Jack Hayford - New Spirit Filled Life Bible (NKJV)

New Spirit-Filled Life Bible Kingdom Equipping Through the Power of the Word EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Paul G. Chappell, Ph.D. Kenneth C. Ulmer, Ph.D., D.Min.

OLD TESTAMENT EDITORS Judy Brown, Ed.D Roy Hayden, Ph.D. NEW TESTAMENT EDITORS Jonathan David Huntzinger, Ph.D. Gary Matsdorf, M.A. THOMAS NELSON BIBLES A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. www.ThomasNelson.com Spirit-Filled Life Mission Statement The mission of Spirit-Filled Life Bibles and reference products is to serve the body of Christ with a broad range of trustworthy products marked by biblical soundness, balanced scholarship and a sense of honor toward the modern-day working of the Holy Spirit. These resources are designed to provide biblical equipping for practical living in Gods kingdom and around the world.

New Spirit-Filled Life Bible Copyright 2002 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) may be quoted or reprinted without prior permission with the following qualifications: (1) up to and including 1,000 verses may be quoted in printed form as long as the verses quoted amount to less than 50% of a complete book of the Bible and make up less than 50% of the total work in which they are quoted; (2) all NKJV quotations must conform accurately to the NKJV text. Any use of the NKJV text must include a proper acknowledgment as follows: Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission.

All rights reserved. However, when quotations from the NKJV text are used in church bulletins, orders of service, Sunday School lessons, church newsletters, and similar works in the course of religious instruction or services at a place of worship or other religious assembly, the following notice may be used at the end of each quotation: NKJV. For quotation rights not covered by the above guidelines, write to Thomas Nelson Publishers, Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 372141000. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1007 06 05 04 03 02 Contents

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The waves of successive seasons of revival blessing throughout church history have left recurring high-water marks. These signs of the Holy Spirits surgings across the Earth and throughout time have, as a rule, been the result of Gods signal use of anointed men, whose leadership not only was the spearhead making a holy penetration in their world, but whose name became the designation of that revival era.

Accordingly we note the strata of church history by the mention of names, such as Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Knox, Huss, Wesley, Finney, and Moody. But with the opening of the twentieth century, from out of the wellsprings of the holiness tradition, a revival broke forth, which is distinctive in two ways. First, the wave of renewal it gave rise to in the church internationally has not receded; rather, it has continued to roll forward and to engulf leaders and laity in every historic tradition and contemporary circle of Christianity. Second, this revival has not been characterized by the leadership of any primary personality to set its agenda or establish its style. One historian has referred to the Pentecostal-Charismatic revival as a movement without a man, thereby noting the phenomenon that its broadening tide of influence is dynamically global and impacting in every sector of the church. No one can proscribe the movements boundaries, none can inscribe his name upon it, and who can describe it in any other way than by Peters words at Pentecost: This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: and in the last daysI will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh ()? As the waves of this renewal have spread, the common denominator of those it engulfs is not a doctrinal position as much as it is a mutual sharing in a new dynamic.

This new is neither novel nor unprecedented, but simply a rekindling and release of the simplicity and power inherent in the New Testament churchthe life and ministry of Jesus continuing in His body today after the manner of the Books of Acts. Because of this, it has characteristically been difficult to prepare a single study Bible to serve this broad community. Their convictions about the Person of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, literal resurrection, and majestic ascension are essentially in agreement. Their view of the authority of the Word of God and its divine inspiration is absolute and uniformly the same. And their experience of the contemporary operations of the Holy Spiritwhose fullness, fruit, gifts, and works of power are welcomed and realized today as at the churchs inceptionis held in general accord. However, by reason of the breadth of their denominational backgrounds, a wide diversity characterizes this band.

They will be found at all points of the spectrum on such issues as: 1) Calvinism contrasted with Arminianism; 2) Dispensational contrasted with Covenant theology; 3) Premillennial, Postmillennial, and Amillennial differences in prophetic interpretation; and 4) views and practices on the place and purpose of speaking in tongues with reference to the believers initial infilling with the Holy Spirit. The striking fact, given this widely diverse group, is that their movement together reflects not a lack of conviction about those points wherein they view Scripture and experience differently, but a response to the Holy Spirits compulsion to give place to another overarching conviction. These leaders choose to let brotherly love prevail in the church, to seek peace and pursue it, and to acknowledge the prayer of our Lord Jesus that they may be one. None of these lack biblical depth or theological convictions, but are people who realize ). From this broad context and at this point in Gods dealings throughout Christs church globally, we have come to study and to serve, hoping that this Bible may contribute to the ongoing stream of the Holy Spirits workings today and tomorrow. The team of scholars, pastor-teachers, writers, and editors express gratitude to God and to the executive leadership of Thomas Nelson Publishers for the privilege of involvement in this historic project.

The Spirit-Filled LifeBible, released in 1991, was the first of its kind, in which a broadly representative team from more than twenty denominations and independent fellowships were banded together to produce a study Bible integrating the Pentecostal-Charismatic viewpoint. In noting this, the Executive Editor and his associates wish to acknowledge the earlier efforts of several Pentecostal teachers and scholars who have provided study Bible resources prior to the landmark event the Spirit-Filled LifeBible occasioned. While its uniqueness in scope and persons involved distinguishes this present work, it is with gratitude and humility that we salute that worthy group who preceded us in such efforts at leading the people of God into His Word at greater depth. As Executive Editor, I offer my most respectful thanks to my Christian brothers and sisters who have accomplished the written and editorial work herein. Special personal acknowledgment is also appropriate to my son, Jack Hayford III, for his arduous labors in this project, as well as to Janet Kemp, Susanne Mahdi, Renee McCarter, and John Silver. May God be pleased to multiply the fruit of the labor of all who have given themselves to present you, the reader-student, with this Bible.

We commit this work to Him with the psalmists prayer: And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands (). Jack W. Hayford Executive Editor Introductory Addendum to the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible With the release of the

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