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Pastor Kevin Bryan
Mt. Pisgah Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Sabbath August 1, 2015
Series Theme: "God's Empowering Presence: The Indwelling & Outflowing of the Holy Spirit"
Title: "Experiencing A Spirit-Filled Life"
Sermon Notes for Sermon # 1
Thesis Statement: The joy and privilege of living a life filled with and
empowered by the Holy Spirit
Galatians 5:25, "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
Ellen White: 8 Manuscript Release, "Let all be under the controlling
influence of the Holy Spirit of God."
The Holy Spirit is God
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To refer to the Holy Spirit as it, is to attempt to strip Him of His
Holiness, Godliness & Divinity & relegate Him to a force of nature
Romans 8:16 & 26--The King James version incorrectly translated the
Greek word describing the Holy Spirit. The word is Himself and not
Itself because the Holy Spirit is God
The Review & Herald, March 24, 1896, "The minister is to show the
people how the Holy Spirit makes them one with Christ, their Divine
Leader.
When we speak of the Holy Spirit as a Person we do not mean that He
is a human being with a physical body like you or me. We do mean,
however, that as a Person, He has a Mind & a Personality
Scripture references eight attributes/characteristics and activities of
the Holy Spirit
1. The Holy Spirit has a Mind
Romans 8:27; Philippians 2:5
One writer describes the Holy Spirit as, "God in Action."
2. The Holy Spirit Leads
Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Matthew 28:19
Ellen White: Our Father Cares, P. 306, "Every impulse of the Holy
Spirit, leading men to goodness and to God are noted in the books of
Heaven, and in the day of God everyone who has given himself as an
instrument of the Holy Spirit's working will be permitted to behold
what his life had wrought."
God is one in His Divine essence (intrinsic nature), yet He manifests
Himself in three Persons, the Trinity or the Triune God That is, God
the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
Just as God the Father is God, and Jesus His Son is God, likewise, the
Holy Spirit is also God
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Ellen White: The Healing of the Sick to Accompany Evangelical Work,
February 20, 1911, "The message for this time is to be proclaimed
under the Influence & Leading of the Holy Spirit."
1. The Holy Spirit is Eternal
Galatians 5:18; Luke 4:1
The Holy Spirit existed before Creation
3. The Holy Spirit Teaches
2. The Holy Spirit is Omnipresent meaning He is Everywhere
John 14:26
Colossians 1:7; Psalm 90:2; Proverbs 15:3; Matthew 18:20
4. The Holy Spirit Convicts/Reproves
3. The Holy Spirit is Omnipotent meaning He is all Powerful
John 16:7-8
Matthew 19:26; Job 42:1-2; Jeremiah 32:27
5. The Holy Spirit Guides
4. The Holy Spirit is Omniscient meaning He is all Knowing
John 16:13
1 Corinthians 2:10; John 14:26; John 16:29-31
Testimonies Volume, 6, P. 57, "It is the Holy Spirit that makes the
truth Impressive. Keep practical truth ever before the people."
God's desire is for every believer to live a Spirit-filled Life
6. The Holy Spirit Intercedes
1. Be Born of the water & Spirit
Romans 8:26
7. The Holy Spirit Testifies/Witnesses
We are born again when we come to God, Repent of our sins, and put
our trust in Christ alone for Salvation
John 8:16
To be born of the water & Spirit is to lead a Transformed life
8. The Holy Spirit can be Resisted
John 3:5-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17
Acts 7:51
2. Openness to the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit possesses all the attributes or characteristics of God
Psalm 90:2; Genesis 1:1-2; Hebrews 9:14
Four things every believer can do to live a Spirit-filled life
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The person who has a closed mind or a critical spirit will never be able
to live in step with the Spirit of God
It is through the Holy Spirit we experience God's love, and by the
Holy Spirit we are kept in His love
Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 4:7
4. Walk in Submission to the Holy Spirit
3. Hunger & thirst after Righteousness
Galatians 5:25; Romans 8:5; James 4:7
Matthew 5:7; Psalm 42:1; John 7:37-39
The world does not want us to submit to the will of God
4. Ardent/enthusiastic pursuit of the Holy Spirit
Self-will is the enemy of the Spirit-filled life
Luke 24:53; Acts 2:46; Romans 8:14
1 John 2:16-17; 3 John 1:2
Four essential elements involved in activating the
Holy Spirit in your life
1. Desiring the Holy Spirit
Hebrews 11:6; Luke 11:9
2. Walk by Faith
Hebrews 11:6; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Romans 10:17
3. Walk in Love
1 John 4:18-21; John 15:12; Romans 13:10
Ellen White: Heavenly Places, P. 334, "God desires to refresh His
people by the gift of the Holy Spirit, baptizing them anew in His
love."
Gal. 5:22 says that love is a part of the fruit of the Spirit
Until we are willing to submit the totality of our wills to God, we will
never fully walk in submission to the Spirit of God
Ellen White: Signs of the Times, April 17, 1893, "The Holy Spirit
recreates, refines, and sanctifies human agents, that they may
become members of the royal family."
Heavenly Places, "The Holy Spirit is at work on human hearts, taking
the things of God and showing them to men."
The Holy Spirit of God dwells in every person, the missing link is
activation
Appeal Question: Will you give God the Father permission to activate
the Holy Spirit in your life today?