Friend, listen. Once you are saved, you have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. You cannot be saved without the Holy Spirit. That’s how you are born again. So the Holy Spirit is there in you. But it is one thing for Him to be there in you, it’s another thing for you to be in Him, baptized in Him. Immersed in Him.
The word “baptized” in the Holy Spirit. You see, it’s one thing for me to take a glass of water and I drink it, right? And the water is now in me. But it is another thing for me to jump into the swimming pool. Now I’m in the pool, I’m in the water. Immersed, submerged. The Greek word. Immersed. “Baptizo.” “Baptized.
” I’m baptized in the Holy Spirit. I’m immersed in the Holy Spirit. All that He is, I am in Him! Praise the Lord. Jesus actually said to the disciples in Acts 1— He actually says: “Do not go out just yet. Tarry in the city of Jerusalem” “and wait for the Promise of the Father.” Notice this phrase: “The Promise of the Father.
” The Promise means the definite article, one and only. Now, God gave many promises to Israel in the Old Testament. There were many promises. But they all knew about the Promise of God. The Promise of the Father. And time and time again, through the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and different ones. Haggai. God promised that He will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.
The prophet Joel and this is all under that one term, the definite article, the Promise of the Father. They all knew that it is the gift of the Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul says: “The reason Christ” “redeemed us from the curse of the law,” listen carefully. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law.
” “Being made a curse for us, as it is written.” “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” “that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles” “that we might receive,” what? “the Promise of the Spirit through faith.” So all the blessings of God culminates in this. Definite article. The Promise of the Father.
So Jesus said to them, and He didn’t have to elaborate. “You guys know what is the Promise of the Father, right?” It seems like all the Jewish people knew and they were waiting for it. So Jesus says: “Stay in Jerusalem until you receive the” “Promise of the Father,” “’which,’“ He said, You have heard from Me.
‘” And you see, they knew it. The Holy Spirit is going to come. “For John, truly baptized with water but you shall be baptized with” or in the Greek, “in the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.” Now the disciples, when Jesus was raised from the dead, He was raised on the Feast of First Fruits on Resurrection Day.
