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Gloria Copeland — Baptism Of The Holy SpiritPosted on February 24th, 2010
Jesus taught the disciples about these works
in John 14, talking to them about the Holy Spirit:
“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and
the Father in me? the words that I speak unto
you I speak not of myself: but the Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto
my Father” (John 14:10, 12).
They were to continue to do the same
works that Jesus Himself had been doing and
it would take the same power and anointing
of the Holy Spirit He had. (See Acts 10:38;
Matthew 3:16-17; John 14:10; Luke 4:18-21;
Acts 5:12-16.)
That power came on the Church on the
Day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is still
assigned to the Church today to help us fulfill
our commission. Didn’t Jesus say He would
abide with us forever?
Jesus stated that it was not Him but the
Father in Him who did these works. When
He said, “But ye shall receive power, after that
the Holy Ghost is come upon you…” (Acts
1:8), they knew what He meant!
The Greek word dunamis, translated power,
means “ability and might.” When you receive
the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, you receive the
ability of God to do His work in the earth. The
Spirit within is for fruit bearing—for your own
personal life (Galatians 5:22-23). Jesus talked
about this in John 4:14. He called it: “…a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.” But
the Spirit upon is for service. Jesus talked about
this in John 7:38-39. He described it as “rivers
of living water.” The well is for your own life
and the rivers flowing out of you are for others.
The dictionary says a witness is “evidence
or confirmation.” This power of the Holy Spirit
living in you can transform your life into
evidence to the world that Jesus has been
raised from the dead and is alive today. Jesus
said, “But ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me…” (Acts 1:8).
The traditions and doctrines of men have
robbed many believers of this power to be a
witness. The world is not only supposed to
hear words but see proof that Jesus is alive
today. As new converts, we should be taught
to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit—
the enduement of this power to reveal Jesus
to lost humanity.
Many believe that He is automatically
received at the time of salvation, and that’s all
there is. It is certainly true that if you are born
again, the Holy Spirit has come to live in you
and endeavors to work in your life. I had been
born again and the Holy Spirit was living inside
me, but the power Jesus spoke of was not evident
in my life until after I received the Baptism in
the Holy Spirit. I wanted to do right, to follow
God and be a strong Christian, but outwardly
I didn’t change much until after I received the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit and began to speak
in other tongues. The combination of the power
of God upon me and the Word of God in my
heart began to change weakness to victory. As
I learned truth from God’s Word and acted on
it, the Spirit of God upon me enabled me to
overcome in my own life and to help others
overcome.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Spirit UponPosted on February 17th, 2010
From that moment they were changed.
They were no longer troubled, afraid or sad.
Luke’s account lets us know of the change:
“And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he was parted from them, and carried up
into heaven. And they worshipped him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and
were continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God. Amen.” (Luke 24:51-53).
Where there had been sadness, now there
was great joy—a fruit of the spirit. Where
there had been fear and confusion, now there
was continual praise and blessing of God. And
they were obedient. They went to Jerusalem
and waited for the enduement of power from
on high, expecting to receive the promise of
the Father which Jesus spoke of just before
he blessed the disciples and was carried into
heaven: “And, behold, I send the promise of
my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power
from on high” (Luke 24:49).
The account of this in Acts 1 says:
And, being assembled together with
them, [He] commanded them that
they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the Father,
which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
For John truly baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence….
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 (verses 4-5, 8).
He said they were to be baptized with
the Holy Ghost and receive power! They
had already received the Holy Spirit within.
Now Jesus was instructing them what to
do to receive the power of God upon them.
Acts 10:38 says Jesus was anointed with the
Holy Ghost and power. The disciples were to
receive that same power!
He said in our everyday talk, “Don’t leave
town without it!” This enduement of power
was necessary for them to be able to carry out
the work Jesus set before them. (See Mark
16:15-20; Matthew 28:18-20.) Nothing has
changed. The Body of Christ today is still
under the same mandate.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Spirit WithinPosted on February 10th, 2010
The Holy Spirit’s ministry is not only
to impart the nature of God to the spirit of
man, but also to live in the new creature and
to reveal to him the exact knowledge of God.
The Spirit within enables the new creature to
walk in newness of life. One writer has said
that the Spirit that gives us life must also
sustain that life.
Ezekiel says, “A new heart also will I give
you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and
I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And
I will put my spirit within you, and cause you
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my
judgments, and do them” (Ezekiel 36:26-27).
After you make Jesus Lord, the Holy Spirit
comes to live in you. Jesus told the disciples:
“If ye love me, keep my commandments. And
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with
you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you”
(John 14:15-17). The Holy Spirit had been
working with the disciples. They had been
preaching, healing the sick and casting out
devils. He had been with them and working
with them, but Jesus said when the Holy
Spirit came to abide forever, He would live
on the inside of them: “Then said Jesus to
them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father
hath sent me, even so send I you. And when
he had said this, he breathed on them, and
saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost”
(John 20:21-22).
After Jesus had been raised from the
dead, He appeared to them and they were
born again as He breathed the life of God
into them, saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
(Compare with Genesis 2:7.) Eternal life
came into them. They could not have been
born again until after Jesus paid the price for
sin. As they received the life of God, the Spirit
who gave that life began to dwell in them.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — God’s Will Is The Holy SpiritPosted on February 3rd, 2010
You have been involved with the Holy
Spirit since you first heard the good news that
Jesus took your place and bore the penalty for
your sins. It was the Holy Spirit, through the
Word, who made the truth that Jesus was
raised from the dead a reality in your heart.
Romans 10:9 says, “That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved,”
and 1 Corinthians 12:3 states that no man says
Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Ghost.
Jesus came to make it possible for man
to receive the nature of God—eternal life
( John 10:10). Jesus could not get a man
born again while He was on the earth. He
had the power to forgive sins, but there
could be no new creatures until Jesus paid
the sin price at Calvary and became the
firstborn from the dead.
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 depart,
I will send him unto you…. I have
yet many things to say unto you, but
ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth: for
he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall
he speak: and he will show you things
to come. He shall glorify me: for he
shall receive of mine, and shall show
it unto you. All things that the Father
hath are mine: therefore said I, that
he shall take of mine, and shall show
it unto you (John 16:7, 12-15).
Jesus told the men who walked by His
side for three years that it was more profitable
for them if He went away and sent them the
Holy Spirit.
It was the miraculous work of the Holy
Spirit that made you a new creature. When
you made Jesus Lord over your life, the Holy
Spirit came upon you and overshadowed you,
just as He did Mary when there was conceived
in her a “holy thing” (Luke 1:35).
Spiritual death was eradicated from
your spirit. You were born again into a new
life—a new spirit. You were literally born
of God. “Beloved, now are we the sons
of God” (1 John 3:2). First John 5:1 says,
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God.” God became your
Father by spiritual birth.
The miracle of the new birth should
never become commonplace to you. It is not a
theological idea, but an actual fact. The Holy
Spirit personally carries out this miracle when
you make Jesus Christ your Lord. He takes
a sin-ridden, selfish man and re-creates his
spirit in God’s image. This change in a man’s
nature is a great, miraculous and supernatural
event in the realm of the spirit. That is why all
of heaven rejoices (Luke 15:7, 10).
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Confess Healing ScripturesPosted on January 27th, 2010
Holding fast to your profession of faith—
Hebrews 10:23—means to hold fast to your confession.
The Greek word for profession is also
used for confession. The words of your mouth
are more powerful than you probably have ever
realized. Confess your healing…and your health.
Proverbs 18:21
KJV—Death and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof.
Amp—Death and life are in the power of
the tongue, and they who indulge it shall
eat the fruit of it [for death or life].
Moffatt—Death and life are determined
by the tongue: the talkative must take
the consequences.
NE B—The tongue has power of life and
death; make friends with it and enjoy
its fruits.
Proverbs 10:11
KJV—The mouth of a righteous man is a
well of life: but violence covereth the mouth
of the wicked.
Amp—The mouth of an [uncompromisingly]
righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth
of the wicked conceals violence.
Moffatt—The talk of good men is a lifegiving
fountain: the talk of bad men overflows
with harm.
NEB—The words of good men are a fountain
of life; the wicked are choked by their
own violence.
Proverbs 13:3
KJV—He that keepeth his mouth keepeth
his life: but he that openeth wide his lips
shall have destruction.
Amp—He who guards his mouth keeps
his life, but he who opens wide his lips will
come to ruin.
Moffatt—He guards his life who guards his
lips: he who talks freely—it is ruin to him!
NEB—He who minds his words preserves his
life; he who talks too much comes to grief.
Proverbs 15:4
KJV—A wholesome tongue is a tree of
life: but perverseness therein is a breach in
the spirit.
Amp—A gentle tongue [with its healing
power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness
in it breaks down the spirit.
Moffatt—A soothing tongue means life and
peace, but wild words wound.
NEB—A soothing word is a staff of life, but
a mischievous tongue breaks the spirit.