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The all promises of the Lord are yea and Amen in the Lord Jesus Christ. That yea is of the strongest affirmative. A declaration which cannot fail because of the person making it. As the Amen, the Lord is the final authority. All of His divine power validates the promises that He has made in His Word. We may place absolute confidence in every promise which He has made. He will fulfill them to the nth degree.
2 Cor. 1:20 While His promises are to all, they also become very personal, for each person who comes to Him He deals with individually.
The working of the Spirit in the life of the believer is evident from the very beginning of that new life in Christ. The new birth is a result of the Spirit of the Lord working in our lives. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. The spiritual journey begins with a birth in the Spirit. John 3:6-8 Now, having received the Spirit of God, He reveals unto us the promises of the Lord. Those things which are so generously and freely given us of the Lord. 1 Cor. 2:12 The dwelling of the Spirit of the Lord in our spirit nature will produce a whole new attitude of life, for now, we have been made free from the law of sin and subsequent death. Rom. 8:2.
It was John the Baptist who introduced the people to the Lord Jesus as the one who would baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire. Mt. 3:11 As John’s baptism of repentance was the order of the day and a divine requirement, so is the baptism of the Spirit even unto our day and time. It is not a divine luxury item but a great benefit and necessity in our spiritual life. Jesus reiterated that promise, after His death and resurrection, to those gathered in Jerusalem. Acts 1:4-5 He then kept His promise, for on the day of Pentecost the Spirit came upon those who had waited for the promise to be accomplished. Acts 2:3-4.
Please consider that the Spirit baptism came with fire. The fire purges, it cleanses and sanctifies the vessel being filled. As important as tongues, is the fire of the baptism, if not more so. In the fire of the Spirit is to be found manifest the power of the Lord. The fire brings with it and leaves behind an anointing which is the real evidence of the presence of the Spirit. He is the Comforter, the Spirit of truth whom, Jesus promised He would send. He was not one who came to birth the church but to remain and be the consistent teacher and guide to the church. John 14:16.