Sermon Tone Analysis

We have been talking about having FULLNESS in the year 2022.

God wants to bring FULLNESS into each of our lives and this church.

The Lord is calling us to be:

Faith FUll

Spirit Full

Fruit Full

Last we talked about faithful - being full of faith that leads to faithfulness!

We said that was a fruit of the Spirit!

Which we will talk about fruitfulness more next week,

In order to be fruitful and productive we need as much of the SPIRIT being poured into our lives as possible.

The Lord wants to POUR HIS SPIRIT INTO OUR LIVES IN GREAT MEASURE, BUT WE are not always willing to receive it in great measure.

Where great measure is received, it must be given out so it can make room to receive more!!!

Notice, the giving is in reference to - the LORD HAS FREELY worked in our lives, healing, salvation, revival, but have we given back, and yet we want to receive more?

Being SPIRIT FULL is to allow the SPIRIT TO POUR OUT OF OUR LIVES UNTO OTHERS...

This is the principle of the SPIRIT OF GOD coming in FULLNESS.

1. Fullness of the Spirit Gives Power to Fulfill the Great Commission

On the DAY OF PENTECOST, the BIRTHDAY OF THE CHURCH, the SPIRIT was poured out upon the disciples and believers in the upper room --- for those who tarried --- who waited and sought and desired — the purpose was to empower them to bring Jesus to others.

The outpouring was not given for selfish experience, but for empowerment to pursue the will of God and advance the Kingdom of God.

Jesus wants us to be FULL so we can be empowered to be the church.

We refer to living in the LAST DAYS, BUT we have been living in the LAST DAYS since the DAY OF PENTECOST - it is the days where the church is to be active in proclaiming the GOSPEL OF CHRIST and fulfilling the MISSION Jesus gave us.

We were commissioned (not optional) to GO INTO THE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL and then EMPOWERED TO GO by the HOLY SPIRIT, and that season has not ceased!!!!

The SPIRIT is what BIRTHED THE CHURCH and CONTINUES TO BIRTH THE VISION OF THE CHURCH ---

THe COMMISSION HAS NOT CHANGED NOR HAS THE POWER TO FULFILL THAT VISION...

The CHURCH HAS CHANGED!

We have grown apathetic, self absorbed and distracted from the will and plan and COMMISSION OF GOD!

We no longer see the power of the SPIRIT work because we do not care about the GREAT COMMISSION of the ONE WHO GIVES THE SPIRIT — JESUS CHRIST!

Both the Baptism of the HOly SPirit as seen in Acts and the GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT which flow through those baptized in the SPirit are all for the working and operation of the church that is fulfilling the COMMISSION OF CHRIST.

Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost.

That is what HE has entrusted us to do, but all of our wants, desires, pleasures and plans have become more important to HIS BODY than reaching the lost.

2. Fullness of the Spirit Brings Unity and Strength to the Church

One thing that has begun and that is going to increase is PRESSURE on the church!

Pressure of persecution, to conform to the world, to reject truth...

We can stand strong when we allow the SPIRIT OF GOD to glue us together under the pressure to become a SUPPORT for the KINGDOM OF GOD.

The church is called to be the SUPPORT BEAM for the Kingdom of God in every community!

To be the place the sinner can find new and eternal life, hope in Christ.

If you look at Microlam Beam - they are used to support the weight of roofs and structures and hold walls up in building.

They are compiled of multiple layers of wood veneer - each layer is thin, insignificant and even filled with imperfections - but then they are treated with GLUE and under pressure become one beam that has strength to support whole structures.

The Holy Spirit in the same ways takes our insignificant lives with all their flaws, weaknesses and imperfections and glues us through HIS POWER together in unity, using the PRESSURE of this world to make us ONE IN HIM - the foundational SUPPORT for the body - the church!

If you look at the early church in the book of Acts, when the pressure came on, they ran to prayer and received the SPIRIT

Church, when the pressure hits, the FULLNESS of the SPIRIT is the glue that makes us strong - and a support to our community and those around us.

3. Fullness of the Spirit Satisfies the Thirsty Soul

There is no experience worst than extreme thirst!

When the dryness of the mouth, the dehydration in the body causing headache, weakness and nausea kick in - we know we have need of water NOW!

What disguises thirst is liquid that is not hydrating.

Caffeinated drinks often leave us thirstier that satisfied.

Jesus has promised a stream of water that will satisfy the greatest longing.

Who doesn’t want more?

There is a reason why buffets were popular before Covid, that which you desired most of you could have more of!!!

My trick was to not eat the carbs - but to focus on the proteins.

Seafood, oysters on the half shell, lobster claws, shrimp, and the filet mignon...

Brazilian Steak house, skip the salad bar and bring on the meats...

Eat protein and it will stay with you, eat rice and you will be hungry in an hour.

If your going to pay for it, get the good stuff, not potatoes and rice.

If you go and fill up on the fillers of life, there is no room for that which is the best!!!

We fill up our lives with so much of the fillers of life we have no room left for the PURE LIFE GIVING SPIRIT OF GOD THAT EMPOWERS, UNIFIES AND SATISFIES!

Being SPIRIT FULL is to be satisfied by the very presence of GOD down deep in your inner man and overflowing to those around you!

CONCLUSION

This year, the Lord wants to FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT in a greater fullness than we have ever known

The Lord wants to empower us to fulfill His commission, He wants to bind us together as the body of Christ, the church united by His Spirit even more so as the pressures of this world come upon us, and He wants to satisfy our longing spirit by overflowing our lives with His presence.

Will you open up to the Lord to allow Him to make 2022 a SPIRIT FULL YEAR in your life?