Pastor Brent Lokker reviews what we've learned from the book of Acts, and helps us focus on the centrality  of the Holy Spirit in any advance of the Kingdom. The secret is always to yield to Him, so that His dynamic life and power is allowed gain victory both in us and through us.  For a talk given November 23, 2019 at Blazing Fire Church blazingfire.org To listen to the podcast go to https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-234xv-c8cb56

1. Holy Spirit, Our Victory
Pastor Brent Lokker
November 23, 2019

2. The Bible Project
Overview of Acts: Chapters 1 - 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGbNw855ksw
Overview of Acts: Chapters 13 - 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-17KxpjL0Q

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5. The Supernatural is a normal part of God’s Kingdom!
The Holy Spirit is not an add-on!
We have the exceptionally good news of Jesus that
everybody is searching for!
Jesus, in us, will set the captives free in every nation
and every sector of society! Nobody is outside of his
love!
We are never to go back to rule keeping as a
replacement for intimacy with our Father, with Jesus
and with Holy Spirit!

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8. GALATIANS 5:1-3
• Let me be clear, the Anointed One has set us free—not partially, but
completely and wonderfully free! We must always cherish this truth and
stubbornly refuse to go back into the bondage of our past.
• I, Paul, tell you: If you think there is benefit in circumcision and Jewish
regulations, then you’re acting as though Jesus the Anointed One is
not enough.
• I say it again emphatically: If you let yourselves be circumcised you are
obliged to fulfill every single one of the commandments and
regulations of the law!
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

9. GALATIANS 5:4-6
• If you want to be made holy by fulfilling the obligations of the law, you
have cut off more than your flesh—you have cut yourselves off from the
Anointed One and have fallen away from the revelation of grace!
• But the Holy Spirit convinces us that we have received by faith the
glorious righteousness of the Anointed One.
• When you’re placed into the Anointed One and joined to him,
circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that
matters now is living in the faith that is activated and brought to
perfection by love.
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

10. GALATIANS 5:16-18
• As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power
of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self - life.
• For your self - life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and
hinder him from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense
cravings hinder your old self - life from dominating you! So then, the
two incompatible and conflicting forces within you are your self - life of
the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit.
• But when you are brought into the full freedom of the Spirit of grace,
you will no longer be living under the domination of the law, but
soaring above it!
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

11. GALATIANS 5:19-21
• The cravings of the self-life are obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful
thoughts, pornography, chasing after things instead of God,
manipulating others, hatred of those who get in your way, senseless
arguments, resentment when others are favored, temper tantrums,
angry quarrels, only thinking of yourself, being in love with your own
opinions, being envious of the blessings of others, murder,
uncontrolled addictions, wild parties, and all other similar behavior.
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

12. GALATIANS 5:22-23
• But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love
in all its varied expressions:
• joy that overflows
• peace that subdues
• patience that endures
• kindness in action
• a life full of virtue
• faith that prevails
• gentleness of heart
• strength of spirit
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

13. GALATIANS 5:19-21
• Keep in mind that we who belong to Jesus, the Anointed One, have
already experienced crucifixion. For everything connected with our self
- life was put to death on the cross and crucified with Messiah. We must
live in the Holy Spirit and follow after him. So may we never be
arrogant, or look down on another, for each of us is an original. We
must forsake all jealousy that diminishes the value of others.
Holy Spirit
Our Victory

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Let your intense cravings
be fulfilled in me!
Holy Spirit,

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Holy Spirit,
Let your intense cravings
be fulfilled in me!

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Holy Spirit,
Let your intense
cravings
be fulfilled in me!