Power Of Pentecost - Pastor Greg Simas - 5.31.20

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begs to continue rolling it's important to remember that God is sovereign and that he reigns not just God himself but everything he is his hope reigns his love reigns his penis reigns so God right now as we just stand before your presence may be honest that you would just break it right now with your peace with your home God as we join in worship this morning God would you what our praises just arise this morning as an anthem of unity and anthem of Hope [Music] God that our praises and that our prayers that our songs would fill the balls in heaven and God would you just flip those bowls over just begin to pour out your goodness and your peace across this nation and our city is God that you would break down every wall of division that you would combat division of unity that you would combat hopelessness with hope that you would combat disunity with peace we stand before you right now we stand in the gap and we declare that you reign over all who you are the god of the heavens you are the god of the earth you're the god of our lives your peace and your hope is unmatched we cry out this morning which you pour out in greater measure your spirit of this nation your presence in every our [Music] thank God would you just increase the love we have for each other would you open the eyes of our heart help us see through your eyes public Caesar your gaze help us be your hands and feet help us to love our neighbor help us to feed the hungry to do what you would do to me how you would be help us love you and that starts with loving each other you say that withholding food and water from our neighbours like withholding food and water from you help us love each other God let love upon in every place fill up every space [Music] just saying you rain we look to you our help comes from urania reign you reign you reign reign over all of this you reign over this nation you reign over this country you reign over this city over this state of California over Minneapolis God over Atlanta God over this entire nation god we declare the you Reyna you are God and that your hope prevails your unity prevails your peace prevails so let our worship and our praises fill the whole scope just flip postpones over more corta corta pour it out right now we stand in the gap today we stand in the gap understand the gap we intercede for each other from brothers and sisters with a hurting for the broken for the losses for the hungry we standing out through them [Music] poured out your meats poured out [Music] pour it out we lift up one voice we literally cry [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] for do now [Music] [Music] [Music] my comes you know just [Music] feel [Music] to see [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] you go [Applause] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] in high [Music] Oh [Music] Holly [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] my god [Music] to say things I can do god I look to you give me 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his letting life out of the grave today his JC never found a grave today dreams come alive with dreams awakened in the name of Jesus away be made in the name of Jesus [Music] but you thought our sins [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] King come see I got people come together and people come together strangers neighbors I played his wife the children chatter is keen to go don't let your heart be troubled oh yeah [Music] she dies truth God's Mary today crews hold on be strong never wear cars [Music] [Applause] [Music] salvation in Jesus his kingdom comes forget Jesus our [Music] busy oh gee his kingdom comes to know [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] little brains go cool [Music] all the children [Music] school [Music] why [Music] praise go my eyes coming [Music] all's school [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] ah his blood oh we see Jesus my friend forever he's keno come key to company that you can come and father father Oh Gretchen [Music] but the phrase Gaul was the walls come down alkylation everything with breath repeat itself all his children clean and pure grace name is Jesus so one more time just prophesy today [Music] yeah we just prophetically declare that today as some white days so why are you ancient doors because of your spirit come to this place many criticize our spirit fall in this nation they come together and we say a spirit come together we say for America fall in this nation mark our hearts we give you all the glory all the honor and all the praise you love you only worship hello good morning my name is pastor Andrew welcome thank you guys so much for joining if you're a first time visitor we would love for you to scroll down into the link in the description below click on our welcome card link and we would love for you to follow us on social media as well when you click on that link you'll burst start receiving our elastin it would just be fantastic to be connected 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have you guys with us and staff and I just want to publicly say you know how much I appreciate our team and just has been so faithful over the last I don't even I can't I lost count nine weeks 10 weeks of just filming and lead worship and so just want to say just so thankful for all you guys glad you guys are here and serving and then I have my family I think today is Hannah my you don't see her but Hannah my my oldest little girl with us and Andrew and then of course pastor at Wendy and yeah you are you know you guys know that she's ordained she's ordained yeah that's right and so you know she'll she'll be up here more I just in the future so I make that Proclamation and declaration over to you alright so and thank you all for joining us up you know on YouTube so good I just love all the comments so you can just go to youtube.com youtube.com and just go to convergence house prayer and you could find us to jump in just appreciate all the comments all the good reports that that we're hearing about and how God's moving in your life so well today's Pentecost Sunday and before I before I begin I wanted to just take a few moments and address a few things first of all just around what's happening in our country right now and regarding George Floyd the killing of George Floyd and I I personally well think how absolutely wrong you know it was and the actions of the officers to do what they did and that I I want to pray for of course his family and I also want to pray for all of our african-american brothers and sisters all over the the United States in the church outside of the church and I also want to be praying for and we need to continue to pray for America and it feels like we're moving from one unprecedented time to another unprecedented time and the thing is is that we are the scripture says that were salt and we're light I mean salt is a preservative and it it it brings taste as well but it also preserves and and I feel like it's so important right now for us especially in our house to understand ekklesia we legislate from heaven to earth and we're called to be God's Legislative Assembly and it's a time for us to pray it's a time for us to to go into that third heaven talk to the Father find out what heaven is doing and release it on the earth I was thinking about this this morning as we were in worship I was just thinking about like the last couple weeks we talked about David and Goliath and it seemed like Goliath just got a little bigger but in God's eyes he's not big and in our eyes he might be and it's important that we that we bring God's narrative onto the scene I don't want to I don't want to preach a message you know do a series let's just say it's only two weeks but and then leave that behind let's go on this something else I feel like we need to take what that the word that was preached and maybe call that a prophetic you know message in that context and say you know it's important I feel like the Lord told me you know the Lord kind of speaks to me randomly like and I ask him like what do you want to bring this morning and and and I was walking down the hallway and I was thinking about you know I just thought this came to me make sure you're throwing if we're gonna slay Goliath and we have to make sure that the stones that we we are in our pouch so to speak are is all kingdom stones you know God's narrative stones and and those are the things that we need to be hurling we don't war against flesh and blood we war against principalities and powers and we have to be wise and though we have to though we have to you know have compassion definitely have compassion and sympathize and have empathy and all those kinds of things are super important I think that's all kingdom dynamics I think that's the heart of God in all believers but I feel like we have to be we have to be wise and how we move forward and so I would just encourage you guys to let's continue to pray let's continue to hear what God saying and let's continue to bring that to earth and so that might mean like you're just wrapping your arm arms around a brother or sister or you encourage them and comfort them and so and you got to pray for those that are authority we got to pray for those we just got to pray Wow let's to say it we just got to pray we got to believe God that he could turn this whole thing around and I'm trusting that he that he will so the other thing too I want to I just want to say on the flip side of that it is the day of Pentecost I mean this is Pentecost Sunday and I just think it's so it's so interesting right now it's kind of like you know there's this reopening of of churches all over the all over the nation and especially in light of what's taking place over the last week that we that many people got the green light to go ahead and reopen their churches in or Nia and so I I just feel like with all that's happening in our nation and then this reopening of the birth really of the church according to Acts chapter 2 which will dive into the birth of the church in Acts chapter 2 it's almost like this dynamic of God raising up his people in this season for such a time as this and that's why when I believe for I want to believe for God to raise up his sons and daughters you know at another level for such a time as this and so I just would encourage you guys to yes let's pray for America and all the things that are happening but also let's pray for the church in America let's pray for the body of Christ in America let's pray for our pastors and our leaders and our ministry leaders in America let's pray for God to to bring revelation and the fire of God which is all about Acts chapter 2 the fire God would fall on pulpits and men and women who preach the gospel and men and women who are who are serving everywhere as ministers whether it's Facebook technology you know we're tech world or the construction field wherever it is that God has planted you that the Lord would use you powerfully in in those places to bring his narrative on to the scene and of course that's you know the the number one narrative we need to bring is the gospel of Jesus and the life of Jesus is sharing our faith and bringing people into the saving knowledge of who God is and that's really what changes the heart is when Jesus comes into the heart it changes the heart changes the life I know it did me I mean for you know one day I was like this and the next thing I was like this I mean it's called transformation and I feel like we just weak we need to land there we need to make sure that we're we're staying focused on the kingdom focused on who Jesus is releasing the word of the Lord and be wise and be good stewards of his presence and so we're going to come through this we're gonna get through this and trusting that God will do the same so let's believe this and let's believe for all these churches that are opening up in California of course here in Alameda County and in the Greater Silicon Valley we don't have that luxury yet but that day is coming hopefully will will that battle take place hopefully in two or three weeks and then that's the same way in the LA County but everywhere else pretty much everywhere else these churches are opening up and and we praise God for that and I hope everybody could say Amen I don't know you guys all you guys all say amen to that okay yeah okay good all right so it's interesting I have these I have this little spread you guys have the congregation do representing hundreds of okay so so anyway yeah let's just dive in I want to share a little bit especially around Pentecost Sunday and and the birth of the church so if you have your Bibles I wanna I want to be in Acts chapter 1 in Acts chapter 2 and I just want to share a little bit about this and then I want to close in prayer and maybe share a little bit of my own life and then close in prayer so I remember I got saved when I was 16 years old I wasn't raised quote in the church I was I was actually raised Catholic and went to master twice a year so we were faithful on Christmas and we are faithful on Easter and so but it wasn't until I was 16 years old that somebody was bringing me actually to a youth group and I gave my heart to the Lord actually in a Christian school I gave my heart to Jesus I have a twin brother we both gave our heart to the Lord and really transformed our lives we didn't know much about it we just knew that we needed Jesus to come into our heart and the good news is that when he does come in he he transforms us from the inside out so when I got saved know went through a rule book at me a Bible all these things you shouldn't do and not do and though I totally respect God's Word it's like things that I used to hate I began to love the things I used to love it began to not like or hey I just there was a complete transformation over the course of months literally and and so I was living for Jesus and someone and I was actually saved in an Assemblies of God Church so that was a Pentecostal church and so and they were allowed worshipping Pentecostal church you know what I'm you guys know what I'm saying about loud okay loud worshipping Pentecostal church and so my first Sunday and that loud worshipping Pentecostal church they I was worshiping the Lord not with my with my hands down and I was just kind of standing there because that's what we kind of did previously and anyway and so a person in front of me was just like the hands were raised up and they were shocked a lot they were like they were just going off and speaking in tongues and initially that just kind of not really freaked me out I left I guess I got a leave I don't know what this person you know I don't know what's going on with this person so I left and that was my first experience with the baptism of the Holy Spirit or people who are baptized in the Holy Spirit it wasn't until three years later I was at a prayer retreat and and I wasn't called the ministry at that point I was going into business that I was going to go into Shabo college and in Hayward and and they talked about the baptism of the holy spirit and they said you need a tarry for the Holy Spirit you know and I didn't know what Terri was thought that maybe was a name or whatever I didn't know what Terri was so I I did so that actually clarified that for me I mean it's like you press in to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and so I did and it was I just remember it was a dirty floor it was like a campsite you know it was a dirty floor wouldn't look bench and no air conditioning it was miserable actually and I just remember kneeling I said if this is for you this is from you Lord I really want this gift that this pastor just preached about and so I know I'm supposed to tarry so I might be here three weeks you know who knows how long I'm gonna be here and so it was probably about 45 minutes later I I was prayed for then they said like go after your prayer language so I did and I had these things I felt like these words were coming out that they weren't English and I didn't know anyway there was a turtle battle and so the I think what my youth pastor said used to like by faith just let it go you know like go ahead and share the things in and so I went ahead and I did and I'm telling you I though I know I was totally saved at the age of 16 I felt like that got saved again I don't know how else to explain it there was another power encounter with God that that revolutionized my life it wasn't a salvation per se but there was a boldness that came on me and that's when the Lord sent me apart to go into full-time ministry and it was after I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and I'm not saying that's the same that's the same way for everybody I'm you know different people it impacts people differently but I I do want to say this that the the baptism of the Holy Spirit in my humble opinion is not optional equipment if not something we tagged on to our salvation in in Acts chapter 1 Jesus told them he commanded them to wait for the gift of the of the Father the promise of the Father which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit so let's go ahead and let's just kind of visit that and that is Acts chapter one four and five it says on one occasion while he was eating with them he gave them this command he said do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my father promised do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift my father promised which you have heard me speak about for John baptized with water but in a few days I will you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit I mean let's think about these guys for a moment I mean these are these are you know the disciples that are there they don't have they don't have a church tradition they don't have they have never been involved in church politics they have no grid on what this even looks like they didn't even have an idea of how to do Church now they had an idea of how to be a necklace here because they saw Jesus do it and they saw him and he heard Jesus in Matthew 16 verse 18 talking about you are you know the Church of my ecclesia and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it but they weren't trained in rabbinic schools they had no Bible college degrees they had no say seminary degrees I mean they were fishermen predominantly they were political zealots former tax collectors fearful uneducated but here's the thing they were with Jesus for three years and that makes all the difference in the world so these are the guys that he's talking about and he's saying Jesus is going ahead and he's commanding them he says you know please don't go please Terry are wait for the gift that my father has given you which is you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit and I know that they had they really had no grid for that like what does it even mean to be about like we have a grid for it but they don't have they didn't have a grid for it I mean they they probably weren't even around when Jesus when the when John baptized Jesus and the the sky opened up the voice came in the dove came down rested on you know like I don't even know if they were a part of that whole process even then and the Holy Spirit came on him so Jesus alluded to the Holy Spirit and then he says that you're gonna be baptized and that word baptize means to be submerged it means to be it's like taking a dry sponge and pouring water over it and just let it submerge like that's what he's talking about being baptized in the Holy Spirit and so here they are and I just I just so enjoy verses 6 & 7 because they've been with Jesus for three years and they still think that Jesus is gonna go ahead and set up his earthly kingdom I mean this gives hope for all of us in this room really so then then they verse 6 then they then they gathered around him and asked him Lord are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel so they still think he's gonna set up some earthly kingdom and he said to them it's not for you to know the times and dates the father has set by his own authority then we move into the really famous verse Acts chapter 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth so he begins to define this baptism he says and you and you will receive power so he didn't say you might receive power when you're baptized in the Holy Spirit you receive the power of God on your life so you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you see the Holy Spirit was already in them it's the Holy Spirit on them that they're gonna receive so when you're saved the Holy Spirit comes into your life your spirit God's Spirit are connected you're you're declared sons of the Living God and when you're baptized in the Holy Spirit it's the Holy Spirit coming on you so what does it mean by when you receive or this word power so receive actually the word actually means to take back again the word received means to retake or to receive back power is the word Dunamis which I define Dunamis as the ability to do it means it means might that's one of the words it means but it also means ability so Jesus is in so many ways Jesus is pushing all his chips in the middle of the table I mean you gotta be thinking about this Jesus is gonna go ahead he knows he's gonna ascend to the Father he knows that there are gonna be people who are praying he's leaving his teaching ministry in his ministry altogether at least in physical form he's leaving he's gonna be ascended and he's tempt and he's gonna he's not gonna he's not leaving them with a budget he's not leaving them with church buildings he's not leaving him with all the conventional things that we wanted the most important thing that he can leave them with is this command and the command is that you need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and this is what's going to propel my ekklesia to do great things and we see the book of chapter 1 chapter 2 all the way to the end and there's never an Amen at the book of Acts because we're still living in the book of Acts it's an ongoing thing in the book of Acts so we have to be empowered by the Holy Spirit so he says take back again this Dunamis power this ability to do Authority is the right is the right to do but power is the ability to do salvation gives us our rights the baptism of the Holy Spirit gives us the ability to actually exercise those rights so salvation gives us authority and the baptism gives us ability ability so and he says when the Holy Spirit comes on you like I said before the salvation is the Holy Spirit in you the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit on you and then it says for what purpose you will be my witnesses you guys know what that word witnesses means it means martyrs in the Greek it means martyr so I mean that's a that's a real strong word that Jesus is using you will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth so witness is a person who gets on a stand who testifies to the truth of reports given I mean those are you know truthful witnesses a true and faithful witness that's who he is and so Jesus is saying look you guys do not go anywhere I'm leaving they're thinking about Hayes he's gonna restore his kingdom on earth that's not what's happening but the one thing that you need is to be clothed with power and it's no surprise that it's fifty days after his resurrection it's no surprise that it's Pentecost because Pentecost is when they actually gathered they harvested the crops and they celebrated the harvest they celebrated the harvest what are you talking about PG I'm talking about Jesus is empowering them to preach the gospel now I fully believe in signs and wonders if you're around here long that's that's like whoa primary right that's a big deal that's up there in the top five you know Jesus being one I mean all that's up there but but the baptism of the Holy Spirit is an impact is a is a I don't know it's a it's a speaking empowerment well how do you know that because I know that Peter was he denies Jesus Jesus restores him so we see Peter as the one who denied Jesus though he was restored to a Peter who was so empowered by the Holy Spirit he doesn't he doesn't have the fear of man anymore that's broken off of him and he steps up and he preaches the gospel in Acts chapter 2 and 3,000 gets saved well what's the difference between the Peter here and the Peter here the baptism of the holy spirit that's the difference are you guys okay guys with me okay got it okay all right so so in Acts chapter 1 verse 14 this is super important they sought the Lord in unity and and this is where this is this is what we need to be doing right now it says in Acts chapter 1 I know I'm skipping a bunch of verses but verse 14 they all join together constantly in prayer along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers they all join together constantly constantly every one to say constantly constantly in prayer I mean the word says we need to pray without ceasing we need to be praying in the spirit I mean that's our lifeline it's not prayers so much that we can get God to act it's actually prayer that actually brings us into the presence of the Lord and we could actually hear what God wants to do and what God wants to say and bring that reality here prayer is not me telling God what to do prayer is me connecting with the Lord hearing his voice and bringing that reality into this one so here they are they're joined together in prayer they're tight they're unified they're purposeful and this is what leads to Acts chapter 2 Acts chapter 2 verse 1 so when the day of Pentecost came they were all together in one place suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting suddenly and I always this is one of my things seventies don't just happen suddenly I think subtleties are made with investments you you have to settle these are usually something that's built built built built built you're praying you're unified you're together you're seeking God and all of a sudden there's a suddenly suddenly just don't happen suddenly 'he's come with investment we have to invest in prayer we have to invest in being a unified one mind one heart and then it suddenly comes and what's important about pentecost is that i think it was three two or three times a year all the people from all the the the jews from all over the known world would actually come to two or three great feasts or festivals each year in jerusalem and they would actually gather from other regions and they would all so the lord has has literally thousands and thousands and thousands of his people in the city and that's when he decides at that point the spirit of God's gonna fall so suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind that's what we need again I mean one translation says a rushing wind I mean this is what we this is what we need in our churches I'm praying that the Lord would pour a fresh anointing and fire on the body of Christ this is what I believe it for for convergence House of Prayer this is what I'm believing for that the churches in the Silicon Valley and the wider you know California the state and in our nation and around the world you guys we don't war against flesh and blood right we don't wrestle against flesh and blood we are we're actually dependent on the fresh anointing of the Spirit of God that comes on us well why do you say that is because that is what Jesus did and that's what he commanded us to do and so Jesus ministry doesn't start until he's actually baptized in the Holy Spirit and then he's remember he's baptized and water comes up here comes the Dove he's actually baptized Spirit of God comes on him and from that point on he moves in ministry it's not just a teaching ministry it's a ministry filled with signs wonders and miracles so he now he says okay now I want you to tarry as one man Terry is one man get into the upper room and now the same spirit that fell on me way back earlier when John the Baptist baptized me it's the same spirit that's gonna fall on you and Jesus relied on the Holy Spirit in his ministry he heard from the father but he was moving in the Spirit of God so we walk by faith not by sight and it says to be in step with the Spirit says walk in the spirit I mean when you start reading Romans you start reading all the way through the New Testament there's this huge emphasis on the person and the work of the Holy Spirit and for some reason we we think about the father we think about the Sun and we think about the Holy Spirit maybe down here somewhere you know like we have these are the these are the big guys and then there's the Holy Spirit no it's the father sound on the Holy Spirit and they're co-equal there are three persons in the Godhead they're co-equal and so they all have their part but they're but but the Holy Spirit is not the junior partner of the Godhead the Holy Spirit is God and we need the Holy Spirit not just in us praise God were saved we need the Spirit of God on us I mean now like never before I mean now like never before we have to we have to you know we get out of this this shelter in place we're gonna have to come out I'm pray that we come out not not just carrying that I was gonna say full of the Holy Spirit but what I meant to say what I mean to say when I say that is that the Spirit of God is on us in such a way that we're coming out in love or coming out serving people but we're coming out with the word of the Lord when Jesus came he changed history right when he came he changed history and we are sons and daughters of the Living God though we're not obviously not God but we but we can function under the anointing of the Spirit of God just like Jesus and when we get out of this I call it you know si P you know sip that's the thing now it's kind of like it's easy anyway we come out of this sip you know we I'm praying that we come out with fresh fire fresh anointing and that we can actually slay the Goliath's that are in front of us I really believe that's gonna happen I mean I mean I'm not just saying this is what we need to do I really believe that's what's gonna happen and I'm believing that for you and I'm believing that for me I don't want to come out of the shelter of play I want I want to come out of different man I want to come out of a pure man I want to come out of man with that's been dialed in in the secret place with the Lord III want to come out filled with the Spirit of God I want to come out with the word of the Lord on my lips it doesn't mean I badger people with it it means I love and I serve people like Jesus did but I do so under the anointing of the Spirit of God yeah okay all right yeah yeah all right all right all right it's fun having these guys in here even though I can't see him all right verse 3 and they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them I think the passion translation says it says it says a pillar of fire and a lot of commentary say that's what it was you know and I was thinking about this this morning this thought came to me this I know I've read this passage to my life probably hundreds of times but I see I saw like there's this pillar of fire and then it splits off into tongues of fire and so I'm seeing that there's a a corporate anointing and a personal anointing but it's all one so when we're baptized in the Spirit of God yes there's a personal anointing for everyone but it's still part of a corporate anointing and when we that's why there's 120 in that room and it's like there's this corporate anointing that takes place and so I'm moving in the in the power of the Holy Spirit baptized in the Holy Spirit I'm not moving rogue I'm not moving on my own there's a there's a greater corporate anointing that God is doing in other people at the same time and I think the pillars really wide and I think that when the Lord sees it from heaven to earth I think he sees this pillar he might see this pillar I don't know I haven't asked him yet this pillar coming you know there and I'm seeing these tongues of fire resting on every single person in this room it's not the baptism of the holy spirit though it's an event is it's a it's an encounter but it's an ongoing encounter that's why I says in Ephesians chapter 5 18 don't be drunk with wine but be filled with the Holy Spirit that word filled means to be continually filled ongoing it's a it's you could be filled with the Spirit of God three or four times a day but that but the exhortation is be continually filled with the Holy Spirit so all of them where am I alright corporate anointing right so the the fire separates and that means that that actually word bees to actually cleave apart it's like to cut in pieces like a butcher cut to meat it's just it was like I don't know how else to say when I think of meat okay I haven't been eating meat lately but yeah but rich is here and rich always eats me so okay get focused now PG and I love the fact that the fire rested on them so there's this place of functioning under the anointing in a place of rest not stress not anxiety not working ourselves up when we watch the news or not I mean we have to be in a place of rest I heard this a long time ago and I really believe it's true we actually hear better in this place of rest so that doesn't mean rest doesn't mean inactivity it just means that I can actually there's no there's no blockages through all the things I'm thinking about worrying about whatever I'm in the presence of the Lord receiving and fire is always symbolic of divine presence so you get you see this was taking place the pillar of fire is coming down is being cleaved like use that it's it's falling on them and it's it's actually rest on the 120 that are in the room and it's a corporate anointing and it's a personal anointing but it's still the baptism of the Holy Spirit and verse four and all of them the greek word for all is all all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit not some of them not 80% of them all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit enabled them so the word the word filled means to be generously supplied it means to be completely full so the famous nail illustration that we use all the time is the you know the water bottle and we pour water in it it's just how do you know when it's full you know when it's full is when it's over when it overflows so they were generously supplied they were completely full with God Himself Holy Spirit and they began to speak in tongues as the Spirit of God enabled them so that's a that's a gift that the Lord gives you is speaking in tongues which we don't have time to talk about today I think I did a series on for three or four weeks on the power of speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God enabled them our in some translations says as the Spirit of God gave them utterance and that word utterance means to speak out so it's important to note that the Spirit of God enabled them but it was them who were doing the speaking so there's a there's a partnership so on this Pentecost Sunday as I try and bring this to a close on Pentecost Sunday what I'm believing for is for those who have never received the baptism of the Holy Spirit to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit well how do I do that well it's it's really quite simple you just get before the Lord I would just recommend in a quiet place and he just asked a good father to say father this is the promise that you shared in Scripture and I believe it's for me and I asked you to baptized me in the Holy Spirit now if you're if you're by yourself that's a that's a legal legitimate awesome prayer if you have family members who are filled with the Holy Spirit or you have friends who are filled with the holy spells of the Holy Spirit approached them and asked them if they could pray for you to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit I'm still amazed at the things that Jesus does honestly I'm still I'm standing here I preached out of Acts chapter 1 and 2 for years and I'm still I'm standing here as I'm talking to you I'm standing here thinking this is what he did like this is the only thing he did before he left this is he modeled the life they were with him and you think three years would be enough with Jesus right even if he had a week with him even Eve he had a two hours with the Lord right hey father I mean Jesus just download these things to me like three years it says and it says in the Bible that the miracles couldn't even the books the book the Bible can't even the books can't even contain the miracles that Jesus did that was only three years right and you think that'd be enough and so he tells them I'm gonna leave but you need to wait to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit he didn't say here's 50 ways to plant a church he didn't say now that you've been with me for three years you are you can apply now to rabbinic schools he was talking to a necklace eeeh he wasn't talk to a formalized traditional church the ekklesia needs the baptism of the Holy Spirit it is not optional equipment and so if you're filled with the Holy Spirit you've been baptized in the Holy Spirit ask him again fill me again baptize me again because to me for Jesus to ascend and that's the only command he leaves and we know in the book of Acts that was the only command that was needed that crazy right I mean Acts chapter 3 the man healed by the gate beautiful persecution Acts chapter 4 it says at the end of the chapter they prayed the place was shaking they were filled with the Holy Spirit and they preached the Word of God with boldness we've seen I think acts 19 people were saying I was baptized under John's baptism and Paul's like hey you need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit we see with Cornelius even how the Gentiles got converted like they they actually validated that the Gentiles could be saved because the Holy Spirit fell on Cornelius and his family and everyone began to speak in tongues that was the verification you guys let's believe the Lord and especially in this season let's believe the Lord that the fire of God will fall on the houses of God on the people of God afresh in a new let's believe that they'll be fire and I know how you just define that fire coming out of our pulpits I'm not talking about loud preaching I'm talking about we think a fire we think of a guy jumping off a stage and he's sweating and everything I'm not talking about that I'm talking about the Spirit of God is so evident on that Minister that woman that man like there is a preaching the gospel for people that are that are serving could I think Menace there is no I don't think there's a separation between pastoral ministry and late minute we're all ministers so as your ministry takes you to wherever the Lord has you that the anointing of the Holy Spirit is resting on you so powerfully that even your shadow might heal people it's all here Acts chapter 2 it's being baptized in the Holy Spirit that's what I celebrate I know once a year we celebrate Pentecost Sunday and I believe that there'd be amazing things that take place today but there's also tomorrow and that's another Pentecost day and then there's Tuesday that's another and that's another and that's another so let's believe God in this season like let's let's ask the Lord I can't be responsible for you you can't be responsible for me my responsibility is to keep my heart on fire keep my heart and revival that's not your responsibility that's mine and it's the it is the filling of the Holy Spirit that's so essential for us so father as we as we end this meeting this morning with our family and friends I pray for a fresh anointing to be released Lord as I just extend my hands out toward the camera I pray that the Spirit of God would land to every viewer in the heart and on every viewer that I just say be baptized in the Spirit of God let there be a fresh outpouring over you in the name of Jesus but the Holy Spirit come in right now and just wreck you let it fill your homes let it be saturated with presence let it feel the car that you might be watching this video in may it fill the workplace may it fill may continue to fill let there be an overflow of the presence of God and Lord we just we just release your presence we release the power of the Spirit of God in our nation in our churches all over this nation and around the world and God made not just be one day we commemorate once a year now this is something that has meant for us as believers to be enjoyed and empowered day by day and we thank you for Jesus in your name amen amen well you guys god bless you we'll be right back here next week and we just pray that you're gonna have a safe week have a blessed week but go after the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit amen amen amen amen god bless you thank you so much for joining us this morning and afternoon happy Pentecost Sunday let's continue to contend for the Lord to pour his spirit out for all generations and join us on social media Instagram and Facebook live in about 20 minutes see you guys there [Music]

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