JESUS: THE BAPTIZER

(G.I.F.T.)

Acts 1:4-5
4
On one occasion, while he was
eating with them, he gave
them this command: Do not
leave Jerusalem, but wait for
the gift my Father promised,
which you have heard me
speak about.

Acts 1:4-5
5
For John baptized with water,
but in a few days you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.

I. WHY YOU AND I NEED

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT

GIFT

Acts 1:4-5
wait for the gift my Father
promised, which you have
heard me speak about...
in a few days you will
be
baptized with the
Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:13
If you then, though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask him!

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is
from above, coming down from
the Father of the heavenly lights,
who does not change like shifting
shadows.

IMPORTANT

Acts 1:4-5
4
On one occasion, while he was
eating with them, he gave them

command

this
: Do not
leave Jerusalem, but wait for the
gift my Father promised, which you
have heard me speak about.

Luke 24:49
I am going to send you what
my Father has promised; but
stay in the city until you have
been clothed with power from
on high.

FULL
MEASURE

Luke 4:1, 14, 18

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left
the Jordan and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness
14
Jesus returned to Galilee
in the power of the
Spirit,
The Spirit of the Lord
is on me
18

Luke 11:13
If you then, though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven give
the Holy Spirit to those who
ask him!

TRIUMPHAN
T LIVING

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth.

II. HOW DO WE GET THIS

GIFT?

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and drink.
38
Whoever believes in me, as
Scripture has said, rivers of living
water will flow from within them.

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and drink.
38
Whoever believes in me, as
Scripture has said, rivers of living
water will flow from within them.
1. You must be born again.

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and drink.
38
Whoever believes in me, as
Scripture has said, rivers of living
water will flow from within them.
2. Be thirsty for God.

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers
of living water will flow from
within them.
3. Go to the source:

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers
of living water will flow from
within them.
4. Drink.

John 7:37-38
37
On the last and greatest day of
the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, Let anyone who
is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers
of living water will flow from
within them.
5. Let it flow.

III. AFTER I RECEIVE THE

GIFT, WHATS NEXT?

Ephesians 5:18