The power of the Holy Spirit (PHS) is available to every believer to help you accomplish what God has called you to do. It is not limited only to preachers, teachers, pastors, ministers, etc.
PHS is the divine energy God expresses through us. PHS is the divine authority that allows someone to accomplish what s/he is called to do.
Acts 1:8--"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The power of HS is referred to in the context of witnessing.
PHS should not lie dormant within us. We are to use it to carry out the work that God has called us do.
Walking in the HS is us being filled with HS and He is free to do through us what He chooses.
Anything that glorifies man is NOT of God. Any work of God will glorify God. Only God can perform miracles, answer prayer, forgive sin. God flows through people and only those who are clean and pure. HS indwells us to use us and to flow through us. God's supernatural power lives inside of us. He wants to release it in our lives. But PHS does not flow throgh disobedience. It flows through someone who is submitted to its power.
Luke 4:14--Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.
God expresses His power through us
1. through the fruit of the spirit. God seeks to creat Godly character in us. This will make us a strong witness because God's character, peace, and faith within us will attract unbelievers to JC.
2. to provide a way for us to relate to us in the body of JC and carry on the work of God successfully;
3. as a defense system. God gave us HS to make our need a reality. He gives us power and authority in our areas of weakness. PHS is not available for me to use, but to flow through me to be used by God.
Galatians 5:22--But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
PHS is used to produce Godly works through the gifts He has given to us.
2 Corinthians 6:1--As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.
We are partners with God. He uses HS to express His power for us to do His ministry here on earth. We have been given one or more spiritual gifts that each believer indwelt by HS so that we can serve Him in the kingdom of God. Spiritual gift is a special ability given to you by God to equip us to serve Him.
1 Peter 4:10--Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.
Sap-->Vine-->Branch-->Fruit
God wants His kingdom to bring in millions of people to JC. He equipped (gifted) us to accomplish this. If you don't use your gift, you lose it! You can't hold your gifts and serve God.
God owns you. He has the right toi tell you how, where, and when. To do otherwise is sin. The only way to get rid of sin is to repent. Choose not to waste anymore of your life!
PHS is the divine energy God expresses through us. PHS is the divine authority that allows someone to accomplish what s/he is called to do.
Acts 1:8--"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The power of HS is referred to in the context of witnessing.
PHS should not lie dormant within us. We are to use it to carry out the work that God has called us do.
Walking in the HS is us being filled with HS and He is free to do through us what He chooses.
Anything that glorifies man is NOT of God. Any work of God will glorify God. Only God can perform miracles, answer prayer, forgive sin. God flows through people and only those who are clean and pure. HS indwells us to use us and to flow through us. God's supernatural power lives inside of us. He wants to release it in our lives. But PHS does not flow throgh disobedience. It flows through someone who is submitted to its power.
Luke 4:14--Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.
God expresses His power through us
1. through the fruit of the spirit. God seeks to creat Godly character in us. This will make us a strong witness because God's character, peace, and faith within us will attract unbelievers to JC.
2. to provide a way for us to relate to us in the body of JC and carry on the work of God successfully;
3. as a defense system. God gave us HS to make our need a reality. He gives us power and authority in our areas of weakness. PHS is not available for me to use, but to flow through me to be used by God.
Galatians 5:22--But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
PHS is used to produce Godly works through the gifts He has given to us.
2 Corinthians 6:1--As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.
We are partners with God. He uses HS to express His power for us to do His ministry here on earth. We have been given one or more spiritual gifts that each believer indwelt by HS so that we can serve Him in the kingdom of God. Spiritual gift is a special ability given to you by God to equip us to serve Him.
1 Peter 4:10--Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.
Sap-->Vine-->Branch-->Fruit
God wants His kingdom to bring in millions of people to JC. He equipped (gifted) us to accomplish this. If you don't use your gift, you lose it! You can't hold your gifts and serve God.
God owns you. He has the right toi tell you how, where, and when. To do otherwise is sin. The only way to get rid of sin is to repent. Choose not to waste anymore of your life!
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