Seminarian

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit

• Seminarians Seminar

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PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS

• Stanley Hortonthe baptism in the Spirit is
  immersion into a relationship with a divine
  Person, not into a fluid or an influence. It is a
  relationship that can continue to grow and
  enlarge. Thus, the baptism is only a beginning,
  but it is like a baptism in that it involves a
  distinct act of obedience and faith on our part.

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PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS

• Craig Keenerbaptize connoted conversion and
  immersion to the Jewish hearers Holy Spirit
  connoted Gods way of purifying his people or
  empowering them to prophesy.

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PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS

• Howard Ervin in the biblical context, the
  Christian who has been filled with the Holy
  Spirit is characterized by a supernatural
  enablement to witness for Jesus Christ . . .the
  testimony of Spirit-filled witnesses was
  confirmed by the accompanying manifestations of
  the Spirits supernatural signs . . . Overflowed
  with supernatural graces.

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PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS

• Thomas Holdcroft conveys the idea of a
  saturation of the inner being of a human by the
  heavenly divine Being. The believer yields
  himself to the unhindered operation of the
  Spirit, so that he is motivated and controlled by
  One beyond himself. As a believer, he is already
  indwelt by the Spirit, now in Spirit baptism he
  allows the Spirit to take complete control.

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PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS

• Rodman Williams a profoundly internal
  experience of the Spirit of God moving throughout
  like wind or fire until all barriers are breached
  and the Holy Spirit pervades everything. This is
  a totality of penetration with the Holy Spirit
  whereby, in a new way, all areas of ones
  beingbody, soul, and spiritbecome sensitized to
  the divine presence and activity.

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SUGGESTED DEFINITION

• An experience in God in which the believer
  allows the presence and person of the Holy Spirit
  more fully and completely to dominate and control
  his/her life. This experience occurs in sequence
  subsequent to that of salvation, empowers the
  believer for ministry, and is evidenced initially
  by speaking in tongues.

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HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES

• Statement of the Issue
• Narrative cannot teach doctrine
• Narrative can teach normal doctrine
• Narrative can teach normative doctrine
• Hermeneutical approaches

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STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES

• The Basic Hermeneutical Approach
• The Acceptance of Literary Genre in Scripture
• Can Doctrines be Drawn From Historical-Narratives?
  
• The Vital Nature of This Concern
• Three Major Approaches to This Concern

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NARRATIVE MATERIALS CANNOT TEACH DOCTRINE

• Scripture Must Judge All Spiritual Experience
• Didactic Portions of Scripture Have Precedence
  over Historical
• The Book of Acts Does Not Establish Normative
  Experience

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SCRIPTURE JUDGES EXPERIENCE

• In Scripture God Has Revealed His Will
• Experience Cannot Determine Doctrine
• Scripture Judges Experience

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PRECEDENCE OF DIDACTIC

• Acts Must Be Understood in Light of the Didactic
  Portions of Scripture
• Historical narratives do have value
• DidacticJesus teachings/sermons and apostolic
  writings
• What happened may not be what should happen
• E.g., Gal 522-23

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PRECEDENCE OF DIDACTIC

• Should Move From 1 Corinthians to Acts
• 1 Cor 1213
• 1 Cor 12 7, 11
• 1 Cor 128-10
• 1 Cor 1230
• 1 Corinthians 14

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ACTS DOES NOT TEACH NORMATIVE DOCTRINE

• Spirit Baptism Happened Then
• Church Was Established Then
• Church Spread in Known World
• Does Not Give Normative Pattern

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NARRATIVE MATERICAL CAN TEACH NORMAL DOCTRINE

• Crucial Question
• Basic Assumptions
• Principles
• Conclusions for Acts

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THE CRUCIAL QUESTION

• Can biblical narratives that describe what
  happened in the early church also function as
  norms intended to delineate what must happen in
  the ongoing church?

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NARRATIVE MATERICAL CAN TEACH NORMAL DOCTRINE

• Crucial Question
• Basic Assumptions
• Principles
• Conclusions for Acts

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BASIS ASSUMPTIONS

• Unless Scripture explicitly tells us we must do
  something, what is merely narrated or described
  can never function in a normative way.

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BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

• Doctrinal statements fall into three categories
  and into two levels
• Levels Primary and Secondary
• Categories Theology, Ethics, Practice

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DOING THEOLOGY
Primary Theology Ethics Practice
Secondary Theology Ethics Practice
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BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

• The intentionality of the biblical materials is
  the determining factor
• Is something taught because it is recorded?
• Authorial intent is important

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NARRATIVE MATERICAL CAN TEACH NORMAL DOCTRINE

• Crucial Question
• Basic Assumptions
• Principles
• Conclusions for Acts

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PRINCIPLES

• The word of God in Acts that may be regarded as
  normative is related primarily to what any given
  narrative was intended to teach.
• Lukes intent for Acts and the results
• What of the specific details of the narratives?

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PRINCIPLES

• What is incidental to the primary intent of the
  narrative may reflect the authors understanding,
  but it cannot have the same didactic value as
  what the narrative was intended to teach.
• Incidentals value is secondary

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PRINCIPLES

• Historical precedent, to have normative value,
  must be related to intent
• Purpose of the given narrative is important
• This mainly impacts the area of Christian
  practice which is often based on historical
  precedent
• Can lead to normal, but not normative

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PRINCIPLES

• Analogy, based on biblical precedent, should
  never be used to give biblical authority for
  present-day actions
• Examples

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PRINCIPLES

• Historical narrative may have illustrative, and
  sometimes, pattern value
• But, it would still not be normative

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PRINCIPLES

• Historical narratives with their biblical
  precedents may sometimes be regarded as
  repeatable patterns, even if they are not to be
  regarded as normative
• Guidelines for determining

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GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING

• Strongest case when only one pattern is found,
  and that pattern is repeated
• Ambiguity, or single occurrence, of patterns must
  have support elsewhere in Scripture
• Culturally conditioned patterns must either be
  dismissed or translated

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NARRATIVE MATERICAL CAN TEACH NORMAL DOCTRINE

• Crucial Question
• Basic Assumptions
• Principles
• Conclusions for Acts

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CONCLUSIONS FOR ACTS

• Acts shows us what happened in the early church
• Acts emphasizes the role of the Spirit
• Acts shows us what should be normal, but not
  normative, for the contemporary church

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NARRATIVE MATERIALS CAN TEACH NORMATIVE DOCTRINE

• A Pragmatic Hermeneutic
• A Holistic Hermeneutic
• A Revised Approach to Historical Narratives

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PRAGMATIC HERMENEUTIC INTRODUCTION

• Not a scientific approach
• A pragmatic approach
• Founder of this approach
• An illustration of this approach

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PRAGMATIC HERMENEUTIC RESTORATIONIST

• Present experiences restore early church
• Record of early church set a pattern
• Anticipates the pattern of the early church as
  normative for the church

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PRAGMATIC HERMENEUTIC LITERAL UNDERSTANDING

• Texts are to be understood in their plain meaning
• Texts provide a pattern for believers
• What was normative for the early church is
  normative for us

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PRAGMATIC HERMENEUTIC NON-CRITICAL APPROACH

• Biblical texts all have teaching value
• Recognizes literary genre differently
• Historical narrative teach normatively
• Approach is self-authenticating

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PRAGMATIC HERMENEUTIC CONCLUSIONS FOR ACTS

• Spirit Baptism is other than salvation and for
  the contemporary church
• Tongues accompany Spirit Baptism now as they did
  then
• Spirit Baptism empowers the believer for service

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NARRATIVE MATERIALS CAN TEACH NORMATIVE DOCTRINE

• A Pragmatic Hermeneutic
• A Holistic Hermeneutic
• A Revised Approach to Historical Narratives

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HOLISTIC HERMENEUTIC

• The Induction Level
• The Deductive Level
• The Verification Level

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INDUCTIVE LEVEL
DEDUCTIVE LEVEL
VERIFICATION LEVEL
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THE INDUCTIVE LEVEL

• EXPLANATION OF THIS LEVEL
• Listening to the Scripture
• Doing careful exegesis
• Three kinds of inductive listening
• Declarative
• Implicational
• Descriptive

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DECLARATIVE INDUCTIVE LISTENING

• Studies biblical passages that are unambiguous
• But, all Scripture is not in this declarative mode

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IMPLICATIONAL INDUCTIVE LISTENING

• Some truths are implied by Scripture
• Consider texts carefully to avoid imposing
  meanings on them
• Search for multiple confirmation
• Be open to the tradition of the church

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DESCRIPTIVE INDUCTIVE LISTENING

• Focuses on the narrative materials
• Our concern -- Acts
• Premise Holy Spirit intended Luke to teach
  theology
• Premise Historical precedent can teach normative
  doctrine
• Premise Repeated precedents can establish
  normativity

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INDUCTIVE LEVEL
DEDUCTIVE LEVEL
VERIFICATION LEVEL
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THE DEDUCTIVE LEVEL

• At this level theological motifs are deduced from
  the inductive study
• At this level the contributions of different
  authors are observed
• At this level concern for context is important
• Note biblical interpretation is both inductive
  and deductive

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THE DEDUCTIVE LEVEL INTERPRETATION OF ACTS

• The theme of Acts
• The mighty coming of the Spirit signaled the
  establishment of the church
• Repentance and faith are antecedents to the
  coming of the Spirit in power, so . . .
• Acts teaches about the Spirit coming upon the
  people of God so that through them He might
  direct the expansion of the Kingdom

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INDUCTIVE LEVEL
DEDUCTIVE LEVEL
VERIFICATION LEVEL
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THE VERIFICATION LEVEL

• The false charge . . .
• A more correct understanding . . .
• If a biblical truth is promulgated, then it ought
  to be demonstrable in life
• Happened in the book of Acts
• Happens in the contemporary church
• Verification should lead to more induction . . .

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NARRATIVE MATERIALS CAN TEACH NORMATIVE DOCTRINE

• A Pragmatic Hermeneutic
• A Holistic Hermeneutic
• A Revised Approach to Historical Narratives

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A REVISED APPROACH TO HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

• The homogeneity of Luke-Acts
• The historiography of Luke
• The independence of Luke as a theologian

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THE HOMOGENEITY OF LUKE-ACTS

• LITERARY HOMOGENEITY
• Explanation Luke-Acts is one genre history
• Argument for
• Conclusion

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ARGUMENT FOR LITERARY HOMOGENEITY

• Dedication in the prologues
• Recapitulation of Luke in Acts Prologue
• Description of Luke as diegesis
• Description of Acts as logos

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THE HOMOGENEITY OF LUKE-ACTS

• THEOLOGICAL HOMOGENEITY
• Literary leads to theological
• Similar theological motifs used
• Salvation
• Forgiveness
• Witness
• The Holy Spirit

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A REVISED APPROACH TO HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

• The homogeneity of Luke-Acts
• The historiography of Luke
• The independence of Luke as a theologian

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THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LUKE

• Modeled after Old Testament
• Old Testament historiography is episodic
• The episodes function
• Exemplary
• Typological
• Programmatic
• Paradigmatic

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THE EXEMPLARY FUNCTION

• These would be episodes that illustrate, or are a
  specific example of, the authors theme.
• For example

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THE TYPOLOGICAL FUNCTION

• In a typological relationship there is historical
  correspondence or pattern between two or more
  historically independent episodes.
• For example

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THE PROGRAMMATIC FUNCTION

• Such a narrative contains a strategic
  announcement or episode that is programmatic of
  the whole.
• For example

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THE PARADIGMATIC FUNCTION

• A paradigmatic narrative is one that has
  normative features for present or future
  ministries.
• For example

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CONCLUSIONS

• There are few purely narrative portions.
• Any narrative can have a combination of
  functions.
• What may appear to be insignificant episodes take
  on greater meaning in light of their function.
• Luke employs these functions in the narratives
  included in his work.

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A REVISED APPROACH TO HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

• The homogeneity of Luke-Acts
• The historiography of Luke
• The independence of Luke as a theologian

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LUKE AS AN INDEPENDENT THEOLOGIAN

• Luke is influenced by the Old Testament
• Shown in the inauguration narratives
• Shown in the terminology used
• Shown in the motifs used
• Transfer
• Sign
• Vocation

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THE TRANSFER MOTIF

• Moses to the Seventy
• Moses to Joshua
• Elijah to Elisha

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THE SIGN MOTIF

• To assure the recipient
• To witness to others
• Signaled often by prophecy

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THE VOCATION MOTIF

• Leadership is service
• Empowerment provided
• Various empowerments

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LUKES USE OF THESE MOTIFS

• Transfer from Jesus to the 120
• Signaled by tongues
• Accompanied by other signs
• Empowered for service
• Signs and the miraculous followed

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HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH

• GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS
• Normative value of all Scripture
• Didactic value of Historical-Narrative
• Message of Acts
• Functions of Episodes in Acts
• Luke as an Independent Theologian

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REDACTION CRITICISM

• Looks at how a New Testament author used sources
• Works best when the sources are evident
• Redaction criticism in regard to Acts

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NARRATIVE THEOLOGY

• EXPLANATION
• Narrative theology asserts that the story-form
  itself has significance for theology
• The aim is to help understand how people use
  stories, and therefore what effect biblical
  stories should have on us.

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WAYS PEOPLE USE STORIES

• Cohesively
• To help the individual structure their world

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CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM NARRATIVE THEOLOGY

• Take seriously the world the biblical story
  builds.
• Entering the biblical story world will include
  experiencing the experience told there.
• The goal is to establish doctrine.

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TWO BASIC AFFIRMATIONS

• The Holy Spirit transforms those upon whom He
  comes.
• The Holy Spirit empowers those upon whom He comes.

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OLD TESTAMENT PRECEDENTS

• Empowering
• Transforming

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EMPOWERING

• To prophesy
• Numbers 1110-30
• 1 Samuel 106, 10
• 1 Samuel 1918-24
• 2 Samuel 232

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EMPOWERING

• To prophesy (contd.)
• 1 Chronicles 1218
• 2 Chronicles 2014-17
• 2 Chronicles 2420
• Joel 228-29

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EMPOWERING

• To perform miraculous feats
• Judges 146, 19
• Judges 1514-17
• 1 Kings 1812

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EMPOWERING

• For spiritual power in leadership
• Judges 310
• Judges 634
• Judges 1129
• 1 Samuel 1613

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EMPOWERING

• For service in Gods household
• Exodus 311-11 3530-35

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TRANSFORMING

• 1 Samuel 106, 9
• Ezekiel 1831
• Ezekiel 3624-32
• Ezekiel 3714
• Psalms 5111

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Gospels
• Matthew 1218, 28
• Mark 1615-18
• John 35-8
• John 334
• John 737-39

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Gospels (contd.)
• John 1416-17, 26
• John 1526-27
• John 165-15
• John 2022

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NEW TESTAMENT

• John 2022
• Johannine Pentecost
• Power to Evangelize
• Symbolic Action
• Actual Impartation
• Regeneration
• Covenant Change

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Luke-Acts
• Luke 115
• Luke 141
• Luke 167
• Luke 135
• Luke 225-27
• Luke 316

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Luke-Acts
• Luke 321-22
• Luke 41
• Luke 414-21
• Luke 1113
• Luke 1211-12
• Luke 2449

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts 2
• The Persons Involved
• Where Are These Persons?
• When Does This Happen?
• What Happened?

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts 814-17
• The Setting of the Passage
• A Manifestation?

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts 917-19
• The Setting of the Passage
• Saul Converted?
• The Commission of Ananias
• The Response of Saul
• Spirit Baptized?

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts 1044-48
• The Setting of the Passage
• Conversion at Cornelius House?
• Evidence of Spirit Baptism
• Peters Report to the Brethren

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NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts 191-7
• The Setting of the Passage
• Conversion in Ephesus?
• Spirit Baptism in Ephesus