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Bible answers about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.  –  Mark the correct answer(s)

1/ Who gives the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? – Mark 1:6-8  Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.  (7)  And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.  (8)  I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

— The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is given to us by…     O – A priest.     O – Jesus.     O – Any evangelist.

 

2/ How do you receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? – Luke 11:13  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

— We receive this Baptism by…     O – paying a holy man.     O – doing a great pilgrimage.     O – asking it of God.

 

3/ What does the Holy Spirit do in us? John 14:24-26 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. (25) “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. (26) But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

3a/ The Holy Spirit will…     O – teach us all things.     O – make us rich.     O – remind us of what Jesus said.

 

3b/ In John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”

— What works is the Holy Spirit able to do through us if we receive the Baptism of His Holy Spirit?

We are able to…   O – cast spells and curses.     O – do any miracle that God purposes to show His power.

 

4/ Who asked that the Holy Spirit be sent to us? – John 14:15-17 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (16) And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, (17) even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

(fill in the blank) — ________________________ asked Father God to give us the Holy Spirit to be our Helper.

 

5/ What was the last order Jesus gave to His disciples? – Acts 1:3-5  He (Jesus) presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. (4) And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; (5) for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Jesus told them to…     O – work to overthrow those in authority.     O – wait for the promised baptism of the Holy Spirit.

 

6/ What does the Day of Pentecost baptism of the Holy Spirit do in us? – ” But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

This Holy Spirit baptism makes us…     O – rulers of all the earth.     O – witnesses of Christ’s power and love to others.

 

7/ How do you or I receive this power to witness for Jesus?

– Jesus told us in His words to His disciples in Acts 1:4-5  And while staying with them He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; (5) for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 

– God requires us to… #1. Desire this Baptism…  #2. Pray for it…  and #3. Wait upon God for it.

(To see how those first disciples did just that, read Acts 2:1-21.) …KK

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