 Okay, any any doubts and or questions that you might have or anything that you want anything that you noticed You know that you'd like to share. Maybe you something that you've you know, you did not notice before You know you notice for the first time Kind of it made sense Anything that you'd like to share Can go ahead you can even put it in the chat You know some of the things about the work of the Holy Spirit right about the person of the Holy Spirit the work of the Holy Spirit So you could share that excuse me anything that Yeah, I was just observing how Jesus words was Perfectly fulfilled in acts like everyone is getting baptized and then getting filled with the Holy Spirit Yeah, so that is Yeah Amazing to do amazing details, right? Yeah, the same way At different aspects of the Holy Spirit like he said you will be endured power and you'll be witnesses it happened He said he will be that you know, he'll be the comforter And that you know the paraclete also that we see happening and you know, like you said Everything that the Lord foretold you will teach and he will remind and he will tell you of things to come And we see you see that all that has that's happening. Yeah Okay, anyone else something that you noticed You can put it in the chat as well. Okay, so that's let's keep going and Let's let's look at a few more right that we stopped with accept and nine so let's look at Accepted ten and So accept a ten and verse 19. So here now we're going to look at Peter and the way in which the Holy Spirit Instructed him led him to do to to do the work of ministry. Okay, so Peter He's in you know 10 19 we read about the fact that that Even before that even before The instruction is given to Peter God kind of sets up the whole thing with this person named Cornelius in the space Colesus area. Okay, he's a centurion and he's a he's a person who feared the Lord he's a devout man and We read that he was a generous person and who prayed to God though. He did not know You don't have a clear understanding, but he he was a devout man He was a sincere person and who was you know whom we would say a seeker maybe But he prayed to God always he was generous person He was a good good man and now he has an encounter, you know, he has a vision and the angel of the Lord You know communicating to him and saying Your prayers have come up your arms have come up your generosity and prayers have come up before as a memorial before God And an instruction very clear instruction it right send men to Joppa the space called Joppa and ask for Simon whose name surname is Peter and And so Cornelius obeys Okay, so probably this is not the first time he's had that encounter. I'm just guessing But he obeys right here because he's sending his people to Joppa Based on a vision that he had right so So maybe he was in the practice of receiving this this kind of instructions We don't know but but anyway, he obeys he sends people to Joppa in search of a man called Simon Peter and with the instructor, you know and The instructions were given you know that he's in such a place. He's staying with a tanner a man who works with leather he's You know a tanner so his whose house is by the sea and so on so So he's he's lodging with a tanner whose name is also Simon and His house is by the sea so he sends people To contact this Simon Peter. Okay, so Simon and he says, you know, he will tell you what you must do It's a Simon Peter. I get Simon Peter. He will tell you so he sent the sense these men and Peter is there and in the very place and he goes up To pray he's hungry. He wanted to eat and they were the food was getting ready It almost lunchtime and he he has a trance. He fell into a trance and And had this experience had this vision kind of thing and he saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners descending to him and let down and And the boys came to him rice Peter kill and eat and this sheet had all kinds of you know animals Wild bees creeping things birds of the air okay Rice Peter kill and eat Peter says no Lord. I Have never eaten anything common or unclean. No, he's a Jewish man So he's saying, you know, I cannot I cannot eat these because These are not part of the Jewish diet. I've never eaten anything that is common or unclean. I will not eat. No, Lord Then the again the voice is what God has cleansed. You must not call Common Okay, and this happens three times same thing The sheet let down animals in it all kinds of animals rice Peter kill and eat Peter refusing to do that and so this this Object is sticking back into heaven and and Peter's thinking, you know, what was that? What a strange? What a strange thing? Peter's wondering and as he's wondering The men who had been sent from Cornelius From Caesarea they come to Joppa and they are there at the door and they're inquiring is Simon Peter here and Verse 19 While Peter thought about the vision the spirit to him He's thinking about the vision the Holy Spirit speaks to Peter says spirits said to him Behold three men are seeking you arise therefore go down and Go with them Doubting nothing for I have sent them. Okay, very clear Three men came a number of people coming and and they are what they are doing, right? They are seeking They are searching for you three men have come. They are searching for you. You arise. This is what I want you to do Go don't doubt anything Go with them for I have sent them Okay, so so Peter obeys Peter goes and and we see the outworking of that obedience Obedience to the instruction of the Holy Spirit. Okay, so he goes there and then You know was 24 onwards. We see that Cornelius is you know, he's Anticipated Peter to come he's don't know doubt, you know that Peter suppose Peter does not come what to do He's already made arrangements. He's waiting for them. He's called together his relatives his close friends And I see the faith of this man God has spoken I saw this vision. I've sent these people now I have to make arrangements Because something is you know, he's he has told what I must do That I mean this person was going to come will tell me what I must do. So I let me Let me call everyone. Okay, so he's called his relatives his friends And and as Peter comes in he falls down worships worships Peter Right, he's you know, he has this he doesn't he's not have a he doesn't have a full understanding yet Okay about God and so on. He's he's a religious person. He's a good man religious man and and then You know, he's Peter says in stand up. I'm also a man and you you know and then kind of You know, you read about that. So he says this is what happened to me and Therefore I came okay, I had this I came so I'm here your prayers have been answered, etc You know, he says You know, how unlawful it is for a Jewish person to keep company with a non-Jewish person, but Now his that vision kind of connects and he's he sees the interpretation he gets the understanding Yes, what God is not what God has cleansed. I must not call Common or unclean and therefore, you know, I have come This is what he was referring to in that that heavenly vision that I had so, you know, I have come So it is convinced in these come Okay, so we read about all that and he goes on to share about Jesus He goes on to share about Christ and what he did And so on and the good things that he did healing all who were oppressed, you know, we and and that's when that's when we Encounter that was was 38 I've got anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil for God was with him and then he goes on to You know talks about his death from the death death on the cross and how he arose from the dead and And whoever believes in him was 43 will receive the mission of since we shared the gospel And then while it says was 44 while Peter was still speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon them all those who heard the word and Those of the circumcision who believed were astonished those Jewish people who are with Peter and Peter and said we're astonished Because the gift of the Holy Spirit has been for had been poured out on the Gentiles also So as Peter shared the gospel fully share the gospel People have heard and obviously they had received it. You know, they acknowledge it as they heard They were acknowledging this to be the truth And the Holy Spirit has poured about poured on them This is a gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also So they are astonished. Oh, it's not only for the Jews. It's for the non-Jewish people also And how did they know was 46? How did they know that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also? Well, they heard them speak with tongues and Magbify God Okay, so they heard them speak with tongues Something supernatural is happening. These were you know, these were non-Jewish people do the Gentiles and they are Glorifying God and they are praying in other tongues Just like how they themselves did, right? So then Peter gives an instruction Can anyone forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have It just as we Received these people have received so let them be baptized in water also, right? So so there you see, you know different Order in the flow of events for people to be baptized in water, right? It could be people who believed baptized filled with the spirit Like we see in some media Right, so it goes there shares the gospel They believed and they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, which means they were baptized in water Then Peter and John go there lay hands. They are filled with the spirit. They baptized in the Holy Spirit Here Peter shares the gospel they receive it The Holy Spirit, you know fills them they baptized they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit And they are you know praying in other tongues and praying praising God and then They are baptized in water. So Peter saying, okay now, let them be baptized in water, right? So so they were baptized in water. So we see this You know this outworking thing so exciting, you know moments there, you know things that are happening for the first time Here's a non-Jewish, you know group of Gentiles non-Jewish who are receiving here's a man who's been who was a religious man who was You know generous man good man and here, you know his faith as he is his life has changed because now he's received remission of sins as Peter shared and he's been filled with the Holy Spirit and in all excitement Okay happening there And so all that we see in Acts chapter 10 and accept 11 What happens is there's a backlash, you know Here Peter the Jew has gone into a non-Jewish household, which is not permitted He's fellowshiped with them. In fact verse 48 Chapter 10 and verse 48 it says that they asked him to stay a few more days, right? The few days So obviously he complied he stayed there and maybe you know shared more about Jesus after all You know Peter walked with Jesus. He saw all those conversations. He must have shared all those experiences how he You know denied him and how the Lord forgave him and restored him and after you know The resurrection how they went to the tomb and saw all that he must have shared to them And also about you know them being filled with the spirit and so all those experiences he must have shared Right. He stayed there now When the Apostles and brethren who were in Judea, okay, so now when they heard the Gentiles They received they contended with him Peter goes back to Jerusalem from from Caesarea He goes back and then they contended with them where they they argued with them saying how can you do this? You know you're a Jew and so it's so that old mindset is still there even though they You know they have come to believe in Jesus even though they were there experienced the power of the Holy Spirit that all religious Mindset is still there, you know, they even though they are in the new way of life So they say how can you do that, you know, you went in you fellowship to the uncircumcised man you ate with them Then Peter explained Peter explains to them Starting from the vision. He says, you know, this is what happened. This is what I saw and Three times, you know that I was asked instructed to rise and kill I said no because these are not my diet not the Jewish diet and And and how he was taken and what he did now was 18 chapter 11 was 18 says when they heard these things they They were quiet Okay When they heard these things they became silent and they glorified on saying then God has also Granted to the Gentiles repentance to life Okay, so they heard about this work of the Holy Spirit and they they glorified God, okay And I just want to draw your attention to you know verse 12 Paul recount. I mean sorry Peter recounting the Holy Spirit told me to go and the Spirit told me to go doubting nothing in Verse 15 is he again testifies and is as I began to speak The Holy Spirit fell upon them as Upon us at the beginning so he's saying just you know, you know how the Holy Spirit filled us and you know We we experienced this supernatural thing The same way he fell upon them as well and he says in verse 17 If therefore God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we Believed now, that's the qualifier God gave the same gift to them As he gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ That was the only common thing These were deeply religious Jews those were you know non Maybe religious to some in a way different non-Jewish people and Here the only qualifier is that they believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and he says who was I that I could withstand God okay, so Peter recounts this whole thing that has happened and and while doing so He again you know reaffirms the Spirit the Holy Spirit Instructing him to go the Holy Spirit filling those people as they believed in the Lord Jesus and saying you know How can I who am I? Right, the Holy Spirit has been given to them And the only thing is that we believed they believed they've received just as we have also Received okay, so again goes on to Again prove that you know Peter actually shared this Peter actually shared this in Acts chapter 4 except of four when he When he testified when he Sorry, I accept it to I'm sorry accepted to was 39 he actually He prophesied he said you know this gift of the Holy Spirit is to you And to your children of course the audience there was primarily Jewish right so you your children and To all who are afar off as many as the Lord our God will call So he actually gives that Instruction there you know and kind of prophesies says this is what you know this gift is not just restricted to us It's for us for you your children and as all those who are afar off and he sees this Happening right before his eyes. Just like he shared that time and probably he thought it was only Jews But now he sees that you know the scope is different It's it's not just Jews anymore It's it's anyone who will call on the Lord Jesus in faith and they will be saved filled with the Spirit, okay Okay, let's let's look at the Few more verses. It's let's move a little quickly. Let's look at chapter 13. Okay chapter 13 talks about Another church, okay This is the church in a place called Antioch in chapter 13 and versus Verses one okay before that maybe I just keep the you know this reference chapter 11 and you look at verse 24 24 talks about Barnabas Chapter 11 and verse 24 for he was a good man full of the Holy Spirit and a faith and a great many people were added to the Lord talks about the work Talks about the character and also about the work and ministry of Barnabas 24 verse 28 There first to a person by name Agabus who was a prophet Agabus a prophet and it says that he stood up assured by the Spirit That there was going to be a famine throughout all the world which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar. So Well, the Lord Jesus said that there will be as a Holy Spirit will you know share of things to come Yeah, yeah, John. You have a question. Okay. One of the things mentioned Is to abstain from meat of strangled animal? Is that the question? This is one yes Especially mentioned is just oh, I say, okay, especially to abstain. I mean, what should the approach be see now if you if you read carefully, you know That is where we are okay, we are kind of getting ahead of ourselves we are coming to 15 And we look at the Jerusalem Council also looking at 15 18 but I'll just mention that you know, this is of course to the Gentile churches and also he he says In verse 21 if you see verses, you know, 15 and verse 21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city being read in the suburbs every Sabbath Okay, and and before he says but we write to them but that we write to them Staying from things polluted by idols from sexually morality from things strand strangled and from so it is from a Jewish standpoint If you look at that also is from a Jewish standpoint that He is, you know, they're sharing these things of course things polluted by idols meaning, you know Nothing's offered to idols and ad worship sexually morality, which would be applicable to all and Things strangled and from blood, but so it is from a Jewish standpoint You know if you actually look at it because it says for Moses had throughout generations Those who preach him in every city being read in the synagogues every Sunday You know, this is this is being, you know, the peace are being preached in the synagogues being shared So, you know, these things we will highlight and though and so we see in verse 28 29 the same thing they say, you know, sexually morality Things offered to islands from blood and things strangled you, you know It's came from these things. So it's going to a non-Jewish audience, but it's from a Jewish standpoint actually, you know because this is being preached in the synagogues and people who You are being born again, of course, you know, they will be exposed to that as well And then so he's saying no, let's let's come to an agreement and it's You know, let's give these instructions You know, but later when we come to the the epistles go in things we read Paul is saying, you know Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without asking any questions, right? So Yeah, so They're also, you know, they're it's just kind of makes everything clear for nothing is to be refused He says, you know for for a Jewish man to write that, you know, it's it means that he is really Experienced grace, right? So he says, you know Don't refuse anything. Yeah, so that's a thing. Thank you. Okay Okay, so there will be chapter Levin, right? Okay, so we finished chapter 11. So let's we finished Agrabus and also about Barnabas. Well, let's move on to accept the 13 Uh, accept the 13 versus one to four. So it's in this place in this place called Antioch. It's a it's a church the believers who were there in Antioch and And they were it says there were prophets there were teachers and Some people are listed there Barnabas Simeon and it says here was to as they minister to the Lord and fasted Okay, so they are ministering to the Lord and they are fasting and they're praying as They did that the Holy Spirit spoke the Holy Spirit said now separate to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them Then having faster than prayed and laid hands on them. They sent them away So this is something that we see that as they were seeking the Lord They are fasting they were praying they are seeking the Lord says if they minister to the Lord No, maybe in worship and you know, they were seeking the Lord the Holy Spirit spoke and gave them an instruction and About ministry So saying now these two people now separate them to be and for the work that I've called them and and so they Commissioned them. Okay, so so we see another principle when it comes to missions when it comes to the work of the Lord The Holy Spirit speaking and saying, okay bringing the mind of Christ, you know, bring the heart of the father Saying, okay, these consecrated people love us but and you know, I have called them for a specific purpose so they Had released them for that verse four So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Cilicia and from there they sailed to Cyprus So says here the Holy Spirit sending these sending this missionary team like the missions team Paul and and Silas and and they go Sorry, but Barnabas and Saul and Paul and Barnabas they are being sent out and then they go So which is again, you know for us Principle here, you know, the Holy Spirit knows the Holy Spirit has wisdom the Holy Spirit knows the Holy Spirit shares the strategy for ministry for missions and He, you know, yeah We can of course we need to use our mind to explore to see and I'm sure they they would have done that right They planned and say, okay, let's go to the city. Maybe we need to stay etc They would have done that but you see that the Holy Spirit sent them out Okay They were sent out by the Holy Spirit They were called by the Holy Spirit and commissioned for this particular Missionary journey and they and you see that, you know, that bears fruit. They go on this missionary journey They go on another one another one and Let that bears fruit. Okay, so so we see that happening in Antioch Okay, so after 13 verse 9 So this is the first they go to suppress and There so the to the island of Air Force then they There is a sorcerer there a magician the false prophet. It says whose name was bar and Jesus Okay, and so here The Sorcerer withstands the message of Paul. Okay, so Paul is Ministering and he's actually You know connecting with One of the leaders there it says the proconsul Sergius Paulus So he Invited the steam and he wants to hear but this saucer is resisting now. We're not given any Details how but but Saul knew the Paul knew this man is resisting so Then Saul who who also is all Pilled with the Holy Spirit looked intently at him and said oh full of all deceit and all fraud You son of the devil you enemy of all righteous Righteousness will you not cease perverting the ways of the Lord? So probably he was giving some kind of a You know Refuting with words or maybe asking questions. We don't know But the fact is that it says that he was seeking his objective was that this proconsul this Government man this leader Should not follow Jesus. Okay, so that was his intention. So here As he was doing that Paul filled by the Spirit he He discerned by the Spirit and he's filled by the Spirit and he's looking intently at The sorcerer and he says, you know, this is what you are, you know Will you not cease perverting the ways of the Lord and then that he pronounces a judgment what will happen now? Indeed says the hand of the Lord is upon you and you shall be blind not seeing the sun for Time, you know for a season you are going to lose your eyesight Okay, and immediately a dark mist fell on him and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand and when this happened the fact that the power of God the you know, the Fact that God knew beforehand and when he when he saw that this Leader he believed like the proconsul believe and he saw what has been done being astonished at the teaching of the Lord Okay, so he saw he heard and He was astonished Amazed and he believed okay, so this is something that we see the the work of the Holy Spirit the very first place where they Yeah, you know they I'm not the first place actually they're actually going to the second place They first go to Salamis then therefore and this is what happens. Okay, so we see this right then Let's look at verse 52 same chapter 13 and verse 52 talks about the fact that You know in This there's an conflict there in Antioch this persecution there and the Jews where They are filled with envy. They see the many many people coming to Jesus coming to know about Jesus through but so they They kind of stir them up and they raise up persecution against Paul and Barnabas so Verse 51, but they shook off the dust and their feet against them and came to Iconium. Okay, so Paul Paul and Barnabas, you know, they just do that and the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit so we again see this happening Disciples being filled with the spirit and with joy. Okay Let's look at 15 and verse 8 okay 15 is So 15 is what like 15 this chapter was what John was referring to John Paul was referring to earlier where it addresses a Problem that they had the challenge that the early church had and one of the I think one of the yeah We probably the second challenge you would say, you know, like What what happened was this that certain men had taught the believers That you need to be circumcised In order to be saved Okay, yes Jesus did all this that's fine, but you need to be circumcised you need to keep the law You need to be circumcised in order to be saved So Paul and Barnabas have a you know meet with them and then you know They it says here in verse 2 that no small dissension and dispute they determined that Paul and Barnabas should go to Jerusalem and and about this question so it was undissolved they go to Jerusalem and The Apostles the Elders everyone comes together They to consider this and and this is what happens. Okay, so verse 8 we We read how Peter shares about his encounter with the with the non-Jewish people and how they received Christ how they received the Holy Spirit so To Peter addresses and then verse 8 he says so God who knows the heart knowledge them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us Peter, you know shares about shares and testifies this and James the response to that, you know in verse 13 He says men and brethren listen to me You know Simon has declared Peter has declared how what has happened and so on and and therefore, you know We each do something about this so in verse 28 We read this Okay, so they they say okay. They decide that these four things food offer titles Sexual immorality, you know food strangled and no blood. So this we will instruct Okay, but we're not going back to The law or we're not going to tell them that you know, they need to be circumcised now That's all wrong, right? So but with regard to the law, you know, these are some things we'll tell them that they need to Still keep. Okay, these are You know, so he says here Verse 28 for it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater Burden than these necessary things. You know, these things are necessary in so it's game seem good to us and to the Holy Spirit and And and and you see the thing, you know, it seemed good to us and to the Holy Spirit So there was the witness of the Holy Spirit in their own in their own hearts Okay, so it seemed good to us and to the it's a good good to the Holy Spirit and to us And so we give this instruction. So they they bring this letter and and so Paul and Barnabas they go and they go to all the places and And they deliver the content of the letter, right? They go to Antioch they gather believers and they deliver the content of the letter and when they read it They've rejoiced over the Encry over this encouragement. It says yeah, okay, so this is what they did So so even in that putting together, so it's so what is it? It is really you know the whole Believers the elders leadership coming together and pondering over this challenge. So how do we do this? You know, we don't see You know, we need the wisdom of God in this. Now here are these, you know believers and And yes, it's it's true that you should not burden them further we cannot not tell them to keep the law and be circumcised and that's a wrong teaching But we can share them these things and they come to this conclusion and then they and then they share, right? so in that we see the Holy Spirit witnessing to their heart and and You know giving is approval. So it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us Which means that they were sensitive to the Holy Spirit. It was not just You know, not just a debate or a discussion With facts and figures, but they were also at the same time sensitive to the Holy Spirit So that is something that we see with regard to church structure with regard to Not really church structure, but a decision collectively taken by the leaders of the church Being sensitive to the Holy Spirit. They are instructing other believers, right? Okay Okay, so let's look at another let's just move on acts 16 and versus 6 to 10 acts 16 and now here we see again the Holy Spirit doing something In with regard to ministry. Okay acts 16 and verse 6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia After they had come to Mycia, they tried to go into Pythnia But the Spirit did not permit them. So passing by Mycia. They came down to Pro us Okay, so in verses 6 and 7 we see that the Holy Spirit preventing them From going into a particular area Well, the what was the objective? They wanted to share the gospel the objective was scriptural Right there after all they've been commissioned to go and do the work of ministry. In fact, the Holy Spirit said call them and You know, at least then to the work of this work. So they went and traveled so but We see here that the Spirit of God Did not permit them Okay Again, it tells us to the degree to which They were dependent on the Spirit. They were obedient to the Holy Spirit Okay Just because it was a good thing and just because it was a noble thing and the right scriptural thing to do, you know, they They were Sensitive to the Spirit of God at the end of it all So they want to do what was best Probably the timing so it is God's will to save It is God's will do that we people should know the gospel that all men might be saved But we see here that the Spirit of God in his wisdom Holding back the steam okay now Why is it happens? verse 6 We're forbidden to use the word in Asia verse 7 They're forbidden. They try to go into with near but then this Holy Spirit again did not permit them then, you know verse 9 talks about how Paul has a vision about a man in Macedonia come over to Macedonia and help us then they go then they go and obviously, you know They had the freedom to go or in other words, they They did not experience or they did not feel that the Spirit was preventing them Holy Spirit was preventing them But they literally had the freedom to go forward and do it. It's something amazing that we see here, right? so This is something that we can apply in our own lives as well, you know a close walk with God An intimate walk with God very here is every whisper and every nudge and every prompting Right, even in the things that seem good Lord, you know, if he is Yeah, principally, you know, we can right if you live by the principle Yeah, we can go ahead and do it by the principle and preset But if for some reason the Holy Spirit is You know forbidding or preventing us Are we sensitive? That's the question Are we sensitive to that to the degree that you know, that we'll be obedient even in those moments, right? So that is something for us to grow in that is something for us to follow and that's something that we see here, okay? Act 18 and verse 5 as 18 verse 5 It says when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia Paul was compelled by the Spirit and Testify to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ Paul was compelled by the Spirit. So that's a accept the 18 and and verse 5 Just give me a minute, please Yeah, accept 18 and verse So another the I'm just looking at another version. It says Paul was pressed by the pressed in the spirit, it says which means he was compelled and it was a Something that there was a pressing Okay, and so I just wanted to share that and was just there's a there's a there's a pressing in the sense There's a weight He felt that weight of burden that he had to share in the God share the gospel and this happened You know Like when he was waiting for Timothy and Silas and they came and joined him, right? So So this is something that we see that there's the Holy Spirit compelled The put that you know, it is like pressing. It's like way. I have to do this. I have to do this It's like a weight. It's like a burden and he went ahead and share the gospel Okay Chapter 19. Okay, let's look at chapter 19 chapter 19 verses 1 to 6 is it talks about what happened in Ephesus This is something similar to what happened in Samaria, okay So here if it's let's read and it happened while upper laws But it was at Corin that Paul having passed through the upper regions came to Ephesus and finding some Disciples he said to them, did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed so that they said to him We have not so much as heard Whether there is a Holy Spirit and he said to them into what then were you baptized? So they said into John's baptism Then Paul said John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance saying to the people that they should believe on him Who would come after him that is on Christ Jesus? when they heard this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and When Paul had laid hands on them Please put it came upon them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied now the men were about 12 and also it's talks about these 12 people who are in Ephesus now says there were some they were Disciples okay, so again the understanding was not very clear and they were baptized with the baptism of John Paul finds out when he asked them of the Holy Spirit they they have no idea of the Holy Spirit So then they are baptized in water Okay in the name of the Lord verse 5 and After that Paul lays hands on them and prays and the Holy Spirit comes upon them and they spoke with tongues and they prophesied as well. Okay, they spoke with tongues and prophesied so we see that happening similar to Samaria right Samaria also something supernatural happened when Peter and John went and laid hands and You know they they were filled with the spirit something similar we see in in Saul's case also where Ananias goes and lays hands you he could see his eyes were opened and He was filled with the spirit Cornelius House, of course, it was a sovereign. There's no laying on our hands Peter just sharing the gospel People hearing acknowledging they are filled with the spirit. Okay, right? Okay, let's look at chapter 20 Chapter 20 verses 22 and 23 So Paul testifying and he's saying now I go bound in the spirit To Jerusalem not knowing the things that will happen to me there except That the Holy Spirit testifies in every city saying that chains and tribulations await me So Paul is saying, you know, I go bound in the spirit. He's he's addressing the efficient Elders, okay, he's meeting them for the first. I mean for the last time Actually, he would not see them again and efficient if this is the place where he he was there for a long time and you know Teaching and so on. So he's meeting them. He calls them Calls for the elders of the church they come and he tells them, you know, he testifies to them encourages them and so in the course of that he says this says that I go bound in my spirit and Holy Spirit testifies he tells me that wherever I go there will be Persecution, right? There will be tribulation. There will be persecution. So So these the Lord Jesus, you know teaching that the Holy Spirit will tell Like he will forth he will give you knowledge of things that are going to happen like for tell What is going to happen? So the same thing here? So Paul is saying the Holy Spirit tells me that there are chains. I there testifies that In every city there will be chains and tribulations. Okay, and it was so in fact The Lord himself said that he will stand before kings stand before leaders to testify He will testify about, you know in chains that he's there About Jesus, right? So we see that. Okay, so let's look at Chapter 20 verse 28 and here In the to the elders against he's saying take heed to yourself and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you Overseers to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood. So he's saying, you know, you elders You take take care of yourselves, you know Be careful be alert. Take heed to yourself and to the flock and to the people among whom you are leaders So he's using the analogy of the shepherd and the flock and the sheep So he's saying and to all the flock among whom the Holy Spirit has made you Overseers. Okay, God the Holy Spirit has appointed you and he's made you overseers To shepherd the church of God to shepherd to care for to protect to feed To lead, right? That's what the shepherd does. So The whole Holy Spirit has made you overseers To oversee to shepherd the church of God, so so we see another aspect of Right then One last verse as 21 verse 4 Paul It talks about now you're going to this place finish here and then they They say the city city ladder the tire versus two and three talks about that and finding disciples. They stayed there They told Paul to the spirit through the spirit Slips now So Paul knew that they'll be Persecutions now the disciples also knew that there will be persecutions and they were you know, that was revealed to them also and the way both saw The outworking of that was very different, right? So always like saying this is what the Spirit says But I must go and the disciples were saying this is what the Spirit says So, you know, you be careful. Why don't you avoid? Right? So that is what we see. So They told all through the spirit not to go to Jerusalem Okay, let's look at versus ten and level and then we close and Ten and 11 talk about Agrabus Agrabus also comes and he tooks. I mean he sorry takes Paul's belt Ties his own hands and feet and says this is what the Holy Spirit says that the owner Of the man who owns this belt, you know, will be Jews at Jerusalem will Bind him and deliver him into the hand of the Gentiles is what the Holy Spirit says. So the Holy Spirit telling or You know foretelling what is to come? Okay? Whether be persecution or trials or tribulations saying, okay, this will obey now is this helps in many ways Like Paul was already informed, right? He already knew and he was prepared Right. He was prepared to face for the sake of the gospel Because he says in verse 30, you know, I'm Ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus Okay When he would not be persuaded We ceased and we said the will of the Lord be done. So Paul was Already in he knew The spirit of God has spoken to him about what was awaiting it. Okay, so we looked at Many scriptures you can go through it again and we it's wonderful to see what the Holy Spirit did and Continues to do through his people in the church today. Okay, so we'll stop here and we'll get back next week and we'll continue with Very big talk where we left off right about the restorative moves of God and the work of the Holy Spirit in restoring To the church. Okay Okay, so thank you We'll stop here. God bless you eat again