The baptism of the Holy spirit is a greater revelation of God then the manifestation of the spirit in the patriarchal or Mosaic times, in the days of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and the days of Moses. The three dispensations of God is clearly seen each time with a deeper revelation of God to man, a following dispensation of God never destroys, a previous one it always escalates to a higher revelation.

With the fathers the appearance of God was in long intervals of twenty and forty years apart, under the mosaic dispensation of God there were always a step nearer to man. it was First God to man , then God with Man And in the Christian dispensation God in man he appeared In the pillar of fire and the cloud, in the tabernacle He appeared to man and was openly seen descending in to the tent and spoke with Moses face to face it was God with man 9n leading and protecting and healing also forgiving abiding with man.

In the revelation of God in the Christian dispensation it is a much deeper revelation then any of the before. It is GOD IN MAN, through the baptism of the Holy Spirit it is the incoming of the Spirit of GOD into man and living in man. We can see the progressive steps of God coming closer to man, with each step restoring man through the Spirit in his spiritual body, in his soul and body through the indwelling Holy Spirit cleansed you from all sin into rightlessness.

The repentance and heart cleansing demanded before the baptism is the preparation for the baptism in the Holy Spirit, a holy God needs a holy temple and a holy body, man born in sin and then forgiven he is cleansed purified by the blood of Jesus now made him a dwelling place of God, God in us Christ in us the Holy Spirit in my spirit and also in my soul and body the impersonation the incoming of the Godhead in us.

Gal 3:13  Christus het ons losgekoop van die vloek van die wet deur vir ons ‘n vloek te word—want daar is geskrywe: Vervloek is elkeen wat aan ‘n hout hang—

Gal 3:14  sodat die seën van Abraham na die heidene kan kom in Christus Jesus, en dat ons die belofte van die Gees deur die geloof kan ontvang.

Eph 2:22  in wie julle ook saam opgebou word tot ‘n woning van God in die Gees.

Sy geboorte was aangekondig deur engele wat God prys net so wonderlik was die koms van die Heiligegees in die vorm van n duif en n geweldige sterk wind en tonge van vuur.

Act 2:2  En daar kom skielik uit die hemel ‘n geluid soos van ‘n geweldige rukwind, en dit het die hele huis gevul waar hulle gesit het.

Act 2:3  Toe is deur hulle tonge gesien soos van vuur, wat hulleself verdeel en op elkeen van hulle gaan sit.

Act 2:4  En hulle is almal vervul met die Heilige Gees en het begin spreek in ander tale, soos die Gees aan hulle gegee het om uit te spreek.

The promise of the Holy Spirit.

Die belofte.

Joh 16:7  Maar Ek sê julle die waarheid: Dit is vir julle voordelig dat Ek weggaan; want as Ek nie weggaan nie, sal die Trooster nie na julle kom nie; maar as Ek weggaan, sal Ek Hom na julle stuur;   

Joh 16:8  en as Hy kom, sal Hy die wêreld oortuig van sonde en van geregtigheid en van oordeel:

Joh 16:9  of sin, because they believe not on me;

Joh 16:10  of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;

Joh 16:11  of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

Now the coming of the Holy Spirit brought The life of power to exercise the power of God that is made possible to us through the Holy Spirit. But Jesus brought us into His own resurrection life through actual spiritual experience now sends upon us the promise of the Holy Spirit. The resurrection of our spiritual being cleansed into rightlessness brings into us the Holy Spirit.

Act 2:2  And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Not as they liked or when they liked, they  spoke as the Spirit gave them utterance, it was the Spirit that spoke in other tongues, the spirit the Holy Spirit who came into them, who controlled them, spoke through them. Speaking in tongs is the voice of God, now we can understand the steps of God towards man.  first God to man. then God with man and now God in man. They spoke as the spirit gave them utterance, The baptizm brought them in control of the Holy Spirit.

Act 10:1  Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

Act 10:2  a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

Act 10:3  He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

Act 10:4  And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

Act 10:5  And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:

Peter goes up to the top of the house to pray.  And fall into a trance, what is a trance that is when the Spirit takes over the mind and body of the person completely in that time the Spirit is in control of the individual and uses his body to His will.

Act 10:11  and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

Act 10:12  wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

Act 10:13  And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

Act 10:14  But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Act 10:15  And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

Peter obeyed, the Spirit of Jesus.  The Holy Spirit speaking telling him to go with the messengers, as he preached the word the Holy Spirit fell on all of them that heard the word, and the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the gentiles for the first time. Then Peter baptized them.

Act 10:45  And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Act 10:46  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Act 10:47  Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

Act 10:48  And he commanded them to be baptizd in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

How did they know the Spirit fell on them, they spoke in tongs and magnified God. And  those that had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit were all baptized in water

Paul ‘s conversion.

Act 26:14  And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Act 26:15  And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Act 26:16  But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

Act 26:17  delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Act 26:18  to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

The secret of Paul’s ministry and of his knowledge of spiritual things and the gospel, how did he get it. He got it through trances, visions and by revelations from God. Paul tells of Ananias coming to see him

Act 9:10  Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

Act 9:11  And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;

Act 9:15  But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

Act 9:16  for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

Act 9:17  And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Act 9:18  And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized;

What dit Paul see.

Act 9:12  and he hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.

In a vision there can be communication between the person receiving the vision and the Lord.

Gal 1:11  For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.

Gal 1:12  For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

He will receive  revelation of the Word through the Holy Spirit. Ananias is speaking to Paul.

Act 22:14  And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Act 22:15  For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

And to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Act 22:17  And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

Act 22:18  and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.

The problem to day is that most ministers don’t believe it when you tell them that Jesus appeared unto you. To me He said in a vision while i was asleep, Shorty my people are going to ground through the lack of knowledge. I answered Him back it is true Lord it is terrible. Then He spoke in my spirit saying are you prepared to throw away the old wine and receive new wine, I said yes lord, then He said if you would do that I will show you hidden revelations that you have never known. Before and He did. He taught and showed me things that i never new and He is still teaching me.

In the vision He used these words.

Hos 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

I have found that the church is truly without revelation knowledge and full of doctrines. Paul’s commission for his ministry on the road to Damascus.

Act 26:16  But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I  will appear unto thee;

Act 26:17  delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Act 26:18  to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Act 22:17  And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance

Now what is a trance, it is when the spirit takes control of the (soul) the mind and the body in a trance the spirit will bring forth whatever it wants and will use your senses to accomplish that. A vision is different in that it happens in your sleep, were the spiritual body could be taken to another place and the person will be able to see what ever the spirit wants him to see.

I was taken out of my body often to preach the word in another country or place, and were taught through visions and revelations what ever the spirit wanted to bring to my soul my mind, also of the end time in the book Revelation and His witness.

Now Jesus appeared unto Paul as the Holy Spirit has told Paul through Ananias.

The nine gifts of the spirit which you should learn off by heart.

1Co 12:4  Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1Co 12:5  And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

1Co 12:6  And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.

So there are diversities of gifts, diversities of ministrations, diversities of workings.

1Co 12:7  But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.

1Co 12:8  For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:

1Co 12:9  to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;

1Co 12:10  and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:

Learn them from the heart. How can you say you know the Holy Spirit if you don’t even know the gifts. The Holy Spirit is the biggest gift that God has given to man.

What is tonques? ” it is the inner voice or operation of the Spirit of God, it is God speaking through man.

When the Spirit fell on believers or gentiles they always spoke in tongues.

Peter demanded the right to baptize them in water saying

Act 10:44  While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word.

Act 10:45  And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Act 10:46  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Act 10:47  Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

Act 10:48  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus

Paul at Ephesus met twelve men whom John had baptized unto repentance, but Paul rebaptized them by Christian baptism.

Act 19:6  And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

1Co 14:22  Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.

The baptism in water and the baptism in the spirit are both drenched manifestations. There is always a progressive revelation in everything from God. The operation of the spirit in the old testament were mostly through a prophet and the baptism of the spirit in the new testament, Is a gift to mankind. Any successive dispensation of God never destroys a preceding one. Revelation of Christ in us reaches its climax in the Christian dispensation God in man. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the incoming of the third person as the trinity to live in man. This is the revealing of God to man a Christian dispensation supersedes all other dispensations a Christian should grow in Spirit to receive, through the spirit the consciousness of God in His Christian life.

Gal 3:13  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Gal 3:14  that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

We became the temple of God .

1Co 6:19  Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

1Co 6:20  for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

The birth of Christ was just as big event with angels and wise men proclaiming His birth as was the coming of the Holy Spirit with a rushing  mighty wind and tongs of fire manifesting His presents and reality. The promise of the Holy Spirit is given by Jesus.

Joh 16:7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

On the day of Pentecost they were all together in one accord in prayer on the command of Jesus waiting to receive the Holy Spirit which He received from the Father. The Holy Spirit that he received in the beginning  from the Father now became the Spirit of Jesus. Entering into us taking possession of our personality living in us, moving us, guiding us, controlling us lifting us into the consciousness of God in a heavenly experience bringing us into the spiritual realm, sitting with Christ in heavenly places we became part of the ascended life of Christ.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a personal, conscious experience of every one that received the baptism and speak in tongues. What is happening in some churches today. I have been to churches that don’t allow the speaking in tongues, or the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit some preachers say that the gifts were for the apostolic days, the truth is that no scripture states that the Holy Spirit were with drawn from the church that believe that There is no biblical authority for such an assertion. These preachers are withholding the gift of God to their church.

Rom 11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance .

Through the lack of faith we don’t see them exercised or pray for the sick. The Pentecostal faith is the receiving of power as commanded by Christ.

Act 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Speaking in tongues is the external evidence that the Holy Spirit has taken possession of the body of the believer and therefore of the tong it is the voice of God speaking through the sanctified lips of the believer.

How did they know they were baptized in The Holy Spirit.

Act 10:46  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Speaking in tongues was therefore the evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit by which Peter claimed the right to baptize them in water. Paul found men baptized unto John’s baptism and rebaptized them in the name of Jesus Christ, when Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

Eph 4:8  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

Act 10:47  Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

The gifts is a gift from God to Christ and from Christ to man. It was the final purpose of Jesus to receive the Holy Spirit and then pouring it out on His body the church so that his ministry now should be by His Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the greatest gift that God could bestow on you there is no greater gift in the world given to man. To receive the baptizm of the Holy Spirit.

Mat 3:11  I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

In order to obtain from heaven. The Spirit of Jesus the Holy Spirit, it is first necessary for the person to know his sins are forgiven that he is sanctified in his heart cleansed from his sinful nature. In my own life I found that even though my sins were forgiven there were things in my life that needed to be confessed the Holy Spirit brought them into my soul not only to be forgiven but also to set me free from my own conviction and every confession made the burden of my wrongdoing leave my soul. What then is the reason that when your heart is sanctified and conscious knowledge has taken place you are still not instantly baptized with the Holy Spirit not withstanding your heart is cleansed from sin it is still in some instances necessary to further spiritualize the personality until he become sufficiently receptive to receive within his person the Holy Spirit, our personality must be subdued unto God into his Spirit nature.

Some not baptized in the Spirit has given up believing that their must still be sin in his heart, it is not always that the heart is impure or you not thoroughly sanctified, it is God waiting and working to bring you to the place to sufficiently spiritualize your personality that you may receive into your being the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the incoming into the personality of Him, the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of Jesus taking possession of your spirit the inner man, your soul and flesh, He then possesses the being, the flesh might sometime quake when the presence of the Spirit comes into the flesh. Daniel 10:1-13

It is the Spirit of Jesus that is seeking admittance into your heart and life, it is the Spirit of Jesus within the spirit soul and body of the baptized believer that moves him in ways sometimes strange, who accomplishes the work of God within that life of every  baptized believer. I pray as never before that God would use me in preaching his Word in a demonstration of Spirit, laying my hands on the sick to obtain God’s healing, and to receive His teachings in my spirit in an ever – growing God consciousness, that is my desire with my whole heart.

For that which is known in Consciousness cannot be denied. Baptism means a degree of the Spirit on the life to the extend that the spirit of God takes absolute control of the person so that he will be able to speak through him in tongues. Speaking in tongues confirm the baptism in the Holy Spirit any lesser degree can not be called the baptism or submersion and could properly be spoken of as an anointing.

That life may have a deep anointing of the Holy Spirit, yet not to the degree to be properly called the baptism.

Soos altyd liefde in Christus.
Shorty van Vuuren M.S.