MY CHURCH - pt. 2
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“A Powerful Church”
“A Powerful Church”
God has more for us
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
LAST WEEK:
We will be a PASSIONATE CHURCH
THIS WEEK:
We will be a Church that pursues ALL that God has for us
All that WE have
is not
All that GOD has
GOD HAS MORE FOR US!!!
He is not the God of “enough”
He is the God of NEVER ENOUGH!
MORE THAN ENOUGH!!!
But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
Calvary will be a Church in 2022 that operates in ALL that God has for us!
We will be a Church that operates in the POWER of God
and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
THEOLOGY TIME
Three Baptisms:
Baptism into the Body of Christ (Salvation)
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
2. Baptism into Water (Public Declaration of your Faith)
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
This is part of the “more” that Jesus has
This is a public declaration of a personal decision
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
3. Baptism into the Holy Spirit (Living a Spirit-Empowered Life)
The New Testament speaks about this in MULTIPLES more of times than the other two baptisms
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:14–17 (ESV)
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Did you see all three baptisms?
“Believed”
“Baptized in Water”
“Received the Holy Spirit”
For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
Blood - Salvation
Water - Water Baptism
Spirit - Spirit Baptism
BART’S OWN TESTIMONY OF BEING BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IN 2001
Miracles
Healings
Signs & Wonders
God Speaking
SO WHY DON’T MANY CHURCHES DO THIS?
I. Some people are just UNINFORMED
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 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.”
ILLUS. Bank Teller - “Charismatic”
II. Some ARE informed, but they’ve just grown APATHETIC
“Apathetic”
A - without
Pathos - passion
A person without any Passion
WARNING - Those who live in 2022 without any spiritual passion, will not make it
DO NOT LIVE THIS YEAR WITHOUT SPIRITUAL PASSION & SPIRITUAL POWER
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
III. Some people have FEAR
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
If it is GOOD, it’s God
CHALLENGE:
Give us a year of your life - ALL IN
2022 FASTING AND PRAYING
EVERY WORSHIP SERVICE (A.M. - WED.)
What we have is not ALL that He has!!!!!!!
God has MORE!
This can be the best year of your life - if it’s the best year of your life SPIRITUALLY
Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Ankle-Deep = Salvation
Knee-Deep; Waist Deep = Water Baptism
A River that I could NOT cross = Holy Spirit Power
And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
A River that is teaming with LIFE!!!!!!!
Wherever the RIVER goes...
THERE.
IS.
LIFE.