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:

  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.

 

Dwelling Places

Intro by Gary Kleinveld

Worship with Lucia, Vaughn and Joshua

Dwelling Places and So will I

Dwelling places: a picture of the Kingdom

We’ll take a peak at the beginning, the Davidic Monarchy and Solomon’s court

(Isa 11.9)

Lost in translation: an example from Hebrew Alphabet

Aleph beit–בראשית and Tav:

There is always a desire to build a house for His presence Yet there is no place created by us that can house Hims.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

  1. Under the reign of Solomon, we witness a type of precedent to Christ’s kingdom expression on the earth, reaching its fullest extent to date.

Deuteronomy 17 , 2 Samuel 7

the prophet Nathan & David

  • The play on the word house and “Name.”

the promise of God and David’s response

the covenant formula; “Israel has become your people and you have become their God” (verse 24), which finds its final expression in the eternal city of God (Rev.21.3).

God’s Presence

There were two kinds of reign for a king – reigning in battle and reigning in peace.

Solomon’s very name is derived from the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, more than the absence of war.

  • Kingdom celebration and multiplication:
  • Kingdom peace:
  • Kingdom life:
  • Kingdom mission:

The Davidic monarchy ushered in a period of great worship. Solomon built a magnificent temple.

God is king of all the earth(Ps.47.7),

How Do We Experience God’s Reign?

The Lord is King, His kingdom is here and is coming in Glory. What we experience now in part, will be completely established in His return. So we pray, Let your Kingdom Come Oh Lord.

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.

 

 

 

Matters of the Heart

Intro by Lynette Kube

Worship by Grace Family Collective

Beauty for Ashes, Where you belong, Taste and See

New English Translation:

Mark 6: 54 summation of Jesus’s activities.—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Act 2   Religion versus Faith

Chapter 7: Cleanliness is next to Godliness

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. 2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

The covenant root of their thinking was that people outside of their reality were unclean. This is perfectly portrayed by Peter’s response to the revelation of the sheet let down from heaven.

The tradition of the elders

5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?” 6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

Moses Ex 21:17 and Lev 20:9

10 For Moses said,

Corban was a 2nd temple practice that endorsed the practice of saying no to your parents needs in order bring your offering to God, (via the Temple 0f course) 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition

Listen to me

, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand. 15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

Can you stomach this?

19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”

20 He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.

The enemy within

23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

Come Home, The Father is there, waiting for your return.

From Death To Life

  1. The power of the Letter

2 Cor 3:3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ,

not based on the letter but on the Spirit,

Jer 31:34;

“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry that produced death—carved in letters on stone tablets—

8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

  1. The Glory of Progressive Revelation
  2. What was veiled
  3. The ministry of the Spirit

Mar 15:38 And Luk 23:45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

Mat 27:51 The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

  1. And what more shall I say?

These wonderful acts of the Spirit, demonstrated the glory of the Lord and his willingness to use men and women to unveil his Power to mankind.

  1. But it is our greatest enemy He came to conquer once and for all.
  2. It is the Lord who commends his servants.

39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

 run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

In conclusion:

2 Cor 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ