876 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 4 Book 73 - Holy Spirit (Pneuma Hagion) - 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 73 HOLY SPIRIT (PNEUMA HAGION) - 4 Psalms 51:11 and Luke 24:49 Okay, it is good to see everybody in. Again, we’d like to invite our television audience to get your Bible and compare Scripture with Scripture and check me out. I’ve already had some catch me on one from the last hour. There was a third Holy Spirit in the Old Testament that I missed. But that’s fine, we don’t mind that a bit. So instead of two, there are three, but nevertheless, the point was well made that we have a tremendous change in modus operandi of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament compared to the Holy Spirit’s work in the New—same person, same third person of the Godhead. All right, we were in the Book of Acts, and we’re going to continue on. For those of you who may not have been with us, we’re talking about the Pneuma Hagion in the Greek, and this is the Holy Spirit. Pneuma is compared to air. It’s invisible. You can't see it, but like the wind, you can feel its effects. All right, so what we have to do, as we did in the last program, is go through Scripture and see if they are talking about the person of the Holy Spirit, or are we talking about His power as Jesus called it, the power from on high? Now, I’m sure that most thinking in Christendom is that the person is indwelling us. Well, I think from all these verses we’re showing you now, no, it’s not the person of the Holy Spirit. It’s the power of the Holy Spirit that is within us. And it’s the power that makes the change in our lifestyle. It’s the power that gives us understanding from Scriptures. In fact, I may have referred to it in my last taping. I think I did, but it bears repeating. We met a couple down in Florida last spring who came out of Mormonism. They were died-in-the-wool Mormons, but they came to know the Lord and have a tremendous testimony. They stopped by the ranch and spent the afternoon with us. In the process of our visiting, I asked, “How could two intelligent people like you be steeped in something so false as Mormonism?” And his answer was perfect. He said, “Well, until the Spirit enlightens you, you don’t realize that you’re wrong.” And that’s exactly right. It’s the Holy Spirit that has to open up the understanding, and as he said, “You don’t really get that until you’re saved. Then as soon as you’re saved, it just keeps opening up more and more and more, and you just can't exhaust it.” This is what we have to realize, that when were dealing with the lost world, they really can't comprehend this until the Holy Spirit convicts them enough that they take the time to see what the Book says. Until that happens—you know it, you’ve experienced it, they don’t want see it. You can tell them, “Well, let me show you the Scriptures.” And their reply is, “I don’t want to read it.” Why? Because they still do not have enough Spirit enlightenment to have any inkling to want see these biblical truths. This is where we have to be patient. All right, for this half hour we’re just going to keep going on through our New Testament references where we have this constant referral to the Pneuma Hagion, the Holy Spirit. But we’re going to differentiate: is it the person, or is it the power from on high? Let’s come on over, I thought I was back in chapter 5, and I’m not finding the verse that I wanted. So I guess I’m just going to have to skip that one and go right on over to chapter 10. Here we have Peter ministering to this house full of Romans, military at that. Now you know, there wasn’t much spirituality in the Roman military, was there? But yet miraculously the Spirit worked upon Cornelius and caused him to send some of his underlings down to find Peter. They brought Peter up. Of course Peter was still on the same premise that he had from the time of Christ’s earthly ministry, and that was what we call the Gospel of the Kingdom, and that was believing that Jesus was that promised Messiah and coming king, period. Even though Jesus Christ had now been crucified, buried, and risen; Peter does not proclaim faith in that for salvation, as we must do today in the Age of Grace. All Peter proclaims is that even though their King had been crucified, He had been raised from the dead, and He was still capable of being the King. That’s why it’s called the Gospel of the Kingdom. Now, again, a lot of people get all confused. They think that’s still a valid gospel today. No, that was just for a few years during the Book of Acts. But Israel in their total unbelief rejected it, and it just fell through the cracks and disappeared. And if you are aware of Scripture at all, after Saul’s conversion in Acts chapter 9, how much do you see of Peter in the Book of Acts? Almost none. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible