LEGACY 5 - ENDORSE - PTR. VETTY GUTIERREZ - 4PM AFTERNOON SERVICE

2. Endorse

3. 10 In Damascus there was a disciple named
Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,
“Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of
Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man
from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man named
Ananias come and place his hands on him to
restore his sight.”
Acts 9:10-19

4. 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard
many reports about this man and all the harm
he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.
14 And he has come here with authority from
the chief priests to arrest all who call on your
name.”
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This
man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my
name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the
people of Israel.
Acts 9:10-19

5. 16 I will show him how much he must
suffer for my name.”
17 Then Ananias went to the house and
entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he
said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who
appeared to you on the road as you were
coming here—has sent me so that you
may see again and be filled with the Holy
Spirit.”
Acts 9:10-19

6. 18 Immediately, something like scales fell
from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.
He got up and was baptized,
19 and after taking some food, he
regained his strength.
Saul spent several days with the
disciples in Damascus.
Acts 9:10-19

7. FEAR
NOT

8. THE
VISION

9. 10 In Damascus there was a disciple
named Ananias. The Lord called to him in
a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he
answered.
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of
Judas on Straight Street and ask for a
man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is
praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man named
Acts 9:10-19

10. Ananias literally gets a vision
from God.

11. And the Lord said to him,
‘Rise up and go to the street
called Straight.’

12. God gives two visions, one to Ananias
and one to Saul. And the vision to
Ananias is, “Do you see this guy named
Saul? He’s over on Straight Street. He’s
praying, he’s blinded, he’s waiting for you
to come, and to lay hands on him, and
pray over him that he might be healed.”

13. Then God similarly gives a vision to
Saul as he’s praying, “A guy named
Ananias is coming.” Pretty specific.
“You’re actually going to know his
name. And he’s going to pray over
you and you’re going to receive your
sight.” So, God gives a vision to both.

14. Now, in this, see that our God is a
miraculous and a supernatural God.
Not everybody gets a vision. These
are rare. These are unusual. These
are occasions where God needs to
give revelation.

15. God can do anything and some
supernatural things he does, but not
all the time, and we can’t make him
do those things. He’s free to do as he
wants, when he wants, how he wants,
where he wants. He’s God. That’s his
jurisdiction.

16. What they both
received is a vision.

17. WHAT IS
A
VISION?

18. TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM A
DREAM
A dream is when you’re asleep
and you see something.

19. Vision is like a dream. The difference
being you’re not asleep, you’re
awake. And these are the days before
screens, and it’s kind of like—a vision
is kind of like seeing something on
television or on a screen.

20. You’re seeing something happen,
unfold before you. God is revealing
things to you visually. And you’re not
asleep like a dream, you’re awake
and you’re seeing something.

21. WAS IT
FROM
THE
LORD OR

22. How do we know whether it’s a
vision from the Lord or not from
the Lord?

23. 1 “Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but
test the spirits to see whether or not they
are from God.”
1 JOHN 4:1

24. HOW
DO YOU
TEST
THE

25. Two very simple ways of testing
the spirits.

26. CHECK IT
BY
THE WORD
OF GOD

27. CHECK IT
BY
THE
PEOPLE OF

28. The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of
Scripture, and the Holy Spirit indwells
God’s people, and so if you want to
know whether or not it was the Holy
Spirit, check with God’s word, check
with God’s people.

29. And since the Holy Spirit inspired the
writing of Scripture, if what you’re
hearing or seeing contradicts what
God is saying, then you know it’s not
true.

30. God doesn’t change his mind.
God doesn’t contradict himself.

31. HOW
WOULD
YOU
RESPON

32. THE
VENTURE

33. 10 In Damascus there was a disciple
named Ananias. The Lord called to him in
a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he
answered.
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of
Judas on Straight Street and ask for a
man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is
praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man named
Acts 9:10-19

34. 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have
heard many reports about this man and all
the harm he has done to your holy people
in Jerusalem.
14 And he has come here with authority
from the chief priests to arrest all who call
on your name.”
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This
man is my chosen instrument to proclaim
my name to the Gentiles and their kings
and to the people of Israel.
Acts 9:10-19

35. Ananias is fearful. Are his fears
grounded in reality? There are times
that your fears and my fears, they’re
not grounded in reality.

36. Sometimes our fears are
founded in reality; his are
founded in reality.

37. There are texts of the Bible that are
prescriptive. They command everyone
everywhere. There are other texts that are
descriptive. They explain something
specific for one person in that instance.
It’s describing a specific call to Ananias,
and he’s afraid.

38. This is where God is a Father, and
he’s patient, loving, gracious, and
kind to get his kids into the place that
he needs us to be. He’s going to allow
Ananias to articulate his concerns and
to work this through.

39. You need to know that God is like that,
that God loves you with a fatherly
affection. And it doesn’t mean that
defiance or rebellion is good, but it means
if you don’t at first agree, that God the
Father wants to work it out with you and
get you into the place of obedience.

40. CHRISTIA
N
SUFFERI

41. But to be a Christian is to be sent,
and what causes us not to go is that
we’re fearful of what could happen to
us negatively as a result of
proceeding forth to talk about Jesus,
and so they both need to overcome
their fears.

42. 16 I will show him how much he must
suffer for my name.”
17 Then Ananias went to the house and
entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he
said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who
appeared to you on the road as you were
coming here—has sent me so that you
may see again and be filled with the Holy
Spirit.”
Acts 9:10-19

43. We need you to know this
about Christian suffering.
It’s part of just Christian living.

44. 29 For it has been granted to you on
behalf of Christ not only to believe in him,
but also to suffer for him,
Philippians 1:29

45. It says if you’re going to believe
in Jesus, you’re also going to
suffer for your believing in
Jesus.

46. What he’s talking about here is a
particular kind of suffering that comes
because you love Jesus, because you
serve Jesus, because you speak of
Jesus, you’re going to suffering like
Jesus. When you’re suffering, God is
not punishing you.

47. Jesus was already punished on the
cross in your place for your sins, so
when you’re suffering don’t assume
wrongly it’s like karma. We believe in
grace, not karma.

48. That’s not true. Jesus already
suffered in your place, and it would be
unjust for you and Jesus to both
suffer. Jesus already suffered. That
penalty and price was paid and you
don’t need to suffer as well.

49. But it does mean that though Jesus
has suffered for you, if you love him,
and serve him, and speak about him,
some people will hate you because
you belong to him and they ultimately
hate him.

50. And you’re going to suffer. You may
lose a relationship. You may take
some hits to your reputation. You may
be one who is affected at work. You
may even lose your job. And if you’ve
been a Christian for a while, in some
ways, you’ve already suffered.

51. This is nothing that we seek, but it’s
something that we accept, and that
God will use even suffering to make
us more like Jesus and to give us a
greater love and affection for Jesus
because we have caused him to
suffer for us.

52. THE VISIT

53. 16 I will show him how much he must
suffer for my name.”
17 Then Ananias went to the house and
entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he
said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who
appeared to you on the road as you were
coming here—has sent me so that you
may see again and be filled with the Holy
Spirit.”
Acts 9:10-19

54. 18 Immediately, something like scales fell
from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.
He got up and was baptized,
19 and after taking some food, he
regained his strength.
Saul spent several days with the
disciples in Damascus.
Acts 9:10-19

55. Ananias overcomes his fears
and obeys his God.

56. THE HOLY
SPIRIT
TRANSFOR
MS

57. God is faithful, and he protects
Ananias, and he saves and heals
Saul.
If you obey God, it’ll be amazing. It’ll
all work out. I’ll be great”.

58. Saul gets healed, filled with the Holy
Spirit, becomes a great pastor, writes
books of the Bible, does massive
evangelism and church planting, lots
of people get saved. It works out
great and Ananias has a great story
to tell his grandkids.

59. And Saul receives three things.

60. HE
RECEIVES
THE
HOLY SPIRI

61. HE
RECEIVES
HEALING

62. HE
RECEIVES
HELP

63. In receiving the Holy Spirit, it comes
through the laying on of hands. So the
Holy Spirit, He is God. He lives in
God’s people. He empowers us for
life and ministry.

64. So here, Ananias is filled with the
Spirit, and he is laying hands and
praying over Saul, and Saul receives
the Holy Spirit, and one of the things
that happens to him is he’s healed.

65. EVIDENC
ES
OF THE
HOLY

66. Some of you are going to speak in
tongues, some of you are going to get
visions, some of you are going to get
dreams, some of you are going to
speak the word of God boldly, some
of you are going to deeply love God’s
people with God’s love.

67. All right, there are lots of evidences.
There are evidences that someone
has the Holy Spirit, not just an
evidence, and if you don’t have that
evidence then you don’t have the
Holy Spirit.

68. Why does God call Ananias to go lay
hands and pray over Saul? Is it
because God needs Ananias to go lay
hands and pray over Saul?

69. No, it’s because God wants to use
this opportunity to teach Ananias
something about himself, and he
wants him to be there to love and
encourage Saul, and he wanted Saul
to hear this word from a fellow
Christian, “Brother.”

70. God doesn’t need to send Ananias,
and he doesn’t need to send Saul, but
he sends them both because he
wants them to join him in his work.
That’s ministry.

71. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them
call the elders of the church to pray over
them and anoint them with oil in the name
of the Lord.
James 5:14

72. What every new Christian needs is a
Christian filled with the Holy Spirit to
come alongside, and to be a friend,
and to walk, and to pray, and to
encourage, and to give answers, and
to come alongside.

73. Sometimes God is going to burden
you to pursue somebody, to pray for
them, to encourage them, to feed
them, to help them, to be there for
them, and that’s what it is.

74. 16 I will show him how much he must
suffer for my name.”
17 Then Ananias went to the house and
entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he
said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who
appeared to you on the road as you were
coming here—has sent me so that you
may see again and be filled with the Holy
Spirit.”
Acts 9:10-19

75. Here’s where we’ll start: Brother.”
Brother. “You’re part of the family. If
the Father has adopted you, you’re
brother.” So much love, and grace,
and mercy, and compassion, and
forgiveness here.

76. 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have
heard many reports about this man and all
the harm he has done to your holy people
in Jerusalem.
14 And he has come here with authority
from the chief priests to arrest all who call
on your name.”
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This
man is my chosen instrument to proclaim
my name to the Gentiles and their kings
and to the people of Israel.
Acts 9:10-19

77. And that is that the Holy Spirit
transforms sinners into sent
saints.

78. And when we’re talking about “saint,”
we’re talking about your identity.
When we’re talking about “sent,”
we’re talking about your activity or
your ministry.

79. 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God,
Romans 3:23

80. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John1:8

81. We are all sinners. We sin in
our thoughts, we sin with our
words, we sin with our deeds,
we sin with our feelings, we sin
with our motives.

82. So, we’re all sinners by nature
and choice, but is our primary
identity as a Christian sinner?
You are a sinner. God is holy,
you are unholy.

83. THE
CROSS

84. This is where it all comes down
to Jesus and it all comes down
to the cross of Jesus.

85. What happens on the cross is
something that the great
Protestant reformer Martin
Luther calls,
“The Great Exchange.”

86. 21 God made him who had no sin to be
sin[a] for us, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21

87. So, here’s what happens on the
cross: Jesus took your place, and he
put you in his place. Many Christians
are more familiar with the fact that
Jesus took their place than the fact
that Jesus also put them in his place.

88. The result is that Jesus was
condemned and died to pay the
penalty for your sin, and in putting you
in his place, you are seen as holy,
righteous, blameless, pure, faultless,
accepted in the sight of God.

89. 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer
and perfecter of faith. For the joy set
before him he endured the cross, scorning
its shame, and sat down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2

90. FORGIVE
N
SINNER

91. The difference in identity between a
non-Christian and a Christian is the
difference between identity as sinner
and identity as forgiven sinner made
saint.

92. Because you have a new identity as
saint, you can have a new victory
over sin in Christ. As a sinner, God
saw you as you were, but as a saint,
God sees you as you are in Christ.

93. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Pastor Vetty Gutierrez
FCC Main San Mateo, Rizal, PH
4PM Afternoon Worship Service,
January 24, 2016
Website: http://faithworkschristianchurch.com
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