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We Believe: God Reveals Himself
We believe: God Reveals Himself through His Word
Ancient and timeless, a masterpiece of literature, the Holy Bible reveals God’s role in human history, our place in God’s plan, and truth to guide us and shield us from deception.
We believe: God Reveals Himself through His Word
We Believe: God Reveals Himself as Trinity
We Believe: God Reveals Himself as Father
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three coeternal Persons.
We Believe: God Reveals Himself as Father
God the Father is the source of all love and life.
He sent His Son to save us from our sin and selves, and to show us what He is like.
We Believe: God Reveals Himself as Son
Jesus became human to save us.
Through Him—our helper, advocate and redeemer—we can begin again.
He is preparing heaven for us and will return to take us there.
We Believe: God Reveals Himself as Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit inspires us, empowers us and guides our understanding.
The Spirit touches our hearts and transforms us, renewing the image of God in which we were created.
God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption.
He is as much a person as are the Father and the Son.
He inspired the writers of Scripture.
He filled Christ’s life with power.
He draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and transforms into the image of God.
Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures leads it into all truth.
Why is the Work of the Spirit important?
And how does He draw me closer to Jesus?
The Man Who Disappeared
During the appeal at the close of his message, Pastor Allen was thrilled to see a thirty-something man rise from his seat and make his way to the front of the worship center.
The event was especially emotional because the pastor knew the back-story.
Two years before, the man I'll call Irwin had begun attending Pastor Allen's church.
Sporadically at first, then with regularity.
Soon he began showing up every week for the morning Bible study class.
There was strong evidence he was making progress toward the kingdom.
Then he stopped.
Irwin dropped out of sight.
I mean, he disappeared.
One of the local elders noticed the vacant pew where Irwin usually sat and he became alarmed.
He sent out a prayer alert to the members.
Pray for Irwin, ALAT (As long as it takes) he pleaded.
The church did.
But that's not all.
Several of the members of Irwin's Bible class sent him cards.
Just to let him know he was missed.
One of the members called Irwin and asked if they could have lunch together.
Off and on some would stop by his house just to say Hi. (Or in the South where I live, they'd say Hey.)
It was as though the church couldn't get Irwin off its collective mind.
Open with Prayer
Open with Prayer
When the midweek prayer meeting convened on Wednesdays, Irwin's name was near the top of the list.
The folks poured out their intercession for their friend, asking God to push back the powers of evil that were warring with Irwin's soul and give him strength for his journey.
Then one morning, Irwin re-appeared.
No one made a spectacle of it.
There was no announcement from the front that, "Hooray, Irwin is back!"
No one said, "Well, it's about time."
There was just a deep sense that the Holy Spirit had won a battle in which they themselves had been participants.
Everyone loves a victory, especially at the conclusion of a spiritual battle.
As Pastor Allen began his appeal and Irwin moved determinedly to the front, most of the congregation was in tears.
Led by the local elder, the prayer meeting crowd, and the friend who took him to lunch.
And the pastor.
And Irwin.
We say a person is unchurched if they have no relationship to a local congregation.
He or she may be a believer, but just hasn't come to understand the strength that comes from belonging.
But when there is once a connection with a local church that puts its arms around that pre-member, a miracle happens.
The guest inherits a family that won't let go.
The members are haunted by the empty pew.
They storm the gates of heaven with their praying.
They scheme persuasive and tenacious ways to say, You are loved here.
Nobody slips away from this family unnoticed.
Nobody.
By Don Jacobsen From North American Division Prayer ministries
Who is the Spirit?
When you first met someone what do you ask?
What do you do and where are your from?
We try to find common ground.
We I am asked those questions people always respond with something about either about horses, fried chicken, a loved one that lives near me or that one time they came to or through the area.
Sometimes people will tell me about a loved one who is/was a preacher or about there faithful or lack of spiritual life.
We tie our identity to our jobs
Once I guy told me you are a preacher for Kentucky?
You are about as backwards as they get.
We tie our identity and sometimes our self-worth to what we do or where we are from.
We we answer those questions we often tell a lot about ourselves.
Transition: This morning we are going to look Who the Spirit is and what he is doing.
Open with Prayer
Our fifth fundamental belief states:
God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption.
He is as much a person as are the Father and the Son.
He inspired the writers of Scripture.
He filled Christ’s life with power.
He draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and transforms into the image of God.
Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures leads it into all truth.
Creator
We will look more at the act of Creation and how it shows us Jesus next week
Author of the Word
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Explain Word for Word and thought inspiration.
Every Present
Helper-comfort
What is the Spirit’s Purpose?
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If I was to ask you what is your purpose in life what would you say?
“The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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