He was afraid of a servant girl 50 days earlier, afraid of a servant girl, and now he's standing up to the same people that crucified Christ, and he called them out, the wrecking ball was let loose, that was not safe, that was extreme, that is Christianity 101, preaching the word of God through a heart that's on fire for God, that's Holy Spirit and fire preaching, so that's what Peter did, he stood up after receiving this baptism of the Spirit, so here's the final verse, 1 Corinthians 12, 13, for in one Spirit, we were all baptized into the body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, we were all made to drink of one Spirit, so here's where the term gets, it took me 50 minutes to say this, we believe, I teach, I mean, we don't argue over terminology, but just looking at the Bible, that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a one -time event where somebody's baptized into the body of Christ according to the Scripture, but then we see subsequent, ongoing fillings of the Holy Spirit, and Jesus was filled with the Spirit, and Peter was filled with the Spirit, and Paul was filled with the Spirit, you don't see anybody being baptized or using that terminology in the Spirit, however, it's not a hill to die on, because what people are saying is the same thing, are you filled with the Spirit of God, have you been baptized, overwhelmed, unctioned, renewed, restored, revived, has the Holy Spirit wrecked your life and begin to rebuild it again, I don't care what you call it, but you better have it, do you have that endowment of power, do you have that joy unspeakable, do you have the kind of faith that's going to be not wavering these times of adversity, are you filled with the Spirit of God, and so many people like to debate this topic, the bottom line is you can't debate experience that lines up with the Word of God, you either experienced it or you have not, I know it's a convicting message, I know, the reason it's convicting is because a lot of people haven't experienced it, and I can introduce you probably to half dozen people recently whose lives were radically changed by the power of the Spirit here, they go from nominal Christianity, not living very good, to on fire for God, well Shane, what happened, I'm glad you asked, I'm going to go quickly, ask, ask, ask for the Holy Spirit, well God says ask, knock, keep requesting, and God will give the Holy Spirit to those who love Him, those who obey Him, ask for the power of the Holy Spirit, God I want all of you, can you imagine Christians, I don't want to do that, I'm not sure that's going to go, that might lead to Africa, I'm not going to pray that prayer, hey I can relate, I'm scared sometimes, say God whatever you want to do in this ministry, but not this or this, not this or this, I remember, I think I shared this a while back, A .W. Tozer, he told a man I want to do more for God than any man in my generation, he said okay, well Tozer, be ready to suffer, because being used by God is not a glorified position, I mean we put people on a pedestal, but it's not, it's not like a rock star, it's not an athlete, it's a man or woman who's been broken, been rebuilt, been restored, been used of God, been trampled upon, their name's been slandered, they've got to get up and fight again, I've got to come and preach to you sometimes, I don't even know how I'm going to get through the day, with adversity and different things, so many things coming against us, the radio station we have is driving me crazy, much as it goes out, I'm online with engineers, I'm like what in the world is going on, do you know how many times I've told them, just quit this whole thing, but the enemy doesn't like this, and you've got to keep fighting and keep fighting and keep fighting, so ask this morning, ask, take hold of, take hold of God, whatever you want from me, I don't, let me tell you, if he calls you to Africa, you're going to want to go to Africa, so you don't have to be worried, I hope he doesn't have me minister to kids, people have told me that, I'm not good with kids, do not put me in children's ministry, my wife will remember this, as soon as I said, you know what, I don't think God's called me to young adults, it's a hard age group, then I have to write a book and then I'm mainly speaking to young adults for a year, at conferences, at schools, I'm like, Lord, you've got a good sense of humor, but you have to be willing and open, Lord, whatever you want, however you want to use me, because God says, now that's a lump of clay I can use, now the potter can put the clay on the turntable and now I can make it, be open, you have to be open, Lord, what do you want me to do, and surrender, you have to surrender, what does that mean, I give up my will, I give up my plans, I lay down my arms, whatever I've been fighting with, whatever I've been fighting, I've been fighting you, God, I lay it down this morning, I lay it down at the foot of the cross, I want to be mightily used of your spirit, I give you everything, the more you surrender, the more you're filled, that's why some of you, if you've hit rock bottom, thank God for the rock at the bottom, which is Jesus Christ, because that's what gets you, that often gets you to that point of full surrender, as soon as God had me, uncle, okay, finances, relationship, unfulfillment, spirituality, health, whatever it was, everything, okay, now I surrender, uncle, uncle, now I'm yours, God, but sometimes it takes that rock bottom experience, so let that be a stepping stone, not a stumbling block, and then, obviously, repent, repent, the fullness of the spirit is quenched by sin, there's nothing wrong with spending time with God and writing down or thinking about where am I missing it, Lord, where, oh, be careful, because you better get a pen and paper ready, your attitude, your condescending, you can be mean -spirited, you're angry, you're irritable, that was my list before, back when I was drinking coffee, that was my list, all those things, it's a side note, I don't want to convict too many people this morning, but that stuff would make me, turn me into a jerk, so I'm six months off of that, so please, just take it for what it's worth, I don't know why I brought that up, every time I do, people are like, you're so convicting me of that, maybe God is, maybe God is, but I know D .O. Moody received the fullness of the spirit once he realized he was doing ministry in his own strength, the Holy Spirit came upon him, he felt the love of God, I remember another lady in his book that would go to his meetings, and God was dealing with her about her appearance, from what she wore, and her, I guess they wore hats back then, and her looks, and she's like, it couldn't be something this trivial, and as soon as she got rid of this idolatry of her looks, the spirit of God fell up, I can go down list of list of list of people being John Bunyan sitting in the jail cell writing the Pilgrim's Progress, or John Wesley coming over thinking he was converted to America and finally getting converted when he got back, and doing all these things with selfish motives, selfish ambitions, you have got to die to self, you have got to say, I want to live for Christ, and I don't want to be recognized, I don't want to be built up, I don't have to start a ministry, people don't have to know my name, God, I just want to do things for you, and you repent of beset, anybody have besetting sin that is holding them back from what God wants them to do, is it an angry, bitter heart, is there unforgiveness, are you always blaming the other person, that's a biggie in the Christian community, I talk to people who I know need the fullness of the spirit, oh God, if you just turn over, but you don't know such and such, usually their spouse, right, so your spouse is preventing you from being filled with the spirit, yes, that's true, no, that's not, your spouse can never prevent you from being filled with the spirit, ever, it's a personal decision that is made, so repentance needs to take place, and I want to give you this image that I've had many years ago, my son was little, I've told you this before if you've been coming here a while, I said that a lot today actually, but these stories are so good, I can't think of new ones, so he's out back, and he turns the water on full blast, and it's just nothing, is that down, what's going on, the water's on, well come to find out there's about five or six kinks in the water hose, once we begin to remove those kinks, he couldn't even hold, he was like two and a half, three, he couldn't even hold that water, what's going on, see I had to remove, the problem wasn't the water, the water was on full blast, could it be that the Holy Spirit, you're waiting on the Holy Spirit, but it's the Holy Spirit waiting on you, the water's there, the rivers of living water are there, would you let loose, remove the kinks in the hose, remove the pride and the arrogance, and thinking God's going to make you weird, God's not going to make you weird, he's going to make you bold for the kingdom of God, repent of that besetting sin, repent of that clogged line, repent of that kink in the hose, whatever it is, you know what it is, because I guarantee others have loved you enough to talk to you about it, oh, if we were just open to constructive criticism, oh, wouldn't that be wonderful, remember I told you my wife said I put down pastors too much in my sermons, so I'm working on that, other people email me and say, you say OMG or oh my God too much, you take the Lord's name in vain, so I'm like, oh, so I'm working, I'm working, use these things, don't try to defend yourself, what do I need to work on, those are good things because as you work on those things, you become a very good communicator because you're learning from the critique of others, constructive criticism, if I would listen to what my mom had told me for 17 years, I could have been filled with the spirit early on, but God had to bring the wrecking ball, he was not safe, his word was not safe, I turn on the television, I get slammed with a message about men forsaking their God -given role of spiritual leaders in their home and I wept like a child, I wept, oh God, break me and use me again, here I am, don't even know anything about God other than what I was taught as a little child and he began to resurrect those things, he can do the same thing in your life, stop elevating certain people that you look up to, they're no different, I was a dumb, stupid country boy from this little town, no reason God should do anything other than use people who surrender to him, here's what I'm going to do with you, here's what I'm going to do with you, surrender and then finally believe, I'm sure there's people here maybe are listening that do not truly know God, there's people here that are going through the motions and we read the scripture earlier that said, I baptize you with water for repentance but after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not yet worthy to carry, he will what?