WATER BAPTISM AND

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

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Genesis 9:15-17 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.  (information on flood)

WATER BAPTISM AND

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TRANSCRIPTS

By Arthur W. Morris as led by the Holy Spirit  

Email: utillc@flash.net

phone 248-626-2487

March 20, 2000

This is a study of a combination of the water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the “befores” and “afters” of what it was in the Old Testament and New Testament so that so that we have an understanding of how God uses it for today. 

If you would go first to Leviticus 14:1 and keep your hand there so that it will be available to you fast enough. So just put a marker in there for now. And go to the story about Abraham in Genesis and have your second marker there. And we will go to Genesis and start there first, talking about the covenant.

Now everybody is familiar to the covenant first in chapter 6 of Genesis that God made with Noah and the covenant that God made with Noah:

Gen 6:17-22

17  And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18  But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19  And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21    And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be food for thee, and for them.

22  Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Notice that in the next chapter, chapter 7, “the Lord said unto Noah come thou and all thy house into the ark”.  The word “house” means his household; that’s all his servants and everyone else, so the general teaching that just Noah and his wife and his sons were with him. 

God, when he is referring to his people, talks not only about individuals having to do with his people, but their bloodline.  But he talks as if no one else was there.  All the other nations, servants and whatnot he practically doesn’t even refer to them.  Notice Chapter 6 doesn’t talk about the entire household, yet Chapter 7 states “and his household.” This means all servants that were in the house with him--and the same with Abraham. 

Remember when he was circumcised and made the covenant with God, it was he and his household.  So all the servants, all the men child that belonged to him; he said if you don’t get them circumcised they will be cut off – they shall have no part of the inheritance.  So they all then part took of it.  Keep your hand there in Genesis and the other in Leviticus 14 and next, go to the First Epistle of Peter.  It speaks of Noah in 1 Peter 3:18:

18  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened (or made alive) by the Spirit:

19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, (so he went and preached to the prisoners of all those that died in the flood) wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water (there were many other people in the boat that worked for him, but God was talking about those that are called—those that he made the covenant with—but observe what this relates to.  That is, eight souls were saved by water).

21  The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22  Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

(KJV)

But notice, he likens the time of Noah and being saved by water, which we looked up in the Greek which is the word ‘sozo’ which means not just be saved from drowning and destruction, but healed and delivered.  But it likens water salvation in the boat with water baptism.  Now, why would it suddenly do that?  Yet the first scriptures in Genesis didn’t say anything at all about relating to water baptism? The answer is that every story told, every subject talked about, every battle fought in the Old Testament had a spiritual revelation in the New Testament.[1]

For instance, consider the analogy, or allegory, of what had happened in the Old Testament; how it gives revelation of what is to come in the new: the example of Abraham with Hagar.  Hagar was his bondservant, having a child, Ishmael, with her, and his wife Sara, having, Issac, the child of promise.  But, it is an allegory.  The New Testament states that Hagar represents the old law or the old covenant under bondage and that the child Ishmael represents the same state:  under bondage.  But this is an analogy is through Sara (whom was the older woman, and not supposed to be able to have a child, being well beyond the flower of her age); she had the child of promise representing the promise that was given to Abraham that the Messiah would come. This is an example of an allegory representing the New Testament, the new covenant not under law.  Here you have the old law under a covenant and the new law under a new covenant of promise and yet the children were born; he did indeed take in Hagar as a wife as well as Sara. Yet it is an allegory represented as an old covenant under bondage and a new covenant under freedom.  So be careful that every time we read anything in the scripture, old or new, we have to look for what the spiritual revelation is.  Say a battle took place, but what was the purpose of the battle?  What was the meaning of the battle spiritually not just that it occurred?  Now, remember the allegory of Abraham, Hagar, and Sara, as this subject of the law will come up again in this study.

Let’s go back to Genesis chapter 8 and see more.  Here a covenant was made of God with Noah. Here In Chap. 8 (The number eight represents new life, it is the number of resurrection) comes the flood, then the water is abated.  God then said, “I’m going to show you a sign of my covenant”.  What is the sign that God gives to Noah and where is that sign found?  Then we come to Chapter 9.  Nine in the scripture is that of completion.  Something that is completed and also includes a judgment.  So Chapter 9 now has a completion of this newness from Chapter 8, with a new creature that has not now the length of age that he had before. Noah was now over 600 years of age.  But God so much as says, “I’m not going to give that full length of time.  Now I’m going to make it 120 years of age.  But, I’m going to give you a sign of my covenant; I’m giving the rainbow in the sky as a sign.” 

The rainbow is made up of now many colors?  (An easy way to remember it is ROYGBIV—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.)  Seven.  Seven is the number of rest. God rested on the seventh day.  If in the word rest, then, becomes a point of resting in Christ, then there must be a covenant that has to be made with the Christ in order to rest in him.

In Genesis chapters 11 -- 13, we come to Abraham.  It first speaks of him as “Abram.” Then a promise is given onto Abram, and God changes his name from Abram to Abraham.  But what is the sign of the covenant?  When he changes his name.

Gen 17:1-10

1        And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (If you have a good Bible that has good margins, it will give you the interpretation of it, which mine says upright or sincere, perfect, upright also sometimes means mature.)

2        And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4    As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5        Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham (meaning a multitude of nations); for a father of many nations have I made thee.

He always changes a name when a promise is made. He changed a name from Cephas to Peter; the word Peter means a stone, a small stone, and a fragment like a pebble. We use it with the same Greek word that Jesus said, “I am the Petra, the massive rock and thou art petros.”  The petros are fragments from the massive rock when they are used in conjunction with each other.  It doesn’t mean a pebble; it means a “chip off the old block,” a chip off the massive rock.

Now when the promise was given to Abram as a covenant, notice that He came to Abram.  Abram didn’t go to him. But Abram first went searching for God.  “seek me and you will find me.”  “Knock and the door will be made open unto you.”  But bare in mind that it said then that God talked with Abram.  Now, if God could talk with Abraham then, thousands of years ago before the covenant was even made, how much more will God talk with his people that are supposed to be his people right now instead of just being separate as he even did with Abraham?  So you say, “Well Lord, you did it before, you can do it again.  You don’t change.  I am the only one who has changed.  I haven’t been listening.  Therefore, since you talked to Abraham, you can talk to me too and I’m now listening for your voice.” There cannot be any doubt in your mind whatsoever. Period!  Then if you’re driving one day and the whole van fills up with sound and you suddenly hear your name called, then you will know what I am talking about.  Because He will call you by name.  And when the call comes forth, it sounds like surround sound.  It is not just the still little voice that they talk about, yes he can be a still little voice, but when He wants to get your attention he doesn’t come in the still of the night is a small voice. He wants to make sure that you’re paying attention. That’s when you know that you haven’t got the radio on – its Him. Then always answer with “yes, Lord.”  Or “Here I am Lord..” Or “I’m listening Lord.”  Because you won’t have an attitude of fear because you have been expecting Him. So when things begin to happen, you expect Him.  Sometimes you will see little children and they will be looking up in the air and they will be seeming to talk to someone and a conversation will be going back and forth like, “There’s no problem.”  And when one of our bible study people said that this was happening with their child, they thought that that was cute.  And I asked her, “Did you bother to ask your child who she was talking with.  Ask her.”  She assumed that she was just playing house and I said, “Ask her.  You may get surprised.”  She said “It may be an angel.  The conversation has been going on for a long time.”  The have her ask the angel a question. Because she may come up with the most unusual answer that you and I would never think of. Coming out of the mouth of a child.

In Genesis 17:7 God comes to make a covenant with Abraham: 

7    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Next, go to Galatians. We probably repeat this scripture more than any other scripture in the Bible.  In Chapter 3 of Galatians, again Paul is referring to the time of Abraham:

Gal 3:1-14

1    O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

2    This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3    Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

4    Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

5    He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

6    Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted (or attributed) to him for righteousness (if we are ascribed attributes for righteous sake because of our acceptance of Jesus Christ and being baptized in him, how much more important is it then to believe God and to have that attributed to us for righteousness sake than for Abraham).

7    Know ye therefore that they which are of faith (we have learned now that Jesus Christ is faith so if you are of Christ), the same are the children of Abraham.

8    And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9    So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

10  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11  But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith (or by Jesus).

12  And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13  Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (or a sin offering for us) for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree (or a sin offering is everything that is hanging on a tree):

14  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

In Acts Chapter 1, Jesus says wait for the promise, which you have heard of me.  He told them to go wait in the upper room.  Acts Chapter 2, the Holy Sprit comes and they speak in other tongues and Peter preaches to them and says this is the promise that was spoken of in Joel.  This is the promise of the Holy Sprit. Then they ask in verses 37-39:

Acts 2:37-39

37  Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

38  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Here in Galatians is the promise given Abraham that the Holy Spirit would come; that the Christ, the Messiah would bring the promise.  So we continue to read in Galatians starting at 3:15:

15  Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, (now he tells you what it is) which is Christ.

It refers to the Old Testament, where the promises were made to Abraham “. . . and to thy seed,” and now it tells you who the seed was.  It did not say in Genesis who the seed was: Christ. Next it says at verse 17:

Gal 3:17-29

17  And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect (just because the law came, it didn’t make the promise God gave to Abraham of none effect).

18  For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

19  Wherefore then serveth the law? It (the law) was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come (the Christ) to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

20  Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one (it is referring to Christ being the mediator but now it’s telling you that Christ is God.  There are not two Mediators, there was only one and that is God).

21  Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

22    But the scripture hath concluded all under sin (for what reason), that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ (and yet Christ is faith) might be given to them that believe (the promise of what?  The promise of the Holy Spirit).

Look back at:

Galatians 3:2

2    This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

But it said that that spirit was given by promise.  Galatians 3:5-8:

5    He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

6    Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7    Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8    And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith (Jesus), preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9    So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Now, if it is the spirit then that is given by promises (verse 14):

14  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

So the promise is given to Abraham that the seed would come and that through this seed the promise of the Holy Spirit would be given. 

Gal 3:22

22  But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe  (so there is the Holy Spirit promise).

23  But before faith came (before Christ came), we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which  should afterwards be revealed (Christ being revealed).

24  Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ (why?), that we might be justified by faith.

25  But after that faith is come (Christ has come), we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26  For ye are all the children of God (how?) by faith in Christ Jesus.

27  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ  {“put on”} from Strong’s #1746 is enduo (en-doo'-o); from NT:1722 and NT:1416 (in the sense of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively):

KJV - array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on.

 (endo—means to put on a garment.  Now what is the result of being baptized into Christ?  But it was the promise that was supposed to be coming, and if you are baptized into Christ, here is what the result is).

28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus (and what is the result of that).

29    And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed (didn’t it just say in the verse 19 that, “Wherefore then serveth the law?  It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made” that was the Christ should come.  That seed it said was not the seeds of many but seeds of  one which is Christ.  But it says that if you have been baptized in the Christ, you put on Christ and you could not go into the Holy of Hollies until you washed with pure water in the Old Testament and you had to change your garment from the woolen garment to the linen garment, wash in the pure water, change to the linen garment, then you could go in, but you had to carry in with you a bowl containing the blood of the sacrificial lamb or you couldn’t get through the curtain.  You couldn’t get through the veil that separated you from the Shekina Glory to the actual presence of God to the outside of the Court.  So now comes the representation here, Christ then once you are baptized into Christ, now

Gal 3:28

28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29  And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

He said a promise.  Go now to Acts in Chapter 1 where Jesus makes a rather astonishing statement. Starting at verse 4:

Acts 1:4-19

4    And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

5                    For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

.  .  .

7    And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

8        But ye shall receive power (that’s the Greek word dunamis – miracle working power from Strong’s #1411), after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you (and what is the result of that): and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

In verse 13 of Chapter 1, it said that they were all in the upper room and that Jesus commanded that they were not to do anything but wait for the promise of the Father which you have heard of me.

Acts 1:13-18

13  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

So there are 120 in verse 15 that were there at that time.  So through the Old Testament when King David did the sacrifice in front of all the priests to God, there were 120 priests that were all standing around.  The Shekina Glory suddenly came in amongst the sacrificial area and they all fell down--all 120.  Here in the New Testament, 120 were waiting for the Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father.  Now at Acts 2:12:

1    And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2    And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty (breath) wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3    And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues {Strong’s #1100 glossa (gloce-sah'); of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired) as the Spirit gave them utterance (or the words to say).

5    And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6    Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7    And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8    And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11  Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12                And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?  (That ‘s what they want answered.  What does it mean?).

Peter, at verse 14 is trying to convince them in 13, that there are not full of new wine. He says quotes from Joel about the last days in Acts 2:17:

17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit (in the Greek it means my own personal spirit) upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

He continues quoting from Joel, which talks about what is coming in the future. He then goes to Psalms, quoting about King David, starting at verse 25:

Acts 2:25-41

25  For David speaketh concerning him, “I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul (not spirit) in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption (or decay).

28  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.” (Now he finished quoting from the Old Testament)

29  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses (now remember their question “What meaneth this” at verse 12).

33    Therefore being by the right hand of      God exalted, and having received of the Father the   promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Let us review.  Their question in verse 12 is “. . .what meaneth this?”  In verse 17 he quotes from Joel: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy .”  He quotes David in Psalms about the Christ being the holy one that descended into Hell, saying in verse 27 “neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption (decay)” and rose again.  Then he tells them what it means in verse 33 “Therefore being by the right hand of God, exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”  This is the promise of the Holy Ghost.  He has shed forth this which they now see and hear.  Then they ask the magic question themselves at verse 37:

37  Now when they heard this, they were pricked(they believed) in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

The first question is “. . .what meaneth this?”  And in Acts Chapter 1:4-5 “. . .wait for the promise of the Father,” Jesus said, “which you heard of me.  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”  Then Chapter 2 starts.  They are all speaking with other tongues, all 120.  They were waiting in the upper room for the promise of the Father that was originally spoken to Abraham as found in Galatians 3:14 “That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;  that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”, which Abraham did not understand the meaning of.  Why?  When it came, he said this is what was spoken in Joel.  This is the promise.  Here is what it means.  Now they are asking, “Now what shall we do?”  It means that they must have had the answer or they wouldn’t have asked what should we do?  There is no reason to ask what to do, unless they are already satisfied with the answer.   How come the church today isn’t satisfied with that answer today?  They say that it is for 2000 years ago — that it is not for today.  Now watch his answer to  “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

38  Then Peter said unto them,(1) repent, and (2)  be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ (why?) for the remission (or the pardoning) of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (it doesn’t stop there, there is another verse).

39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Now the question is, is he still calling?  Of course he is.  If he is still calling then, isn’t the baptism of the Holy Spirit also for today?   People say that that was 2000 years ago, we have the Bible today so we don’t need the baptism of the Holy Spirit any more.  Satan doesn’t want you to know that so you don’t go and learn anything new and you can’t interpret scripture without the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  For it says in 1 Cor. 2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God (which is in man): for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

In Acts 2:39-47 the scripture says:

39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

40  And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

41  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43  And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;