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Message Notes:
1. The Backstory (Ch 1)
2. What faith is not (Ch 2-12)
3. What faith is (Ch. 3-5)
4. Jesus is God (Ch 6-15)
5. What Jesus did (Ch 13-20)
6. What’s Next (Ch. 17-21)
7. TODAY - Who is the Holy Spirit (Ch 14-15)
Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.
MAIN IDEA:
The purpose of the Holy Spirit was to help us be Jesus continued.
To obey like he obeyed, love like he loved, and serve like he served.
John 14:15-29
“If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, (Holy Spirit), because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. (remember context – just before this of washing feet). The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. (Through the Holy Spirit)” 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot…but the brother of James) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. NIV
1. Loving Jesus Means Keeping His Commandments
John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commands….
John 14:21
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.
John 14:23-24
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching…24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching
2. He made sure we understood loving God NOW INCLUDED loving others.
Matthew 22:36-40
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” NIV
John 15:12
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you
John 15:17
This is my command: Love each other.
3. He gives us the Holy Spirit to help us do that.
Paraklētos – Advocate, Helper, Teacher, Comforter
John 14:15-18
14 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate (Helper, Teacher, Comforter) to help you and be with you forever - 17 the Spirit of truth. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (Through the Holy Spirit)
MAIN IDEA:
The purpose of the Holy Spirit was to help us be Jesus continued.
To obey like he obeyed, love like he loved, and serve like he served.
Acts 19:1-2
1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they replied, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
MAIN IDEA:
The purpose of the Holy Spirit was to help us be Jesus continued.
To obey like he obeyed, love like he loved, and serve like he served.
CHALLENGE QUESTION:
Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?
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