3. 2 Tim 2  
20Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of
earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. 21Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself
from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for
every good work. 

4. Acts 1
4Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised,
“Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not
many days from now.”      6So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are
restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed
by His own authority; 8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

5. John 20
22And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

6. PENITCOST - Acts 2
1When the day of Pentecost came, the believers were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a
sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were
sitting. 3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of
them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.

7. PHILIP IN SAMARIA - Acts 8
14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent
Peter and John to them. 15On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit. 16For
the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name
of the Lord Jesus. 17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Spirit.

8. CORNELIUS – ACTS 10
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard his
message. 45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the
gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. 46For they heard them speaking
in tongues and exalting God.
Then Peter said, 47“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received
the Holy Spirit just as we have!” 48So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

9. JOHN’S DISCIPLES – ACTS 19
1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he
found some disciples 2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became
believers?”
“No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked.
“The baptism of John,” they replied.
4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after
him, that is, in Jesus.”
5On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy
Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7There were about twelve men in all.

10. WHAT WAS BEHIND PAUL’S INTENSITY - ACTS 20: 24
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord
Jesus--the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.