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Portraits for a Change

Ha-Foke-Ba

Series Introduction

Date5/6/2017

Portrait 1 - The cosmos

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In the 1730 the 13 colonies had an estimated population of just under 700,000 people.

To put that in perspective, Houston has over 2 Million people in just this one city.

During the 1730 in the colonies many people were troubled and bothered by the growing decadence, immorality and wickedness that spreading amongst the colonies.

One writer said this:

Portrait 2 - The tabernacle

Description of MessageThe picture is not complete unless the Holy Spirit develops it.

Portrait 3 - The kingship

Alcoholism was at an all-time high, capital punishment was used routinely for trivial crimes, slavery was practiced throughout the British Empire, the churches were out of touch.

- “Patterns of Spiritual Renewal,” Christian History Magazine-Issue 23: Spiritual Awakenings in North America (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1989).

Another said

Portrait 4 - The restoration

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Rev. Samuel Torrey of Weymouth lamented:

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… there hath been a vital Decay, a Decay upon the very Vitals of Religion, by a deep Declension in the Life, & Power of it; that there is already a great Death upon Religion, little more left than a name to live; that the things which remain are ready to die; and that we are in great Danger of dying together with it.…

- “A Dawning in the New World,” Christian History Magazine-Issue 23: Spiritual Awakenings in North America (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1989).

Another Pastor from this period said: great laxity of manners prevailed throughout his charge, … that while horseracing, gambling, dissipation, and rudeness of various kinds were common, the congregation was attended at convenience, and religion consisted of the mere formal pursuit of the routine of duty.

- “A Dawning in the New World,” Christian History Magazine-Issue 23: Spiritual Awakenings in North America (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1989).

What was the response to this spiritual decay and apathy?

In the colonies, men and women began to pray for a fresh outpouring of God’s Spirit.

They began to cry out to God not for more prosperity but for more of God’s presence.

They began to hunger for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

This was the testimony of what happened next.

This Work of God, as … the Number of true Saints multiplied, soon made a glorious Alteration in the Town; so that in the spring and summer following, Anno 1735, the Town seemed to be full of the Presence of God; it was never so full of Love, nor of Joy, and yet so full of distress, as it was then.

There were remarkable Tokens of God’s Presence in almost every House.

It was a time of Joy in families on account of Salvation being brought unto them.….

“God’s Wonderful Working,” Christian History Magazine-Issue 23: Spiritual Awakenings in North America (Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute, 1989).

I am excited about this new series of messages called Living for a Change.

We are going to grab hold of one of the least talked about but most important topics of all of the Scriptures: The Holy Spirit

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Mashiach-Ba

Turn-it and turn-it, everything you need is in it.

Turn-it and turn-it the Messiah is in it.

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7But 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 if I go, I will send Him to you.

12“I still have much more to tell you, but you cannot handle it just now.

13But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth.

He will not speak on His own; but whatever He hears, He will tell you.

And He will declare to you the things that are to come.

14He will glorify Me, because He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you.

15Everything that the Father has is Mine.

For this reason I said the Ruach will take from what is Mine and declare it to you.”

Sermon Introduction

1.

We can not attain our God ordained destiny apart from the Holy Spirit.

2. We need the Holy Spirit operating upon the motivational core of our being and manifesting His gifts through us in order to have a life worth living.

There is a kind of life that we can obtain by birth, education, talents, wealth and influences and as good as this life can get it is not as good as it can be.

a. Talents can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

b.

Education can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

c.

Money can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

d.

Psychology can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

e. Religion can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

f.

Heredity can take you far in life but they never give you results the Holy Spirit can.

3.

At some point, what we can do naturally is not enough.

We need the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit.

In the Talmud, this is recorded rulings and teachings of the Rabbis, there is a great section where the Rabbis ask “who recited the Hallel psalms of ?”

a.

Every generation faced a battle beyond their ability.

b.

Each generation sang “not unto us, not unto us”

c.

In every generation that recognizes the limits of their talents, education, money, power and even religion the Holy Spirit responded with , “For my own sake I will do it.”

4.

There is a kind of living that we can do that can take us only so far.

a.

It can great temporary successes financially, relationally, morally and even societally but ultimately it is a life that is fleeting, like a vapor, like a breath that is here today and gone tomorrow.

Because of sin’s influence and Satan’s work in this world it seems like this is the only kind of life that is available.

b.

If you want to start living for a change you need the Holy Spirit.

We can not attain our God ordained destiny apart from the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, operating upon the motivational core of our being and manifesting His gifts through us.

5. Today is kind of an introduction to this series so I think it is important that we firmly establish the important role of the Holy Spirit in the TaNaK.

Today we are going to look at some Portraits for a Change.

What He Can Do

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The Power to do what God requires resides in the Holy Spirit

A. His Unlimited Power perfects formless Creation: ; ;

i.

I know that from one quote of Yeshua has come a multitude of messages about the gentile blowing Holy Spirit.

Yes, he can be gentile but the term ruach when used to speak of the Holy Spirit conveys the idea of a being with unlimited power.

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iii.

“The emphasis is on his overwhelming energy; indeed one might almost speak about the awe-fearing power of God when speaking of the ruach.

– The Holy Spirit, Sinclair Fergeuson, p. 17

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He created the hosts of heaven ()

1.

The sun's rays can reach 4.5 billion light years.