Spirit filled church (Book of Acts)
Revelation knowledge (rhema) ➡ Learning ➡ cnue depends on holy spirit ➡fellowship
CORPORATE WORSHIP
➡Attitude 😃SURIO
➡Why? 😃PF SUR
What the characteristic of Spirit filled church?
1) community responded in the gospel. God of the gospel n walk in the truth. salvation n repentance walk Hand in hand.
Ephesians 4:30-32
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God do not offend or vex or sadden Him, by Whom you were sealed marked, branded as God’s own, secured for the day of redemption of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin. Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath passion, rage, bad temper and resentment anger, animosity and quarreling brawling, clamor, contention and slander evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language be banished from you, with all malice spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind. And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted, forgiving one another readily and freely, as God in Christ forgave you.
2) must acknowledge the holy spirit today
John 15&16
Fruits of the spirit, speaking in tongue.
Ephesians 4:18
BE DEPENDENT ON HOLY SPIRIT, he's dominant us, he control us
Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. They are alienated estranged, self-banished from the life of God with no share in it; this is because of the ignorance the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart to the insensitiveness of their moral nature.
Acts 2
Acts 2:42 And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread including the Lord’s Supper and prayers.
➡Believers engaged themselves w worship.
Spirit filled church
1⃣Is a learning church
2⃣He will be our teacher.
Hosea 4:6
Israelite rebel. My ppl are destroyed bcoz Of lack of knowledge, dependent on self, then not spirit filled, as not continually depend on holy spirit.
3 forms of learning
1) Cognitive -factual research in school, Reasoning,
2) relational - social skills,EQ
How to relation to one anor
***3) revelation knowledge
Recd God word as revelation knowledge.
Matthew 16:16 Who do u think I am, Jesus ask Peter. Working of the Holy Spirit is v v exciting.
As spirit filled church,
WHAT TO DO?
🍎Commit ourself to the learning.
🍎Must want to Learn (Phil 3:10), attitude of learning like Paul.
Eg. Soap devotion, Classes.
🍎Searching scripture themselves, not whatever will be will be, even come fr pulpit. Bcoz they r still human. Must check it out. To be affirmed by word of God!
🍎To love God is to "know" him. Wanting to know our God!
1 John 1:3
🍎Must be exciting - bcoz in him hidden all treasures!! Wisdom & knowledge. Colossians 2:3
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
🍉Make Sunday bible class a part of Sunday
🍉Home fellowship (renew mind, battlefield book)
🍉Library to borrow books
Number 5:
The Lord "keep" you!!!
16/3/14
WORSHIP
"declaring what we value most" Everyone has a altar & throne.
Check your time affection energy on the trails. The volume of our action speak louder than word.
Corporate worship
Body of God ppl - Psalm 102
Coming together
WHAT attitude to hv?
1⃣Selflessness & unity
Purpose: built each other up, focus on God & others.
1 Corinthians 14:12(amp):
12 So it is with yourselves; since you are so eager and ambitious to possess spiritual endowments and manifestations of the [Holy] Spirit, [concentrate on] striving to excel and to abound [in them] in ways that will build up the church.
Ephesians 5: singing hymns
Colosion 6: singing..built each other up
2⃣Reverential fear
Come early to church.
3⃣Intelligently according to the word of God! Raising hands, clapping, music, why?
HOLISTIC: Body, soul, spirit.
4⃣Orderliness manner & decency.
Liturgy/order. Modest in our dressing. Don't show too much!!
1 corinthian 14
1 Timothy
WHY / purpose of Corporate worship?
1⃣"Pleases" God
Joshua 6: assembly together 6x
Psalm 133: unified the church & believers.
2⃣How Healthy a church? Look at corporate worship. Jesus unites us!
3⃣Strengthen the church
Acts 9:31
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
4⃣Brings revelation to the church
WHEN GOD REVEAL, God ppl must RESPONSE!!
Truth revealed/proclaimed/sung in songs too. Hears fr God..know where they are going....
5⃣Visible witness of Faith
Testimonies of goodness of God.
"Faith turned to sight!" Comfort hope guidance, power of faith displayed.
Exodus 18:19-21 mount Sinai - sounds of frightening. Fear gathering.
Hebrew 12:22-24 mount Zion - to come boldly to God (new covenant) full access to Regards, Ann Paul | tijani mediator if God thru Jesus.
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