day after day after day after day they try and try and try and Jesus lives without sin. You know there's a verse in the Bible which says when the Holy Spirit has come many people are many people when they seek

When we think of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, there are different ways in which he operated in the old covenant compared to the new covenant. In the old covenant, he could never

but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy spirit romans 14 verse 17 a righteousness produced in me by the holy spirit not my own my own is the righteousness of the law

Now, the Holy Spirit never possesses people like that. Never. That's the difference between God and demons and this and Satan. Satan likes to control us so totally that we lose our own free will, freedom of choice.

There is a very lovely verse in Hebrews chapter 1 that tells us why Jesus Christ had such a rich anointing of the Holy Spirit more than anybody else as a man.

the baptism in the holy spirit the genuine and the counterfeit and i as i thought about it i said lord who is sufficient to speak about this glorious subject

and so his words are very significant and important and for the first time he speaks to them about the Holy Spirit if you turn to John 14 he first tells them about the importance

we won't hear in a lot of preaching nowadays the way of the cross the way of hiding oneself you know we want to be filled with the holy spirit I believe that's a secret of the Christian life I grew up in an assembly in my early days

everyone there were many who didn't desire that better life but there were a few here and there and it's amazing how Jesus would go to them led by the Holy Spirit and whatever your failures may have been I believe you have come here

baptize you with the holy spirit and fire that's the second promise in the new testament baptize is a word which is not understood by many it's a greek word which means immerse in 2000 years ago if a a greek person spoke about dipping his

Since we were talking about the fullness of the Holy Spirit earlier, I thought I'd continue start from that point. It says in Romans 8 and verse

very good quality before the day of Pentecost and you don't have to be filled with the Holy Spirit to have this quality when Jesus said one of you will betray me they didn't look at each other what did they say Lord is it I

table, let's ask the Holy Spirit. And this I cannot do for you. I can preach to you. But you have to ask the Holy Spirit to

overwhelmingly conquer more than conquerors in every situation and i can tell you that it's been my own experience ever since god filled me with the holy spirit 46 years ago that is the secret if you only know the forgiveness of sins

the second promise is in matthew 3 11 the one who saves you from sin will baptize you or immerse in the holy spirit and fire so just as much as we emphasize

things and the Holy Spirit to those who ask him how much more on based on that expression I've come to this definition of faith for myself which has been a great help that faith is to

and that's not a calling only for preachers it's for everybody and it's those who have a passion for that who seek to be filled with the holy spirit the others who seek to be filled with the holy spirit is only for excitement

I want to begin with Luke's gospel chapter 3. Our theme for this conference is be filled with the Holy Spirit. And I want you to see

anything Jes Lord we've asked you in desperation in times past but today we come to you more desperate more needy more hungry Lord for your Holy Spirit to come upon us and to fill us Lord to give us the real power that we've been

we can put you in touch with folks in your area if there are some most importantly pray in the early days in the first century they didn't have email or youtube but they had the holy spirit and they could pray and miraculously god

anointing of the Holy Spirit there was no other way it was not knowledge as I said earlier the scribes had a lot of knowledge but they opposed Christ and I've discovered through these years that usually people who go to the Bible

You know, our theme is be filled with the Holy Spirit. How many of you know where that verse occurs in the Bible in the New Testament? Be filled with the spirit. Nobody?

all, questions related to personal spiritual life. I'm making slow progress in devotion to the Lord. Will this slowness prevent me from receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Not at all. You need the baptism of the Holy Spirit in order to make

is again about what Jesus will do Matthew 3 verse 11 the last part he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire and baptizes means immerse you it's always good to translate baptize as immerse