What happens when we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit ?
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. You have now received your credentials for ministry and service to Jesus, no degree required.
Many many Churches today required a Masters Degree from a theological seminary before you can even be considered a candidate for ministry. This condition is not in line with the Bible. Here is a specific example of how men are making the word of GOD of none affect with their made up rules. They deny the gifting and power of the Holy Spirit the Lord uses to equip us for service, and instead their confidence is put in a piece of powerless paper.
1 Pet 4:10 As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor].
Please be aware the Jews saw Jesus as an uneducated man as well and yet He was the savior of the whole world. Most churches today would not recognize the Lord if HE came through their front door today on
Sunday and neither would He be allowed to preach because Jesus would not meet their carnal expectations.
John 7:15 The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?"
Am I saying education is bad? Not at all, But education that contradicts the Bible is wrong, and education is wrong when it annuls the gifting of the Holy Spirit. If you are not baptized in the Holy Spirit you do not meet the LORD's requirement and you are unqualified for ministry no matter how many degrees you have. Be filled with the precious Holy Spirit or sit down!!
1 Cor 2:4 And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],
1 Cor 2:5 So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.
