SF611 - HIS PURPOSE IN THE WORLD - THE HOLY SPIRIT ( Matthew 16 7-11)
SF611
THE HOLY SPIRIT: HIS PURPOSE IN THE WORLD
Matthew 16:7-11
INTRODUCTION
A young boy was a Disneyland enjoying Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and the rides...
He did not notice he had become separated from his parents.
Once he discovered he was no longer with his parents, Disneyland turned into Disney disaster...
The great tragedy of our world is that: people are so busy enjoying the rides and the thrills and the bright lights that they haven’t even noticed they are not in fellowship with God.
The boy at Disneyland had to realize his lostness and then he had to find someone to lead him back to his parents.
That is what the Holy Spirit is doing in our world...
He shows people their lostness and then He leads them to the Lord! (Tony Evans)
He does this through three ministries...
The Work of Restraint
The Work of Reproof
The Work of Redemption
1A. The Work of Restraint (2 Thessalonians 2:5-7)
Seven Methods He Employees...
1B. Direct Intervention
(Job 1:12) "The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD."
2B. Godly Leaders
Moses intercedes for the people (Exodus 32)
3B. The Family
Eli lost his sons because he did not restrain them.
(1 Samuel 3:13) "For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them."
4B. The Conscience
5B. The Church
The presence of God in the community of faith! Rapture and removal happen together.
6B. The Bible
7B. Civil Government
(Romans 13:3) "For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you."
2A. The Work of Reproof (John 16:7-11)
Convict = to convince
1B. He Convicts of Sin (9)
The results of sin
(Isaiah 59:2) "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
The rejection of the Savior
2B. He Convicts of righteousness (10)
Reveals the standard - Jesus!
Refuses to compromise
3B. Convicts of judgement (11)
The reality of judgement
Satan has already been judged!
The reason for judgement
Sin must be finally and fully dealt with!
(Revelation 20:10) "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
3A. The Work of Redemption - R.I.B.S.
Regeneration - new life
(Titus 3:5) He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
Indwelling - new nature
(1 Corinthians 6:19) Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you ...
Baptism - new identity
(1 Corinthians 12:13) For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body...
Sealed - new security
(Ephesians 1:13)... Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
APPLICATION
Are you yielding to the Spirit’s work of restraint in your life?
Or are you living in rebellion to the spirit’s restraint.
Have you responded to the Spirits work of conviction in your life.
Have you been redeemed by the Holy Spirit?