1Pe 3:21-22; 1Pe 2:5,9, 19; Mat 6:7-8; 1Pe 3:14-20.
Class Outline:
Pastor-Teacher
John Farley
Wednesday,
March 23, 2011
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Spiritual Gifts Part 99: Our union with our High Priest means deliverance when we suffer.
The Doctrine of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
C. The Baptism of the Spirit is the ministry of God the Holy Spirit in placing every new believer into permanent union with the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Body the Church.
Point 4. Definition and description of the Baptism of the Spirit.
10. The baptism of the Spirit could not occur until there was the strategic victory of Jesus Christ in the angelic conflict.
Now there was the need for a universal priesthood, since every believer was now a target of satan, .
Peter points to the baptism of the Spirit as the thing that protects our conscience against the attacks from the kingdom of darkness in the form of persecution and accusations.
Our priesthood operates through Jesus Christ our great High Priest. It is a benefit and a result of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore He is able also to save forever [save to the completion] those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
The issue for Christ’s High Priesthood at the Right Hand of the Father is intercession, not redemption or reconciliation.
For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
This is not referring to eternal salvation [redemption, propitiation, reconciliation], because He accomplished that at the cross, one perfect sacrifice for all time.
This is talking about deliverance after grace-by-faith salvation, when the believer needs our High Priest to intercede at the Right Hand of the Father for us.
And as we proceed, we face the hostility of the world, and the attacks from the kingdom of darkness, and the temptations of our sin nature.
After all, He experienced what it was like to suffer and to be tempted in all ways; ; .
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
He knows what we need before we ask, .
“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
In , our Lord prayed for Simon Peter before the temptation even hit.
The prophet is God’s spokesman. This Priest is OUR spokesman!
