Showing posts with label Holy Spirit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy Spirit. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2016

Five Questions To Ask When Reading the Bible

In our study of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, we discuss his work in inspiring Scripture. We believe that all of Scripture is inspired and given to us from God (see 2 Peter 1:21 and 2 Timothy 3:16). Furthermore, we believe that the focus of Scripture - every line and page - is Jesus Christ and him crucified and the goal of Scripture is the glory of God. It is important we keep this foundational understanding of Scripture in mind when reading God's Word.

But how do we interpret and apply the Bible? The following is the five questions I recommend we always ask when we open our Bibles.
  1. What did this text mean before I was born?
  2. What does this text say about the God I worship?
  3. What does this text say about the Messiah who saved me?
  4. What does this text tell me about the gospel?
  5. What must change in my life in order for me, in light of this text, to be more like Jesus?





Tuesday, October 11, 2016

October 9, 2016 | Acts 2:1-12

Here is the sermon from Sunday evening looking at Acts 2:1-12:
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
 
Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” 12 And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

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For more:
September 4, 2016 | Ephesians 1:3-14: On Why the Trinity Matter, Part 1
September 4, 2016 | 2 Corinthians 12:4-31: On Why the Trinity Matter, Part 2
September 11, 2016 | Psalm 33:6-17: Why Creation Matters  
September 18, 2016 | Romans 7:14-25: Why the Fall Matters
September 25, 2016 | 1 John 4:2-3: Why the Humanity of Jesus Matters
September 25, 2016 | John 1:1-5, 14-15: Why the Deity of Christ Matters
October 2, 2016 | Colossians 2:8-15; 1 Peter 2:21-25: Why the Atonement Matters, Part 1
October 2, 2016 | Galatians 3:10-14: Why the Atonement Matters, Part 2
October 9, 2016 | Galatians 5:16-25: Why the Holy Spirit Matters  
If Yahweh, then Christ
12 Proofs of Jesus' Deity From the Synoptic Gospels
Send From God: A Missiological Word Study From John's Gospel

Monday, October 10, 2016

October 9, 2016 | Galatians 5:16-25: Why the Holy Spirit Matters

Here is the sermon from Sunday morning taken from Galatians 5:16-25 looking at the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.


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For more:
September 4, 2016 | Ephesians 1:3-14: On Why the Trinity Matter, Part 1
September 4, 2016 | 2 Corinthians 12:4-31: On Why the Trinity Matter, Part 2
September 11, 2016 | Psalm 33:6-17: Why Creation Matters  
September 18, 2016 | Romans 7:14-25: Why the Fall Matters
September 25, 2016 | 1 John 4:2-3: Why the Humanity of Jesus Matters
September 25, 2016 | John 1:1-5, 14-15: Why the Deity of Christ Matters
October 2, 2016 | Colossians 2:8-15; 1 Peter 2:21-25: Why the Atonement Matters, Part 1
October 2, 2016 | Galatians 3:10-14: Why the Atonement Matters, Part 2
October 9, 2016 | Galatians 5:16-25: Why the Holy Spirit Matters  
If Yahweh, then Christ
12 Proofs of Jesus' Deity From the Synoptic Gospels
Send From God: A Missiological Word Study From John's Gospel