fl Wednesday, 26 January 2022 Courage up in us as people of God for when situations change and to have that We have to be people who believe in the triumph God (We don’t know much about one of the trinity) If I ask you about God & Jesus you will have a lot to talk about HS is more than just tongues, about prophesies If we are gna be people of God of our generation, It cannot be God the father, God the son, God the Holy Bible cos that’s not who the Holy Bible gave us God the father, God the son, God the HS He is not an energy, force, wind although He’s described as those because that’s what He does Holy Spirit is God - He is a person He is not an energy He is a God! He is a person. To know God rightly is to understand who the HS is and we will cover today its to -> not grieve Him We see HS at creation He hovering over the formless void of chaos of earth and order it to ourish Holy Spirit does the work of illumination here’s what it means: No one here is a christian unless HS shows you your sin and showing you how wonderful Jesus and salvation is You did not become christian because u did a pros or cons list You became a christian when HS showed you your sin and beauty of Jesus Work of illumination HS loves Him some Jesus, everything He does points back to JC The HS is the presence and power of God in the church and in our lives The Bible lays in front of us the reality that although HS is God Hs does the work of illumination, We see on multiple occasion our ability to grieve or to quench or to say no thank you to 1 Thessalonians we gna focus on v19 to the end it describes life of a believer before he gets into dont quench this 1 Thessalonians 5:16-21 “for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, How angry is the day we are in yet the BoOK SAYS WE REJOICE ALWAYS “All circumstance” antidote for tough situations is gratitude We rejoice always, pray without ceassing, always intimately communing with the father not saying that’s easy 1 Wednesday, 26 January 2022 Question for you Is your life marked by that? 1 Corinthians 14:2-3 about prophesies For anyone who speaks in a tongue[a] does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. Prophesy is an umbrella term for the way the spirit does the work of illumination When prophetic people will think Future telling but the bible doesn’t say that they say prophetic is for building up and encouraging this is gg on and ppl despised it there were false teachers saying the Lord said it soluition: V21 - just because you think you heard from the Lord you heard from the Lord you test 1 John 4:1-3 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the esh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. They become the litmus test whether its from the Lord or not This passage is bigger than just prophetic It has to do with what we do when the HS speaks to us when He makes known the will of God and invites us in the life of God We have to capacity to say no thank you to the illumination Doctrine matters - effectual call of God - salvi c call of God where the HS woes you into the Kingdom, Hound of heaven - CS Lewis Like some of you dont even know why you’re here Draw of the HS woing you home romancing you back to where you were designed to be If you say not to that you grieve the HS and rob only yourself 2. 2nd thing in illumination is you see clearly the WOG You can’t understand the bible out the HS You can memorise romans but if its not leading you to greater love for God and others I would say you have neevr read the book of Romans A textbook to weapons our own ends Hs can reveal to us the nature and character of God the beauty of Jesus the sickness of our sin and safety that’s found in salvation Any external authority is questioned and deconstructed that’s the world we live in God of our age Truth is not inside of you and its not uid your feeling towards what is true and what is not have no bearring on what is true or not HS does the work of illumination and show us through the word of God what is most tue and it is almost confronting fl fi fl 2 Wednesday, 26 January 2022 The WOG confronts ppl because we want to be our own Gods we think we know best for our own lives That’s what sin does you justify the brokenness of your presence by blaming everyone else for the scorched earth your created by trying to be your own god HS show you that you’re doing it Truth is outside of you and its xed And tHANK GOD because There’s no way to navigate if its not xed “Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have this day done one thing because He said, Do it, or once abstained because He said, Do not do it. It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you” George McDonald by CS Lewis Im a follower of Jesus do you follow “NO!” Lol HS does the work of illumination in the scriptures which is almost a confrontation We quench the work if the spirit when we say that doesn’t apply to me when there’s a delayed obedience - “I will get to that I do this rst… blahblahblah” Delayed obedience is just disobedience We quench the spirit when the bible becomes a suggestion and the culture/feelings become our authority We grieve the spirit when we neglect the work of illumination HS is the presence and power of God in church and lives The way about the bible is talking about quenching the spirit in the context of family of faith is over & over again through the language of division, starting controversies of loving ideology more than the gospel of JC Romans 16:17-20 17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and attery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Doctrine is talking about the gospel of JC, atoning death resurrection and new life in him and not talking about secondary issues that we choose to create division among us Doctrine isn’t about you becoming a doctrinal warrior, anyone who does not line uo exactly where you are gets slain or gets accessed of heresy This is about the gospel Did you hear the warning - dont associate with, stay away from the divisive overly critical gossipy slanderer person among you for they are not with Jesus 1 cor 3:2-3 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? fi fi fi fl 3 Wednesday, 26 January 2022 There was a data gathered 1/3 - actively serve and on re, more committed; 1/3 idk maybe; 1/3 is gone - we dk where they go but Ideological vs theological “Feel the same way about these issues so I go here” how to stomp devil like that? Alcoholic or put you with a guy that runs with a bar Grace trumps ideology gospel of JC overcomes idoelogy and put tgt as a new kind of ppl even if we may disagree w one another What binds us together is not our ideology by the blood of Jesus That’s what allows us to give each other the bene t of the doubt, we refuse to quench the spirit, among us as a family of faith is to not gossip or slander to not be overly cynical to give the bene t of the doubt and seek to understand even as things get more and more polarised in the world There need not be the fear in us that’s in everyone else If someone says something crazy you ask for clarity not meme them up You dont have to be convinced - alright that’s crazy but I won’t do that HAHHA That’s what make the church of Christ the church of JC The spirit is dwelling in me like He is dwelling in you and we get to show off the glory of JC and how we agree on that and how we just might disagree on a lot of other stuff but I still love and care for you like you love and care for me How low is the bar for showing the beauty of christ in 2022 what be kind to one another? So what would it be like to be kind, prayerful, unapologetically spiritualful and walk in the power of HS the bar is low Just dont grieve, you grieve the spirit when you gossip slander and refuse to give the bene t of the doubt. When your base posture is one of cynucism and criticism that aint discernment its demonic its not the spirit of JC making you overly harsh making you critic everything around you not just in church but life Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[a] his Spirit who lives in you. The Spirit that raised JC from the dead resides in you and I as followers of JC Remind me one more time how you can’t break from sin again We have for way too long heard how wicked out hearts are, how bent and broken we are but when Spirit lives in us that’s no longer our primary identity You can surrender to the spirit of God dwelling in your heart as He illuminated the beauty of JC in the scriptures and walking the power of God, that’s why I think you’re stuck and that’s why I think we can look at secret sin & places we’re jammed We’re like why can’t I get myself out Jesus seaid im going to send a helpe to you I will not orphan you Its like you’re choosing to be an orphan you dont have to stay stuck There’s no addiction or sin JC won’t break you out off Bible lled w all the grimy brokenness of humanity and Gof making a way not saying its neat and easy its messy and hard but its there for you fi fi fi fi fi 4 Wednesday, 26 January 2022 2 Timothy 1:6-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into ame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 postures here 1. Quenching the spirit 2. Fanning the ame the gift that’s been placed inside of you - obedience to what you know - Its not obedience to what you dont know its not overly complicated stuff Where’s the spirit of God prompted pushed revealed that you should be this and stop this And where have you said by the power that illuminated that to me im gna step in a dn do that and where have you said not yet or eventually or I just doing think that actually applies or God gna tweak some stuff or church should have read that there should be new revelation If you wan the kind of heat vitality in life we get there by being obedient to what the spirit illuminated either through the word or by prompting alongside the word that leads us into rejoice always pray without ceasing give thanks in all circumstance for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus fl fl 5
