The speaker is beginning a new series reconsidering the ministry of the Holy Spirit today. He plans to examine 12 aspects of the Spirit's ministry that are commonly believed to be normative, and evaluate if they are truly applicable to the church today or were part of an exclusively Jewish ministry. He suspects much of our doctrine of the Holy Spirit originated in the Second Great Awakening and was not held by the church previously.
Key Points:
- The speaker questions if the Holy Spirit's ministry as we know it today really began at Pentecost in Acts 2, as is commonly believed.
- He points out inconsistencies in claiming the Spirit's work started in Acts 2 but basing beliefs on things stated prior to Acts 2. Also, evangelicals do not want the manifestations of Acts 2 today.
- The speaker believes charismatic theology and emotionalism entered the church during the Second Great Awakening, and our Holy Spirit doctrine may have originated then rather than earlier.
- He plans to examine 12 aspects of the Spirit's ministry, in the order they appear in Scripture, to evaluate if they apply to the church today.
- He walks through Acts 2, which is seen as the beginning of the Spirit's ministry. He notes the baptism of the Spirit, speaking in tongues, prophecy, signs and wonders are not normative for the church today.
- Peter connects the outpouring of the Spirit to Joel 2's prophecy about the last days, showing it was a promise to Israel.
- The speaker concludes that the Spirit's ministry in Acts 2 was to a Jewish group he calls the "little flock." He questions if it was meant just for Israel or continues to the church today.
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