Searching for Answers

Edited version of Sunday 13 September live steamed service. Hosted by Brandon, Worship with Prisca and ministry with Craig. Psalms 139 & Romans 8 featuring Good good Father

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:

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!

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.”

Jesus commanded baptism to be in the Name:

Of Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Matthew 28:19

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

expect opposition,
not expect to be welcomed
not to be pessimistic, but realistic
not to have a shallow optimism, but reliance on the promises of god
matthew 16;18 I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
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

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

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

Legacy of Love

If recent world events have taught us on the Historical scales of justice. They are hinge moments,
Mankind has always thought that we can control outcomes and shape our desired or preferred future.
Our Father is not threatened by those who oppose us, for He loves them too. His is willing to scatter us for the sake of the Kingdom for we are His seed after all and His cry gets louder with every generation,
Whom shall I send? What do you see?
Is greatness a mere measurement of the sum total of our success?
So let’s take a look at these three things:
1. Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
2. Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort.
3. An Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations

Firstly, Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
Matthew 21:28-32 that story concludes with these words:
For John (the babtiser) came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Gen 2: 8-11
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Gen 4:3 At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord. 4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them.
The Hebrew term מִנְחָה (minkhah, “offering”)
Verse : 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
Romans 3:20
The Mark he leaves on us is the Mark we make in the World.
Secondly Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort
Proverbs teaches us: That we should teach a child in the way they should go, but to remember that even if they part from it, it will not part from them, my paraphrase.
Legacy is not how you start, it’s how you finish and how you’ll be remembered.
Finally: Our Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations by being willing to pay the price today!
The very famous line from a Tennyson poem titled “In Memoriam A.H.H
penned by a Jewish Spaniard in the 11th century of the common era :
Tis a Fearful Thing by Yehuda Halevi
Death then, is a point of convergence of what is human with what is holy.
This reveals the true nature of love. When we love, we risk our hearts greatest fear, to lose what we’ve loved. Love merges what is human with what is Holy.
My heart knows love, thus my heart knows pain!
Like an image of the horizon, constantly before us appearing to be within our grasp we find that we cannot reach it for it is always just beyond.
It is a fearful thing to love and a holy thing to be loved by Him.

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.

Life in Transition

Authentic Community – Ricky Cupido

Ps Ricky Cupido on
Romans 12
Love must be sincere
The image of Roman theatre and the use of masks.
We must not project but be real and vulnerable..
We must engage in community and be accounatble.
Confidentiality as a foundational principle for trust.
And how to start by being what we week.