The Holy Spirit

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The Holy Spirit

“Not Yet Given”A Study of the

Giving of the Holy Spirit

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The Promise of the Spirit

“Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him

come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ” But this He

spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for

the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.”

(John 7:37–39, NASB95)

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• When was the Spirit given?

• Who received the Spirit?

• Why was the Spirit given?

• How does this effect us today?

The Promise of the Spirit

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• After Jesus was “glorified”

When was the Spirit Given?

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“These things His disciples did not

understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they

remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had

done these things to Him.”

(John 12:16, NASB95)


“Glorified” refers to the Cross

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“And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of

Man to be glorified. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears

much fruit.” (John 12:23–24, NASB95)


“Glorified” refers to the Cross

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• Joel 2:28-32 serves as the prophetic background of John 7


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“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men

will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. “Even on the male and female

servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. “I will display wonders in the sky and

on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke. “The sun will be turned into

darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD

comes. “And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will

be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape,

As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.”

(Joel 2:28–32, NASB95)


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Joel 2:28-32

“I will pour out My Spirit upon all

flesh”“Whosever shall call on the name of the Lord shall

be delivered”

John 7:37-39

“From his innermost being will flow rivers of

living water”

“He who believes in Me”

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• Joel 2:28-32 serves as the prophetic background of John 7

• The Promise was fulfilled on Pentecost


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• The people recognized the sign being performed vs. 6-8

• They heard the Apostles “speaking of the mighty deeds of God” vs. 11

• They were amazed by what they witnessed vs. 12

The Spirit Given on Pentecost

“but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: ‘And it

shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will

pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your

daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old

men shall dream dreams;”

(Acts 2:16–17, NASB95)

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Who Received the Spirit?

Apostles

Cornelius

Believers

Acts 2:1-4

Mark 16:16-20

Acts 10-11

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture

said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who

believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit

was not yet given, because Jesus was not

yet glorified.” (John 7:38–39, NASB95)

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Apostles

Cornelius

Believers

Acts 2:1-4

Mark 16:16-20

Acts 10-11

Received the Spirit as a Comforter

enabling them to carry out their

commission (Jn 14:25,26;

15:26,27; Jn 16:7-13;

Acts 1:1-8)

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Apostles

Cornelius

Believers

Acts 2:1-4

Mark 16:16-20

Acts 10-11

• Received the “gift of the Spirit” before baptism

• Received the Spirit “without hands”

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Apostles

Cornelius

Believers

Acts 2:1-4

Mark 16:16-20

Acts 10-11

• The Samaritans Acts 8:5-19

• The Ephesian Disciples Acts 19:5,6

• Not all who were baptized

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Who Received the Spirit - Believers• Heard Christ

preached vs. 5• Believed and were

baptized vs. 12• Did not receive the

Spirit until Apostles laid hands on them vs. 14-16

“But when they believed Philip preaching the good news … they were being baptized… Now when the

apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had

received the word of God, they sent them Peter and

John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For He had

not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the

name of the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 8:12–16, NASB95)

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Who Received the Spirit - Believers• Baptized in the

name of Jesus vs. 5

• Received the Spirit when Paul laid hands on them vs. 6

“When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid

his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking

with tongues and prophesying.”

(Acts 19:5–6, NASB95)

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Who Received the Spirit - Believers• “The called of

Jesus Christ” vs. 6• Had been baptized

Rom 6:3• Yet Paul needed to

impart some spiritual gift

“For I long to see you so that I may

impart some spiritual gift to you,

that you may be established;”

(Romans 1:11, NASB95)

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Why was the Spirit Given?

• To Authorize“You are witnesses of

these things. “And behold, I am sending

forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the

city until you are clothed with power

from on high.” (Luke 24:48–49,

NASB95)

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• To Authorize“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, NASB95)

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• To Authorize“And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; and He made no distinction

between us and them, cleansing their hearts

by faith.” (Acts 15:8–9, NASB95)

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• To Authorize• To

Demonstrate

“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My

name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they

will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt

them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will

recover.”(Mark 16:17–18, NASB95)

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Demonstrate

“Therefore, those who had been scattered went

about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and

began proclaiming Christ to them. The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they

heard and saw the signs which he was performing.”

(Acts 8:4–6, NASB95)

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Demonstrate• To Convince

“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin

and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do

not believe in Me; and concerning

righteousness, because I go to the Father and

you no longer see Me…”

(John 16:8–10, NASB95)

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Convinced not Overwhelmed• Not referring to baptism

“in” the Spirit but “by” the Spirit

• Indicates the “convincing” accomplished through the Gospel

• The Corinthians were saved when the Gospel was presented and “hearing believed and were baptized” (Acts 18:8)

“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into

one body, whether Jews or Greeks,

whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one

Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12:13,

NASB95)

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Mark 16 Joel 2 John 7

The Gospel:Believe and be

baptized vs. 16

“Call on the name of the Lord”

vs. 32

“Come unto me, and drink”

vs. 27

The Demonstration:

“These signs shall follow

them” vs. 17

“Pour out My Spirit”vs. 28

“rivers of living water“ vs. 37

The Purpose:“confirming the word with signs”

vs. 20

“wonders and signs”

Acts 2:19

Salvation by H.S. Baptism???

OrBelief in the

Gospel

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