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for the believer truth must determine feelings
cannot trust our feelings, they are always changing according to our circumstances
for example, how should we feel when trials come our way
“count it all joy”
in other words tell yourself, “this is great!”
example of Joni Eareckson Tada’s response to her new cancer diagnosis
"When I received the unexpected news of cancer from my oncological surgeon, I relaxed and smiled, knowing that my sovereign God loves me dearly and holds me tightly in His hands.
What good is it if we only trust the Lord when we understand His ways?
That only guarantees a life filled with doubts," said Tada.
"Please pray that God will be glorified through all of this, that He will be trusted, extolled and exalted; that this new challenge becomes a platform for showcasing His grace, as well as the giving of the Gospel,"
some of you may be wondering how a woman who has been a quadriplegic for 46 years, endures chronic pain and has battled stage 3 breast cancer can rejoice in her trials
God’s method of making us steadfast is to test our faith with trials
Paul’s command in 1 Cor 15:58, “be steadfast, immovable”
don’t let anything bump you off course
the end result of testing: perfect, complete, lacking nothing
there is currently a movement to unite as Christians on the basis of how we feel about truth rather than on doctrinal convictions
Truth must never become the servant of emotion or subjective experience.
when emotion and experience become supreme the result is an endless cycle of trying to maintain or reproduce the emotion
each experience must be more spectacular than the preceding one
the church that can do this in the most entertaining way gets the most people
this is NOT authentic church growth!
it certainly is not what we are seeing in the churches being established in the book of Acts
Love for God produces a passionate commitment to what he has said and what he has said has been written down for us in the scriptures.
(Acts 2:42)
one cannot love God and remain indifferent to his words
scripture is how God makes himself and his will known
from last week: vital, active, effective churches are those which are led by the Spirit
we looked at Antioch and what qualified it as a Spirit led church
it was comprised of saved members
they came to a true knowledge of Christ through a true gospel
grace of God was evident in their behaviour
their faith produced works
established in the word
were taught for a year by B&S
their 5 pastors were prophets and teachers
marked by love for God’s people
each gave according to his ability to send relief to the brothers living in Judea (11:29)
led by Spirit filled men
marked by prayer and fasting
these gifts and graces separate a church that changes the world from churches which exist to serve themselves
The Call
"While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,” (13:2)
The Holy Spirit guided and directed as his people worshipped and fasted.
(Acts 13:2)
I’ve heard prayers at church services inviting the HS to come among them, there’s even a song about that
when God’s people worship in spirit and truth the HS is present
fasting: they were so focused on worship that they stopped thinking about food!
contrast this with those who get upset when a sermon keeps them from getting to the restaurant on time!
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul” (13:2)
Barnabas and Saul were not set apart for the church or for the ministry but for the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 13:2)
they were taken out of the church at Antioch and separated by the HS for the HS
HS had a plan and a purpose
Jesus’ purpose for his disciples was that they go out into all the world by the enabling power of the HS and tell everyone about him.
(Acts 1:8)
the HS set apart B&S to do this work full-time
their occupation was evangelism
while the rest of the believers in Antioch bore witness to Christ in their homes, markets, workplaces B&S were to make this their occupation
in a very real sense every believer has been called out of the world and set apart, isolated from it for a specific purpose just like B&S
Eph 2:10 - we are his workmanship created for good works
Php 2:13 - God works in us so that we will and work for his good pleasure
Col 1:10 - walk pleasing to Lord bearing fruit in every good work & increasing in knowledge of God
Tit 2:14 - a people … who are zealous for good works
Tit 3:1 - be ready for every good work
Tit 3:8 - careful to devote themselves to good works
Tit 3:14 - devote selves to good works … to help cases of urgent need = fruitfulness
1 Cor 15:58 - always abounding in the work of the Lord
2 Cor 9:8 we abound in good work through God’s grace
2 Tim 3:17 - all scripture is inspired … that the man of god may be … equipped for every good work
Heb 10:24 - we are to stir one another up to love and good works
“for the work to which I have called them” (13:2)
when thinking of church ministries we must always ask, “is this a work that the HS is calling us to do?”
the church at Antioch discovered this through worship, prayer and fasting
what is the normal way most churches choose their ministries?
copy other churches, set up a committee
we choose and then ask the HS to bless
as the Antioch church set its heart on worshipping the Lord and prayer, the HS called B&S
When the Holy Spirit calls, he enables and blesses.
this is the 2nd time fasting is mentioned but this time it is connected to prayer - first time to worship
Q: why pray and fast when the HS had so clearly told what he wanted?
this was a big change for them
they were sending off 2 of their 5 pastors
they would need finances and provisions for the work
they needed guidance as to where they were to go and minister
they wanted prepared hearts to receive the word
“they laid their hands on them”
this was not setting them apart
HS had already done so
it was not gifting them
they were already gifted
it was not for the filling of the HS
they already had that
it was the church’s affirmation that they would support B&S with prayer and finances
it was a tangible way of saying, “we are with you in this work”
“they sent them off … being sent out by the HS” (13:3-4)
As the church released Barnabas and Saul to the work to which they were called the Holy Spirit was sending them out to fulfill his purposes.
(Acts 13:3-4)
the ministry they were called to perform was the HS’s and therefore blessed by him
problem of church ministries owned by churches or those who start them
accomplish little for the kingdom
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