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Introduction
Last week - saw disciples walk back from Mt of Olives where Jesus ascended to Heaven
Into Jerusalem to wait as Jesus had told them to do
Did 3 things - what were they?
Prayed, read scripture, talked to one another
Today - they’d been waiting about 5 weeks - wondering what was going on!
Country View
Beginning Chapter 2 - been about 5 weeks since Jesus left
Still waiting as Jesus told them to do - wondering what comes next
Now its festival week in Jerusalem - tens thousands Jews from over known world in city
All to celebrate 3rd biggest & most popular festival - Pentecost
So today we’ll see - God gave His Spirit for everyone - all of us
So today - looking at 1st part
See - God gave His Spirit for reason = essential for everyone of us
God gave His Spirit to unify and equip the Church to be witnesses for Christ
Only through Spirit - Church find unity and will be equipped to be Christ’s witness
Jesus says I need the Spirit
Let’s go back to - remind ourselves what Jesus told disciples
after Jesus was resurrected he instructed the disciples
And again on the Mt of Olives just before he went up into heaven he said
Acts 1:7-8
So Jesus was quite specific -
He told the disciples - don’t do anything, don’t go anywhere
UNTIL - you receive the Spirit of God
Its a gift from God - but its more than a gift - Spirit releases God’s power directly in us!
It’s power!
When we receive that power we will be equipped to be Christ’s witnesses
instructs about receiving the Spirit & why
Now you might be thinking - the Spirit was just something special for the disciples
, instructs about receiving the Spirit & why
But don’t forget about Jesus - before He did anything He received power of Spirit too
Here’s just a few passages about Jesus full of Spirit
Notice the words used to describe their relationshp
Following Jesus example
before beginning ministry received Spirit so he could ‘full of the Holy Spirit’, ‘led by the Spirit’.
‘in the power of the Spirit’ and ‘anointed’ by the Spirit
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So before beginning His ministry Jesus received Spirit so he could be;
before beginning ministry received Spirit so he could ‘full of the Holy Spirit’, ‘led by the Spirit’.
‘in the power of the Spirit’ and ‘anointed’ by the Spirit
‘full of the Holy Spirit’
That’s so he could be - ‘full of the Holy Spirit’,
‘led by the Spirit’
‘in the power of the Spirit’
‘anointed’ by the Spirit
If we call ourselves Christians or followers of Jesus -
Then we need to follow Jesus example & take note here
That for both Jesus and His first disciples they didn’t do anything...
Until they had received Spirit of God
This is picture of my gym -
I don’t know how you feel about exercise - but I hate it!
Trouble is I have to do it - I suffer from a pain condition called fibromyalgia
Doing exercise helps me manage the pain
People do exercise for all sorts reasons
Stay fit, build up muscle, help loose weight, or like me help manage pain
But benefits are temporary - you have to keep going back to gym
If you don’t keep it up you loose all benefit of time put in before
It got me thinking about following Jesus
There’s difference between following Jesus in our own strength
And following Jesus with power of Spirit
If we follow Jesus in our own strength - we’re dooing
If we follow Jesus in our own strength - we’re on our own
If we trust in ourselves - we might achieve some things through our own physical or mental efforts physical
But they won’t be long lasting, they won’t make much of an impact in our lives
Whether it’s studying the bible, prayer, sharing our fai, loving our neighbour
All those things are great - but without Spirit we won’t be able to keep them up
And they won’t be effective or long lasting
If Jesus needed the power of Spirit & His disciples needed power of Spirit...
Then we also need the power of Spirit if we’re to be faithful to following Jesus
And leave a long lasting heritage for the next generational Church
Question - Jesus wants you to have His Spirit - Do you?
Why I need the Spirit
Let’s look at passage in
Acts 2:1
This sounds like a powerful significant event
Yet it kind of sounds a bit made up doesn’t it - deafening wind, flames of fire landing on people?
Nobody had experienced anything like this before
In OT up until Jesus - Spirit had only come upon certain individuals
As God worked out His purposes in the world
But at Pentecost God fulfilled His promises from OT to pour out his Spirit
It was a unique special one-off event
So Luke (who wrote book Acts) and those disciples present...
They described what happened only way they know how
Even though this was a special symbolic event with wind & flames...
Jesus before he went to cross - talked to disciples about Spirit
Refer to passages in John - tells us why we need the Spirit
He told them why Spirit was going to be sent by God
So Jesus tells us Spirit will be with us forever
John 14:
Jesus tells us Spirit will be with us forever
Spirit is our Counsellor - other translations say he’s our helper
He gives us wisdom & guidance through life
So Spirit help us understand all we need to know about Jesus and his teachings
John 16:
So Spirit will also help us understand all we need to know about Jesus and his teachings
He specifically reveals what Jesus wants us to know about Him
John 16:
Spirit will also tells us what we should be doing
And poke our hearts & minds when we’re thinking of doing something wrong
But that’s not all!
The Spirit can also gives us special gifts
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