The Promise of Power
Acts 1:4-8
Acts 1:4 NIV
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
Luke 24:49 ESV
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
Acts 1:5 NIV
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 1:8 NIV
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 3:12 NIV
When Peter saw this, he said to them: "Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power (dunamis) or godliness we had made this man walk?
Acts 6:8 NIV
Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power (dunamis), did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
Acts 10:38 NIV
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power (dunamis), and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
Acts 19:11 NIV
God did extraordinary miracles (dunamis) through Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
The Bible uses several different terms for the for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Acts 1:5 NIV
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 1:8 NIV
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Luke 21:26 NIV
Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
Acts 2:4 NIV
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Ephesians 5:18
Be filled with the Spirit.
Acts 8:17 NIV
Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
