In our current study of what it means to be DISCIPLES of Jesus, we will this week consider “Infilled with the Holy Spirit”
We are commanded (this is not a suggestion as a nice idea)in Eph. 5:18 to “Be filled with the Spirit.“
And 2 Cor 3:17 tells us “… where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
The Holy Spirit is not a luxury option such as leather seats in a car, but a necessity – as the engine of the car. A car without an engine has no life and a human being without the Spirit has no spiritual life.
This week we will look at a brief overview of the Holy Spirit’s ministry, and then consider four aspects of the Holy Spirit’s life and ministry to us as the Children of God. FRUIT, FIRE, FREEDOM, FAITH.
Why don’t you read Romans 7:4-6 and Galatians 5:22,23 in 2 or 3 different translations in preparation for Sunday, when we will seek to understand a little bit about the wonder of the Holy Spirit’s life and ministry. Jesus undoubtedly surprised his followers when he said to them in John 16:7,8 “I am telling you the simple truth when I assure you that it is a good thing for you that I should go away. For if I did not go away, the divine helper would not come to you. But if I go, then I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convince the world of the meaning of sin, of true goodness and of judgment.” On the day of Pentecost, the Gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out, and since that day He has been here to indwell all who are children of God.
