A Spirit-Filled Life (2)
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Positioned to Receive
Positioned to Receive
1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The Pursuit
The Pursuit
Spiritual Maturity is linked to a pursuit
Knowledge
Wisdom
Understanding
1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
The Holy Spirit comes
++As an answer
++As a response
++To lead us
++To Guide us
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
What happened on the day of Pentecost?
1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The Holy Spirit
++Came suddenly
++Came Powerfully
++Filled them all
Why do we need to maintain this experience?
He Leaks
Things fall apart
Things fall apart
Read 1 Corinthians 15:50
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
What does this scripture tell us about the natural process in this world?
In a fallen world
++Nothing goes from bad to good
++Rotten things do not become fresh
++Failure is guaranteed
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
What is the evidence of it?
What is the evidence of it?
The believer begins a spiritual life
++The New Birth
++Water Baptism
++Baptized in the Holy Spirit
This is only the beginning
Just as the 1st century believer face opposition to their faith so will we
What happened to Jesus after he was Baptized?
Read Matthew 4:1
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
What does his temptation teach us?
Jesus is
++Our Lord
++Our Saviour
++Our pattern
When did Christ begin his work?
In His temptation
++Power of the word
++Provision of the word
++Purpose of the word