• Baptize means to immerse, submerge G907 bap-tid’-zo
• Comes from the root word G911 bap-to “cover wholly with a fluid”

Promise of the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:4-5  And being assembled together with them, He [Jesus] commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Power to be Witnesses

Acts 1:6-8 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

• We need the power of God to fulfill the purpose of God
• There is no substitute for the power of the Holy Spirit upon a church
• Power – G1411 force, miraculous power, ability, abundance, strength, mighty, (wonderful) work.
• This power is the worker of miracles

Day of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

• Wind and Fire and speaking with other tongues – I involved using their voices. We release God’s voice into the world. We cannot be silent.
• This was the birthing of the Church – the Ecclesia

The Greek word used for “Church” in the book of Acts is “Ekklesia” which means “called out ones.”

Encyclopedia Britannica: The term “ecclesia” was the name given to the governmental assembly of the city of Athens in which officers were granted political power and juridical functions.

We have been called into the Kingdom “for such a time as this.” (Es 4:14).

Demonstration of the Spirit and of Power

I Corinthians 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

• Demonstration G585 – manifestation; from the root 584 “To show off”

Peace Be With YOU!

John 20:19-20 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

• “Peace be with you.”

John 20:21-22 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

• Peace to you!

Strong’s G1515 – Peace, quietness, rest, set at one again.

• He breathed on them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”