THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLYSPIRIT AND THE CHARACTERISTICS.

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MENTION A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.  JOHN THE BAPTIST MENTION FOUR TIMES AS A PROMISEIN MATTHEW 3:11,12 MARK 1:8, LUKE 3:16 , JOHN 1:33. JESUS ALSO TOLD  THE APOSTLES BEFORE HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN THAT YE SHALL BE BAPTIZE WITH HOLY GHOST NOT MANY DAYS HENCE .'' (ACTS 1:5) THIS WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE AND THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF THE HOLYSPIRIT BAPTISM THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST WERE THE HOLYSPIRIT FELL ON THE APOSTLES THERE WAS A SOUND FROM HEAVEN, MIGHTY RUSHING WIND AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WERE THEY WERE SITTING . THIS IS WHEN THEY RECEIVED CLOVEN TONGUES OF FIRE ON EACH OF THEM. WERE THEY BECAME FILLED WITH THE HOLYGHOST AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THE  UTTERANCE.'' ACTS 2:2-4 STATES THAT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT FORTH THE SOUND OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND, TONGUES AS OF FIRE SITTING ON THE APOSTLES, AND THE ABILITIES TO SPEAK IN OTHER LANGUAGE THIS WAS DEFINITELY A DIRECT OUT POURING OF POWER FROM HEAVEN. THE ONLY OTHER MENTION OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURE ACTS 11:15,16 AND AS I BEGAN TO SPEAK, THE HOLYFELL UPON THEM, AS UPON THE BEGINNING THEN I REMEMBER THE WORD OF THE LORD,HE SAID ,'JOHN INDEED BAPTIZED WITH THE WATER;BUT YE SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLYGHOST.'' SAINTS PLEASE REMEBER THEIR ARE ONLY TWO RECORDED INSTANCES OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLYSPIRIT.  THE HOLYSPIRIT BAPTISTISM WAS IMPLIED AS UNUSUAL TO THE POINT APOSTLE PETER WAS SURPRISE THATCORNELIUS RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. TO THE POINT HE RESEARCHED THE EVENT OF PENTECOST TO COMPARE THE SIMILARITIES OF THE TWO EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE.   IN BOTH OF THESE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE  THE GOSPEL WAS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME  TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WAS CONSIDER GREAT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST TO  THE JEWS ; AND WHEN CORNELIUS RECEIVE CONVERSION TO THE GENTILES.

HEAVENLY FATHER I PRAY IN JESUS NAME THAT THIS MESSAGE HAS TOUCH THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE TO THE POINT THEY HAVE RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE  BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHARACTERISTICS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.

LOVE YOU ALL WITH THE LOVE OF THE LORD.

MAY GOD'S BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU ALL.

YOUR PRAYER PARTNER & SISTER IN CHRIST FOR LIFE.

DR. ZEE