Sermon Tone Analysis

Declaration 7.29.18

Holy Spirit, I need you!

I need you in my life to lead me and to guide me.

God’s Word states You will teach me truth, so help me to walk in the truth.

You will show me the way to live so Jesus shines through me and I honor the Father as I walk in His will, His way, and His timing.

•Holy Spirit, I need you!

I need you in my life to lead me and to guide me.

God’s Word states You will teach me truth, so help me to walk in the truth.

You will show me the way to live so Jesus shines through me and I honor the Father as I walk in His will, His way, and His timing.

On the Day of Ascension, Jesus told the disciples at the Mount of Olives, "John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now ...

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." , .

In a single statement, Jesus connected baptism in the Spirit to the imparting of His power.

That wonderful event occurred on the day of Pentecost when 120 disciples in the Upper Room received the blessing.

Scripture carefully explains that others who were not present at Pentecost experienced the same empowering later.

That included the Samaritans, , Saul of Tarsus, , the household of Cornelius, , and the Ephesians, .

Young Timothy followed the example. .

We live in a day and age when there is a fascination with supernatural power.

Case in point – look at all the superhero movies.

The Avengers, Thor, the Black Panther, Iron Man, AntMan and the Wasp, the Justice League, Wonder Woman, Hulk, Spiderman, Captain America, Superman, Batman, etc. and the Xmen, The Twilight Saga and Harry Potter, and even the Incredibles and etc. Yes, we are enamored with super power!

And the Lord promises us power and spiritual gifts if we simply ask, seek, knock!

If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

38 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

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The argument immediately arises, "These gifts passed away."

Paul did not believe that.

Nor should you.

The New Testament does not teach it.

In the introduction of his Corinthian letters (29 chapters and longest of all New Testament writings) Paul exhorted believers to " ... Come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ." .

There is a danger that we will lose the next generations to the knowledge of, experience of and power of the Holy Spirit!

We must operate in the Spirit's power.

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

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"These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

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The Holy Spirit desires to speak to each of us, so our spiritual ears and mind need to be open to discerning (understanding) His voice and knowing His thoughts.

Paul recognized that the Christian life could only be successful or constant, triumphant by the work of the Holy Spirit in them.

O foolish Galatians!

Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish?

Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

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For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, NKJV

The word strengthened in verse 16 holds the key to how we are learning to pray.

Actually, understanding this word opens the way to a kind of praying that digs deep and lays hold on areas in us that cause trouble.

Strengthened is from the Greek kratéo, a word having to do with government.

We have looked at it before in other articles.

Kratéo could be used to speak of an army from one country entering another, conquering the land, and setting up a new government.

But as Paul used it in the above verse, it speaks of the Holy Spirit entering a human Spirit, conquering what is wrong, and setting up the new government of Christ's Kingdom.

We could translate Paul's prayer this way: "that you might be conquered and governed with might by His Spirit in the inner man."

"But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth.

It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

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elegcho (el-eng'-kho)- convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.

Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.

He convicts/convinces the world of sin, righteousness and judgment ().

And when He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment: 9 About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me]; 10 About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer; 11 About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.

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Without this special work of the Holy Spirit people would not be deeply convinced of their sinfulness, God's righteousness or the coming judgment.

The HS will open the understanding, convincing and convicting power of God's word in our lives.

Jesus said in However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine.

Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

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In this passage, HE is the Holy Spirit, who always glorifies Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is the Revealer, Representative and Reality of Jesus!

378 References to the Holy Spirit in the OT – most often the Hebrew word used is

“Ru-Wach” – Wind, Breath, Spirit of a Rational being, including expression and functions

379 References in the New Testament

“Pneuma” – breath, blast, divine God, Holy Spirit, life, mind, rational soul,

A. The Holy Spirit Bears Witness :The Inner Witness - .

The Inner Witness - .

"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." .

"And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one."

If you don't have or don't recognize that inner witness, don't move ahead until He speaks!

We must be led by the spirit - (Man in Bus Station in Ft.

Worth, TX)

If you don't have or don't recognize that inner witness, don't move ahead until He speaks!

We must be led by the spirit - (Man in Bus Station in Ft.

Worth, TX)

B. The Holy Spirit Will Lead Us Outwardly: .

"Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.

After they had

C. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SPEAK TO US .

.come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia but the Spirit did not permit them."

: "As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren." .

"Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man." .

"Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."

(Lady in Dulles, DC Airport on the way to Zurich, going to Africa)

C. The Holy Spirit Will Speak to Us: .

HE spoke to the prophets of old, that's how we got the scripture

"And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning.

And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.

Then the Spirit said to Philip, 'Go near and overtake this chariot.'" .

"While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Behold, three men are seeking you.