TOP TENWORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN THE LIVES OF BELIEVERS

Randy Broberg

Maranatha Chapel

October 9, 2013

The preacher’s secret checklist….shhh.

• Thank the worship team…

• Introduce yourself…

• Connect with congregation, • preferably with humor or reference to sports

• Pray.

• Preach.

Ever been told you look like someone famous?

Parallel Universe?

Brother from a different Mother?

Spirit’s Role in Plan of the Ages

• Inspiration

• Incarnation

• Salvation

• Sanctification

Spirit’s Role in Lives of Believers

Time does not permit…

Spirit in SalvationConviction

• John 16:8

•And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

Spirit in SalvationConviction

•The question today is rarely, “how can I be saved?” but rather, “why do I need to be saved?”

SPIRIT IN SALVATIONREGENERATION

• Titus 3:4-7

• But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

SPIRIT IN SALVATIONREGENERATION

•Already and not yet.

Complete as to parts, but

incomplete as to degrees

SPIRIT IN SALVATION Indwelling

• Romans 8:9-11• You are in the Spirit,

• if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. • … Moreover if the Spirit

• …• lives in you,

• the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive

• through his Spirit who lives in you.

SPIRIT IN SALVATION Indwelling

•He’s in you:•All the time•For all time

SPIRIT IN SALVATION SEALING

• Ephesians 1:13-14

• Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

SPIRIT IN SALVATION SEALING

Only the one who sits at the right hand of God can break the seal.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU:ASSURANCE

• Romans 8:16

• The Spirit himself bears witness to our Spirit that we are God’s children.

• 1 JOHN 3:24

• Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU:ASSURANCE

•Even our doubts should assure us.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU: ILLUMINATION

• 1 Corinthians 2:15

• And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining Spiritual things to Spiritual people..

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU: ILLUMINATION

•We’re no longer just one eyed jacks!

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU: FRUIT

•Galatians 5:22-23

• 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.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO YOU: FRUIT

•A healthy tree bears fruit effortlessly. No amount of effort can produce fruit from an unhealthy tree.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: GIFTS

• 1 Cor 12:7,11

• But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good…..

• But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: GIFTS

•They are gifts, not presents!

•You are accountable for them.

•Like muscles, abilities strengthen with use.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: ANOINTING

• Acts 1:8

• But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: ANOINTING

•Coming Upon•Get the Unction•Temporary•Enabling•Power•To serve Him.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: FILLING

• Acts 4:31

• When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

SPIRIT MINISTERS TO OTHERS THROUGH YOU: FILLING

•Filling is first not last

•Filling is cause not effect.

Summary: Spirit’s Works In Lives Of Believers

Spirit’s Role in Salvation

Spirit Ministers to You

Spirit Ministers to Others throughYou

Conviction Assurance Gifts

Regeneration Illumination Anointing

Indwelling Fruit Filling

Sealing

What role is the Holy Spirit working out in your life?