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.
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.
A Journey of Grace
WE start with a reflection of 5G church.
Go into a time of worhip
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
12 to equip (katartismos) the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
katartismo had three uses:
- mending nets
- setting broken bones
- outfitting a ship
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God —a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.
14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
End with some praise and thanksgiving.
16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.
Why me Lord
WE start the service with some worship
Led by Vaughan : Holy Spirit End with Where you belong
Our key message come fromActs 10 The leading of God through: Other peoples’needs
The testimony of revival and the power of miracles
The word of Angels
The leading of the Holy Spirit.
Through visions and revelations
And the voice of God.
Then finally through our obedience to go.
The Lord will continue the process of transformation because he is our Father and works with us and through us.
WE find our place and purpose in our relationship with Him.
Darkness into light
Welcome by Brandon and Lynne: Jesus walks on the water
Revelation Song: by Vaughan
Dealing with blindspots in the Faith in the context of second Temple worship and systems.
Paul’s journey from Destroyer and persecutor to Proclaimer of the Faith.
The impact of Stephen’s execution on Paul’s message.
The Jerusalem churches focus compared to the church in Antioch.
How our cultural and spiritual history affects our view of others and,
Ultimately how the Lord always took relationship over temple worship.
Can’t Earn Love with Craig Kube
Our Father loves us equally and unconditionally.
We cannot earn our way into the Kingdom.
We have been given gifts.
Gifts should be used and not stored.
Since we know in part we should be family and encourage each other to become all that we’re born to be.
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.
Greater Things
What did Jesus mean by; “And you will do greater things!”
John 14 Show us the Father
The importance of Philip’s question.
Jesus’s expectations of discipleship:
- deny
- take up
- Follow
a Young Private’s story
RE – WordeD
Today we looked at the prefix RE and words that have a Kingdom message through them.
Re means anew, afresh or once more.
We serve a God of New beginnings, fresh starts and once more.
He does not expect perfection from us, and does not love us conditionally.
He died for our sins before we committed any and,
accepts us despite our inability to be consistent.