A Clear Difference

It’s one thing to be saved by the blood of the Lamb and born again of the Spirit but its quite another to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. There is a clear difference with someone that is saved and one that has been baptized in the Holy Ghost. The main difference is POWER! Jesus said “Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.” Acts 1:8 this word power is dunamis meaning explosive power! Mighty power! Miracle working power! If we truly have been baptized in the Holy Ghost why are we not seeing this in our lives? It’s the power that makes us a witness of His resurrection and that He is alive and not dead. He is alive! Does our life witness to His resurrection power? If it does not then we have not been baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is a gift given by the Father to those who obey Him. The Spirit of Truth comes to dwell in the cleansed temple. The second difference is a WITNESS! Jesus said “ And ye shall be witnesses unto me.” Acts 1:8 we really cannot be a real witness for Jesus until we are dead to self. The word witness is mar'-toos – means to be a martyr or to be dead. This is not talking about dying in the natural or giving our life in the natural for the cause of the Gospel though we should always be ready to give our natural lives, this is talking about the death to the self-life. When Simon Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost at Pentecost it was very difficult to find Simon anymore though he did show up from time to time. However Peter was a powerful witness for Jesus and that without question. The power of God was manifested in His life right from the Day of Pentecost in which the Holy Ghost was given to birth the Church. “But Peter standing up with the eleven” he was not by himself or being self-centered anymore he stood up with the eleven. Peter is standing up not afraid as he was before he was filled with the Holy Ghost. The third difference is that of being FEARLESS! Peter was not afraid of what the rulers would do unto him he was selfless and not worried about even being killed. The fear of death was not an issue for him. As I heard a wise man once say “Is this that?” Are we really truly being a powerful witness for Jesus in this hour? Let me rephrase that am I really being a powerful witness for Jesus in this hour? If not then why? Have I really been filled with the Holy Ghost as promised by the Lord and given by the Father as a gift to all-them that obey Him?