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Intro
Choose life instead of going through the motions… internal vs. the external
Step 1 Fall in Love with Jesus
Step 2 Choose your Attitude…
Choose a Christlike Attitude
Step 3 Slow Down - - -
Principle of the Sabbath
We are going to talk about HS… Holy Ghost..
Most are ok with the Father...
Most are ok with Jesus…
Today, we will talk about the source of breath… the HS
AS THE WIND BLOWS
Today, we want to talk about the Spirit.
OT - Hebrew
NT - Greek
Mentioned over 800 times in scripture
That’s the English word used to describe him.
Original Manuscripts are not in English.
The OT word is
Ruwach - a wind, a breath, a violent exhalation, blast of breath.
It’s found in the 2nd verse in the Bible.
So when God spoke, the wind of God, the exhalation of Him saying Light....
In the NT the word is …
Pneuma - a current of air, blast of breath, a strong breeze
Every time you read the word “Spirit” - it really means breath or wind.
The word Spirit means wind… it brings life.
That’s what the HS came to do
To put life into your religious experiences.
Why all the mystery?
Why is it so hard to understand the HS?
It’s hard to describe wind… There are a lot of crazy representations of HS
There are some characteristics of wind… of breath that make it hard to understand...
Today, I want to help you understand His nature.
Like the wind or a breath, the HS is ...
Wind is unseen.
Problem - we like to see stuff to believe it’s real.
God never intended you to just understand God, but to feel his presence.
Wind - you can’t see it but you know it’s there.
ILL - It’s kind of like the old by that went t a Pentecostal church.
Upon leaving he looked like he had seen a ghost.
Preacher asked how he like the service.
He said, Preacher, there was something in that room.
Preacher - did you like it.
Man - I’ll be back…
One minute in the presence of God is a good thing.
Who doesn’t want some of the presence of God in your life?
Who wants to sit on the deck with no wind?
No one.
I want the presence of God now.... not in the past NOW
So many reject HS because they want to see - not feel.
They feel more comfortable with things they see, not feel
After the Resurrection, Jesus met with disciples … doubting Thomas
If he is going to be your BF, it will require faith.
… OK with feeling him w/o seeing him.
Wind is unpredictable.
Wind is unpredictable… golfers know what I am talking about.
(my game is not impacted by the wind)
Pilots and field goal kickers know what I’m talking about.
Wind is constantly changing.
This messes us up, because we want order.
Pneuma...
The problem is, we like to standardize everything… how we got denominations.
We want to ties God down to a system or a set of beliefs.
If God works in a certain way, we want him to do it that way all the time… Moses and buring bush… 1st church of BB
If you like things to be orderly and clean, HS will mess you up.
If he is going to be your best friend, get comfortable with the un-expected.
If you have to have order, HS will mess you up… We want God to always do it the way he used to.
Wind is powerful.
Wind can generate electricity… sail a ship… destroy a city.
I have no interest in serving a powerless God, or even one that used to be powerful.
At the heart of it, HS is about power… supernatural power.
An intellectual Gospel is alway in danger of creating a God that looks like us… that’s our size.
Charles Finney - called America’s formost revivalist in the early days
Major leader in the Great Awakening… great impact on America.
Some historians say he led over 500,000 to Christ.
Most don’t know - He was HS filled.
“But as I turned and was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul.
I could feel the impression like a wave of electricity, going through and through me.
Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love; for I could not express it in any other way.
It seemed like the very breath of God.”
We need more that human effort & ability.
we need the breath / wind of god to blow...
However, most would rather deal with God on an intellectual level.
That’s how we have been discipled into… intellectual.
BREATH OF HEAVEN
He is the source of Fresh Air
We have to...
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Let go of fears and misperceptions.
If you’re like a lot of people, especially those raised in church
You have a lot of misconceptions … maybe even some biases that make it difficult for you get close to the person of the HS.
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I remember the first time I heard about it.
I was probably 12 years old and our church was having a business meeting to discuss it.
I really wasn’t clear what it was, but it was causing a stir.
Years later I discovered that our church was fighting (uh I mean discussing) over a doctrinal issue concerning the Holy Ghost.
It was all confusing to me.
All I remember was that people were saying to stay away from those who had received the Holy Ghost.
Sounded good to me.
Whoever liked a ghost anyway?
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