EMPOWERMENT – Part 8
1. Empowerment In the last two weeks we began to look at what is referred to as the ‘Age of the Spirit’. In other words when Jesus was preparing to depart physically from His disciples He began to...
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1. Empowerment: The Activity of the Holy Spirit John 16:7-15 ““Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but...
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1) The Spiritual Contrast We have been talking about the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit. I’m not sure how many of you have thought this way but some people can relate to God the Father...
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1. THS vs. GPS A number of years ago, Jan and I were given a GPS from our church as a Christmas present and now we use that GPS all the time when we are traveling and it’s been a great help. Because it...
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1. Holy Spirit Interaction Let ‘s look at three examples of how the Holy Spirit interacted with the early disciples; In Acts 9:10-17 the Spirit speaks to a regular guy named Ananias and tells him about...
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1. What Does It Look Like? There were three central feasts or festivals in the religious calendar in the nation of Israel. Exodus 23:14-17 “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: You...
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1. Sons and Daughters For the last number of weeks we have been focusing on the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit. In this section I want to turn your attention to an Old Testament prophecy that...
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1. Sons and Daughters – (continued) We are continuing our teaching on the prophecy given in Joel 2:28-32. The next phrase that we will look at is: b) ‘…on all flesh;” Since the beginning of time God...
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1. The Holy Spirit of Promise So we see that this promise of the Spirit given. How was the Holy Spirit received? How were these promises fulfilled and are they still in force for us today and if so how...
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1. Wait Acts 1:4 “He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father” WHY WAIT? Waiting is the one thing that is absolutely anathema in our culture. I mean we...
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