THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST:......

Joh 3:1  THERE was there a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews;
Joh 3:2  He came at night to Jesus and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these miracles that you are doing, except God is with him.
Joh 3:3  Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born again,* he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:4  Nicodemus said to him, How can an old man be born again? can he enter again a second time into his motherÆs womb, and be born?
Joh 3:5  Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6  What is born of flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7  Do not be surprised because I have told you that you all must be born again.
Joh 3:8  The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound; but you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes; such is every man who is born of the Spirit.


JESUS TELLS US OF THE BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE......A MAN MUST BE BORN AGAIN....THIS IS A SPIRITUAL BIRTH....YOU ARE BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD....YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD...THIS IS THE NEW BIRTH THAT GIVES YOU SONSHIP.......

WHEN ONE IS BORN AGAIN HE THEN BECOMES READY OR A CANDIDATE FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST....


Joh 7:38  Whoever believes in me, just as the scriptures have said, the rivers of living water shall flow from within him.
Joh 7:39  He said this concerning the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

JESUS HERE SPEAKS A POWERFUL WORD........HE SAID THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM --OUT FROM WITHIN THEM WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER......NOW NOTICE THIS RIVER FLOWS FROM WITHIN THE PERSON......THIS RIVER IN THE NEXT VERSE IS SHOWN TO BE THE HOLY SPIRIT.......

IT IS THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE INSIDE OF THE BELIEVER.....IT IS THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT THAT FLOWS FROM WITHIN THE BELIEVER

NOTICE ALSO OTHER THINGS JESUS SAID CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT..

Joh 14:16  “And I shall ask the Father, and He shall give you another Helper, to stay with you forever –
Joh 14:17  the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you

NOTICE AGAIN....JESUS TELLS US THAT THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THE WORLD ....THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ACCEPTED JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR......CANNOT RECEIVE HIM......IN OTHER WORDS YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN.....NOT OF THE WORLD.....

JESUS AGAIN GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS FOLLOWERS:......


Luk 24:49  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.

NOW SEEING THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT JESUS GAVE ....CAN WE AGREE....THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT....AND THAT HE TAKES UP RESIDENCE IN US WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN.......AND BECAUSE HE IS IN US AND WE ARE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD.....THAT HE FLOWS OUT OF US AS RIVERS OF LIVING WATER.......

HE TELLS HIS FOLLOWERS WAIT IN THE CITY OF JERUSALEM UNTIL YOU ARE CLOTHED WITH POWER .....

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DISCIPLES WHEN THE CLOTHING FROM ON HIGH TOOK PLACE?....WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE RIVER THAT WAS WITHIN THEM BEGAN TO FILL THEM AND FLOW OUR OF THEM?


Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Act 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each 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.


WHAT HAPPENED!

THEY WERE ALL FILLED THE RIVER BEGAN TO SPRING UP IN THEM FLOWING THROUGH THEM AND THEY BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES .....

NOW THE 120 WERE FILLED AND SPOKE IN LANGUAGES THEY DID NOT KNOW...........THESE LANGUAGES WERE DIALECTS OF THE EARTH......FOR MANY THAT HEARD THEM WERE AMAZED BECAUSE THE GALILEANS SPOKE IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE FROM THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD WERE THEY LIVED.....

IF WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS...CHAPTERS 8, 10 AND 19.........WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE APOSTLES PLACED ON BEING BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST....THEY PLACED TOP PRIORITY ON THE NEW CONVERTS BEING BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST.......NOW WHAT WAS THE INITIAL SIGN THAT THE APOSTLES RECOGNIZED AS PROOF THAT THEY NEW CONVERTS HAD RECEIVED?


Act 10:44  While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them which heard the word.
Act 10:45  And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, 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 Elohim. Then answered Peter,

WHAT SIGN WAS THERE IT WAS THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES ....NOTICE IN THE ABOVE PASSAGES......THE JEWS WERE AMAZED BECAUSE THE HOLY GHOST WAS POURED OUT ON THE NEW GENTILE CONVERTS......FOR THEY HEARD THEM SPEAK IN TONGUES........THIS WAS THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY PEOPLE HAD RECEIVED......


NOW THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DENOMINATION NOR ETHNICITY.....THIS IS BIBLE ORDER...........REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL:


Act 19:1  And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Act 19:2  He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit.

HE ASKED THE DISCIPLES.....A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION...HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED?............


ANY BELIEVER THAT HAS RECEIVED JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE RIVER OF LIVING WATER TO FLOW THROUGH THEM FLOODING THEIR ENTIRE BEING WITH THE WATER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT........HAVE YE RECEIVED SINCE YOU BELIEVED.

Testimony.........

Hello Minister Bass, 


I couldn't get the letter to you in person so here goes.......About twenty years ago you prophesized to me and you said I would give birth to a son that would be anointed by God, not knowing that I was already pregnant about a month or two later I found out I was with child. 
This boy child was truly a gift and I held on to the words you spoke that night. During the pregnancy I read scriptures, anointed my stomach, and sang to him daily. Labor day of September 1992 my water broke and I was rushed to The Med......the enemy knew what I was about to birth. Once I made it to the hospital I was checked in and placed in a room where I sat for hours without anyone coming back to check on me.....during all of the waiting my amniotic fluid was almost depleted. Finally someone notice their mistake and began to get me set up for delivery. 
Long story short.... I gave birth to a male child who weighed 5ozs.4lbs. After being very exhausted I allowed him to stay over night in the newborn center, called for him the next morning and the nurse tells me oh ma'am we had to give him a blood transfusion because he was turning blue so he's in the intensive care unit for newborns........Okay no-one notified me of any of this. My son was in the hospital for twenty one days and all they could tell me was its nothing but a bacteria infection. They couldn't explain what was going own but I knew this child belonged to God. I was there at the hospital everyday prayed up and anointing him with oil. The hopital made a big mistake and tried to cover their tracks but I wasn't worried because I was holding on to the words that God had given you Minister Bass and what I believed in. Now Raymond is a thriving very intelligent young man who loves God and has the presence of the Lord all over him. Thank you so much for your prayers and continue to pray for us.

LESSONS I LEARNED

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PREACHER.......WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT NO ONE WAS RIGHT BUT US.....YOU HAD TO BE FROM US , AND WITH US.....IF IT WASN'T C.O.G.I.C. IT WASN'T NOTHING.....I DEVELOPED A PREJUDICE AGAINST BAPTIST, METHODIST, AND OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE CHURCH....WHO DID NOT FOLLOW "US"........WE WERE TAUGHT THAT CHARISMATICS, AND WORD OF FAITH PEOPLE WERE ONLY PROSPERITY MINDED FOLK WHO SOUGHT AFTER WORLDLY GAIN BY USING THE WORD OF GOD AS A PERSONAL BANKING SYSTEM.....WITH THESE HANG-UPS I BECAME VERY LIMITED TO THE TYPE OF PLACES THAT I COULD GO AND MINISTER TO....WE WERE WARNED////"STAY AWAY FROM THEM FOLK, THEY AINT RIGHT",,,,WHENEVER I WOULD ENCOUNTER BAPTIST PEOPLE I HAD THIS AIR OF SUPERIORITY THAT I AM GETTING IN AND YOU AINT...........I PREACHED AGAINST PANTS, MAKE-UP, PERMING YOUR HAIR, AND MANY OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THATS HOW I WAS RAISED AS A C.O.G.I.C. HOLINESS PREACHER.......DURING REVIVAL MEETINGS ....PEOPLE WOULD COME AND I WOULD TEAR AWAY AT FOLK.....I WOULD STOP PREACHING JESUS SAVES AND BEGAN TO PREACH "STANDARDS" NO PANTS, NO MAKE-UP, WOMEN SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR STOCKINGS WHEN YOU COME OUT SIDE....THIS WAS MY MESSAGE...AND NO ONE WAS GETTING SAVED.

IT WAS DURING THIS TIME I BEGAN TO SEEK GOD.......LORD I KNOW YOU CALLED ME, I KNOW THE VISIONS YOU HAVE SHOWN ME....NO ONE IS GETTING SAVED, HEALED OR BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST...WHATS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE.

GOD SIMPLY TOLD ME....IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE...IT IS YOU.....I PROMISE THAT SIGNS AND WONDERS WOULD FOLLOW MY WORD.....YOU ARE NOT PREACHING MY WORD....YOU ARE PREACHING TRADITIONS OF MEN......AND I WILL NEVER MANIFEST MYSELF WHEN THE TRADITIONS OF MEN ARE BEING PREACHED.

WHEN GOD BEGAN TO SPEAK THIS TO ME ...I BEGAN TO REALLY LOOK AT MYSELF AND AT MY HANG-UPS.....I BEGAN TO SEE THAT "WE" DID NOT HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THE POWER OF GOD.........OR A SPECIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL............I SAW THAT GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE AND WANTS THEM TO DRAW NEAR TO HIM AND HE WANTS ALL OF THEM TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST, DELIVERED, AND HEALED.......WHEN I SAW THIS ....GOD BEGAN TO OPEN DOORS, AND SOULS STARTED GETTING SAVED AND MIRACLES HAPPENED.....

WE CAN HINDER GOD BY OUR PREJUDICES AND HANG-UPS.....DO YOU HAVE ANY?

TWELVE PROPHETIC PROMISES FOR 2012! From: Morris Cerullo

I received this email from Dr. Morris Cerullo, and wanted to share it with you.

TWELVE PROPHETIC
PROMISES FOR 2012!

Receive these TWELVE Prophetic Promises, and experience 100 percent victory over 100 percent of your needs.

Promise 1: Authority! God is going to take you into a new level of spiritual authority and give you dominion over the things of this world. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet: (Psalms 8:3-6).

Promise 2: A New Prayer Anointing! God is going to give you a new anointing in your prayers. Your words, spoken with authority and invested with the power of God, will enable you to confront and destroy every stronghold of the enemy. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways(Deuteronomy 28:7).

Promise 3: 100 Percent Victory! God has promised 100 percent victory, over 100 percent of your needs, 100 percent of the time. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).

Promise 4: Spiritual-Warfare Power that penetrates and changes governments, nations, and political rulers! For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (Ephesians 6:12-13).

Promise 5: You Will Be Established By God! God will bring you into His prophetic purpose for your life, your family, your ministry, and your destiny. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the dominion (power, authority, rule) forever and ever. Amen (so be it) (1 Peter 5:10-11, AMP).

Promise 6: The Last, Great Anointing! God will pour His Spirit upon His Church in these last days to prepare them for Jesus' return. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: (Acts 2:17-18).

Promise 7: An Unlimited, Supernatural Power! The divine, energizing, supernatural power that God intended to flow, unhindered, through the Church in this end-time hour is being released. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not(Jeremiah 33:3).

Promise 8: The Future Belongs To The Intercessor! The future belongs to you. In these last days, you will rise and pursue your destiny with all diligence and perseverance. You must become spiritually violent! And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force (Matthew 11:12).

Promise 9: Divine Favor! God's divine favor will give you unlimited access to His throne room. You may go boldly into His Presence and know that He will answer your requests. ...I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name (Exodus 33:17).

Promise 10: Protection! No satanic force will, in any way, harm you! You will be preserved and protected from every attack of the enemy! Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you (Luke 10:19, AMP).

Promise 11: Receive Answers To Every Unanswered Prayer! Every prayer that you have ever prayed in your entire life is in front of God right now. Not one of your prayers has been lost. God said, "Tell My people that I have not forgotten one." There is nothing that God starts that He does not finish.

Promise 12: The Prayer Command! God will give you the power of Jesus Christ to command the prophetic promises for healing, financial overflow, family restoration, and signs and wonders to be released!!! Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give (Matthew 10:8).

PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF BISHOP C.H. MASON

Personal Testimony of his Baptism of The Holy Ghost

The following are excerpts from Elder Mason's personal testimony regarding his receiving the Holy Ghost.

"The first day in the meeting I sat to myself, away from those that went with me. I began to thank God in my heart for all things, for when I heard some speak in tongues, I knew it was right though I did not understand it. Nevertheless, it was sweet to me.

I also thank God for Elder Seymour who came and preached a wonderful sermon. His words were sweet and powerful and it seems that I hear them now while writing. When he closed his sermon, he said 'All of those that want to be sanctified or baptized with the Holy Ghost, go to the upper room; and all those that want to be justified, come to the altar.'

I said that is the place for me, for it may be that I am not converted and if not, God knows it and can convert me..."

"Glory!"

"The second night of prayer I saw a vision. I saw myself standing alone and had a dry roll of paper in my mouth trying to swallow it. Looking up towards the heavens, there appeared a man at my side. I turned my eyes at once, then I awoke and the interpretation came.

God had me swallowing the whole book and if I did not turn my eyes to anyone but God and Him only, He would baptize me. I said yes to Him, and at once in the morning when I arose, I could hear a voice in me saying, " I see..."

"I got a place at the altar and began to thank God. After that, I said Lord if I could only baptize myself, I would do so; for I wanted the baptism so bad I did not know what to do. I said, Lord, You will have to do the work for me; so I turned it over into His hands."

"Then, I began to ask for the baptism of the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:41, which readeth thus: 'Then they that gladly received His word were baptized,' Then I saw that I had a right to be glad and not sad."

"The enemy said to me, there may be something wrong with you. Then a voice spoke to me saying, if there is anything wrong with you, Christ will find it and take it away and marry you...Someone said, 'Let us sing.' I arose and the first song that came to me was 'He brought me out of the Miry Clay.' O Glory Hallelujah! Praise His most wonderful name!

The Spirit came upon the saints and upon me...Then I gave up for the Lord to have His way within me. So there came a wave of Glory into me and all of my being was filled with the Glory of the Lord.

So when He had gotten me straight on my feet, there came a light which enveloped my entire being above the brightness of the sun. When I opened my mouth to say Glory, a flame touched my tongue which ran down me. My language changed and no word could I speak in my own tongue. Oh! I was filled with the Glory of the Lord. My soul was then satisfied.