The Purpose of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Why do I need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit? There are three reasons as to why I need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

1. Power Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you..." We need the Holy Spirit in our lives because He gives us power we don't have. There are three areas we need power.

• Power to overcome sinful habits Romans 8:10-12 "10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." God has given us His Holy Spirit so that we can overcome sin. If you are struggling with sin then you need to have power in your life to break sinful habits. When you are filled with the Holy Spirit that same power that raised Jesus from the dead is living inside you. Now that's power! If we only knew the power that is in us. If you are filled with God's Spirit and have sinful habits in your life then you need to understand God's power that is in you. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit will give you power over sin.


• Power to be a witness Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me" If you are shy, then being Baptized in the Holy Spirit will give you boldness to be a witness for God. The Holy Spirit will help you to not be ashamed of the gospel. Peter was an example of being a bad witness for Christ when he denied the Lord three times. He was afraid to stand up for Christ. But after he was filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost he stood up boldly in front of a large crowd witnessing for Christ.


• Power to do what Jesus did John 14:12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father." Before Jesus began His public ministry, he was baptized in the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:12-14). Before the disciples were to go and do ministry Jesus said they were to be filled with the Spirit (Acts 1:4). Do you want a powerful ministry? Then you need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

2. Possession Eph. 1:13-14 "In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory."

God called Israel his treasured possession. Duet 7:6 "For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession." The word possess has a since of ownership. He has been looking for a people He can call his own. When someone is "demon possessed" they are owned by the the Devil. When I am Baptized in the Holy Spirit I am possessed by God. I need to be "God Possessed!" 1 Cor 6:19-20 says, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

We all are controlled by something. It maybe alcohol, drugs, lusts or addictions. David said in one of the psalms, "God you are my Stronghold!" If we are going to be controlled or possessed by something, it might as well be God! I need The Baptism in the Holy Spirit to remind me that I am owned by God. I am His.

3. Prayer Life 1 Cor 2:10-11 "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God." If you want to go deeper with God then you need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit deepens your worship of the Lord through giving you a language of praise that we have not learned - speaking in tongues.

Tongues is a personal language of prayer. 1 Cor 14:2,4, 14 "For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries..... 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself,...14 for if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,..." When we pray in tongues the Spirit of God is praying through us. Paul said in Romans 8:26,27 that there are difficult times when we don't know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be uttered, that are too deep for words. If you want to go deeper with God then you need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Why do you need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit? You need the Baptism so you can have power, know that you are God's possession and have a prayer language that will help you go deeper.

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