Sermon Tone Analysis

Topic: Pneumatology- Text: Eph.

4:30; Eph.

5:18; Gal.

5:16- Title: “Led By The Spirit”.

Temple: LFBC 2021.

Intro:

· Last Sunday we talked about Living Water.

· We look at two passages in the N.T. John 4 & 7, and we learned that Living Water refers to the Holy Spirit.

John 7:39

· We concluded that the key to enjoy God’s blessings and to be a blessing to others is a life in the Spirit.

Satisfaction: “never thirst again…rivers of living water flowing” and Service: “welling up to eternal life…rivers (something that brings life to its surroundings)” is a result of a life led by the Spirit.

· The question now is: How do we experience rivers of living waters flowing inside and welling up to eternal life?

· The answer is By living a Christian life led by the Spirit.

· The Holy Spirit (or Spirit of God) transforms and empowers God’s people.

Christianity has taken of two approaches with the Holy Spirit: 1) Overemphasize the Holy Spirit.

2) Overlook the Holy Spirit.

· Acts 2:19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

· Acts 19:2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

We want to have a biblical and balanced approach regarding the Holy Spirit.

The Biblical and balanced approach is the principle of being led by the Spirit.

Definition: it means depending on God’s guidance in our lives, so we walk in the paths he wants us to walk.

Presumably means that, ideally, we are following the Spirit.

Biblical Foundation:

Ps 143:10 “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground

Matt 4:1: “Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit for the purpose of being tested by the devil.”

Luke 4:1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Sermon idea in idea in one sentence: How to be led by the Spirit.

Proposition: 3 Commands to Obey

I. EPHESIANS 4:30 DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT- SANCTIFICATION

Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

Do not- a negative exhortation.

Something we should not do.

Grieve- “grieve” (lypeō) means “to cause severe mental or emotional distress[1]

This has to do with Sanctification.

Lexham Survey of Theology

Is the ongoing supernatural work of God to rescue justified sinners from the disease of sin and to conform them to the image of his Son: holy, Christlike, and empowered to do good works.

Why is Holy Spirit grieved?

Because the believer doesn’t want to leave his old sinful habits.

The Holy Spirit came to transform and to empower that person, but he wants to stay the same and not to do his mission.

But when the believer doesn’t want to submit himself to the ongoing process of sanctification, the H.S. is grieves.

1In other verses Paul refers to the third person of the Trinity as the “Spirit” :

1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spiritof wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him

2:2 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

3:4-5 When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

4:1 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4:4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

5:18 Anddo not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

6:6 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Paul only uses the full title “Holy Spirit” is two passages in Ephesians:

1:13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

4:40And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

He is tying this verse to 1:13 with one common truth: the seal of the Holy Spirit.

Why?

Because he wants us to remember that we belong to a Holy God…cant live in old sinful habits anymore

There is a redemption in the future, all these sin struggle will be no more…cant live in sin until them

The Spirit He gave you as a guarantee is HOLY…cant make him cohabit with sin, you will grieve Him, find no satisfaction, and not be used for eternal purposes.

The Holy Spirit He wants to form Christ in us.

He wants to change us.

Change is not a bad thing

Illustration: The Headline of the Lisbon Ledger of this week says: Fall Is Evidence That Change Is Beautiful.

If the leaves don’t change you would’ve never enjoyed the colors of Fall.

Change can be a good thing.

Fall colors are pretty.

But that is nothing compared to the beautiful transformation the Spirit wants to do in us.

Appeal: Habit replacement.

“Spring of living water…rivers of living water” something with dynamic, rushing, with movement: Continuous habit replacement.

Stop doing something and start doing something.

In the same way, for us to be Led by the Spirit, we need to remove bad habits and replaced them with godly habits.

What are the sinful old habits that can grieve the Holy Spirit?

Ephesians 4:25--32

1) Put off: Falsehood (NKJV Lying) Gr.

Pseudo “a falsehood”

Not only telling a lie, something that is not true, but also omitting part of the truth (Saul, Ananias and Sapphira), exaggerating the truth, telling a white lie (those who start telling white lies will son become spiritual colorblind), broken promises, lies of fabrication (telling others what you don’t know for sure it is true).

Put on: speak the truth with his neighbors.

If we want to be led by the Spirit we need to be people of the truth.

2) Put off: anger.

Gr. originally any "natural impulse, or desire, or disposition," came to signify "anger," as the strongest of all passions.

There are times when a believer may be righteously angry.But there are other times when anger is sinful.

When it is an emotion of malice, jealousy, resentment, vindictiveness, or hatred because of personal wrongs, it is forbidden.

Aristotle said, “Anybody can become angry—that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not easy.”

Put on: confession of that anger: don’t let the sun go down on you anger.

It is possible to be angry and not sin, but if we do sin, we must settle the matter quickly and not let the sun go down on our wrath.

If we want to be led by the Spirit we can’t be dominated by anger.

3) Put off: Stealing Gr.

Klepto (kleptomaniac).

Steal no longer.

Put on: work with his hands.

Stop stealing with your hands and work with yours hands.

If we steal, we hurt others; therefore, we should work that we might be able to help others.

Doing what is good: good Gr.

Agathosgood in quality a “God-honoring employment”.

Why: so you can have something with share with others.

We are called to bless others and to share with one another, not to take from one another If we want to be led by the Spirit, we cant be breaking the 8th commandment, we can’t be a taker, we need to be a giver, like God.

4) Put off: corrupt speech Gr. “Rotten”.

Used mostly by Jesus to talk about the diseased tree that brings forth bad fruit.