The power of the holy spirit
Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-4
1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
looking at the power of the Holy Spirit.Every believer should be filled with, and utilising the power of, the Holy Spirit.
So today we’re asking: What does Holy Spirit have the power to do, and how do we access that power?
As we look into the scriptures and check up all that can linked to the Holy Spirit and put the findings in alphabetical order.we can find Acceptance, ability, adoption, anointing, appointments,
Boldness , blessing, Cleansing, character, comfort, commands, conviction, confidence, confirmation, counselling, conscience, Deliverance, discernment, discipling, disciplining, deposit, Empowering, enabling, encouraging, Faith, fellowship, freedom, fruit, Gifts, glory, Godhead, goodness, grace, grieving, guidance, guarantee, Healing, hope, helping, holiness, Impartation, inspiration, inner witness, interpretation, Joy, judgment, Knowledge, Life, liberty, love, Miracles, New birth, Obedience, oneness, Peace, perseverance, power, prayer , prophecy, preaching, persuasion, Quickening, Release, revival, revelation, righteousness, Sanctification, the sword, sealing, sonship, strength, Teaching, truth, tongues, Trinity, transformation, Unity, utterances, understanding, Vitality, vindication, victory, Warning, wisdom, witness, X-ray vision, Youthfulness, Zeal
Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-4
1. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to be witnesses
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Being a witness means two things: Being the kind of person
If we’re not the kind of people God wants us to be, then we should keep our mouths shut.
But at the same time, there’s no such thing as a silent witness.
2. The Holy Spirit has the power to transform us
2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
In the process of this transformation, He releases us from bondage, the power of sin, and addictions.
Being under Holy Spirit control is like a business hanging a sign out front: Under New Management.
3. The Holy Spirit empowers us against the enemy
A number of years ago, a movie came out called The Bear, and it went something like this: Once upon a time, there was a mummy bear and a baby bear, and they were sooo happy together. Then one day, an accident happened and the mummy bear died, leaving the little baby bear all alone in the world. One day the poor defenceless baby bear was out minding his own business, when he was spotted by a big, mean, hungry mountain lion. The baby bear started to run; he was trapped next to the river, and jumped in. The mean and nasty mountain lion followed him downstream to where the baby bear came ashore at a crossing. The baby bear was trapped again, and made a puny, squeaky sound as the mountain lion closed in for the kill. Then suddenly, the baby bear stood to his feet, opened his mouth, and there was a massive great roar. The mountain lion suddenly remembered that he had another pressing engagement, and ran for his life, terrified. How did the little baby bear do that? The cameras panned round, and there standing behind the baby bear was the hugest, most ferocious daddy bear.
Friends, Satan isn’t scared of us, but he’s terrified of who’s within us.
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
The Holy Spirit within us is far more powerful than the devil.
4. The Holy Spirit gives us guidance
A little way to illustrate this will reflect from this short story.
A number of years ago, a man in our church (let’s call him George), was one of those responsible for taking an offering bag into a back room to be counted. There were a number of them, and they all went through a corridor behind the stage, left the bags with the offering-counters, and returned to the service. One day, a lady went to the pastor and said, “God has given me a word of knowledge. George is stealing from the offering.” They worked out a way they could verify this, and it turned out to be true. They caught him in the act.
John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
5. The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin
John 16:7-8 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 depart, I will send Him to you. (8) And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Part of the work of the Holy Spirit is to let us know when we’re doing the wrong thing.
Why does He do that? To make us feel bad? To keep us from getting too close to God?
No, He convicts us of sin so that we will draw nearer to the Saviour.
But conviction often hurts.
It’s like being in a dark room for some time and having someone suddenly turn on the light.
It hurts your eyes.
I SEE YOU LOVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
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