THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER

In week one:

The Holy Spirit is a Full member of the Godhead.

The Holy Spirit was promised to us by Jesus.

it was the Holy Spirit that descended on Jesus before His public Ministry.

It was the Holy Spirit that empowered salvation at Pentecost

it is the Holy Spirit that brings Healing to the in-firmed.

In week two:

of course the first thing the Holy Spirit of truth about God and truth about you.

The response Isaiah had when he saw the Lord was a knowledge of his own sin.

This is why people get afraid of the Holy Spirit he is a moving power!

this is why the enemy tries to counterfeit so much of what God does, he cant keep you from getting saved, but he can try to keep ignorant or distracted.

We Check what happens “In the Spirit” against the word of God.

week three

The Holy Spirit is for Every Believer.

notice “all flesh”

​so, let’s take a look at “all flesh.”

God doesn't care about Gender.

The Holy Spirit doesn't see age

the Holy Spirit doesn't see station.

Last week

CHAPTER 4: THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER

Every believer has the Holy Spirit. you recieved the Spirit at salvation people are often scared of or ridicule, things they do not understand.

there is a lot of fear behind ignorance in the Church.

there is a lot of fear behind ignorance in the Church.

This verse tells us that spiritual gifts are for edification

my Spiritual Gifts are under my control

most of what makes people nervous is a lack of maturity in the exercising of the gifts.

I. THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT

A. contains the promise by the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the believers.

B. In , the Father said that in the last days He would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.

II. THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT

A. In we learn that the Holy Spirit gives us the power to live the Christian life as a witness for God.

Acts 1:7–8 NKJV

7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

1. It is impossible to live the Christian life without the power of the Spirit within us (, , ).

1. It is impossible to live the Christian life without the power of the Spirit within us (, , ).

Romans 7:15–25 NKJV

15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Galatians 4:17–18 NKJV

17 They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.

Matthew 26:41 NKJV

41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

2 Jesus Christ is our example of the witness that we should be ().

2 Jesus Christ is our example of the witness that we should be ().

John 14:8–9 NKJV

8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

3. The word "power" in Greek is "dunamis" from which we derive the English word "dynamic".

3. The word "power" in Greek is "dunamis" from which we derive the English word "dynamic".

4. The true witness lives his faith.

B. Before Peter received the power of the Holy Spirit, he was afraid to be identified with Jesus () even though he wanted to (). After he received the power, he witnessed boldly to the same group of people who had tried Jesus (), even telling them that there was no salvation apart from Christ. Then when Peter went back to the Christians, they prayed for greater boldness (v. 23-31).

C. We must allow the Holy Spirit to change us within, rather than trying to change the outside ourselves and then hoping we will change within () As we yield each area of our lives to the Spirit, He conforms us into the image of Christ.