2010 August 8th
Sunday Sermon at Yoido Full Gospel Church ? Seoul, Korea
Speaker: Senior Pastor Rev. Yonggi Cho

Did You Receive the Holy Spirit When You Believed?
(Acts 19:1-7)
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
3 So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they replied.
4 Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus."
5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 There were about twelve men in all.


Without clearly understanding the Holy Spirit, we cannot lead a powerful life of faith.
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1. The Holy Spirit who is triune God
- God is one, but in Him there is the Trinity. The Trinity consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
1) The period of the Old Testament was an age of the Father.
- The Son and the Holy Spirit worked in the shadow of the Father.
The Son appeared as a messenger of God while the Holy Spirit appeared as the Spirit of God.
2) The period of the New Testament was an age of the Son.
- The Father and the Holy Spirit worked in the shadow of the Son.
3) Since the Pentecost, it has been an age of the Holy Spirit.
- Now the Holy Spirit works in the frontline while Jesus Christ and God work behind the Spirit.
The Spirit teaches us about the Father and the Son.

2. Being born-again and baptism with the Holy Spirit
1) The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus
2) Fullness of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues * (Acts 2:1-4; 3)





Spiritual gifts and fruit
(1) Gifts
① Gifts of revelation - the message of wisdom, the message of knowledge, and distinguishing between spirits
② Gifts of speech ? speaking in different kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues, and prophecy
③ Gifts of power - faith, miraculous powers, and healing
(2) The fruit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

3. The work of the Holy Spirit
* (John 16:7-13)
1) About sin
2) About righteousness
3) About the judgment
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The Holy Spirit