What Difference Can the Infilling of the Holy Spirit Really Make? – Part 2
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The episode discusses the significance of the Holy Spirit's infilling in the context of the early church, particularly focusing on the contrast between Apollos and Paul in Ephesus.
Day 108 Today's Reading: Acts 19 In Acts 18 we were introduced to the first pastor of the Church of Ephesus, Apollos. This pastor had everything going on: he was eloquent, mighty in the Scriptures, fervent in spirit, committed to Bible accuracy, and spoke boldly in public about Jesus. Paul’s traveling companions, Aquila and Priscilla, heard him preach and noticed something missing in this impressive resume. They took him aside and helped him understand a baptism beyond John’s water, which he knew instinctively. They were going to introduce him to the Holy Spirit’s baptism. With his long impressive resume, did that Holy Spirit baptism really make that much of a difference? Can the infilling of the Holy Spirit really add any more to what Pastor Apollos was doing in Ephesus? You be the judge. Not by your theological bent, but by Acts 19. Our cities don’t need another church with Sunday services, our cities need people filled with the Spirit who brings change to lives every day of the week. You can have great church services and yet your city goes on being unchanged. That’s what we see in Ephesus. Acts 18 and 19 are an incredible contrast. In Acts 18 we have a preacher with an…
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Host: The 260 Journey
Topics covered
- Holy Spirit
- baptism
- spirituality
- church impact
- Ephesus
- Christian education
Keywords
- Holy Spirit
- Apollos
- Paul
- Ephesus
- baptism
- Acts
- spiritual growth
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Acts 18, Acts 19
Places: Ephesus, Corinth
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