The Baptism of the Holy Ghost is the greatest event in Christian history. Greater than the Crucifixion, of greater
import than the Resurrection, greater than the Ascension, greater than the glorification. It was the end and
finality of Crucifixion and Resurrection, Ascension and glorification.
If Jesus Christ had been crucified, and there had been no resurrection, His death would have been without
avail, in so far as the salvation of mankind is concerned. Or if He had risen from the grave in resurrection, and
failed to reach the throne of God, and receive from the Father the Gift of the Holy Ghost, the purpose for which
He died, and for which He arose, would have been missed.
It is because there was no failure. It is because Jesus went to the ultimate, to the very Throne and heart of God,
and secured right out of the heavenly treasury of the Eternal Soul, the Almighty Spirit, and poured it forth upon
the world in divine baptism that we are here tonight...
John G. Lake
Part 1
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/a...icle&aid=23329
Part 2
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/a...icle&aid=23328