WEEKEND WORSHIP:
Lion and the Lamb
Hallelujah for the Cross
It Is Finished
Week 1: Help is Here - The Help of the Holy Spirit
Today: Help is Here - Power to be a Witness
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Acts 1:6-8
So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 2:1-4
On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
Acts 2:5-12
At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other.
Acts 2:14-21
Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike— and they will prophesy. And I will cause wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below— blood and fire and clouds of smoke. The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives. But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Acts 2:41
Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
The filling or baptism with the Holy Spirit gives us power to be a
The filling or baptism with the Holy Spirit gives us
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
There are different kinds of gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve but the same Lord to serve. And there are different ways that God works through people but the same God. God works in all of us in everything we do. Something from the Spirit can be seen in each person, for the common good. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom, and the same Spirit gives another the ability to speak with knowledge. The same Spirit gives faith to one person. And, to another, that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. The Spirit gives to another person the power to do miracles, to another the ability to prophesy. And he gives to another the ability to know the difference between good and evil spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of languages and to another the ability to interpret those languages. One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things, and the Spirit decides what to give each person.
Gifts of The Spirit:
A timely, spirit led word of advice or wisdom that brings clarity and direction to a specific situation according to God’s will.
The spirit led ability to have knowledge for a particular situation whether spiritual or otherwise.
The spirit led ability to trust God and possibly cause others to trust God in any situation.
The spirit led ability to use God’s healing power to restore a person who is sick, injured, or suffering for the glory of God.
The spirit led ability to perform signs and wonders that give authenticity to God’s Word and/or the good news of Jesus.
The spirit led ability to speak a message from God.
The spirit led ability to determine whether or not a message, person, or event is truly from God, a human, or other spirit.
The spirit led ability to speak in a language/s that one has never learned – either corporately or privately.
The spirit led ability to translate or interpret the gift of languages being spoken back to others in one’s own language.
1 Corinthians 14:1
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts…
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