The pouring out of the Holy Spirit

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The pouring out of the Holy Spirit

• Old Testament

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Review

• The Holy Spirit worked in
• Creation
• Revelation
• Confirmation
• The Holy Spirit continues working in
• Regeneration
• Sanctification

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The pouring out of the Spirit

• The time at which the Spirit would begin His
  works tied to salvation is called the pouring
  out of the Spirit
• We will look at promises God made about the
  pouring out of the Spirit in order to know
• when the pouring out would occur
• who it would benefit
• what difference it would make

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Promises in Isaiah

• Isaiah 329-20
• Prophesying against the nation of Judah.
• Judah is now extremely corrupt and evil.
• God is planning to punish the nation unless it
  repents of its sins.
• Verses 9-14 are part of a longer passage (most of
  Chapters 31 and 32) which tells of the
  punishments God will bring down upon them if they
  do not repent.

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Promises in Isaiah

• Isaiah 329-20
• In verses 15-20 God also reminds them that He
  will again bless them after they repent.
• God will not always punish the nation.
• The blessing them after their repentance is
  called the pouring out of the Spirit

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Promises in Isaiah

• Isaiah 441-5
• Isaiah 44 is in the middle of a long series of
  passages (Isaiah 42 - 53) prophesying about the
  coming Savior.
• The prophet is talking about the blessings that
  God will bestow upon His people in the days of
  His Savior.
• Parallel statements assure the point is made
  clearly

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Promises in Isaiah

• Isaiah 441-5
• I will pour out water on the thirsty land (v3)
• I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
  (v3)
• And My blessing on your descendants (v3)
• Pouring out the Spirit is the same as pouring out
  Gods blessings
• And this pouring out is tied to the coming of the
  Savior

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Promises in Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3925-29
• Ezekiel wrote after the people had been taken
  into slavery as Isaiah had prophesied.
• Ezekiel is referring to the time when Israel will
  repent and turn back to God.
• Then God will bless them.
• I will have poured out My Spirit upon them

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Promises in Joel

• Joel 226-32
• Referring to the time when (after punishment and
  repentance) God will bless the nation.
• The blessings to the nation are concluded in
  verse 27.
• Beginning with verse 28, God explains how His
  blessings upon the nation of Israel will result
  in blessings upon all people.
• The timing is placed after this, that is, after
  the promised blessings to Israel if they repented

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Promises in Joel

• Joel 228-32
• God will pour out His Spirit on all mankind
• As a sign, people will again prophesy, have
  prophetic dreams and have visions from God
• No indication how long the sign would last
• From that time forward whoever calls on the name
  of the Lord will be saved
• Pouring out of the Spirit a blessing for all
  mankind (cf. Gen 121-3)
• The blessing is the ability to be saved

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Promises in Zechariah

• Zechariah 1210
• Pouring out of the Spirit
• Showing grace (Gods blessings)
• And supplication (a time when man can approach
  God through prayer)
• Comes when they can look upon God, whom they had
  pierced
• Comes with a conviction of sin

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When the Spirit is poured out

• It means
• Gods blessings have come if we repent
• the Savior has died to bring us salvation
• we can call upon the Lord to be saved
• we can then approach God in prayer
• In our next lesson we will look for New Testament
  promises of the pouring out of the Spirit and the
  fulfillment of all these promises

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