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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  THE WIND OF GOD – NEW BIRTH

The past couple of days I have been speaking to you about the wind of God or the Spirit of God. We have discussed that Adam was just a well-formed pile of dirt until God breathed the breath of life into him. It is important to understand the significance of the wind of God or the Spirit of God. Without the Holy Ghost there is no spiritual life.

Every Christian denomination believes that Jesus died on the cross to set us free from our sin nature. This came through Adam’s fall in the garden. After that there are many different beliefs on what it takes to save your soul. On Monday I discussed how Jesus told Nikodemus he must be born again. That was found in John Chapter 3. 

The fleshly bodies we have, are born of flesh. But we are spiritually dead until the breath of God, the wind of the Holy Ghost blows over us. The Old Testament is types and shadows of things to come. Adam was not alive without the wind of God. We not alive spiritually without the Holy Ghost.

Acts1:1-5 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

After Jesus came out of the grave, he walked with his disciples and taught them, then he ascended into heaven.  That ended the old covenant and he was about to start a new one. No longer would his spirit be with man, but would come and dwell within man.

He told them to stay in Jerusalem, go into the upper room and wait until they be endued with power from on high. They were waiting for their spiritual birth. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is a total immersion of God’s spirit. He surrounds us and creates in us a right spirit before God. We are a new creation in Christ.

He didn’t do away with what John had done, he built on that foundation. Because John preached repentance and water baptism to show that you died out to self and was buried with Christ in death. When you come out of the water that shows the resurrection of something new, but it still doesn’t have life until the breath of God (the Holy Ghost) fulfills his role of creating a new birth. He breaths spiritual life in us.

The ones in the upper room believed in Christ. They had been baptized under John’s baptism, yet they had to tarry for the promise of God’s spirit coming into them and creating a new life.

Acts 2:1-2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Notice, we have been talking about the wind of God. There came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind. This was God’s spirit coming to earth for the first time to dwell within the believer.

Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  The word cloven means divided tongues. People often say that tongues is just different earthly languages. But not when it comes to the infilling of the spirit unto salvation. God can use tongues to be an interpreter of earthly languages if necessary. But that is not what happened here. That gets much deeper into the gifts of the spirit and types of interpretation. That is a video for another day.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. God’s breath, the might wind, his Spirit came into them. During the process of creating the bond of the Holy Ghost to their spirit, he created a language within them. Notice it says the spirit gave them utterance or helped them to speak. Unless God breaths on us, we are not Spiritually alive, just like Adam was not physically alive.

Jesus promised to send another comforter if he went away. He ascended and that comforter was sent on the day of Pentecost to lead and guide us into all truth. But we have to not allow our flesh to rise back up. We must allow the Holy Ghost to lead us.

Jude tells us that we build up our faith by praying in the Holy Ghost.

Jude 17-19 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Notice this lists those who are not part of the body of Christ. They walk after the things of the flesh. Living ungodly by their own lusts. They do not have the Spirit of God.

JUDE 20-21 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

He tells those who are walking after God to build up themselves on their most holy faith by praying in the Holy Ghost. This is our prayer language or speaking in tongues. But it is not the end all be all of being a Christian. It is the first fruits; we are to build up our faith, to make us more like Christ. Not to be judgmental and self-righteous.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

We go from death unto life when we repent and are converted. Which means we don’t repeat bunch of words after a preacher and then go on living like the devil. But we make a change of what is within our power to change and allow God to make changes. Then the time of refreshing will come from the presence of the Lord. This means he will fill us and re-fill us with his spirit.

The word refreshing comes from refresh, which means to give new strength or energy to something. God gives us that new strength and energy. A good example is often when hosting someone for dinner you refresh their coffee or drink. Refresh in that sense of the word means to pour out more or refill. That is what God does, he refills us so that we always have oil in our lamps.

I hope this past three days has helped in answering some questions you may have had about the Holy Ghost and his role in our salvation and preservation. If you have further questions, feel free to email me.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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