Speaker: Pastor Henry Tobin-West
Pentecost was referred to
in the Old Testament as the feast of weeks and harvest. In the New Testament,
the day of Pentecost marked the mighty entrance of the Holy Spirit upon earth
as Jesus promised before His ascension (John16:7-15)(John15:26). Jesus promised
of another comforter that would come into us to abide forever (luke24:49). John
the Baptist predicted the coming of Jesus Christ to baptize us in the Holy Ghost
and with fire (Matthew 3:11). Jesus came to bring forth the kingdom of God unto
the earth and not a physical kingdom as the disciples earlier thought (acts
1:1-8).
The baptism of the Holy Ghost
was for Jesus Christ disciples to be witnesses unto His resurrection with power
to do signs and wonders as evidence. All of Jesus works on earth was by the power
of the Holy Spirit and thus He sent forth that same Holy Ghost on the 120
disciples on the day of Pentecost. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is an
initiation into the supernatural realm of God causing us to work in Gods power here
on earth. The Holy Ghost is the unlimited power and glory of Christ living in
us as Christians. On the day of Pentecost, the church of Jesus Christ was born.
The purpose of Pentecost is
to bring in the harvest of souls to the kingdom of God. The signs and wonders
that follow the baptism of the Holy Ghost is for the witnessing of Jesus Christ
to the world for soul winning. (Matthew 24:14) The second coming of Christ is
as a function of the outreach of the gospel to the uttermost ends of the earth.
As Christians we are baptized in the Holy Ghost to be world changers for Jesus
Christ and it is our duty to witness His resurrection with the power of the
Holy Ghost working in us to do signs and wonders as evidence that our Lord Jesus
Christ lives.
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