First Baptist Church on the Square
It’s week three of our study “The Counselor.” We know the Holy Spirit is our counselor and the Spirit of truth who walks with us. We also hear that the Holy Spirit gives us power. But how? What does the Holy Spirit empower us to do? Join us this Sunday as Pastor Marty defines three ways the Spirit gives us power.
John 14:16-17
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of truth.
Acts 1:8
…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you…
John 14:12
Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father.
Romans 7:21-25
So I discover this law: When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me. For in my inner self I delight in God’s law, but I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
The Holy Spirit Gives Me Power Over Sin
Romans 8:1-2
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, 2 because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death."
Zechariah 4:6
Not by strength or by might, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord of Armies.
The Holy Spirit Gives Me Power To Serve
The Holy Spirit Gives Me Power To Serve
-Every believer has at least one spiritual gift.
1 Corinthians 12:7
"A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good.”
Romans 12:6-8
- Prophecy
- Giving
- Serving
- Leading
- Teaching
- Acts of mercy
- Encouraging
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
- Wisdom
- Prophecy
- Knowledge
- Ability to distinguish spirits
- Faith
- Healing
- Various tongues
- Working of miracles
- Interpretation of tongues
Ephesians 4:11
- Apostles
- Evangelists
- Prophets
- Pastors & Teachers
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1 Peter 4:11
- Speaking
- Serving
The Holy Spirit Gives Me Power To Serve
-Every believer has at least one spiritual gift.
-Spiritual gifts are not for you, but for others.
1 Peter 4:10
Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
The Holy Spirit Gives Me Power To Share
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
1 Corinthians 2:4
My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power…
Romans 8:26
…the Spirit also helps us in our weakness…