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.

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.

 

Last call before

Pentecost Sunday 2020

This is a remembrance of the way we used to gather.

The last call is our last sermon before Lockdown.

Gal 1: 1-5 The centrality of teh finished work of the Christ

Gal 2:15-21 We all have a past and an ethnicity

We are called because we called on the name, let’s finish what we’ve started.

Pauls plea to the Galatian churches to stay the course.

The worship is a reflection of our people, using photos they had submitted wnd some video clips from our welcome to Grace video to the songs:

We come alive in the river, Uthando – Come Holy Spirit-Where you belong –

 

The Way of Truth

Get some emblems ready and follow,

Brandon’s last reflection on the Lord’s table .

We sing the New Grace song: Where I belong

Before we Look at TRUTH.

Jesus is the Way, the truth and the Life

But Just like Pilate, the worlds asks, “what is Truth?”

We survey a few scriptures and attempt to give a Bible picture of truth.

Is it based on facts?

Is it a body of Scientific evidence?

Or is there another perspective.

We have a look at the Greek influence on the biblical understanding and make our way to the Figures of

David and Jonathan who gives us the first glimpse into the type of:

A belt of truth.

Truth reveals through the torn curtain,

That God is accessible through Jesus.

 

John Mark’s Story – Craig Kube

The story of the writer of the first written account of Jesus.

His journey in mentorship, his teachers and the influence of his upbringing.

His clash with Paul, his detour and restoration through Barnabas and Peter.

His reconnection to Paul and his imapct on Paul’s writing.

Finally, his account of his encounter with Jesus, the Son of God.