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Showing the Spirit, Part 4

Let’s Build Up the Church!

God wants you to make love your aim, to be filled with the Spirit, and to use the gifts he has given you to glorify him and to build up his church.

Showing the Spirit, Part 1

True Spirituality

The church is one spiritual people, empowered by one spiritual source to use the many spiritual gifts to bless others.

The Time and Place

Jesus’ goal, his purpose, is for his people to spread over the face of the earth, bearing witness, in our lives, in our words, and in our love, of the salvation that he has won for us.

Life in the Holy Spirit

Paul reduces mankind into two groups. There are those who live according to the Spirit. And there are those who live according to the flesh. There is no third alternative.

His Passion, Our Power, Part 11

Power

We will reach the nations and the generations when we stand as Christ’s witnesses, joyfully declaring the mighty acts of God in the power of the Holy Spirit.

His Passion, Our Power, Part 10

Preparation for Pentecost

Jesus had ascended, but the Spirit had not yet descended. In the meantime the disciples learned the importance of obedience, waiting patiently, prayer, fellowship, and leadership.

Last Words, Part 6

Jesus Prepares Us for the Mission

The Holy Spirit will come to convict the world, guide his disciples, and glorify Jesus.

Last Words, Part 3

The Promise of God’s Presence

As Jesus is about to leave the disciples for the cross, he comforts them by reminding them of the necessity of obedience, the reality of the Holy Spirit, and the blessing of relationship.

Last Words, Part 2

Believing is Seeing

The most practical thing in a time of testing is believing what Jesus teaches about the One God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Because that is what will provide stability for your troubled souls. It will provide fuel for you service. It will truly thrill you, because this is who God is.

Knowing God, Part 7

The Trinity

God eternally exists as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And each person is fully God, and there is one God.

Forty: Forward Together, Part 10

The Holy Spirit: God’s Empowering Presence

The Holy Spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, comes to live inside Christ-followers forever!

Isaiah: Behold the Conquering Servant King, Part 2

Spiritual Blindness

The Holy Spirit opens our eyes from spiritual blindness in order to see God in his holiness.

Together in Christ, Part 5

A Community Marked by God’s Spirit

The Holy Spirit empowers us to declare that Jesus is Lord and gives us gifts for our common good.

Romans, Part 10

Future Glory and God’s Steadfast Love

Paul ransacks his imagination for all images that might pose a threat to the believer’s security and dismisses each of them.

Romans, Part 9

Life in the Spirit

This is one of the great chapters in Scripture. It features the Holy Spirit, with references to Him fifteen times in the first seventeen verses alone. But, it has been remarked that the theme of the chapter is the absolute security of the believer, from the “no condemnation” of verse 1 to the nothing “will be able to separate us” of verse 39.