Breathe On Me

Introduction: Prisca Hyemenkiere

Workship: Grace Band: Taste and See, Deep Cries out

Ministry: Part 2 on The Holy Spirit

Today we’ll continue our teaching on the Holy Spirit by starting with a short summary of last week’s teaching:

Ruach Hakodesh the Holy Spirit in:

Who was hovering (Rah Gaaf) over the waters compared to a ‘mighty’ wind where

Then we looked at two words:

Ruach from the Hebrew and Pneuma from Greek

  • Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God
  • life-giving breath or Spirit,
  • combines the two to moving air
  • that is moving either inside or outside man.

The breath is always God’s gift

the Source of Life.

The last Adam – Jesus is a life-giving spirit.

Today’s teaching will focus on what Jesus broadly taught on the Holy Spirit and we’ll begin with a few introductory points:

  1. Jesus recognized the Holy Spirit to be the inspiration of the old testament writers the Spirit’s work with respect to the Messiah.:

Mark 12:36,  Luke 20:42, Matthew 13:14

Jesus recognized the spirit as God’s gift

Matthew 7:7-11 Ask

Luke 11: 9-13 This is how you pray

how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

 

  1. He promised that the Spirit will be with them to help them in ministry, and anoint them even in the midst of persecution:

Matthew 10:16 – 2020 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Mark 13:11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke put it slightly differently in 12: 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

  1. Jesus commanded baptism to be in the Name:

Of Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Matthew 28:19

 

 

 

  1. They were commanded to wait

Luke 24:49 – I am going to send you what my Father has promised;  Acts 1:8

Matthew 25:  The Lord as the giver of good gifts

Luke 11:13

When we ask; he will not give us something bad, nor less than the best but will grant us the Holy Spirit himself.

Matthew 7:11 How much more will your father in heaven grant you good gifts to those who ask

James 1:17 Shifting shadows like the moon who has phases of shadow he is always the same source of bright and pure light.

Mathew 6:25-33;  Romans 8:32 graciously give us all things?

The father firstly sent the Son as the living word

Then to do His work of Salvation

Then the Father sent the Holy Spirit to bring gifts to us and to continue His work in and through us!

a response to prayer: the 120 were praying

Peter prayed for others to receive Acts 8:15

Gal 3: 14 so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit, eagerly desire and that they come from a prepared heart

Matthew 5; Cor 12;31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

14;1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

Asks How much is this not true of the Holy Spirit himself? If we should eagerly desire gifts.

Ps 42:1; Phil 3:10

John 1:33 ; Acts 4: 8

In conclusion:

Finally when Jesus sent his disciples or when he prepared them for what is to come he painted a picture that they should

  1. expect opposition,
  2. not expect to be welcomed
  3. not to be pessimistic, but realistic
  4. not to have a shallow optimism, but reliance on the promises of god
  5. matthew 16;18 I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
  6. To wear the armour of god, eph 6;11-18

salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions

  1. we should expect these to increase over time 2 Tim 3;1

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

Breath of God

The third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son.

Gen 1: 1-2 (Raghaf)

Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.

The creation apologetic is then the first evidence of the Spirit of God being associated with the creation activity.

John 1:3 Through him all things were made,

1 Tim 2:5 From the beginning He was the mediator

Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God

Psalms 104 When you take away their life’s breath, Spirit

they die and return to dust.

 

Spirit, wind, breath and mind

Exodus 14:21 strong east wind

Num 11: 31 a wind went out from the Lord

Gen 3:8 – The wind of the day

 

Gen 2:7 breath of life or lives

Job 19 “My breath is offensive

combines the two to moving air

it is always God’s gift

The sense here is that The Spirit is a life giving energy that God alone possesses permanently by His own nature.

 

Welcome by the Davids Family

Worship with Grace Live featuring: Dwelling Places, Spirit of God, Uthando

Ministry with Craig

John 5:26 – “For just as the Father has life in Himself, so to the Son

prototype of Jesus.

Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (Prototakos) over all creation.

Ephesians 3:16 –

to be strengthened with power through His Spirit

Thus the emphasis is not on the kind of life but on the Source of Life.

So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

In His Image

Introduced by Lynette Kube

Worship by Lucia, Joshua and Vaughan

Garment of Praise, Come Hole Spirit, King of my Heart

Message by Craig: In his Image

Genesis 1: 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness

As one who is perfect, God is the only being in the universe who can be completely delighted with   himself without being arrogant or sinful in any way. The best way for God to delight in his own perfection is to behold his own image.

This oneness will become reflected in creation through the covenant of Marriage.

Humankind was created male and female. Only as humans relate as a community made up of male and female is the image of God reflected. Male and Female He Created Them’:

immediate consequences of the Fall

  1. Enmity with the spirit of the Serpent!
  2. Pain during childbirth and being ruled by the husband.
  3. In toil you will eat of it, All the days of your life.

They ended up multiplying the distorted view of humanity.

But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac,

Eph 5 : 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands

25 Husbands, love your wives

30 for we are members of his body, 32 This is a profound mystery

This has to do with leadership in the home.

The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; 26But you are not to be like that!(Jesus)

Phil3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven.

you are all children of God through faith

The old has gone, the new is here!

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

 

Transforming Truth

Intro: Geovonna Stevens

Worship: Vaughan Peregrino

Goodness of God & Build my Life

Looking into the mirror: James 1

Do not merely listen to the word

  1. What does it say?               Many people read and accept.
  2. What does it Mean?          This is the process of interpretation.
  3. How do I apply this to my life

Examples:

Coming of age

Metamorphosis

Romans 12: 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

The Fork in the Road and the ultimate destination.

As go the leader, so goes the people. e.g. gansterism

In EPH 2:10 For we are God’s  (workmanship), created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared (beforehand) for us to (walk in).

Wormanship: e.g Michaelangelo’s David, Good works

What did God Design you to do best?

Beforehand and walking in it.

Be Yourself: 2 Corinthians 5:17 if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature old things have passed away, new things have come (let it be so)

Transformation is not annihilation,

What changes? What becomes New

Roamns 6:22;  Eph 4:22;  Col 3

The Word applies to us, but it is not centred around us.

 

 

 

An Inconvenient Truth

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought. It opposes the TRUTH that:

Colossians 1-2

1:24 His body, which is the church,

1:25 preaching the word of God, 26 that is, the mystery

1:27 the mystery , which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

1: 28 We proclaim Him,

1: 29 For this purpose also I labour

2:6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Refreshed and Renewed

Refreshing and renewing is part of God’s plan for us.

He allows us to endure situations to refine us.

He has included fire in our life cycle.

He also pours the living water of refreshing.

But He sows good soil into our tilled hearts.

The Spirit wants us to grow into our full potential.

So we need to allows the Father access to intimacy to reveal and initiate His will for our lives.

 

Lord Let Your Glory Fall

God seeks to give you purpose, not to make you happy.

Happiness is not a kingdom principle, Joy is.

What is the difference between happiness and Joy?

How do I surrender myself into His purpose for me?

Enter into the joy of the Lord and receive the Holy Spirit.