Acts 2:14-2114 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Now let’s focus on the outpouring … and on the blood, fire, and vapors of smoke.
And let’s begin by going to:
Luke 3:15 and going through in detail verse 15, 16, and 17
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
*these people were looking for the Christ. They were expecting him to come among them. They were checking out everyone that came along … they did not want to miss him.
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
*John didn’t take advantage of that situation for followers … NO … He said I am NOT him … but when he comes and he will come among you. He is mightier than me … he can do more than I can do. I am no wise worthy of even being his lowest servant, but when he comes among us, He will come with the Holy Ghost AND with Fire.
Notice it does not say:
He will come with Holy Ghost Or He will come with Fire.
He said with the Holy Ghost AND Fire.
- The Holy Ghost a spirit person (just like Jesus)
- The Fire (power) that comes with that spirit person
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Now notice:
- Holy Ghost
- Fire
- Fan
- The Holy Ghost:
- The Fan:
- The Fire:
Makes us ready for the Glory.
The Holy Ghost, makes weights and sins easier to deal with.
When His fan is spread … it aides us in dividing what is of him and what is not.
When the fire comes … it changes people, those who are willing to be changed will be.
In the Old Testament … Fire changed the course of peoples lives, it changed ministries and nations.
Ex. 3:1-2 (read)
Moses came into contact with the fire of God.
When he did: God equipped him with power and signs, wonders and miracles.
How? Moses had tried to do something to help his people with the arm of the flesh in the beginning and it caused death to a man, and trouble to his own soul.
But once the fire came:
He was equipped to deliver the children of Israel.
He was enabled to bring 3 million people out of the bondage.
Now he got them out of bondage, but they still wondered in the wilderness, because of attitudes. The children had murmuring and complaining attitudes, and Moses had an angry attitude.
Thus in the New Testament John come … crying in the wilderness:
*Saying one strong and mighter has come!
When Elisha had an encounter with the fire:
He was enabled to do more miracles than his mentor Elijah.
* A type and shadow of John/Jesus/and the mantle of the Holy Ghost
The fire of God supernaturally empowers us!
Today I am watching and aware that God is changing people’s callings in the sense of empowerment and moving them into their proper position.
He is changing the direction of people’s lives.
He has many in transitions.
He is freeing us to run with this next move of God here on planet earth, by his presence.
He saved us … filled us with the Holy Ghost.
He comes in among us … spreads his wings over us and separates the wheat from the chaff, He rushes through with fire and burns out the chaff and polishes us to receive and reveal his Glory. That others might be saved and likewise changed.
Now recently we have been studying Ephesians 1 & 3, Pauls prayers for the church. Then we went more in depth in Ephesians chapters 4-6 concerning natural changes that are very spiritual and will add to the flow of the supernatural.
Today let’s take hold of the teachings from Ephesians. And also what we have seen in these nuggets and pray for the presence of God to come in among us and bring change to whosoever is of a willing heart, beginning with ourselves.
Let's also prayer, that those who are hard hearted, strong willed, and rebellious. Let's pray that they will become aware of the goodness of God who loves them and wants them to succeed in life.
Acts 2:14-21
Luke 3:15-17
*expect the presence of Jesus through the person of the Holy Ghost
*be careful not to take advantage of others who follow you because they see Christ in You, but gear them to Him.
Notice:
Jesus comes with: The Holy Ghost and Fire
The Holy Ghost: A Spirit person just like Jesus
The Fire: Power that comes with the person of the Holy Spirit
Not just Holy Ghost and Fire, but also winnowing Fork (fan).
Holy Ghost
Fire
Fan
1. The Holy Ghost:
comes to aide us just as if Jesus himself were here among us, and he empowers us to be a witness and do all the works and more that Jesus did.
2. Why a winnowing fork (fan):
To blow the chaff from (grain) by wind or a forced current of air
To analyze or examine carefully in order to separate the various elements;
To sift
To separate, sort out, extract the bad from the good.
To eliminate anything that is useless., by fanning as with wings.
The Fan like wings comes through and blows winds that separate chaff from wheat … what is good and useful, form that which is useless.
3. The Fire comes and refines us:
Makes us fine or pure;
Frees us from impurities, dross, alloy, any useless sediment, ;
It purifies and it clarifies.
“to clarify … makes things easier to understand … enlightens us …. Opens our understanding.
Frees us from imperfection, coarseness, crudeness; polishes us, and makes us more elegant , more cultivated;
Makes us more subtle or precise (accurate in our choices, decisions and actions)
Causes us to be more distinct in our thinking and speaking … that we might be more effective in all of our endeavors
Burns off the chaff and gets us ready for the Glory
When the Holy Ghost comes:
We have help in dealing with weights and sins
When the fan is spread:
We are aided in dividing between what is good and what is not
When the fire comes:
All who is willing will be changed … all who are not will be dealt with
