North Central University

From: Wednesday, November 1, '06

FAMOUS LAST WORDS
On the grave of Ezekiel Aikle in East Dalhouise Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies, Ezekiel Aikle, Age 102, The Good, Die Young.

In a London cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid, But died an old Mann, Dec. 8, 1767.

In a Ribbesford, England cemetery, The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.

In a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!"

OK, here are some famous last words from 'famous last words.com'
* What does this button do?
* So, you're a cannibal.
* Are you sure the power is off?
*Which wire was I supposed to cut?
* I wonder where the mother bear is?
* What duck?

Last words are important. Old Testament—blessings. Here are some of the last words of Jesus Christ. Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you and you shall be my…" This is what has made the biggest difference in my life; next to my salvation is the Holy Spirit Baptism. I have seen so many people after they have given their lives to Christ, when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit it changed their lives.

Need to understand there is more. HS baptism will give you greater intimacy with Jesus and will give you greater power. Some say when you get saved you get the whole ball of wax. Used to be a great preacher, J. Vernon McGee, would teach thru the Bible and say in his Southern drawl, "Friends, when you get saved you get the whole ball of wax. But the Bible teaches different. I have a friend who was telling me about a preacher's wife and her friend that would attend his church for special meeting. She was taught when… One time he was leaving church and they cornered the pastor in the parking lot. He went thru the whole thing with them again. All of a sudden it got cloudy and lighting struck a light pole just a little ways from them. He started moving and they followed him crying and speaking in tongues! She had just said while she was driving that day. Just say, God does not need to send lightening, in fact don't… Just believe the Scriptures! It all comes down to trust—just believing God & the Bible!

There was a Baptist Greek Scholar who was taught that if you learn another language that was the gift of speaking in tongues. He was taught everything supernatural was natural. But he started studying Greek and became a Greek Scholar. He discovered was not dialetos, a language learned—it was gloss (glows) alalia –a language given! Now he is a Baptecostal! How many of you have heard, "Hang on!" Or "Let Go!" What are you suppose to do? Hang on or let go? Well, it's different for everybody:

Some need to let go ad some need to hang on. You will find in the Book of Acts it was different in each case. But one thing is that they spoke in tongues—languages given.
a). Lay hands on… b). At altars c). On own at home. Ned to understand God did not send you here just to…there is more! . Need to understand there are some requirements.
a. Got to be born-again.
b. Desire/thirst. Why not get all you can? Mt. 5:6 hunger… shall be filled (Mark 11:24)
c. Got to believe. Some have to get over prejudice. Maybe tradition.

Here's what I really want to talk about today: Need to understand we can have a 4 Dimensional Relationship with the Holy Spirit. First, before you were saved the Holy Spirit was WITH you. (Gen. 6:3) spirit not always strive with man. Just say if you are praying for people realize. Second, The Holy Spirit comes to reside IN (within) you as a believer. 1 Cor. 3:16 "…you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you…" (1 Peter 1:11 John 14:17). If you say the Holy Spirit is IN you—you are absolutely correct! The minute you accepted Jesus. How does Jesus get in your heart? —Thru the Holy Spirit. Third, We are to be LED BY the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:14 …. OT, cloud & fire. NT, peace & integrity!) Fourth, another dimension of your relationship with the Holy Spirit is that He wants to come UPON you. These are the last words of Jesus Christ! Acts 1:8 In the Greek it is F-Hou-mos. It is a different word than IN or WITH or LED BY. Obviously, the Holy Spirit is not UPON every believer. WITH every person and IN every believer but not…

Jesus said, "You shall receive power (might & ability) when the Holy Spirit shall come UPON you…" When we talk about the Baptism of Holy Spirit we are not just talking about the Holy Spirit being WITH you or being IN you—we are talking about the Holy Spirit coming UPON you.
We have to understand that we are vessels of the Lord. If a vessel is left alone the water IN it will evaporate. There is a big difference between getting filled up and leaving the water flowing. You can be a cup and get some water in you, so to speak or you can put your cup under the water and be a blessing! Holy Spirit wants to come UPON you in power. Lots of benefits to this: 1 Cor 14:2,4 edification, Rom. 8:26-27 able to pray in line more effectively with perfect will of God & can even pray for the unknown. Jude 20 will stimulate your faith! Isa. 28:12-12 spiritual refreshing.

Some of you want this but you want this 'without' the tongues. Somebody told you to be careful you might get a demon! Got a Greek word for that—dumb, really dumb! Luke 11:11-13

So how do you receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit?
+Have to be active. Have to do something. Faith without works is dead. Can't receive passively. "Well if God wants… like saying, 'If God wants to save me.'' Mt. 5:6 Hunger & thirst…

+Have to believe. God wants you to have this; the HS wants to come UPON… But everything we receive we receive by faith. Devil will tell you: a) You are making it up b). It's not real c). It's just you. Yes, it may sound foolish to your intellect but you have to believe. The way to believe is to obey. Eph. 5:18
1. Ask.
2. Praise Ps. 22:3 says, "God inhabits.." The more you praise Him the more His presence will increase in you. Eventually you won't know what to say in your own language.
3. Now just speak in tongues. God will give the utterance—but you do your part—you speak! Ps. 81:10 Open mouth… Yield you voice to the Spirit!!!