else here at work. How come you don't go out drinking with us?
How come you don't go out to the Hollywood movies with us? How come you don't sit around and play video games with us?
How come you're not interested in the same things? We're interested in how come you're not like everybody else and that's because you're a Christian
That's because you have the Holy Spirit of God inside you and we shouldn't grieve the spirit by acting like the world
When you live in such a way that the average person cannot tell whether or not you believe the Bible
You're grieving the Holy Spirit when you watch a bunch of useless reality TV shows
And by the way, I know that brother Theo already hit this in the morning talking about the stupidity of pop culture
But I want to get in on it too. If you're sitting around watching the these
Ridiculous these
Mind-numbing these brain cell killing reality television shows all day. You're grieving the Holy Spirit of God
They're dumb. You're wasting your time
You could be watching some good old-fashioned hard preaching or if you really want to watch movies so bad
How about the movies put out by Paul Wittenberg errs framing the world? I think those are pretty good
I liked beyond Jordan beyond Jordan is better than anything Hollywood could ever produce
But those who would run to Hollywood as Christians and go watch I
Know I can't even name a popular move Star Wars
I guess
People who would go watch Star Wars and and all the rest of it
They're grieving the Holy Spirit people who would watch the TV shows Game of Thrones
And all this other garbage are grieving the Holy Spirit people who would say well
One beer can't possibly hurt. I mean, come on, you know, let's just lighten up a little bit
No, you're grieving the Holy Spirit of God and we shouldn't do that. We shouldn't be walking in the flesh
There's no excuse for it
Now go to first Thessalonians 5 and we'll be done first Thessalonians 5
I'm gonna
I'm gonna show you a verse that has four words pretty short
First Thessalonians chapter 5 and then we'll be done and
We can go have dinner and enjoy the rest of our day first Thessalonians chapter 5 look at verse number 19 the Bible says
quench not the Spirit
Quench not the Spirit
The Holy Spirit is a fire God has lit inside you and if you allow him to work in your life
You would be surprised at the things you can accomplish
You'd be surprised at the amount of Bible knowledge. You could learn you'd be surprised at
What you can add how many people you can go get saved at the preaching you might be able to do at the
Opportunities God might give you if you walk in the spirit if you don't quench the spirit
You quench a fire and the Holy Spirit is often
I should say fire is often used to picture the Holy Spirit and we shouldn't quench the spirit
We shouldn't quench the power of God in our life
That's why he gave us the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth to help us overcome sin
Yes, it's not automatic, but you have the power to make it so that sin does not reign in your life
Whether it's an addiction whether it's something you just can't seem to kick
God gave you the Holy Ghost to help you overcome it so that you are not a slave to sin
So that the flesh doesn't reign over you and win each and every single day
But it takes a personal effort on your part to say God's given me the Holy Spirit. He's given me the Holy Ghost
I don't want to grieve him. I don't want to quench him
I want to do what the Lord has planned for me in my life and live up to my potential and
Every single one of you have the potential to do great things for the Lord
and the reason why is because you're saved and God's in you so don't quench the Holy Spirit and
Don't ruin what could have been a tremendous life lived by you
For Christ there are people out there too many people who need who need to be saved and there's too much truth that needs to
Be illuminated so quench not the spirit
to recap I talked about how this the Holy Spirit is
God and we prove that
100% God just like the Father is a hundred percent God and the Son is a hundred percent God
I said the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. You will learn Bible doctrine
The Holy Spirit came upon
individuals in the Old Testament
The Holy Spirit permanently indwells individuals in the New Testament who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
I also surmised why the permanent why the Old Testament Saints didn't have that permanent indwelling and
why we do in the New Testament and finally the Holy Spirit can be grieved or
Quenched if you're not careful and you walk in the flesh
You won't exhibit the fruits of the Spirit and you won't accomplish the good works that have been ordained by God
For you to do let's pray
Father we thank you for the truth in your word. We pray that you help us to
continue to read our Bible and learn more doctrine and take time out of our lives to just sit down with
The Holy Spirit and ourselves
to learn
To learn what you would have for us
Help us not to quench the spirit
help us not to grieve the Holy Spirit by sinning against you by yielding to the flesh and
Lord help us to continue to do work here at Steadfast Baptist Church that would glorify your name in Jesus name
I pray amen
You