Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Baptism and Possession" sermon at New Life Christian Church on August 31, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Text: Joshua 3

2. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1 Corinthians 10:2 (MSG)
'They went through the waters, in a baptism
like ours, as Moses led them from enslaving
death to salvation life.'

3. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Joshua 1:2-3
“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you
and all these people, get ready to cross the
Jordan River into the land I am about to give
to them--to the Israelites. I will give you
every place where you set your foot, as I
promised Moses.”

4. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
The crossing of the river Jordan
speaks to us about
the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

5. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Matthew 3:11
“I baptize you with water for repentance.
But after me will come one who is more
powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit
to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit and with fire.”

6. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Acts 11:16
'Then I remembered what the Lord had said:
'John baptized with water, but you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

7. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1. WHY DO WE NEED THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Acts 1:4-5
"Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my
Father promised, which you have heard me speak
about. For John baptized with water, but in a few
days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

8. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1. WHY DO WE NEED THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Acts 1:8
'But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.'

9. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1. WHY DO WE NEED THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
a) The Holy Spirit releases power

10. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
Acts 10:38 (NLT)
38 And you know that God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.
Then Jesus went around doing good and healing
all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was
with him.

11. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
Acts 1:8
'But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses
to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.'

12. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
1 Corinthians 2:3-4
'I came to you in weakness and fear, and with
much trembling. My message and my preaching
were not with wise and persuasive words, but
with a demonstration of the Spirit's power.'

13. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
Luke 1:32, 34, 35
'He will be great and will be called the Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his father David,...'

14. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
Luke 1:32, 34, 35
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I
am a virgin?"

15. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
Luke 1:32, 34, 35
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you.

16. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
Zachariah 4:6
'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not
by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the
LORD Almighty.'

17. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
Acts 2:17
'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your young men will see visions, your
old men will dream dreams.'

18. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
a) The Holy Spirit releases power
b) The Holy Spirit releases potential
c) The Holy Spirit helps us experience life
1 Samuel 10:6
'The Spirit of the LORD will come upon you in
power, and you will prophesy with them; and you
will be changed into a different person.'

19. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1. WHY DO WE NEED THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
2. WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
Acts 19:2
"Did you receive the Holy Spirit since you
believed?"

20. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
2. WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
Acts 19:6
'When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy
Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues
and prophesied.'

21. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Acts 8:14-17
'When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and
John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for
them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of
them; they had simply been baptized into the name
of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their
hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.'

22. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
• The Holy Spirit is with us to lead us to
Christ.
• The Holy Spirit comes in us at the point of
salvation.
• Then the Holy Spirit comes upon us when
we are baptized with the Holy Spirit.

23. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
2. WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
Acts 2:4
'All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit
enabled them.'

24. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
2. WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
Acts 2:39
'The promise is for you and your children and for
all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God
will call."

25. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
1. WHY DO WE NEED THE BAPTISM OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
2. WHAT IS THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
3. HOW CAN WE BE BAPTISED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT?

26. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
3. HOW CAN WE BE BAPTISED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT?
a) We need to get a vision of the Promised
Land.
b) We need to believe what the Bible says
about being filled with the Holy Spirit.

27. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
3. HOW CAN WE BE BAPTISED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT?
a) We need to get a vision of the Promised
Land.
b) We need to believe what the Bible says
about being filled with the Holy Spirit.
c) We need to step out in faith.

28. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Joshua 3:8
'Tell the priests who carry the ark of the
covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the
Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.'

29. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Joshua 3:13
'And as soon as the priests who carry the
ark of the LORD--the Lord of all the earth--
set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing
downstream will be cut off and stand up in
a heap.'

30. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
3. HOW CAN WE BE BAPTISED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT?
c) We need to step out in faith.
d) We need to continue to be filled with the
Holy Spirit.

31. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION
Ephesians 5:18
'Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to
debauchery. Instead, be filled with the
Spirit.

32. BAPTISM AND POSSESSION