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1. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... was silence. Then one of the pupils explained, "The boy who believes in the Holy Ghost is absent!" When it comes to the Spirit, he may be absent from many of us. This promise was made by God through the prophet, Joel. The gift was promised to ... , for there is much to suffer. I would be brave, for there is much to dare. Joel continues with another reason for wanting the Holy Spirit: "Your young men will see visions." This reminds one of an old story of an Indian chief, about to die, who was to choose one ...

2. Life Through the Spirit

Romans 8:1-17

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... the sentence of death and judgment on the Last Day has been commuted. Verse 11 will repeat the idea of 7:24: believers remain in “mortal bodies” (see also 2 Cor. 4:7–11). But the consequences of sin are annulled through Christ’s death, and even now the Spirit begins in believers a work of regeneration that will be completed in the world to come. Grace is knowing that God is for us and with us even in our “body of death” (7:24). 8:2 Paul now resumes the thought of 7:6 concerning the “new way ...

3. The Spirit Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... so that souls can break free from bondage, and healing, deliverance, and the full power of God's anointing can be experienced in every medium and every idiom by people filled with Holy Ghost madness. Too many churches today are devoid of the Spirit of Pentecost because they are dry, stale, and discordant, where parishioners are in a somnambulist stupor; where worship services are vapid, staid, and wooden; where the preaching is dull, flat, and insipid; where the singing is Geritol-tired and without the vim ...

4. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Isaiah 44:1-5

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Justin Tull

... of the Lord, many would become a part of the community of faith, many now would be able to affirm the claim of the Divine: “I am the first and the last; besides me there is no god.” The message of Isaiah 44 is about an outpouring of the Spirit. The message of Pentecost is precisely the same. Both speak of the importance of God’s interaction with the individual. Both speak of the community of faith. Both portray God as the one who empowers us. Both commission us to spread the word concerning the God we ...

5. This Spirit Is Not Spooky

John 14:15-21

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... , and fearful at hearing them. So Jesus gives them a promise, "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever" (v. 16). His message to them, and to us, is one of everlasting assurance. Let us consider this other advocate, the Holy Spirit, who comes to us from Jesus and the Father to be with us forever, and never leave us, no matter where we are or what is happening to us. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the ...

6. The Scope Of The Spirit

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John A. Stroman

... called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). I must admit that I do not always see this happening. I see things transpiring in human life that seem to have no rhyme or reason about them. They do not seem to be within the scope or the purpose of the Spirit. Some events seem to have no purpose, other than a destructive purpose. They do not seem to fit into the pattern of life. There are some pieces in the puzzle of life that just do not seem to fit. The more you seem to force them and try to make ...

7. Is Your Christmas Spirit a Controlled Substance?

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Match Girls,” over 120 little match girls and boys died of hunger and hunger-related diseases. You all have been given a little wooden match this morning. If you are moved to a “we-have-to-go-out/we-don’t-have-to-come-back” compassion, the true Christmas spirit, I am going to ask you to come forward with your match, light it at the altar candle, kneel and pray at the altar if you are so moved to do so, then blow out your candle while some wood still remains and save this little used matchstick. Put ...

8. What About The Holy Spirit?

John 15:18--16:4

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Erskine White

... even more real to me than He is today." That's pretty much how the disciples felt - they didn't want Jesus to go away. But Jesus said to them, "It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor, [the Holy Spirit] will not come to you!" So long as Jesus was in the flesh, He was available only to those few thousand people who happened to have access to Him in person. But once He ascended to His Father and the Holy ...

9. The Promise Of The Spirit

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John A. Stroman

... my words. For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ...' " The disciples had preached before, but never with such force, power or persuasion. Never had they experienced such results. So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the ...

10. The Unclean Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... out of fashion to acknowledge feeling awe in these days of downplaying authority? That might place the person in a secondary position. Unclean Spirit: I do enjoy scrambling people. Stop a minute, you question box. You are not giving me a chance to get in a crooked ... did not harm the man (Luke 4:35). Jesus' Action: The double command of Mark 1:25 and Luke 4:35 for the unclean spirit to be silent and to come out of the man is the same in both narratives. Outcome: Mark 1:28 stresses the immediate outcome as " ...

11. The Lord, The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost. Without any expectation of it, without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without any recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. No words can express the wonderful love that was shed abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out ...

12. Test the Spirits

1 John 4:1-6

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... the Day of the Lord (2 Thess. 2:2). The problem with false prophets continued after NT times, as is seen in Didache 11:7–12 and Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates 6.2.1. In the world view of early Christian and other first-century writers, there were many supernatural spirits to contend with, good and evil angels, demonic powers, and a host of invisible beings variously named (e.g., Rom. 8:38; Eph. 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; Col. 1:16; 2:10, 15; Heb. 1:4, 14). In the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially in the Manual of ...

13. The Holy Spirit and the Blessings of the New Covenant

Romans 8:1-17

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... Christians now have end-time justification. As we saw in 1:17, justification is the saving act of God associated with the restoration of Israel and the new covenant. Paul declares in 8:1 that that reality now belongs to Gentile Christians. 8:2–4 the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[2] free from the law of sin and death. The identity of the two laws mentioned in 8:2 is much debated. Some think that both occurrences of nomos refer to the Torah. Thus, Paul would be contrasting the Torah as the ...

14. Life by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... as happiness. Joy is not a state in which most of the circumstances of one’s life are satisfactory, but rather is life rooted in the Spirit (Rom. 14:17) and in God (Rom. 15:13). Peace, like joy, stems not from the external circumstances of one’s life but from the God ... 1.5.4 [Marchant, LCL]). Paul also recognizes it as a worthy goal (cf. 1 Cor. 7:9; 9:25). The fruit of the Spirit cannot be produced or prohibited by law. Life in Christ will result in character that fulfills the law apart from the law (cf. ...

15. I Believe In The Holy Spirit

John 16:5-16

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Bill Bouknight

... church. So, we’re not exactly in a worshipful mood. But then, zappo, right out of the blue, some spiritual power delivers a message directly to our hearts like an arrow to a bull’s-eye! How did that happen? It was the Holy Spirit. Sometimes the Spirit catapults us right out of this building into some mission or ministry. After all, the Greek word for church is “ekklesia,” which means “called out,” not “gathered in.” The Church is not a club, a nice place where nice people do nice things with ...

16. The Season of the Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

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... to comprise our season of work! For you see, today, Pentecost Sunday, is the beginning of what we might call "The Season of the Spirit." All the festivals celebrating the main events in the life of Jesus end today. From now until about next December first it's going ... a time for us to discover in worship all the implications of what it means to be a Christian and to live like one. The Holy Spirit of Pentecost is given to you and me so that we can live God's life, so that Jesus and his life can be alive and ...

17. God's Descending Spirit

John 20:19-23

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Leonard H. Budd

... . "How could God do this," she sobbed. Now, in the dusk of the first day of a new week she, and the other better known disciples, were learning that God was using even the shameful cross for his purpose. She was learning that by the power of the Spirit-presence there was yet work to do. Rachel's tears of deep grief were becoming others tears - in time, tears of joy. Back during a time when boys were drafted into the armed service, a devout young man was drafted from a farm in south Georgia and was sent ...

18. If Only We Would Be Open To The Spirit ...

Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... listen carefully to what we hear. First, we go to Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. We watch a basketball game. One of the Wolfpack players effectively manages to block a shot. We hear a fan call out, "That’s the spirit!" Now we’re off to the football stadium on that same campus on a Saturday afternoon. Down on the field one particular play has gone exceedingly well, and the team is able to make a first down. If we could get into the huddle right after that ...

19. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

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William G. Carter

... up to hug his visitor. Then my companion introduced me, and said something like, “This is Bill. He’s a good kid, and he is a deacon in our church. I thought we could come in and talk with you. And then, maybe you could baptize him with the Holy Spirit.” It made me nervous to hear him say it. I thought the man was a shut-in. Actually he was a retired Pentecostal minister who had a house church, which met in his small cottage. From what I could tell, some people in our church were sneaking over to spend ...

20. Speaking of the Spirit

Romans 8:12-17

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William G. Carter

... . For the moment, they knew it was more important to feed some hungry people, to do a beautiful deed for God, than to demand a fat meal for themselves. Even if they didn't have the words to explain it, they knew what it means to be led by the Spirit. It is no coincidence that we have been working on some catechism questions with those confirmation students. The first question asks, "Who are you?" The answer is not, "I am my own person" or "I am so and so," or "The child of so and so." No, among the baptized ...

21. Wisdom from the Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... or the “unspiritual” person on the other. Paul taught that God’s wisdom is not simply available to inquiring minds. The depths of God’s will and work are apparent to humanity only as God chooses to reveal such things through the working of the Spirit. One sees here that Paul explained the necessity of divine revelation through an argument on the principle of “like by like”—saying that a person is the only one who knows the inner secrets of him- or herself. It is likewise with God. Paul states ...

22. The Presence Of The Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

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Charles Curley

... what is called a charismatic experience, a Pentecost-like experience. She told me about how she had "found Jesus," and been "reborn in the Spirit." And I thought, "Good for you, some burning need in your life has been filled by God in a very special way." But then ... entirely different experience in mind for you than God has in mind for me. It is not so much a matter of wondering why God's Spirit hasn't spoken to you in the same way it has to someone else, as it is a matter of listening for the particular way ...

23. Receive The Holy Spirit

John 20:19-23

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Larry Powell

... has sent me, even so I send you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained' (John 20:19-23)." " ... him who knocks it shall be opened (Luke 11:9-11)." Sweeping words spoken privately to the disciples without any reservations whatsoever. "The Holy Spirit will teach you (in times of trouble) what you are to say (Luke 12:12);" "Fear not, little flock for it is your ...

24. Life in The Spirit

Romans 8:22-27

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Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." These closing words of Romans 8 remind us of the mighty power of God, which we know through the Spirit of God. On this Day of Pentecost we recall that same mighty power who drove those first men and women disciples out into the streets of Jerusalem to proclaim a new and inclusive vision of what it means to be a child of God. On that day 2,000 years ...

25. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

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James Merritt

... we sin by choice because that is our nature. We do what we do because we are what we are. Notice carefully that the Holy Spirit has been sent to convict us of sin, not sins. Now the world thinks that man's problem is sins: murder, lying, rape, stealing, etc. ... cup reached the end of the line, there would not be enough righteousness in that cup to save a little baby. But only the Holy Spirit can prove that to you. Now the other problem is this: God does spell righteousness D-O, he spells it D-O-N-E. Jesus ...

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