Series: “The Kingdom” Sermon #7 “Kingdom And Holy Spirit”

Series: “The Kingdom” Sermon #7 “Kingdom And Holy Spirit”

The good news is not Jesus and it is not that you get to go to heaven. 

The good news (GOSPEL) is that God became a man to establish His kingdom on earth.

Where the Kingdom is embraced there is a community being built (Church) for the advancing of His eternal purpose in the earth.

Acts 2:1,4  “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place … And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit”     The Church –  Body Of Christ – Royal Priesthood Holy Nation

Church:– EKKLEISIA two words — Called / Out — My called out ones.  (Gathering)

Jesus cabinet, His governing body, His partners in the global plan of reconciling all thing to Himself!!!

Caesar Had a cabinet … people he chose to govern with and operate in his authority.

Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is …. in the Holy Spirit.”

John 16:7, 13 “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. … However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth;…” 

John 16:7   (AMPC) “However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].”

Jesus didn’t do any supernatural acts without Holy Spirit.   The Spirit:    “came upon Him”   Luke 3:21-22

“led (drove) Him”    Luke 4:1.  “empowered Him”  Luke 4:14.   “anointed Him”       Luke 4:18-21

Any experience you have ever had with God is by the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:18  “Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.”

A. W. Tozer. “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

“The idea of the Spirit held by the average church member is so vague as to be nearly non-existent.” 

Baptised In Holy Spirit: A. He Is God.   B. He Is A Person    C. He Is Our Helper

The Godhead:— Father, Son and Holy Spirit

TRINITY:— God is one in essence and three in person. These definitions express three crucial truths: (1) the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, (2) each Person is fully God, (3) there is only one God.

Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three Persons are co-equal, coessential and co-eternal. They are also distinguishable or distinct from one another. These three distinct Persons are the one God. Everything that is true about God is true about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The Nicene Creed “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glori ed, who has spoken through the prophets.”

Westminster Confession of Faith.  “The Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son, of the same substance and equal in power and glory, is, together with the Father and the Son, to be believed in, loved, obeyed, and worshiped throughout all ages.”

B. He Is A Person.  What constitutes a person?

Person:– A living being. The composite of characteristics that make up an individual personality; the self.

Personality:– The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person. (A Soul)  What Is A Living Soul?      Mind:— thinking       Will:— desires     Emotions:—feelings

Divine Attributes: Omniscience:- All Knowledge Thinking Mind Omnipotence:- All Power Exert His influence, Will 

Omnipresence:- All Present  He is felt and He Feels. Emotion

C. He Is Our Helper     He Work In Us   —   His Work Described By Jesus

Romans 8:26-27  “…Spirit also helps in our weaknesses …. but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

Helps (Sunantilambanomai):– to lay hold along with, to strive to obtain with others, help in obtaining to take hold with another. {compound word} 

sun:– partnership, joint effort     anti:– against, filled with rage.     lambano:— to take to oneself, remove 

His Work Defined By Jesus

John 16:8   “When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:”  (NLT)

“And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:” (NRSV)

“And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” (Darby)

“When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.” (ERV)

“The Holy Spirit never brings condemnation He always reveals the blood.”   Smith Wigglesworth

John 16:9  “…of sin, because they do not believe in Me;…”   Jesus is the cure to sin.
Romans 5:15 (NLT)   “…But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.”

John 16:10   “…of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; …”  Jesus did it right. 

Romans 5:17 “… those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life…”

John 16:11  “…of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”   Satan is defeated.
Hebrews 2:14. “…that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,…”

Holy Spirit proves GOOD NEWS!!!
1. Jesus is the only cure to sin.   2. He declares you righteous.   3. Your accuser is destroyed. 

Katherine Kuhlman’s favourite verse.  2 Corinthians 13:14  “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion (koinōnia) of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”

Charles Finney “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  … 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.”

(Memoirs of Reverend Charles G. Finney Written By Himself)

Ruwach:– wind, breath

Pneuma:– to breathe, to blow, wind

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