Tent of Meeting: The Effect of Spirit & Word

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Wednesday 13 April 2011

A Passion to Grow Up


Any leader in the
Kingdom of God will
only be as effective as
the quality of his
relationship with God


“Waiting on God is not optional, it is an
essential part of every believer’s life.
Seeking God in solitude and silence is
not a lazy alternative to doing
something more fruitful for God nor is it
unproductive, it is the foundation upon
which we should build our lives and our
service for God”


“Everyone gives their life for what they
believe. Sometimes people believe in little
or nothing and yet they give their life to
that little or nothing. One life is all we
have, and we live it, and then it’s gone. But
to give up what we you are and to live
without belief is more terrible than dying,
even more terrible than dying young.”
Joan of Arc


2.A. THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES THINGS
THAT ONLY A PERSON CAN DO

1. Convicts - Jn. 16:8 - And when he
comes, he will convict the world
concerning sin and righteousness and
judgment:
2. Teaches - Jn 14:26 -But the
Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, he will teach you all
things and bring to your remembrance all
that I have said to you.


3. Speaks - Gal 4:6 - And because
you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of
his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba!
Father!"
4. Intercedes - Rom 8:26 - Likewise
the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For
we do not know what to pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for
us with groanings too deep for words.


5. Leads - Gal 5:16, Rom 8:14 -
For all who are led by the Spirit of God
are sons of God.
6. Appoints men for service - Acts
13:2 - While they were worshiping the
Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set
apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the
work to which I have called them."


7. H. Sp is appointed - Jn
15:26 - "But when the Helper
comes, whom I will send to you from
the Father, the Spirit of truth, who
proceeds from the Father, he will bear
witness about me.
8. H. Sp. Ministers:
Regenerates - Jn 3:6
Seals - Eph 4:30
Baptises - 1 Cor 12:13
Fills - Eph 5:18


2.B. H. SP. IS AFFECTED AS A PERSON
BY OTHER BEINGS

1. He is sent by both Father and Son
Jn 14:26 - But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, he will teach you all things and
bring to your remembrance all that I have
said to you.
Jn 16:7 - Nevertheless, I tell you the
truth: 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 go, I will send
him to you.


2. He is affected in relationships
Isa 63:10 - But they rebelled and grieved
his Holy Spirit;
Eph 4:30 - And do not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for
the day of redemption.
1Thess 5:19 - Do not quench the
Spirit.
Matt 12:31 - Therefore I tell you, every
sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people,
but the blasphemy against the Spirit will
not be forgiven.


Acts 5:3 - But Peter said, "Ananias,
why has Satan ﬁlled your heart to lie to
the Holy Spirit and to keep back for
yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
Heb 10:29 - How much worse
punishment, do you think, will be
deserved by the one who has spurned
the Son of God, and has profaned the
blood of the covenant by which he was
sanctiﬁed, and has outraged the Spirit of
grace?


Where do you
stand?


Living in
Spirit & Word

A Passion to Grow Up


All Spirit and you blow up
All Word and you dry up
Spirit and Word and you grow up


“A week before his death, Wigglesworth
prophesied again during a week long crusade.
This time, he foretold a second move of the
Spirit. The ﬁrst move would bring the
restoration of the gifts of the Spirit; the second
would bring a revival of emphasis on the Word
of God.
He said, “When these two moves of the Spirit
combine, we shall see the greatest move the
church of Jesus Christ has ever seen.”


1. GENESIS 1
Creation / Creativity
“The Word and Spirit
are the effective agents
through which divine
power are focused.”


2. Ezekiel 37 -
Prophetic activity.
Word of God / Wind
of Spirit


3. LUKE 1:35 -
Conception of Living
Word
“The Holy Spirit will
come upon you”


4. ACTS 4:29-31 -
Pentecost / Early
church
“Filled with the Spirit
and spoke the word
with boldness”


5. Preaching the Gospel - Paul, Rom.
15:18,19 - “through the power of the Holy
Spirit”
1 Thess. 1:5 - “not simply with words, but
also with power, with the Holy Spirit”
1 Cor. 2:1-4 - “ My message and my
preaching were not with wise and
persuasive words, but with a
demonstration of the Spirit’s power”


6. JOHN 15:26 - Word
sends Spirit.
“The Spirit of
truth...will bear
witness about me”


The Effect of
Living in
Spirit & Word


1. Revelation…it connects us
with the reality of God

2 Cor 3:4
Psalm 119:130
Prov 29:18
Isa 43:18-19


Isaiah 6
Paul – Damascus Road
Acts 9 (scales fell from
eyes)
Moses – Burning bush –
Exodus 3
Dreams / Visions
Matt 4:4 – Spirit takes
hold of the Bible


Two different realms; one is that of
doctrine - the other is that of
revelation: the ﬁrst can be attained
with a little effort, a little
cleverness, and a little eloquence,
the second is beyond human
ability.
Watchman Nee


2. Power...ministry of / in the
Kingdom of God
The ministry of Jesus Lk. 4
Acts 10:38
...of Paul – 1 Cor 4:20
...of the disciples
...of the believer
1 Jn 2:6 Heb 12:7, Rom
8:15-17


3. Communication...spiritual
truths in spiritual words
1 Thess 1:5 - for we know,
2 Cor 3:6 loved by God, that
brothers
he has chosen you,because
Acts 6:1-6 came to you not
our gospel
Matthew 8: 8 but also in
only in word,
power and in the Holy
Acts 1:8 with full
Spirit and
conviction.


3. Communication...spiritual
truths in spiritual words

2 Cor 3:6
Acts 6:1-6
Matthew 8: 8
Acts 1:8


"I think preachers are getting lost in a
multitude of smaller duties. The
preacher has a place in the economy of
God. He is in danger of becoming so
involved with secondary affairs that he
loses his prophetic gift. The devil
doesn't care how great a success a
preacher is in any other ﬁeld, if he can
just kill the prophet in him."
Dr Vance Havner


4. Discernment...seeing
God’s vision
OT prophets - seers
1 Chron 12:32
Potential / Possibilities
Paul & Silas – Acts 16
Rom 12:2
Jn 15:26
1 Cor 2:13


“When God gives a vision by His Spirit -of
what He wants, and your mind and soul
thrill to it, if you do not walk in the light
of the vision, you will sink into servitude
to a point of view our Lord never had. -
You can never be the same after the
unveiling of a truth. That moment marks
you for going on as a more true disciple of
Jesus Christ, or for going back as a
deserter.”
Oswald Chambers


Empowers
Gives Life - Ex. 3:3 - “I will go over and see”
Motivates - Acts 26:19
- “not disobedient”
- Jesus - “Father’s business”
Constrains - Acts 16 - Macedonia
- Ex. 25 - “pattern”
Sanctiﬁes - Ex. 3:5 - “take your shoes off”


“Being near to God give us eyes
within. In Christ our eyes can
think; they see with discernment
and understanding. When you
cleave to the truth inwardly, you
will perceive the truth outwardly.”
Francis Frangipane


5. Instruction...wisdom
not knowledge
Beware of stupidity
Make Disciples – a disciple
changes their life their not
mind
Obedience - 1 Sam 15:22,
Moses and the rock
Wise & foolish builders
Matt 7:20ff


Jer 9:23-24
Dan 11:32
Isa 30:21, Rom 8:14 -
prophetic guidance
Friends – not servants,
Jn 15:15 (fruit Gal 5:25)
Luke 12:12


I know of no other single practice in the
Christian life more rewarding, practically
speaking, than memorizing Scripture. . . . No
other single exercise pays greater spiritual
dividends! Your prayer life will be
strengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper
and much more effective. Your attitudes and
outlook will begin to change. Your mind will
become alert and observant. Your conﬁdence
and assurance will be enhanced. Your faith will
be solidiﬁed.
Chuck Swindoll Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life


Bible memorization is absolutely fundamental
to spiritual formation. If I had to choose
between all the disciplines of the spiritual life, I
would choose Bible memorization, because it is
a fundamental way of ﬁlling our minds with
what it needs. This book of the law shall not
depart out of your mouth. That’s where you
need it! How does it get in your mouth?
Memorization.
Dallas Willard
“Spiritual Formation in Christ for the Whole Life and Whole Person”


6. Understanding…
informing our experience

...in a world
dominated by
experience


The Word of God
Engaging experience
Ps. 119:130
Transforming experience
1 Peter 1:23 - “For you have been born
again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and
enduring word of God.”
John 6:63 - “The words I have spoken to you
are spirit and they are life.”


Informing experience
2 Tim. 3:16 - “All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness,”
Redeeming experience
James 1:21 - “humbly accept the word
planted in you, which can save you”


The Spirit of God...works in us

Openness to God’s Word
“...the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life”
Vitality of God’s Word
Jer. 31:33 - “I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.”


Understanding God’s Word
Renews our Minds in the Power
of the Word.
1 John 2:20, (27) - “But you
have an anointing from the Holy
One, and all of you know the
truth.”
1 Cor. 2:12 - “We have not
received the spirit of the world
but the Spirit who is from God,
that we may understand what
God has freely given us.”


Submission to God’s Word
(The natural man resists)
Puts a New Spirit within us.
James 1:19 - 24 - “humbly
accept the word”
New ministry in God’s
Word
2 Cor. 3:6 - “He has made us
competent as ministers of a
new covenant”


7. Balance

Corinthian church emphasised the Spirit
Galatian church emphasised the Word


“There are worst things than our ﬁnal
departure to the grave. One is the slow
strangling death that surely comes to
those who try to live by bread alone.
For when we live by bread alone, we die
by bread alone ... Not that we
immediately notice it, however.
Modern culture is engineered to cover
up such death.”
Dorothea Soelle


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