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June 11 - August 3, 2018
it is also a tragedy to live and die and go to heaven without being filled with the Spirit.
“If you have the Spirit without the Word, you will blow up. If you have the Word without the Spirit, you will dry up. If you have the Word and the Spirit, you will grow up.”
The transforming presence of the Holy Spirit can and must be the experience of every believer.
to take the Word of Christ and make it real to the people of Christ so they would honor the person of Christ in the mission of Christ for the glory of Christ.
“When it comes to the Holy Spirit, churches are either cemeteries or insane asylums.”
The Spirit’s work is to unite the people of Christ with one heart and mission.
“Prayerlessness is my declaration of independence from God.”
“Today, especially in the realm of church music, God is often being used to display man’s talent rather than man’s talent being used to display God.”5
While we all love extraordinary vacations, most of life is very mundane.
the biblical doctrine of the Holy
Spirit suffers today from three extremes: abuse, neglect, and distortion.10
Foundationally, we can affirm the ultimate “why” of our very existence, and all things, is the glory of God.
So the “why” behind the “who” and the “what” of the Holy Spirit is the glory of God through the magnification of Jesus, and the powerful proclamation of the gospel.
Glory is paramount.
True discipleship is central.
The power of truth is essential.
Unity is indispensable.
The global expansion of His kingdom is the endgame.
the efficacy of the Holy Spirit’s mission is measured by the extent to which we are focused on Christ, ‘the author and finisher of our faith’ (Heb 12:2 KJV)…. The Holy Spirit wants nothing to do with a Spirit-centered Christianity.
“The Spirit of Jesus points us back to Jesus.
He takes all Christ is, all Christ has done, and all Christ’s purposes, and declares them to us.
One thing consistently undermines the Holy Spirit’s chief purpose in our lives: self-glory.
“Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory” (Ps. 115:1).
The Spirit is not compatible with our personal or congregational ego inflations.
“The purpose of the Holy Spirit in the church is to glorify Jesus Christ, and he cannot be glorified when competing with celebrities and personalities.”
May the Spirit accomplish His purpose in our lives by empowering us to know more, think more, love more, cherish more, worship more, sing more, teach more, proclaim more—and make more—of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because the Holy Spirit is a purpose-driven Spirit.
So in the simplest understanding, the Bible is divided between two covenants: the old covenant and the new covenant.
Sacrifice was often part of the process of ratifying a covenant.
THE OLD COVENANT WAS: | THE NEW COVENANT IS:
Here are some compelling realities of the new covenant from this incredible passage:
The sustaining, renewing, continual sufficiency of the indwelling Spirit is our daily source of enduring faith and fruitfulness.
The old covenant, initiated on Sinai, was fulfilled on Calvary.
“Old Testament passages are only properly used when they ultimately point us to Jesus and the new covenant.”13
“If we think of the Holy Spirit as so many do as merely a power or influence, our constant thought will be, ‘How can I get more of the Holy Spirit,’ but if we think of him in the biblical way as a Divine Person, our thought will rather be, “How can the Holy Spirit have more of me?’
imagine what our lives would be like if Jesus had indeed come but had never sent the Holy Spirit.
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:16–18)
“Jesus claimed that having the Holy Spirit in them would be better than having him beside them.”
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. (Rom. 8:15–16)
According to a recent study by LifeWay Research, 56 percent of evangelical Christians
say the Holy Spirit is a force rather than a person. In that same study, a quarter (28 percent) said the Spirit is a divine being but not equal to God the Father and Jesus. Half (51 percent) disagreed, and 21 percent were not sure.
I am deeply concerned that the Holy Spirit, even in contexts where His work is emphasized and His presence evoked, has become the “misrepresented God.”
“The Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son, of the same substance and equal in power and glory, is, together with the Father and the Son, to be believed in, loved, obeyed, and worshiped throughout all ages.”9
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Symbol | Scriptures | Significance
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