Receiving The Ruach

0:01 It has been 243 days since October 7th on the, on the good side. Um, if you weren't paying attention, there was a ceasefire deal that was struck last weekend and the living hostages were returned on Monday. You, you can share that's, I, I think the number that remains is there remain 19 bodies, um, being held or maybe I should say not released. Um, there's different, different, uh, accounts as to, as to why.

0:46 Um, so sometimes Hamas says they can't find it, can't find the bodies. Um, but also whether or not you know this, there are multiple, uh, it now that the IDF has pulled out of Gaza according, or back to withdrawal lines, according to the ceasefire agreement, there's now a power vacuum to a degree within Gaza. And so there are, uh, different elements that are arising, uh, right now, and it, it, it's quite extraordinary because the crowd that that protested and said that Israel was committing genocide has been quite silent the last week. Uh, their supposed concern

1:35 was for Palestinian civilians and children and, and innocent people. I, I, I will tell you that I don't believe that, um, at least for most of them, maybe not all. Uh, and, and I'll tell you why, because Within 72 hours of Israel pulling out and back to withdrawal lines that were agreed upon in the ceasefire agreement, Hamas and other gangs began asserting their power in Gaza, and they began to round up dissidents or people who they felt were dissidents, um, or, or collaborators with Israel.

2:21 This is just according to their feelings. Um, this is not, none of it has been proven. There was no court, there was, there was no trial, there was nothing. They gathered them together in the middle of the city in crowds, and they executed more than 300 innocent civilians within 72 hours, and I mean, in eyesight, but also within camera sight of all the world. And nobody in the world said anything. It seems to me that if you don't rise up for that, then you are protesting Jews, not civilians being murdered

3:13 in, in, in other news. IIII, I, I tried to keep all of this connected, but in other news, it's bizarre. I don't know. I know there's some of you in here who, who enjoy sports. Um, and outside of America, uh, there's a game called football, which we call soccer. And I, I will admit to everyone that there's a reason that fans of soccer or football in the, in the world, there's a reason that, uh, fans of them, of, of different clubs are called hooligans. Every now and then. I admit that However, this week,

4:03 uh, city government, well, this coming week, um, Maccabi Tel Aviv is set to play Aston Villa, uh, in, in England. And they have just said that no, Jews are welcome at the game for the reason of safety and security because they don't want Jewish. This is the, this is the reason they don't want Jewish people to get hurt. Listen, enforce the law against the people who are breaking the law. That's it, it is asinine, I think is the word that comes to my mind to think

4:51 that you would outlaw a people group. I, i just, just think if you said this, for those of you who let's, let's switch to Texas football, uh, to, to American football. If you, if you, if we had the Texas OU game here and we said, no, Oklahomans welcome, do like, just think about the outrage or vice versa. If you said, no, Texans welcome, like either way, think of the outrage and or I pick any, any game anywhere. And if you outlaw a fan base, which is really in this case, a people group, uh,

5:40 just think about the consequences of what would happen. This is barely making the news. Okay? I don't wanna delay anymore. That's, that's enough for, for today, except I will tell you, I am, I, I really am. I know. So like with the, I can, I continue to present bad news, but I really am grateful that the, the living hostages were released. And Some may think of it as an like, this is the end. Like we've, we've been, we've accomplished our means, but actually this is really just the beginning

6:26 because at least these, what I think there were 20 that were released, these 20 have been in captivity, uh, for 738 days. I know I read one of, one of their accounts, I can't remember which one it was, but he was about two meters tall, and he was stuck in a cage that was 1.6 meters long in size, so he could never fully stand or stretch out in any direction. And he was kept in that cage for 400 days or something like that. And then they moved him once, and then he was stuck in a, in a cage that was 1.8 meters still too small.

7:12 Uh, it just, I can't even really imagine, uh, what they must be going through and now the recovery process and being put back into society and, and, and how that all works. So maybe we just take a moment right now and of our father in heaven, Lord. Lord, we recognize you as the one who has brought home the captive Lord to you. We give all glory and honor, but Lord, we don't. We, we know that this is not the end. But Lord, this is really the beginning. And we ask in, in, in all of these, the lives of those who have been traumatized. Lord, we ask that you would begin to minister,

8:01 that you would heal the places that seem to be unhealable, Lord, that you would draw them near to you, that you would comfort them. Lord, we, we just ask that you would do all of this in the name of Yeshua, our Messiah, Amme. I'd like to invite Rabbi Sean to come our father in heaven. Lord, I thank you for Rabbi Sean. I thank you for his heart and his diligence to study, to pursue

8:47 you in the text. And Lord, I just ask that you would, uh, open up our ears that we can hear from you today, that we can, uh, glean your truth today through his works, through his words and and, and examples. And we bless you and praise you in Yeshua's name. Amen. Amen. Thank you Rabbi Ari. We'll be in Acts chapter 19. If you still use physical bibles like I do, The year was 2004, and at this point, I had come to faith in Yeshua about

9:33 a year before Val and I had been married for six months at this point, and I was entering into my senior year of college, yet I was still working at the job that I began in my senior year of high school. In one way, it made sense when I began to study aviation in high school, I asked my teacher where I could find work in the field, so he told me to go to MacArthur Airport, which was about 10 minutes from my house. It was the same airport where I took flight lessons and there I was instructed to go to a fixed base operation or an FBO as they were called, and it was called Mid Island Air Service.

10:19 I should ask for Gail who ran the operation and tell her that Mr. K sent me there to inquire about a job. So I did, as Mr. K said, and I was hired on the spot after school and on the weekends I would fuel airplanes, arrange aircraft and hangers, and fill fuel trucks with avgas and jet fuel. I would assist our customers and their aircraft in navigating our ramp. I took direction well and was eager to learn. I mostly worked with grown men who did this as their career, and they were happy that I was eager to work on the weekends and the holidays.

11:06 After a few months, I became a supervisor. Around this time, my classmates were also learning that they could work at Mid Island, and two of them were hired as we were all classmates, we had roughly the same available work hours. As I had already become a supervisor, I now became the supervisor over my classmates. I don't think they particularly like this, however, I try not to take advantage of the situation, but rather to create a work atmosphere that was fun as well as professional. Yet, as an 18-year-old, I had my own standards

11:52 for what it meant to be fun and professional. Things were a bit looser on the weekends. I didn't mind the guys having fun if they got their work done. In fact, as the supervisor, I was often the ringleader in the hi jinx. Some weekends were busy and sometimes perhaps like today due to weather, no one was flying and we had plenty of free time on our hands. We would order food play cards and tell dirty jokes. If we needed to clean the floors in a large aircraft hangar, we would empty the hangar of all the planes,

12:38 load the floors up with degreaser and bring in the golf carts for a round of bumper cars before commencing our work. In the wintertime, it was our job to operate the snowplows and we were on our own. We would have as much fun as we could doing donuts and taking out staircases accidentally and things like that. However, four years had passed since I started working at Mid Island, and I was no longer the same 18-year-old. I was now 22. I was married and I was a new follower of Yeshua. My passions had changed dramatically.

13:24 My language was cleaner. My music preferences changed. Although my crew had grown accustomed to my wild ways, they were having difficulty with the new Sean. We didn't have as much in common as we used to. I'm sure I was trying to influence them to follow the Lord, which they didn't like very much. And furthermore, I was beginning to wonder whether I was influencing them or they were influencing me. I was going through a metamorphosis. I no longer felt comfortable in this atmosphere, even though I was a big part of creating it.

14:11 I understood what my friends were saying. I felt the tension too. As a new believer and a newly married man, I thought that it was time to leave my high school job and to find a new beginning. One thing that I lacked at this stage of my life was wisdom. Rather than being patient and waiting for a new door to open for employment, I simply resigned from my post. Perhaps I thought I would be able to find my next job as easily as I had found that one. Now I had more experience, right?

14:56 What followed was one of the most challenging seasons of my life as a young follower of Yeshua. Now, I was a new believer, newly married and unemployed. It bothered me tremendously that I could not provide for my household. I started with high hopes of where I would go, but as time went on, I grew increasingly desperate. I would take any job that I could find. The job that I did find was unloading trucks for the UPS at three in the morning, and I probably didn't want to admit it at this point,

15:42 but I had left a pretty sweet gig at the airport. So after work and a nap, I would try to find a more suitable job. I remember going to a nearby strip mall and walking from door to door inquiring for work. No one was interested. It had been a long day and I was feeling dejected. It just so happened that at this strip mall, they had a small storefront church. It was now Wednesday evening, and they would be having a service at 7:14 PM a reference to Second Chronicle seven 14, which states,

16:30 when my people over whom my name is called humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now, a little background. When I met Val, she was working at a Lutheran preschool near her house. She was 18 at the time, and when I came to Faith, I began to attend there with Val. At this point, Val and I were volunteering there as worship leaders. I'm sure that we were not very good, but they were happy to not have to play CDs on Sunday mornings.

17:16 Pastor Kevin, the Lutheran pastor, officiated our wedding and he was guiding us at this point in our young lives. So I entered this seven 14 service in the small strip mall church, but I tried to be as inconspicuous as possible. I sat in the back, I probably had a hat on, and I kept to myself. I didn't want to leave my home church or create any conflict. However, I really needed to hear from the Lord and I felt compelled to attend this service. I can't remember what the message was about.

18:02 I remember there was a guy who played a saxophone and there was a little old man speaking and at the end of his message, he asked if there was anyone who needed prayer. This is what I needed. I was poor and broken and needed to hear from the Lord. So I went to the front and the little old man gently placed his hand on my head. Now, quick disclaimer. Although Val's parents were Pentecostal ministers, I really wasn't into that side of the faith. I'm a skeptic by nature. I remember watching the movie A Leap of Faith with Steve Martin.

18:47 Has anyone seen that movie where he plays an evangelist conman? He would push people over when he prayed for them to make it appear as the person had been slain in the spirit. I was more than content in our small Lutheran church. However, something surprising happened as this old man prayed for me, I felt my body began to tremble. My knees began to shake, and tears were streaming down my face. I was experiencing the presence of the Lord. The next thing I knew, I opened my eyes to find

19:34 that my head was entirely underneath a chair. I don't know who helped me maneuver so that I didn't get hurt, but I'm forever grateful. I got up and thanked the old man who had prayed for me. I left and I never saw them again as I didn't wish to leave my home congregation. I came home and I told Val what had happened. As I was out looking for a job and life carried onward, I continued in my job hunt with renewed vigor. I continued reading the Bible and seeking the Lord. And after a few weeks, this was after the event that the Little Pentecostal Church,

20:20 something strange happened to me as I was praying, a different language began to emerge. Although it seemed good and natural in my spirit, my mind did not know what to do with it. So I went and found Val and told her what had happened. She opened up Acts two for me, the book of Acts chapter two, and assured me that was what was happening was okay. From that point forward, I would pray in tongues when I was by myself. As I felt led after a season of this, I felt like I should share what was happening to me with my pastor.

21:05 He had always been a good guide to me, so I met with him in his office and I shared my story. After I was done, he reached back to his bookshelf, pulled out the Lutheran handbook, opened it up, smiled, and said, well, I don't see anything about that in here. It was a funny comment. I asked him what he thought I should do, And he suggested that I begin attending an Assemblies of God church. There was one about 20 minutes away and Val's parents were already attending there.

21:50 It was there that Val and I were invited to be part of their staff. But as a new believer, I wanted to be trained first. I didn't know too much. The pastor there recommended the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, quite a distance from our home in Long Island, New York. But I would attend there and meet Dr. Gannon, uh, messianic professor, visit Israel for the first time, and there, uh, with much reluctance in my heart over a period of time, would embrace my Jewish heritage As a follower of Yeshua, I served with the Assemblies of God from 2004 to 2014. When our family came here to Bar Hashem.

22:37 We even pioneered a small Messianic congregation in Southern California. And while I am no longer an Assemblies of God minister and I do not speak in tongues as much as I used to, this experience opened me up to another dimension of my faith. I don't think that, I don't think that my experience should dictate your faith practice, Though it will look different for each of us. I believe that God wants all of us to be immersed into Yeshua and the Ruak Hakodesh. The title of my message is Receiving the ach. It comes from Acts chapter 19 verses one through seven.

23:28 And I would like to ask you three questions in light of these verses. First, have you had an encounter with the AK Hakodesh? Second, are you willing to be corrected on your theological positions? And third, are you open to God's gifts? God wants you to be immersed into Yeshua and the Kodesh Understand that this may look different than my personal story or even the biblical account. I will be reading from the Tree of Life version and my outline can be found on the YouVersion app.

24:15 Additionally, there is a handout available if you desire an accompanying worksheet. Acts chapter 19 verses one through two read as follows. While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul traveled through the upper region and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples and said to them, did you receive the kodesh when you believed? They replied to him, no, we've never even heard that there is a kodesh. Have you had an encounter with the Kodesh?

25:00 There's a spiritual game of musical chairs going on in these chapters. Paul goes from Corinth to Ephesus. Apollos goes from Ephesus to Corinth. While musical chairs are typically next to each other, Ephesus and Corinth are not quite close at all. The coastal route that Paul would've taken was mountainous and covered over a thousand miles. However, Paul and his companions would've made several stops along the way, including Berea, Thessalonica, and Philippi. We don't know precisely how much time

25:46 Paul would have spent in each location, however, we must shift our mindset drastically from our modern view where we can travel to the other side of the globe within a day's time. So Apollos goes to Corinth and Paul goes to Ephesus. Paul is ministering in the wake of Apollos ministry. Apollo seemed to be especially strong in certain areas of teaching, such as demonstrating that Yeshua was the Messiah among the Jewish people. However, he lacked some of the recent historical developments

26:32 of the faith in his theology. Couldn't he just have opened the book of Acts and read how the Ruak Hako Hakodesh descended at Shavuot in Jerusalem? No, the Book of Acts had not yet been written. It was still happening. The gospels also had not yet been written. Though there were surely oral traditions concerning the ministry of Yeshua, Apollo understood the TaNaK, the Hebrew scriptures, and he taught them very well. However, Priscilla and Aquila took

27:18 Apollo aside to explain the way of God. More accurately in my head I I have a picture of a couple, kind of like Joe and Anita. They're seasoned, gentle, and would have a way of addressing someone so that they could receive it. Apollos did receive the correction and he added this perspective to his teaching arsenal. However, the disciples in Ephesus had not yet received the memo concerning the AK Hakodesh. Priscilla and Aquila hadn't pulled all of them aside. These disciples knew something about John's baptism.

28:05 However, they did not even appear to be too knowledgeable on this point. For instance, if you read Luke's account of Yeshua's immersion by Johannan John the Mercer in Luke chapter three, you will see that at the time that he baptized Yeshua, the AK Hakodesh, the Holy Spirit descended upon Yeshua like a, like a dove. So the AK Hakodesh was very much a part of John's immersion. Apollos simply wasn't aware of this, of this at that point, and consequently had not passed this piece of information to his disciples.

28:52 Don't judge them too harshly. They did not have the new covenant writings as we do. They did not have the Bible app. Sometimes we can judge others harshly for not knowing things that we also didn't know about 10 years ago. Rabbi Marty once encouraged me to consider someone's character as more important than their knowledge. Knowledge is easier to acquire than character. Although Apollos and the disciples lacked some element of knowledge in these chapters, they excelled in character and were receptive to good teaching.

29:37 I like that these disciples didn't pretend that they knew the answer. They didn't start making up nonsense to try to look impressive in front of the Apostle Paul. They simply admitted that they did not know. I think that this is part of the childlike faith that Yeshua refers to. We are still learning and growing. I had a particular type of encounter, but yours might look completely different. We, we have come to our particular point in our faith and learning, but there is still so much more that we do not know. Knowledge puffs up, but understanding that we have a lot

30:24 to learn keeps us humble. Have you had an encounter with the Ruak Hakodesh? Understand, I'm not asking if you speak in tongues. I'm not asking if you prophesy. Have you had an encounter with the Holy Spirit? This will look a bit different for each of us, and the results also might differ person to person. Not all speak in tongues or prophesy. I don't believe that you need to be Pentecostal to have an encounter with the AK Hakodesh. In fact, I must admit here that I don't pray in tongues nearly as much as I did

31:11 when I was in Assemblies of God minister. Different Movements have different theological distinctions, and I think that's okay. We just need to be honest about what the Lord is doing in our lives at this season. Perhaps you don't know whether you have encountered the AK Hakodesh. You Might not prophesy or speak in tongues. These are not the most important signs of spirit baptism. When I was a Pentecostal minister in the Assemblies of God, Dr. George Wood, who was presiding over that body at the time, used to tell us to focus on the fruit of the spirit rather than the gifts of the spirit.

31:59 If we get caught up in who speaks in tongues or prophesize, we have missed the point entirely. These are the qualities that follow someone who has had an encounter with the AK Hakodesh. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These elements are not merely willed from within. It's not that we have to try harder, rather, these are gifts given by God through the kodesh.

32:48 Do you desire to grow in love? Do you desire to exercise more self-control? Do you desire to be a peacemaker and a healer? The answer is not trying harder. When was the last time that you have invited God to touch your heart so that you can change and walk in the Spirit? Acts chapter 19 verses three and four read as follows, he said, into what were you immersed? They said into John's immersion. Paul said, John immersed with an immersion of repentance,

33:38 telling the people that they should believe in the one coming after him that is in Yeshua. Are you willing to be corrected on your theological positions? I remember a time as a seminary student at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. I can say, looking back that I was quite passionate about the Lord and very much at that time into the Pentecostal tradition. Yet I was also young and had a lot to learn. There was a prayer chapel at the very top of the seminary right in the center, and it had flags from every nation

34:26 going around its borders. It it was circular and had a round skylight in the center and benches going all around. It was a very nice place to pray, and oftentimes I would find myself alone in this prayer chapel, which I especially liked at that time as praying in tongues was a big part of the Pentecostal experience. I'm seeing the nods from uh, an ag man right now. We were not encouraged to speak in tongues publicly unless there was an interpreter, so I would typically not pray in tongues unless I was alone. I found myself alone in the prayer room and I let loose.

35:15 However, I got so wrapped up in it that I failed to realize that my theology professor had quietly entered the prayer chapel to seek the voice of the Lord. So rather than hearing the voice of the Almighty, all he encountered was a young student speaking unintelligibly. I remember Dr. Thomas very gently getting my attention as my eyes were probably closed, I turned around and was shocked to see my professor as I thought that I was by myself all by myself.

36:03 For for context, Dr. Thomas was a quiet, gentle, and disciplined man of God. However, when he spoke, it was like a sword. He was extremely sharp and wise. He did two things after getting my attention, he put his finger to his lips and said, sh. Then he pointed up and said, listen, I still remember this encounter clearly as Dr. Thomas reminded me that to hear from the Lord I needed to shut my mouth.

36:48 I Even if we are able to shut our mouths before the Lord, we may find that it is difficult to listen to the voice of God where the kodesh, I don't know about you, but at this point in my life, when I get quiet, the first 20 thoughts that I have will probably be about things I need to do, people I need to talk to, bills I need to pay, or whether I'm feeling hungry, tired, or bothered in some other way, and these things are important and necessary. We shouldn't ignore our responsibilities.

37:35 We're the important people in our lives. However, this is different than seeking the Lord. If you've ever mowed your lawn, you will understand that you can't just start cutting. There is a process that must happen first. It may be quick or it may take longer. The yard needs to be cleared first, or you will find yourself having to stop or even damaging something. The sticks and stones need to be removed first, any items or furniture needs to be cleared. The equipment needs to be prepared for the job. Once these things are done,

38:21 then the grass can be mowed successfully. Likewise, we need to clear the yard, so to speak in our hearts so that we can be quiet and open to encounter with the Lord. When was the last time that you learned something that caused you to grow spiritually? When was the last time you were corrected and how did you receive it? I'm sure there will be times when each of us are judged harshly or incorrectly.

39:07 However, even in these cases, the ruach can empower us to handle ourselves well. What is more typical is that there is some truth in the correction that we receive, and in some cases it may just be the voice of the Lord or the kodesh. My encounter with Dr. Thomas in the prayer room is very clear in my memory because I knew he was right. While it felt good to express myself in the spirit, I was making so much noise that I couldn't hear the voice of the Lord.

39:55 When is the last time that you quieted your spirit before the Lord? Can you remember? There is so much vying for our attention, especially on our phones, and we must be intentional if we desire to hear the voice of the Lord. It seems that these disciples understood John's immersion as an immersion of repentance. They were correct, but they had not downloaded the latest version. John's immersion was not only an immersion of repentance,

40:42 it was also an immersion into the name of Yeshua accompanied by the AK Hakodesh. After I came to faith, Val and I would differ on the topic of marriage. It's very dramatic music. Keep it going, and she felt Val, that if we would be together, we should be married. And even as a new believer, I had some reservations about marriage as my parents had married young and had gone through an ugly divorce. When I was in middle school, I would sometimes think that it was the right thing to get married, and other times I was not so sure.

41:30 One thing that I did know is that I should be immersed. So Val's father Joseph brought us to the Atlantic Ocean at Smiths Point Beach on Long Island on October 1st, 2003. The water was cold, but we didn't care too much. Joe immersed Val and I together. While I cannot explain what happened spiritually when I came out of the water, I no longer had doubts about marrying Val. We were on the same page and we got married exactly six weeks later. Although I did not fully comprehend What happened in the spiritual dimension, immersion into the name

42:18 of Yeshua is a significant spiritual event in the life of a follower of Yeshua. It is not just an immersion in water. It is an immersion into the spirit of God. Acts chapter 19, verses five through seven reads as follows. When they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Lord Yeshua, and when Paul laid hands upon them, the Ruak Hakodesh came upon them and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying in all. There were about 12 men.

43:05 Are you open to God's gifts? Perhaps you're thinking, how can these people be called disciples if they had not yet even been immersed? They had faith in Yeshua, but there was more for them to receive. They were immersed, and when Paul laid his hands on them, they received the AK Hakodesh. They began speaking in tongues and prophesying. The number 12 is significant as in the 12 tribes or Yeshuas 12 disciples. But Luke doesn't give us the satisfaction of 12.

43:51 Rather, he says about 12 perhaps telling us that we should not be too rigid. So although this passage is about immersion and the AK hakodesh and tongues and prophesying, we need to understand what is universal and what is particular. Being immersed is a normative practice for followers of Yeshua, not just a ritual cleansing or general repentance, but immersion into the name of Yeshua. If you notice in the prior section, there is no record of Apollos being rebaptized.

44:37 After learning about the Ruach from Priscilla and Aquila, his initial immersion was sufficient. Although his experience with God would expand, each of our encounters will look different. This is not a time for pointing fingers. Additionally, Paul tells the Corinthians that God distributes gifts as he wills. We each receive different gifts from the same spirit. Do you know what the greatest gift of the ruok is? Is it prophecy speaking in tongues interpretation?

45:23 How about healing? Is it healing? No. None of those. None of the above. Paul says that the greatest gift is love. Elder Barry White spoke on the ways of love a few weeks ago, sorry, Barry, please forgive me. Love is not something that we conjure up. It's more than a feeling I I know I get something with that. Love is a gift of the ruach,

46:09 and it is the greatest gift of the Ruach. Let me say that again. In the context of this passage, love is the greatest gift of the ruach. Amen. Do you know it is the greatest gift? And have you received this love? Take a moment and consider these questions within your heart. Do you love the Lord? Do you love your parents? I sense this sense of difference there. Do you love your children? Do you love your spouse? If you're married,

46:58 do you love Yeshua's followers? What about the ones from a different tradition? Do you love them? Do you love those of another faith? Do you love those who don't know the Lord and don't act like it Do? Do you love those who do you harm? Do you love those who cut you off on the highway? Do you love those with opposite political opinions? Do you love those who hate you?

47:45 Perhaps you realize at this point that your love has limits. Paul points to Yeshua as the one, the one who walked in love. God can empower you by the ruak to go beyond the limits of your love. You don't need to try harder. You do, however, need to open your hearts and minds to the kodesh so that you can receive the love of the Lord. This might mean that you speak in tongues or prophesy, or you might not.

48:32 What this does mean as in the case of these disciples, is that you are open to and seeking more of God's presence in your life. Several of you were immersed a few weeks ago in the mikvah. This is an important step in your life as a follower of Yeshua. If you had not yet, if you have not yet had an encounter with the ruak, the spirit of God, I invite you to ask the Lord to impart this gift to you. Perhaps it will be in the laying on of hands as it was with these disciples.

49:17 The precise procedure is not important. What's important is the disposition of your heart. For instance, in Acts chapter two, the quintessential passage for the Assemblies of God, there is no laying on of hands and 120 people receive the kodesh. So this is not about a formula, But A relationship. I invite you to have a conversation with the Lord about the immersion of the ach. What is it? And have you experienced it? It may come through immersion. Perhaps it will come sometime later.

50:05 It may arrive with certain signs and it might not. Paul points us to faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love. If you have received the Hakodesh, there should be love within your heart. It seems reasonable to expect that as we grow in the ak, our love should also be growing. Perhaps your love has grown cold, and if this is the case, I appreciate your honesty and I have good news.

50:54 You are not the source of love. We all have access equally to the source, whether Jew or Gentile, male or female, regardless of our station of life. At the last and great day of the festival that we celebrated recently, Yeshua stood up and called out. If anyone is thirsty, let them come to me and drink. Yeshua said that there would be living water Mayim flowing out from the innermost being of his followers. Again, this spring of life is not a result of our effort.

51:44 Rather, it is a gift that Yeshua gives to those who trust. Do you have this living spring flowing from within? Speak to the rock. Don't strike it. Speak to Yeshua who sends the AK as a fountain of living water that lives within us. In conclusion, God wants you to be immersed into Yeshua and the Kodesh. So I leave you with these three questions. First, have you had an encounter with the rah Hakodesh?

52:29 Second, are you willing to be corrected on your theological positions, whatever they are? And lastly, are you open to God's gifts? Shabbat shalom Beam? May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace thy

53:37 in the name of our Messiah, Yeshua. Amen.