"The Missing Piece" Acts 19:1-10

Have you ever put together a puzzle only to find a piece that is missing? How important is that missing piece to the satisfaction of the completion of that puzzle? Or how about yeast to a baker or a hammer to a construction worker? There are certain things in life that are necessary pieces to ensure a successful conclusion.

Such is the case for the believer. There are many who have a missing piece in their walk with Jesus. It’s called the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. In this study, we talk about the triune relationship a believer has with the Holy Spirit by examining the 3 Greek prepositions that are laid out in the scriptures.

In John 14:17, Jesus said,
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with (“para” in the Greek) you and will be in (“en”) you.

Prior to salvation, the Spirit was with “para” you, drawing you to a relationship with Christ. But once you made Jesus your Lord, the Spirit dwells in “en” you, making you the temple of the Holy Spirit.

But then then Jesus followed up in Acts 1:8 saying,
8 But you shall receive power (“dunamais”) when the Holy Spirit has come upon (“epi”) you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

This is the 3rd preposition that describes that missing piece for many believers. The word “upon” is the Greek word “epi” and it describes a filling to “overflowing”. And the Greek word for “power” is “dunamais”, which describes a dynamic power that will overflow from the life of the believer.

Have you been baptized with the “dunamais” power of the Holy Spirit? If not, tune in to this sermon while asking the Spirit to speak to your heart in this matter.

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ACTS CHAPTER 19:1-10
1 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”
So they said, “Into John’s baptism.”
4 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.”
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Now the men were about twelve in all.
8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.